Doune Castle: Doune was the original Winterfell in the Pilot episode of Game of Thrones. Although now filmed in N.Ireland the architectural influence is clear.
Monty Python and the Holy Grail was filmed here. It has also been seen in Outlander as Castle Leoch
An Englishman Abroad
- Dundee stands in for Moscow!
Balamory
- Tobermory, Mull
Case Histories
(a.k.a Jackson Brodie)- Edinburgh
Dr Findlay
- Callendar and Auchtermuchty (remake)
Curfew
- Scottish scenes were filmed around Loch Maree and Kinlochewe A836 and A832 (lochClair
Deadwater Fell
- An amalgamation of the villages of Dunlop in Ayrshire (church, school, Main street, post office and community centre (police station) and Kilbarchan in Renfrewshire. The beach scenes were also filmed in Ayrshire at Culzean and Irvine.
Downton Abbey
(Christmas Special, Duneagle) Inveraray Castle, Inveraray Argyll & Bute
Game of Thrones
(pilot episode, never aired) - Doune Castle as Winterfell.
Glencoe Massacre
(1692) was the insiration for the Red Wedding episode (the regular series is filmed in Northern Ireland)
Hamish Macbeth
- Plockton
Inspector Rebus
- Around Edinburgh and Fife. Although fiction, Rankin sets his novels in real locations.
Lip Service
- Glasgow
Monarch of the Glen
- Ardverikie House and Estate (Glen Bogle),Laggan Loch, A86 Highlands, Kingussie, Newtonmore
Open Doors
- Edinburgh: Leslies Bar, Sheraton Hotel, Edinburgh Park, Leith, Inch
Pramface
- Grange and Marchmont, Edinburgh
Shoe Box Zoo
- Marchmont, Edinburgh
Silent Witness "In a Lonely Place"
- Dundee, Angus and Falkland, Fife
The Loch
- Loch Ness, Fort William, Glencoe & Fort Augustas
The Nest
- Around Glasgow: City Chambers; Buff Club; Chaophraya; and the Botanical Gardens. Cape Cove, Loch Long in Argyll and Bute
The Syndicate
- Blackford Hill, Edinburgh and Hearts Football Ground
Taggart
- Around Glasgow (Police Station - Strathclyde Uni, Montrose St/Rottenrow)
Take The High Road
- Luss and Loch Lomond
Taking over the Asylum
- Gartloch Hospital nr Glasgow
Victoria
- (series2, Scottish Episode) Blair Atholl Castle and Atholl Estate in Perthshire
Waterloo Road
- Greenock (School - former Greenock Academy)
Scottish Actors
John Barrowman*(Glasgow) – Torchwood, Dr, Who, Desperate Housewives
Billy Boyd
(Glasgow) - Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Gerard Butler
(Paisley) – Phantom of the Opera, Attila, 300,
Geostorm
Robert Carlyle
(Glasgow) – Trainspotting , Hamish Macbeth, Once upon a Time
Ian Charleson*(Edinburgh) – Chariots of Fire
Robbie Coltrane
(Rutherglen) – Harry Potter, Cracker
Tom Conti
(Paisley) – Shirley Valentine
Billy Connelly
(Glasgow) – Last Samurai, Mrs. Brown, Billy (World Tours)
Sean Connery
(Edinburgh) – James Bond
Jason Connery
(Sean's son – Shanghai Noon, Wish Master3, Shoebox Zoo
Ronnie Corbett
(Edinburgh) - The Two Ronnies
James Cosmo
(Clydebank) – Braveheart, Troy
Brian Cox
(Dundee) – Rob Roy, Braveheart, Bourne Identity
Steven Cree
(Glasgow) - Outlander (Ian Murray)
Alan Cumming*
(Aberfeldy) - X Men, Golden Eye, The Good Wife
Lindsay Duncan
(Edinburgh) – Alice in Wonderland, Rome, A Year in Provence
Emun Elliot
(Portobello) - Lip Sevice, The Paradise, Game of Thrones, Black Death
Iain Glenn
(Edinburgh) - Game of Thrones (Jorah Mormont)
John Hannah
(East Kilbride) – Sliding Doors, the Mummy
Douglas Henshall
(Glasgow) - Primeval, Shetland, Outlander (MacQuarrie)
Sam Heughan
(New Galloway) Outlander (Jamie Fraser)
Armando Iannucci
(Glasgow) – The Thick of It, Veep, Alan Partridge
Gordon Jackson
(Glasgow) – Upstairs Downstairs, The Professionals
Ashley Jenson
(Annan) - Extras, Ugly Betty
Deborah Kerr
(Helensburgh) – The King and I
Rose Leslie
(Aberdeen) Ygritte in Game of Thrones
Gary Lewis
(Glasgow) – Gangs of New York, Eragon, Outlander (Colum Mackenzie)
Phyllis Logan
(Paisley) – Lovejoy, Downton Abbey
Richard Madden
(Elderslie, Renfrewshire) Game of Thrones (Robb Stark), Oasis
Fulton Mackay
(Paisley) - Porridge
James McAvoy
(Port Glasgow) – Last King of Scotland
Rory McCann
(Glasgow) - Game of Thrones (Sandor Clegane)G
David McCallum
(Glasgow) – The Man from U.N.C.L.E, NCIS
Angus MacFadyen
(Glasgow) – Braveheart, We bought a Zoo, Chuck
Ewan McGregor
(Crieff) - Train Spotting, Moulin Rouge, Star Wars
Kevin McKidd- (Elgin) - Train Spotting, Made of Honor, Grey's Anatomy
Graham McTavish
(Glasgow) - The Hobbit, Outlander (Dougal MacKenzie)
Alex Newman
(Glasgow) – Waterloo Road
David Niven
(London but from Kirriemuir) – Pink Panther
Alex Norton
(Glasgow) - Taggart
Grant O'Rourke
( - Outlander (Rupert MacKenzie)
Bill Paterson
(Glasgow)- Law & Order: UK, Outlander (Ned Gowan)
Daniel Portman
(Glasgow) - Game of Thrones (Podrick Payne)
Ian Richardson*(Edinburgh) – House of Cards,
Clive Russell
(Born, Reeth, N. Yorks, brought up in Fife) - Ripper Street, Outlander, Game of Thrones (Blackfish)
Dougray Scott
(Glenrothes) - Enigma, Mission Impossible II, Desperate Housewives
John Sessions* (Largs) The Good Shepherd, Gangs of New York, QI
Alistair Sim
(Edinburgh) – Scrooge, Belles of St Trinian’s
Tilda Swinton
(Londonbut from Swinton, Borders ) – Chronicles of Narnia, Orlando
David Tennant
(West Lothian)– Dr Who, Broadchurch, Spies of Warsaw
Richard Wilson* (Glasgow) – One foot in the Grave. Merlin
* Gay