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With ‘set-jetting’ a growing trend trend growing a ‘set-jetting’ With dramas. sci-fi thrillers, ghost stories to comedy comedy to stories ghost thrillers, sci-fi Oscar-nominated period dramas to fantasy fantasy to dramas period Oscar-nominated dramatic history of film and TV productions, from from productions, TV and film of history dramatic Like its landscape, the Scottish Borders has a rich and and rich a has Borders Scottish the landscape, its Like Scottish Borders on the Screen the on Borders Scottish Scotland east south in locations TV and film to guide Your on the screen screen the on Borders Scottish Locations A-Z List of films/television A-Z Abbotsford - Former home of founded by King David, and Title Year Plot Sir Walter Scott who designed burial place of Robert the and built the house, situated Bruce’s heart. Almost Heaven 2006 Canadian TV director finds love when he is hired to salvage an international fishing show in Scotland. near Melrose on the south bank www.historic-scotland.gov.uk of the Tweed. The Awakening 2010 Psychological-supernatural thriller set in the 1920s with a twist in the tail. www.scottsabbotsford.com Peebles - The Royal Burgh of Peebles straddles the famous Case Histories 2 2012 Mysterious and intriguing cases for Edinburgh-based private detective Jackson Brodie. Ancrum - Small village on the salmon fishing river Tweed and B6400 close to Jedburgh. is a market town renowned for The Devil’s Widow (aka Tam Lin) 1970 Feature film from the Scots folk tale, a mysterious woman (Ava Gardner) uses witchcraft to keep her young its beauty and culture. jet-set friends. Carter Bar - The point at www.peebles.info which the A68 crosses the Driving Lessons 2005 Heart-warming British comedy about a shy teenager’s journey of self-discovery, England-Scotland border and Selkirk - The Royal Burgh of starring Rupert Grint and Julie Walters. forms a pass at the top of Selkirk lies on the Ettrick Water Redesdale in the Cheviot Hills. and is famous for its braes and The Escape Artist 2013 BBC crime drama about a talented barrister (David Tennant) involved in a horrific murder trial whose wynds. Historically linked to the brilliance comes back to bite him. Coldingham Bay - Sandy inlet woollen industry and associated in the North Sea coast, close to with James Hogg and William Greystoke, the legend of Tarzan 1984 Hugh Hudson’s adaptation about an infant raised by apes who returns to society to claim his Eyemouth, renowned for surfing inheritance as Earl of Greystoke. and its colourful beach huts. Wallace. www.coldingham.info www.welcometoselkirk.com Hallam Foe 2006 Following the death of his mother, Hallam Foe develops an obsession with voyeurism. St Abb’s Head - Formed by Drumelzier - Village and civil a series of volcanic eruptions, House of Mirth 2000 Terence Davies adaptation of Edith Wharton’s novel about New York socialite Lily Bart parish on the B712 in Tweed (Gillian Anderson) torn between head and heart. Valley close to Broughton, one- the craggy landscape of St time home of John Buchan. Abb’s Head is a National Nature Imogène McCarthery 2009 1950s spy spoof. Against all the odds, Imogène McCarthery (Catherine Frot) is entrusted with a secret Reserve famous for its seabirds, mission to take plans of a new war plane to a contact in her home town in Scotland. Duns Castle - Private wedding coastline, grasslands and clear and event venue in a 14th waters. www.nts.org.uk Link 1986 Zoology student (Elisabeth Shue) is forced to outsmart a murderous and super-intelligent orangutan century castle. living in the home of a scientist (Terence Stamp). www.dunscastle.co.uk St Abb’s Village - Fishing village at the foot of St Abb’s Mary Queen of Scots 1971 Lavish historical epic nominated for 5 Oscars starring Vanessa Redgrave and Glenda Jackson as the Floors Castle - Seat of the Head. opposing queens. Duke of Roxburghe. Castle open www.stabbsvisitorcentre.co.uk to the public throughout the St Mary’s Loch - At the head Mrs Brown 1996 John Madden’s period drama about the relationship between Queen Victoria (Judi Dench) and her summer. Terrace café and plant royal servant John Brown (Billy Connolly) following the death of Prince Albert. centre open all year. of the Yarrow Valley set in the heart of the Southern Uplands, Murder 2014 Gripping BBC crime drama in which the truth unfolds through the evidence presented by the protagonists. www.floorscastle.com linked to James Hogg, Sir Fountainhall - Small Walter Scott, William Wallace North and South 2004 BBC adaptation of Elizabeth Gaskell social novel, following the story of Margaret Hale, a young woman community with its own school and Merlin the Wizard. who moves to the north of England after her father leaves the clergy. and village hall, strongly linked www.visitstmarysloch.org.uk to the farming community. Shades of Love 2010/11 Adaptation of a Rosamunde Pilcher story. Balnaird House is the home of the ancient and venerable Talla / Megget - Reservoirs Aird family, and of a dark secret. Hermitage Castle - 14th in the Tweedsmuir Hills next to century castle and romantic Broad Law. Shoebox Zoo 2004 Children’s fantasy TV series about an American kid in Scotland who is given a mysterious box of toy trysting spot of Mary Queen of animals that come alive. Scots. Traquair House - Originally www.historic-scotland.gov.uk a hunting lodge for the kings Solomon Kane 2008 A ruthless mercenary renounces violence after learning his soul is bound for hell, but when a young and queens of Scotland, later girl is kidnapped and her family killed by a sorcerer’s followers, he is forced to fight to slay evil. Innerleithen - Small town in a refuge for Catholic priests in Tweeddale surrounded by hills, times of terror, the Stuarts of Taggart - Dead Man’s Chest 1995 The Taggart team are called to a remote Scottish community when a gang of villains feud over said to have been founded by Traquair supported Mary Queen buried treasure. St Ronan. of Scots and the Jacobite cause without counting the cost. White Out (Eisfieber) 2010 Ken Follet adaptation about the theft of a deadly virus from a lab in snow-covered Scotland. Manderston - Opulent Traquair is open to the public Edwardian country house throughout the summer. The Wicker Tree 2009 Feature film follow up to The Wicker Man, two young missionaries accept the invitation designed by John Kinross. to participate in a local festival. House and gardens are open www.traquair.co.uk to the public. West Linton - Historic village in Women Talking Dirty 1999 Warm comedy about best friends Ellen (Gina McKee) and Cora (Helena Bonham Carter). www.manderston.co.uk the shadow of the Pentland Hills Melrose Abbey - The first dating back to the 12th century. Cistercian abbey in Scotland www.westlinton.org.uk and Film Edinburgh. Edinburgh. Film and south. the from A697 and Borders central All other images c/o Scottish Borders Council Council Borders Scottish c/o images other All the in A68 and A7 east, the in A1 the region: owner. Floors - thanks to Roxburghe estate. Roxburghe to thanks - Floors owner. the across stretch routes trunk major four Images, Locations: Traquair House - thanks to property property to thanks - House Traquair Locations: Images, road By rail. by capital Scotland’s of hour Shoebox Zoo - thanks to BBC. BBC. to thanks - Zoo Shoebox an within Borders Scottish the of heart the Case Histories - thanks to Ruby & ITVGE.