Sergeant Scott (as William MacBain)
This is the true story of a little dog that refused to leave his master's graveside in Edinburgh. The dog visited the grave for years.
Angus
África central, 1870. Acompanhado por um grupo de caçadores indígenas, o antropólogo escocês Jamie Dodd (Joseph Fiennes) atravessa a floresta tropical à procura de uma nova espécie. Ao encontrar uma tribo de pigmeus, Jamie acredita ter achado o "elo perdido" que faria a ponte evolucionária entre o homem e o primata. Ele captura dois pigmeus chamados Toko (Lomama Boseki) e Likola (Cécile Bayiha) para apresentá-los na Academia de Ciência de Edimburgo. A amizade que surge entre os três termina colocando em risco a carreira do cientista.
Frank
Two young children are brought to Janet Hinton, a social worker in the Scottish Highlands. When both she and an independent expert become convinced that the children are part of a ritual child abuse network, the small community is thrown into disarray.
John McLeod
"It never done a woman any harm to be at the end o' a back-hander." In a society where drunkenness and battered wives are treated as 'normal', Jean McLeod attempts to hold her family together. But after a particularly severe beating she decides to fight back.
The offstage lives of four club performers who are staying in the same guest house and rubbing their illusions and disillusions together after-hours.
