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Adaptation of Alasdair Gray's cult novel, which tells the stories of art student Duncan Thaw and Lanark, a man who finds himself in a strange yet familiar place, Unthank.

Dramatisation of Alasdair Gray's cult classic by Robin Brooks with Alasdair Gray.

First published in 1981, Lanark changed the face of Scottish literature for a generation and propelled the visual artist Alasdair Gray into the literary limelight.

It's a modern masterpiece that spans three worlds in four books, and tells the connected stories of Duncan Thaw - a student at Glasgow's Art School in the 1950s - and Lanark - a man who wakes to find himself in an unspecified period in the strange yet familiar place, Unthank.

Unthank is a city with no sun and no sense of time. It's an endless present, but there are ways to escape - people disappear mysteriously, others succumb to the strange diseases this peculiar form of hell generates. Lanark's escape will take him into another circle of hell where he'll hear the story of a life that was once his and where the life he now lives will change forever.

Starring Sandy Grierson, Melody Grove and Siobhan Redmond, with a guest appearance by Alasdair Gray.

Directed by Kirsty Williams.

1 hour, 30 minutes

Last on

Sat 7 Nov 2015 14:30

Credits

Role Contributor
Lanark Sandy Grierson
Duncan Sandy Grierson
Rima Melody Grove
Marjorie Melody Grove
The Oracle Siobhan Redmond
Gloopy James Anthony Pearson
Ritchie Smollett James Anthony Pearson
Sludden Robert Jack
Kenneth Robert Jack
Gay Claire Knight
Peggy Claire Knight
Ozenfant Finlay Welsh
Father Finlay Welsh
Young Duncan Sean Graham
MacKenzie Angela Darcy
Midwife Angela Darcy
Arthur Liam Brennan
Young Sandy Leo Graham
Nastler Alasdair Gray
Author Alasdair Gray
Adaptor Robin Brooks
Director Kirsty Williams

Broadcasts

  • Sat 1 Nov 2014 14:30
  • Sat 7 Nov 2015 14:30

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