The cast of Balamory want to bring back the kids’ show for a reunion episode 20 years after it was first broadcast.
Set in Tobermory in Scotland, Balamory aired on CBeebies between 2002 and 2005. It included characters who each wore bright colours corresponding with the house they lived in.
Now, Julie Wilson Nimmo, who played Miss Hoolie, and Juliet Cadzow, who played Edie McCredie, have spoken about their hopes for a show reunion.
“It’s weird when you think about it, because different bands get back together, and I was saying the other day, we were kind of like a band, our gang could get back together,” Nimmo told BBC Radio Wm.
“You see The Rolling Stones doing it, so you think, why not?” she continued, before asking Cadzow: “I’d be up for it. Would you Juliet?”
“Definitely, absolutely, I could slide down that pole again, no bother!” said Cadzow, referencing...
Set in Tobermory in Scotland, Balamory aired on CBeebies between 2002 and 2005. It included characters who each wore bright colours corresponding with the house they lived in.
Now, Julie Wilson Nimmo, who played Miss Hoolie, and Juliet Cadzow, who played Edie McCredie, have spoken about their hopes for a show reunion.
“It’s weird when you think about it, because different bands get back together, and I was saying the other day, we were kind of like a band, our gang could get back together,” Nimmo told BBC Radio Wm.
“You see The Rolling Stones doing it, so you think, why not?” she continued, before asking Cadzow: “I’d be up for it. Would you Juliet?”
“Definitely, absolutely, I could slide down that pole again, no bother!” said Cadzow, referencing...
- 9/29/2022
- by Megan Graye
- The Independent - Music
Mary Riggans has died at the age of 78.
The actress was best known for playing Effie Macinnes in Stv's High Road and Suzie Sweet in CBeebies show Balamory.
Riggans died peacefully on Monday (December 2), holding her daughter's hand, a family statement read. She had suffered a stroke in 2012.
BBC Scotland executive and Balamory producer Yvonne Jennings told BBC News: "Like Suzie, Mary was a kind and giving woman who took on the role of nurturing young talent.
"She was an extremely professional actress with impeccable comedy timing. She'll be sadly missed by many."
Riggans also played Isa's best friend Sadie in Still Game between 2002 and 2007.
The actress was best known for playing Effie Macinnes in Stv's High Road and Suzie Sweet in CBeebies show Balamory.
Riggans died peacefully on Monday (December 2), holding her daughter's hand, a family statement read. She had suffered a stroke in 2012.
BBC Scotland executive and Balamory producer Yvonne Jennings told BBC News: "Like Suzie, Mary was a kind and giving woman who took on the role of nurturing young talent.
"She was an extremely professional actress with impeccable comedy timing. She'll be sadly missed by many."
Riggans also played Isa's best friend Sadie in Still Game between 2002 and 2007.
- 12/4/2013
- Digital Spy
Dear Frankie
CANNES -- Scottish screenwriter Andrea Gibb is on a roll with "Dear Frankie", a gem of a picture that, like her Edinburgh Film Festival success "AfterLife", has flinty characters dealing with everyday hardships who are suddenly faced with a predicament of their own making.
First-time director Shona Auerbach, a photographer who has been successful making commercials, leaves the slick surfaces of that world behind to craft a deeply felt human drama that she also shot beautifully. With Miramax International at the helm, a film that derives much from a sense of geography and seamanship should travel well.
Emily Mortimer and Jack McElhone, who both appeared last year in "Young Adam", here are mother and son in the port town of Greenock, where they have fled once again to escape the grasp of her ex-husband. The boy, Frankie, is deaf and can barely speak, but he wasn't born that way. It was "a present from Daddy," as his mother, Lizzie, puts it. But he's a very bright boy, intelligent and quick. He also has the kind of resolve that allows him to make a friend out of a cocky kid sitting next to him in class who scrawls "Def Boy" on the desk. Frankie smiles and corrects his spelling.
