Ralph Riach
Ralph McKenzie Riach (26 January 1936 – 20 March 2022) was a Scottish actor from Elgin, Moray.
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What We Did on Our Holiday
Doug (David Tennant) and Abi (Rosamund Pike) and their three children travel to the Scottish Highlands for Doug's father Gordie's (Billy Connolly) birthday party. It's soon clear that when it comes to keeping a secret under wraps from the rest of the family, their children are their biggest liability...
Cloud Atlas
As souls are born and reborn, they renew their connections to one another throughout the ages.
Young James Herriot
Young James Herriot is a three-part British television drama based on the early life of veterinary surgeon James Herriot. It features Iain de Caestecker as the title character following his arrival at veterinary college, alongside Amy Manson and Ben Lloyd-Hughes as fellow students Whirly Tyson and Rob McAloon.
Is Anybody There?
A young boy who lives in an old folks' home strikes up a friendship with a retired magician.
Death Defying Acts
On a tour of Britain in 1926, Harry Houdini enters into a passionate affair with a psychic out to con the famous magician.
Copying Beethoven
A fictionalized account of the last year of Beethoven's life.
The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is the author of the famous Sherlock Holmes books. The film shows us how Doyle came up with the idea of the 'super detective' and how he uses the techniques of his mentor Joseph Bell in his books. After his father dies, Doyle has to take care of his wife Reeves, who is very ill. This becomes tricky when he falls in love.
The Rocket Post
A German rocket scientist arrives on a small Scottish island in the mid 1930s. He's there to run tests on a new type of rocket that is to be used for mail delivery between the island and the mainland. Initially he's met with skepticism, but slowly the islanders come to like and trust him.
One Last Chance
A group of slackers think they have found gold in the Highlands.
The House of Mirth
A woman risks losing her chance of happiness with the only man she has ever loved.
Joan of Arc
In 1429, a French teenager stood before her King with a message she claimed came from God; that she would defeat the world's greatest army and liberate her country from its political and religious turmoil. As she reclaims God's diminished kingdom, this courageous young woman has various amazing victories until her violent and untimely death.
The Governess
When the father of privileged Rosina da Silva violently dies, she decides to pass herself off as a gentile and finds employment with a family in faraway Scotland. Soon she and the family father, Charles, start a passionate secret affair.
Dangerous Beauty
Prevented from marrying her nobleman lover because of her commoner status, Veronica Franco is left with two choices: join a convent or become a courtesan. Following in mother's footsteps, she chooses the latter. Sn 16th-century Venice, follow Franco as she rises to power and fearlessly fights off accusations of witchcraft.
Braveheart
Enraged at the slaughter of Murron -- his new bride and childhood love -- legendary Scottish warrior William Wallace slays a platoon of the local English lord's soldiers. This leads the village to revolt and, eventually, the entire country to rise up against English rule.
The Big Man
An unemployed Scottish miner (Liam Neeson) is forced into bare-knuckle boxing to make ends meet.