Iain MacRae

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Born 1955, Iain trained as an actor at Mountview Theatre school and has been working professionally in theatre, television, film and radio since 1984. He started writing in more recent years. Fantom was performed at Citizens theatre 2015. Taigh Sheonachain was awarded the Donald Meek prize for writing in 2017. Briseadh na Cloiche was performed at Webster’s theatre, broadcast on BBC Alba and screened at Glasgow Short Film festival, Faclan festival in Stornoway and Babel international film festival Sardinia 2018. His short story Mach an Geata won the Morton writing prize 2019. Turas Baidhseagail (2017) and Speuclairean (2020) won the Scottish Book Trust 50-word story prize. His poetry has been published in New Writing Scotland 36, Poets’ Republic 3, 6 and 8. As an actor, Iain’s proposal of an adaptation of Calum’s Road for stage resulted in two sell-out tours with National Theatre of Scotland/Communicado from 2013. He also toured with Tall Tales for Little People (NTS/Communicado) and later with Whisky Galore (NTS/Robhanis). Other theatre includes Heritage, Passing Places, Homers, Lazybed, Shimmer (all Traverse). TV includes Crowdie and Cream (BBC), Machair (STV), Bannan (BBC Alba).


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1815

as William Chisholm
Released: 2022-11-23

During the Highland Clearances, a stubborn old tenant farmer and a young Waterloo veteran strike...

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Interrogation of a Highland Lass

as Sgt. Calum Robertson
Released: 2000-12-25

Docu-drama about the taking of the Stone of Scone from Westminster Abbey on Christmas morning of...

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As an Eilean

as Derek
Released: 1993-10-14

The inhabitants of a remote Scottish village live and learn.

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Crowdie and Cream

as Iain
Released: 2002-02-14

An adaptation of the true life story from childhood of the author, Findlay J McDonald, who was...

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Outlander

as Reverend McMillan
First aired: 2014-08-09

The story of Claire Randall, a married combat nurse from 1945 who is mysteriously swept back in...

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Shetland

as Minister
First aired: 2013-03-10

Created from the novels by award winning crime writer Ann Cleeves, Shetland follows DI Jimmy...

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Case Histories

as John Burton
First aired: 2011-06-05

Case Histories is a British drama television series based on the Jackson Brodie detective novels...

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