The lad is unaware of his mother's fears; he just wishes they would settle down somewhere. Lizzie has told him that his dad is a sailor on a ship named Accra, and Frankie writes to him diligently, tracking his travels on a huge wall map. He doesn't know that his letters go only as far as his mother, who writes back letters as if they were from his father.
It goes well until one day they learn that a ship named Accra is headed for Greenock. Frankie's school friend makes him a bet that his dad won't want to see him. It's a bet Frankie can't turn down, and it leaves his mum with a huge dilemma.
Enter a tall, dark stranger, but in the sure hands of Gibb and Auerbach, this Scottish sailor (Gerard Butler) is not quite the nameless man with no history that Lizzie has in mind, and his stint pretending to be Frankie's dad leads to many more complications.
The potential for sickly sentiment is high with all these ingredients, but there is nothing mawkish about the film. The beautiful Mortimer appealingly understates her glamour. She and a sterling cast, including Mary Riggans as her mother and Sharon Small as a new friend, all bring steel to their characters. McElhone shines in the difficult task of acting with an affliction, and he doesn't put a foot wrong. Butler ("Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life") downplays his movie-star presence to play a man of quiet mystery and strength.
The movie is filled with small moments of tenderness, insight and considerable wisdom, like when Lizzie says she thought Frankie would give up on writing to his dad, but she's glad he didn't. "It's the only way I can hear his voice," she says.
DEAR FRANKIE
Presented by Miramax Films & Pathe Pictures in association with the UK Film Council and Scottish Screen. A Scorpio Films Production in association with Sigma Films. Produced in association with Inside Track Productions.
Credits:
Director and cinematographer: Shona Auerbach
Screenwriter: Andrea Gibb
Producer: Caroline Wood
Co-producers: Gillian Berrie, Matthew T. Gannon
Executive producers: Stephan Evans, Angus Finney, Francois Ivernel, Cameron McCracken, Duncan Reid
Production designer: Jennifer Kernke
Editor: Oral Norrie Ottey
Original music: Alex Heffes
Costume designer: Carole K. Millar
Cast:
Lizzie: Emily Mortimer
Frankie: Jack McElhone
Stranger: Gerard Butler
Marie: Sharon Small
Nell: Mary Riggans
Catriona: Jayd Johnson
Ricky Monroe: Sean Brown
No MPAA rating
Running time -- 105 minutes...
First-time director Shona Auerbach, a photographer who has been successful making commercials, leaves the slick surfaces of that world behind to craft a deeply felt human drama that she also shot beautifully. With Miramax International at the helm, a film that derives much from a sense of geography and seamanship should travel well.
Emily Mortimer and Jack McElhone, who both appeared last year in "Young Adam", here are mother and son in the port town of Greenock, where they have fled once again to escape the grasp of her ex-husband. The boy, Frankie, is deaf and can barely speak, but he wasn't born that way. It was "a present from Daddy," as his mother, Lizzie, puts it. But he's a very bright boy, intelligent and quick. He also has the kind of resolve that allows him to make a friend out of a cocky kid sitting next to him in class who scrawls "Def Boy" on the desk. Frankie smiles and corrects his spelling.
The lad is unaware of his mother's fears; he just wishes they would settle down somewhere. Lizzie has told him that his dad is a sailor on a ship named Accra, and Frankie writes to him diligently, tracking his travels on a huge wall map. He doesn't know that his letters go only as far as his mother, who writes back letters as if they were from his father.
It goes well until one day they learn that a ship named Accra is headed for Greenock. Frankie's school friend makes him a bet that his dad won't want to see him. It's a bet Frankie can't turn down, and it leaves his mum with a huge dilemma.
Enter a tall, dark stranger, but in the sure hands of Gibb and Auerbach, this Scottish sailor (Gerard Butler) is not quite the nameless man with no history that Lizzie has in mind, and his stint pretending to be Frankie's dad leads to many more complications.
