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ABOUT TIME (2013)
Featuring Jon Boden and Sam Sweeney as Buskers (Sam Sweeney uncredited)
Song: ‘How Long Will I Love You’ (Mike Scott)
Written and directed by Richard Curtis
Available on DVD / Blu-ray
ALBION MARKET S01E09 (27 Sep 1985)
Featuring John Tams as Joe the Tramp
Written by Peter Whalley
Directed by Brian Lighthill
Currently unavailable
ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL S02E06 ‘Home Truths’ (21 November 2021)
Featuring Mike Harding as Isaac Cranford
Written by Ben Vanstone (from the books by James Herriot)
Directed by Andy Hay
Available on DVD
THE AMBASSADOR S02E02 ‘Vacant Possession’ (26 Apr 1999)
Featuring Ronnie Drew as Fishing Captain
Written by Tim Prager
Directed by Crispin Reece
Available on DVD
AS YOU LIKE IT (1992)
Featuring John Tams as Amiens
Written by Christine Edzard (from the play by William Shakespeare)
Directed by Christine Edzard
Available on DVD
BIG JIM AND THE FIGARO CLUB - S01E01 ‘Dung From a Rocking Horse’ (08 Jul 1981)
Tony Rose as Bloke
Song: ‘Poor Old Horse’ (trad.)
Written by Ted Walker
Directed by Colin Rose
Currently (unofficially) available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTDqIQt-jxs
THE BIG MAN a.k.a. CROSSING THE LINE (1990)
Michael Marra as Alex the Butcher
Written by Don McPherson (from the book by William McIlvanney)
Directed by David Leland
Available on DVD / Blu-Ray
BLACK JACK (1979)
Packie Manus Byrne as Dr. Carmody
Written by Ken Loach (from the book by Leon Garfield)
Directed by Ken Loach
Available on DVD and Blu-Ray
THE BORDERERS – S02E11 ‘Where the White Lilies Grow’ (11 Mar 1970)
Featuring Ewan MacColl as Tam o’the Haums
Song: ‘The Twa Sisters’ (trad.)
Written by Bill Craig and Martin Worth
Directed by Roger Jenkins
Available (unofficially) on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmZ1UtxnFxU
BORSTAL BOY (2000)
Featuring Ronnie Drew as Customs Man
Written by Peter Sheridan, Nye Heron (from the book by Brendan Behan)
Directed by Peter Sheridan
Available on DVD
BOUNTY, THE (1984)
Featuring Barry Dransfield as Blind Fiddler
Written by Robert Bolt (from the book 'Captain Bligh and Mr. Christian' by Richard Hough
Tune: ‘Cooley’s Reel’ (trad.)
Directed by Roger Donaldson
Available on DVD / Blu-ray
THE BRUCE (1996)
Ronnie Browne as Maxwell
Written by Bob Carruthers & David McWhinnie
Directed by Bob Carruthers
Available (unofficially) on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDpd7EBvAFs
THE BRYLCREEM BOYS (1998)
Featuring Donal Lunny, Nollaig Casey, Sharon Shannon as Musicians
Tune: Unknown
Written by Jamie Brown, Susan Morrall, Terence Ryan
Directed by Terence Ryan
Available on DVD
CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY (2005)
Featuring Blair Dunlop as Little Willy Wonka
Written by John August (from the novel by Roald Dahl)
Directed by Tim Burton
Available on DVD / Blu-ray
CHARLIE’S ANGELS S02E13 ‘Hours of Desperation’ (11 Jan 1978)
Featuring Tom Clancy as Williams
Written by Ivan Goff, Ben Roberts, Ray Brenner
Directed by Cliff Bole
Available on DVD / Blu-Ray
CHIPS WITH EVERYTHING #2: 'Victory' (30 Sep 1969)
Featuring Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick as Singers
Song: ‘The Cutty Wren’ (trad.)
Written by Arnold Wesker (from his play)
Produced by Ronald Smedley
Currently unavailable
CHURCHILL'S PEOPLE #10: 'The Wallace' (13 Mar 1975)
Featuring Archie Fisher as Ballad Singer / Harper
Song: Untitled ballad
Written by John Prebble (from 'A History of the English-Speaking Peoples' by Winston Churchill)
Directed by Donald McWhinnie
Currently (unofficially) available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSbvrDxqsS0
CHURCHILL'S PEOPLE #26: 'Death or Liberty' (23 Jun 1975)
Featuring Ian Campbell as Singer
Songs: ‘The Hand-Loom Weaver’s Lament’ (trad. arr. John Grimshaw) / ‘With Henry Hunt We’ll Go’ (trad.)
