60 minSeason 1 • Episode 2
LatestStewart persuades Ellie to help find out what happened to Cal. But the mystery has far from played out - they have to race to prevent further fall out amongst the Murston clan.
Based on Iain Banks's best-selling novel, this romantic mystery follows Stewart as he returns to his childhood home and tries to discover the truth behind his best friend's death.
Acting
Peter Mullan's Don Murston: terrifying patriarch, zero wasted movement.
Cinematography
Berwickshire coast as character—beautiful, brutal, inescapable.
Writing
Banks's dialogue: every sentence carries twenty years of history.
Christian Cooke
Stewart Gilmour
Charlotte Spencer
Ellie Murston
Peter Mullan
Don Murston
Gary Lewis
Mike MacAvett
Brian Gleeson
Powell Imrie
Chris Fulton
Ferg
Kevin Mains
Fraser Murston
Jack Greenlees
Norrie Murston
Joy McAvoy
Jel MacAvett
Gilly Gilchrist
Al Gilmour
Jenny Ryan
Morven Gilmour
Ncuti Gatwa
Dougie
Sharon Small
Connie Murston
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Iain Banks was dying of cancer during filming; he saw rough cuts but never the final version. The novel's dedication to 'the brave' hits differently now.
The two-episode structure mirrors the novel's dual timeline—present-day funeral and the five days leading to Callum's death—forcing you to hold two truths simultaneously until they collide.
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