The potential for sickly sentiment is high with all these ingredients, but there is nothing mawkish about the film. The beautiful Mortimer appealingly understates her glamour. She and a sterling cast, including Mary Riggans as her mother and Sharon Small as a new friend, all bring steel to their characters. McElhone shines in the difficult task of acting with an affliction, and he doesn't put a foot wrong. Butler ("Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life") downplays his movie-star presence to play a man of quiet mystery and strength.
The movie is filled with small moments of tenderness, insight and considerable wisdom, like when Lizzie says she thought Frankie would give up on writing to his dad, but she's glad he didn't. "It's the only way I can hear his voice," she says.
DEAR FRANKIE
Presented by Miramax Films & Pathe Pictures in association with the UK Film Council and Scottish Screen. A Scorpio Films Production in association with Sigma Films. Produced in association with Inside Track Productions.
Credits:
Director and cinematographer: Shona Auerbach
Screenwriter: Andrea Gibb
Producer: Caroline Wood
Co-producers: Gillian Berrie, Matthew T. Gannon
Executive producers: Stephan Evans, Angus Finney, Francois Ivernel, Cameron McCracken, Duncan Reid
Production designer: Jennifer Kernke
Editor: Oral Norrie Ottey
Original music: Alex Heffes
Costume designer: Carole K. Millar
Cast:
Lizzie: Emily Mortimer
Frankie: Jack McElhone
Stranger: Gerard Butler
Marie: Sharon Small
Nell: Mary Riggans
Catriona: Jayd Johnson
Ricky Monroe: Sean Brown
No MPAA rating
Running time -- 105 minutes...
- 7/9/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Dear Frankie
CANNES -- Scottish screenwriter Andrea Gibb is on a roll with "Dear Frankie", a gem of a picture that, like her Edinburgh Film Festival success "AfterLife", has flinty characters dealing with everyday hardships who are suddenly faced with a predicament of their own making.
First-time director Shona Auerbach, a photographer who has been successful making commercials, leaves the slick surfaces of that world behind to craft a deeply felt human drama that she also shot beautifully. With Miramax International at the helm, a film that derives much from a sense of geography and seamanship should travel well.
Emily Mortimer and Jack McElhone, who both appeared last year in "Young Adam", here are mother and son in the port town of Greenock, where they have fled once again to escape the grasp of her ex-husband. The boy, Frankie, is deaf and can barely speak, but he wasn't born that way. It was "a present from Daddy," as his mother, Lizzie, puts it. But he's a very bright boy, intelligent and quick. He also has the kind of resolve that allows him to make a friend out of a cocky kid sitting next to him in class who scrawls "Def Boy" on the desk. Frankie smiles and corrects his spelling.
The lad is unaware of his mother's fears; he just wishes they would settle down somewhere. Lizzie has told him that his dad is a sailor on a ship named Accra, and Frankie writes to him diligently, tracking his travels on a huge wall map. He doesn't know that his letters go only as far as his mother, who writes back letters as if they were from his father.
It goes well until one day they learn that a ship named Accra is headed for Greenock. Frankie's school friend makes him a bet that his dad won't want to see him. It's a bet Frankie can't turn down, and it leaves his mum with a huge dilemma.
Enter a tall, dark stranger, but in the sure hands of Gibb and Auerbach, this Scottish sailor (Gerard Butler) is not quite the nameless man with no history that Lizzie has in mind, and his stint pretending to be Frankie's dad leads to many more complications.
The potential for sickly sentiment is high with all these ingredients, but there is nothing mawkish about the film. The beautiful Mortimer appealingly understates her glamour. She and a sterling cast, including Mary Riggans as her mother and Sharon Small as a new friend, all bring steel to their characters. McElhone shines in the difficult task of acting with an affliction, and he doesn't put a foot wrong. Butler ("Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life") downplays his movie-star presence to play a man of quiet mystery and strength.
The movie is filled with small moments of tenderness, insight and considerable wisdom, like when Lizzie says she thought Frankie would give up on writing to his dad, but she's glad he didn't. "It's the only way I can hear his voice," she says.
DEAR FRANKIE
Presented by Miramax Films & Pathe Pictures in association with the UK Film Council and Scottish Screen. A Scorpio Films Production in association with Sigma Films. Produced in association with Inside Track Productions.