Written by Ken Taylor (from 'A History of the English-Speaking Peoples' by Winston Churchill)
Directed by Michael Hayes
Currently (unofficially) available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uStEyDt9AY
CLASS – S01E08 ‘The Lost’ (03 Dec 2016)
Featuring Sam Sweeney as Sam / Folk Musician
Written by Patrick Ness
Directed by Julian Holmes
Available on DVD / Blu-ray
DALZIEL AND PASCOE S08E03 ‘Great Escapes’ (17 Jan 2004)
Mick Peat as 'Farmer' (uncredited)
Written by Elizabeth-Anne Wheal (from the books by Reginald Hill)
Directed by Colin Buchanan
Available on DVD
THE DANNY THOMAS SHOW S11E09 ‘Oh, the Clancys’ (2 Dec 1963)
Featuring The Clancy Brothers as The Singing Clancys
Written by Jack Elinson, Charles Stewart
Directed by Danny Thomas
Currently available on the FilmRise YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXe3BGxqOBU
DAYS OF HOPE #4 'Joining Up' (11 Sep 1975)
Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill as Girl
Song: ‘Down by the Glenside (The Bold Fenian Men)’ (Peader Kearney)
Written by Jim Allen
Directed by Ken Loach
Available on DVD and Blu-ray
ELIDOR #3 (18 Jan 1995)
Featuring John Tams as Old Man
Written by Don Webb (from the novel by Alan Garner)
Directed by John Reardon
Currently (unofficially) available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjB75lUcdeeOxiNpSAvnnxh4WSY6QN4Pb
FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD (1967)
Featuring Dave Swarbrick as Fiddler at Barn Dance
Tune: ‘Davy-Davy Knick-Knack’ (trad.)
Written by Frederic Raphael (from the novel by Thomas Hardy)
Directed by John Schlesinger
Available on DVD / Blu-ray
FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD (2015)
Featuring James Delarre as Fiddle Player at Dance (uncredited)
(Fiddle on soundtrack played by Eliza Carthy)
Tune: ‘Dribbles of Brandy’ (trad.)
Written by David Nicholls (from the novel by Thomas Hardy)
Directed by Thomas Vinterberg
Available on DVD / Blu-ray
FLOAT LIKE A BUTTERFLY (2018)
Featuring Thomas McCarthy as Singer in Bar
Song: ‘Fourteen Last Sunday’ (trad.)
Written and directed by Carmel Winters
Available on DVD
FLOODTIDE S01E05 'The Catch' (12 Jul 1987)
Featuring John Tams as Publican
Written by Roger Marshall
Directed by Tom Cotter
Available on DVD
FOURPENCE A DAY (16 Apr 1982)
Featuring Flowers and Frolics
Written by Anna Beattie
Song: ‘The Knocker-Up’ (trad.)
Produced by Peter Charlton
Currently unavailable
FOYLE'S WAR S06E03 'The Hide' (25 Apr 2010)
Featuring Tim Van Eyken as Singer
Song: ‘Muss i denn’ (trad. arr. Friedrich Silcher, Heinrich Wagner)
Written by Anthony Horowitz
Directed by Stuart Orme
Available on DVD / Blu-ray
THE GALLOWS POLE #1 'The Resurrection of Dave' (30 May 2023)
Featuring Jennifer Reid as Barb and Tom Kitching as Fiddle Player
Song: ‘Old Simon the King’ (trad.)
Written by Shane Meadows (from the novel by Benjamin Myers)
Directed by Shane Meadows
Currently available on BBC iPlayer
GANGS OF NEW YORK (2002)
Featuring Finbar Furey as Satan’s Circus Singer
Song: ‘New York Girls’ (trad.)
Written by Jay Cocks, Kenneth Lonergan, Steven Zaillian (from the book by Herbert Asbury)
Directed by Martin Scorsese
Available on DVD / Blu-ray
HAPPY VALLEY – S03E01 (01 Jan 2023)
Belinda O’Hooley as DCS Liz Thornton
Written by Sally Wainwright
Directed by Patrick Harkins, Sally Wainwright
Available on DVD, Blu-Ray and currently on the BBC iPlayer
HEARTBEAT S14E09 'Buried Secrets' (7 Nov 2004)
Featuring John Tams as Don Tetley
Written by Johnny Byrne, Peter Gibbs, Nicholas Rhea
Directed by Roger Bamford
Available on DVD
THE HOLY CITY (28 Mar 1986)
Featuring John Tams as Barry and Linda Thompson as Woman Taken in Adultery
Written by Bill Bryden
Directed by Bill Bryden
Currently unavailable
HOWLS (2017)
Featuring Alasdair Roberts as Community Musician
Song: ‘Johnny O’The Brine’ (trad.)
Written and directed by Catriona MacInnes
Available to stream for free on Catriona MacInnes’ Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/709480644
IN THE LONG RUN – S01E03 (5 Apr 2018)
Featuring Dave Arthur (billed as Tony Arthur) and Dan Stewart as Skiffle Band
Song: ‘Lost John’ (trad.)
