Blog posts by year and monthOctober 2010
Posts (11)
Sunk
Poor Charlie. He fell for Nicole hook, line and sinker. But he only had half the story - she's a youngster of fourteen! I think it's fair to say that she deliberately misled soft-hearted Mr Bowie. The phrase 'unlucky in love' doesn't fully describe Charlie's romantic career, does, it? A long-...
Talk about a bad day
Having one of your patients collapse after a flu jab is a scary prospect - but that's what happened at Michael and Ruth's surgery. A mix-up with notes falling from patients' files led to this error. And Leyla was reluctant to confess, understandably. She's wanting to show her hubby that she's a ...
Word on the Street - seasons change
After a very sunny start to the week it feels as if winter has come to Dumbarton. Hat and gloves are essential survival wear to a long day's filming once again. On a frosty autumn morning on the Montego Street set, here's a feeling of being 'out of time' - walking past discarded Christmas tre...
Romancing Scarlett
With baby-making high on the agenda at the Mullens' house, little wonder both Jimmy and Scarlett declared themselves fatigued with the whole process. Scarlett's reaction to Jimmy's attempt at romance, with a bottle of fizz and rose petals, was classic - "What's all this? You done something?" And...
Single Father reunites Heather and Freya
River City fans might recognise some familiar faces in the David Tennant drama Single Father on Sunday nights. The ex-Time Lord Mr Tennant plays Dave, a photographer who faces the shocking sudden death of his beloved wife. The drama explores the heartache and obstacles which he faces in the dif...
Bumpy Landing
Looks like Michael's wife Leyla is in for a rough ride in Shieldinch. You don't mess with the O'Hara ladies, and getting off on the wrong foot with Molly isn't a great start. But Mrs Brodie has bigger problems on her plate - step-daughter Nicole looks like a handful, and what could be the story ...
Field of Blood
Photo of Jayd Johnson as Nicki The last we heard she'd embarked on an exciting new student life in The Big Apple, and now Jayd Johnston is returning to her native land to film a crime drama for BBC Scotland. Jayd played Nicki, wee Bob's ex-fiance and fellow mechanic, between 2004 and 2010. Tal...
Being Victor
Two familiar faces from River City are making an appearance in STV's teen drama Being Victor. The show tells the story of the ups and downs in the life of Vinnie Dupe and his online alter-ego Victor Sage. Sam Robertson, who played Innes Maitland, takes the part of Victor's arch enemy, lothario ...
River City repeat - now on Saturday 9 October
There's a change in the TV schedules this weekend. Instead of its usual Sunday slot, the River City repeat will be broadcast on Saturday 9th October at 1510 on BBC Two Scotland. As ever you can watch the chronicles of life in Shieldinch on the iPlayer.
No angel
Gabriel is proper dodgy, but I like him already. Five minutes in and he's got the entire female population of Shieldinch in a tizzy. Yip, instead of riding in on a stallion, a white van was this Prince Charming's vehicle of choice. Looks like he's going to give us some choice lines too: 'Women are like cats. You've got to let them come to you'. Now, as I peer into my crystal ball of River City romance, the mist is beginning to clear. I'm seeing romance between Gabriel, and - who's this? Long, curly hair. Lashings of black eye-liner. It seems to be a young maiden called - Iona! Which ladies could you picture Gabriel with? While Gabriel's charming the birds out the trees, he's not exactly top of my "Shieldinch's nicest blokes" chart! I did cheer when he got the better of moody Fraser though - was that wrong of me?