Credits:
Director and cinematographer: Shona Auerbach
Screenwriter: Andrea Gibb
Producer: Caroline Wood
Co-producers: Gillian Berrie, Matthew T. Gannon
Executive producers: Stephan Evans, Angus Finney, Francois Ivernel, Cameron McCracken, Duncan Reid
Production designer: Jennifer Kernke
Editor: Oral Norrie Ottey
Original music: Alex Heffes
Costume designer: Carole K. Millar
Cast:
Lizzie: Emily Mortimer
Frankie: Jack McElhone
Stranger: Gerard Butler
Marie: Sharon Small
Nell: Mary Riggans
Catriona: Jayd Johnson
Ricky Monroe: Sean Brown
No MPAA rating
Running time -- 105 minutes...
First-time director Shona Auerbach, a photographer who has been successful making commercials, leaves the slick surfaces of that world behind to craft a deeply felt human drama that she also shot beautifully. With Miramax International at the helm, a film that derives much from a sense of geography and seamanship should travel well.
Emily Mortimer and Jack McElhone, who both appeared last year in "Young Adam", here are mother and son in the port town of Greenock, where they have fled once again to escape the grasp of her ex-husband. The boy, Frankie, is deaf and can barely speak, but he wasn't born that way. It was "a present from Daddy," as his mother, Lizzie, puts it. But he's a very bright boy, intelligent and quick. He also has the kind of resolve that allows him to make a friend out of a cocky kid sitting next to him in class who scrawls "Def Boy" on the desk. Frankie smiles and corrects his spelling.
The lad is unaware of his mother's fears; he just wishes they would settle down somewhere. Lizzie has told him that his dad is a sailor on a ship named Accra, and Frankie writes to him diligently, tracking his travels on a huge wall map. He doesn't know that his letters go only as far as his mother, who writes back letters as if they were from his father.
It goes well until one day they learn that a ship named Accra is headed for Greenock. Frankie's school friend makes him a bet that his dad won't want to see him. It's a bet Frankie can't turn down, and it leaves his mum with a huge dilemma.
Enter a tall, dark stranger, but in the sure hands of Gibb and Auerbach, this Scottish sailor (Gerard Butler) is not quite the nameless man with no history that Lizzie has in mind, and his stint pretending to be Frankie's dad leads to many more complications.
The potential for sickly sentiment is high with all these ingredients, but there is nothing mawkish about the film. The beautiful Mortimer appealingly understates her glamour. She and a sterling cast, including Mary Riggans as her mother and Sharon Small as a new friend, all bring steel to their characters. McElhone shines in the difficult task of acting with an affliction, and he doesn't put a foot wrong. Butler ("Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life") downplays his movie-star presence to play a man of quiet mystery and strength.
The movie is filled with small moments of tenderness, insight and considerable wisdom, like when Lizzie says she thought Frankie would give up on writing to his dad, but she's glad he didn't. "It's the only way I can hear his voice," she says.
DEAR FRANKIE
Presented by Miramax Films & Pathe Pictures in association with the UK Film Council and Scottish Screen. A Scorpio Films Production in association with Sigma Films. Produced in association with Inside Track Productions.
Credits:
Director and cinematographer: Shona Auerbach
Screenwriter: Andrea Gibb
Producer: Caroline Wood
Co-producers: Gillian Berrie, Matthew T. Gannon
Executive producers: Stephan Evans, Angus Finney, Francois Ivernel, Cameron McCracken, Duncan Reid
Production designer: Jennifer Kernke
Editor: Oral Norrie Ottey
Original music: Alex Heffes
Costume designer: Carole K. Millar
Cast:
Lizzie: Emily Mortimer
Frankie: Jack McElhone
Stranger: Gerard Butler
Marie: Sharon Small
Nell: Mary Riggans
Catriona: Jayd Johnson
Ricky Monroe: Sean Brown
No MPAA rating
Running time -- 105 minutes...
- 5/19/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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