Andrew McP

I struggled to settle into this film for the first 20 minutes or so. But somewhere after that I stopped seeing the actors and started seeing a bitter-sweet portrait of life as a fading double act. It is a totally delightful movie. Delightfully touching.

The sets haven't aged so well, but the script and the acting are as impressive today as they were when first broadcast... and my Mum, quite understandable, wouldn't let my teenage self watch it. :-) I have made up since. Superb drama.

On paper, a string of archive clips from Scotland wouldn't have captured my attention for long, even with a cleverly constructed soundtrack to connect them. But having stumbled across this on TV late one night, I found myself captivated. I'm not sure why. Maybe I'm just getting old and starting to wonder about the nature of progress. Or maybe human beings aren't designed to be able to see the past brought back to life without some kind of deep, existential angst kicking in. Perhaps it's just a great bit of work and I think too much.