The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil

The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil

90 mins | Drama, Comedy, Documentary, History, Music | June 6, 1974

The "ceilidh play", as writer John McGrath styled it, is presented in the BBC's 1974 "Play for Today" production to a live audience intercut with filmed reconstructions of the Highland Clearances and the Victorian obsession with hunting stags. Restored in high definition from the original film masters held in the BBC Archives.

The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil

90 mins | Drama, Comedy, Documentary, History, Music | June 6, 1974

The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil
The "ceilidh play", as writer John McGrath styled it, is presented in the BBC's 1974 "Play for Today" production to a live audience intercut with filmed reconstructions of the Highland Clearances and the Victorian obsession with hunting stags. Restored in high definition from the original film masters held in the BBC Archives.
Producers Panamint Film
Original title The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil
Directors John Mackenzie
Writers John McGrath

Cast

John Bett

as Various

Dolina MacLennan

as Various

David Maclennan

as Various

Elizabeth MacLennan

as Various

Alex Norton

as Various

Bill Paterson

as Various

Allan Ross

as Various

John McGrath

as Various

Charles Kearney

as Sellar

James Cosmo

as Loch

Iain Glas

as MacLeod

David Steaurt

as Judge

Kenneth Benda

as Duke

Stuart Mungall

as Husband

Terry Cavers

as Wife

Kevin Collins

as Old Man