Written by Idris Elba, Claire Downes, Stuart Lane
Directed by Declan Lowney
Currently unavailable
THE INCREDIBLE HULK – S04E05 ‘Deep Shock’ (12 Dec 1980)
Tom Clancy as Edgar Tucker
Written by Kenneth Johnson, Ruell Fischmann (from the comic books created by Stan Lee)
Directed by Reza Badiyi
Available on DVD / Blu-ray
JAM & JERUSALEM - S02E06 – ‘Wedding’ (01 Feb 2008)
Featuring Kate Rusby and Andy Cutting as Performers at Wedding (uncredited)
Song: ‘Elfin Knight’ (trad.)
Written by Jennifer Saunders and Abigail Wilson
Directed by Mandie Fletcher
Available on DVD
JERICHO #1 (7 Jan 2016)
Featuring John Tams as Songbird
Written by Steve Thompson, David Ramage
Directed by Paul Whittington
Available on DVD
JERICHO #2 (14 Jan 2016)
Featuring Nancy Kerr as Whitsun Singer
Song: ‘Where is My Boy Tonight?’ (Robert Lowry)
Written by Steve Thompson, David Ramage
Directed by Paul Whittington
Available on DVD
LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE – S05E14 ‘The Godsister’ (18 Dec 1978)
Featuring Tom Clancy as Shaughnessy
Written by Don Balluck (from the books by Laura Ingalls Wilder)
Directed by Michael Landon
Available on DVD / Blu-Ray
THE LITTLE STRANGER (2018)
Featuring Saul Rose as Melodeon Player
Written by Lucinda Coxon (from the novel by Sarah Waters)
Directed by Lenny Abrahamson
Available on DVD / Blu-ray
LIVE FROM PEBBLE MILL - 'The Battle of Waterloo' (13 Feb 1983)
Featuring Martin Carthy as Wolfhound / Ballad Singer
Song: ‘The Eighteenth of June’ (trad.)
Written by Keith Dewhurst
Directed by Robin Midgley
Currently unavailable
LOVEJOY – S04E01 ‘THE NAPOLEONIC COMMODE’ (10 Jan 1993)
Featuring Damien Barber as Drinker in Pub (uncredited)
Written by Terry Hodgkinson (from the books by Jonathan Gash)
Directed by Baz Taylor
Available on DVD
LOVEJOY S05E05: 'Three Men and a Brittle Lady (3 Oct 1993)
Featuring Damien Barber as Concertina Player in Market (uncredited)
Tune: ‘Cliffs of Moher’ (trad.)
Written by Douglas Watkinson (from the novels by Jonathan Gash)
Directed by Nicholas Laughland
Available on DVD
MIDSOMER MURDERS S06E02 ‘Death and Dreams’ (10 Jan 2003)
Featuring Paul Sartin as Fiddler at Party (uncredited)
Tune: ‘Julia Delaney’s Reel’ (trad.)
Written by Peter J. Hammond
Directed by Peter Smith
Available on DVD / Blu-ray
MIDSOMER MURDERS S12E05 - 'Small Mercies' (28 Oct 2009)
Featuring Chris Leslie, Hugh Crabtree, Mike Sanderson as Ceilidh Band (uncredited)
Tune: ‘Merrily Kissed the Quaker’ (trad.)
Written by Peter J. Hammond (from the novels by Caroline Graham)
Directed by Peter Smith
Available on DVD / Blu-ray
MIDSOMER MURDERS S17E03 – ‘The Ballad of Midsomer County (11 Feb 2015)
Featuring Jackie Oates as Performer at Lower Crosby Folk Festival (uncredited)
Song: ‘Blood Red Roses’ (trad.)
Written by Paul Logue
Directed by Renny Rye
Available on DVD / Blu-ray
MOBY DICK (1956)
Featuring Bert Lloyd as Lead Shantyman (uncredited)
Song: ‘Blood Red Roses’ (trad.)
Written by Ray Bradbury, Norman Corwin, John Huston (from the novel by Herman Melville)
Directed by John Huston
Available on DVD / Blu-ray
THE MOUNTAIN MINOR (2019)
Elizabeth Laprelle as Oza Abner
Written and directed by Dale Farmer
Available on DVD / Blu-Ray
MURDER ROOMS: MYSTERIES OF THE REAL SHERLOCK HOLMES #1 (4 Jan 2000)
Featuring Aly Bain as The Fiddler
Tune: ‘Mrs Jamieson’s Favourite’ (trad.)
Written by David Pirie
Directed by Paul Seed
Available on DVD
MY UNCLE SILAS S02E03 'Shandy Lil' (19 Jan 2003)
Featuring John Tams as Melodeon Player (uncredited)
Written by Robert Banks Stewart (from the novels by H.E. Bates)
Directed by Tom Clegg
Available on DVD
THE MYSTERIES #2 'The Passion' (29 Dec 1985)
Featuring John Tams as Thomas
Written by Tony Harrison
Directed by Bill Bryden, Derek Bailey
Currently (unofficially) available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ib5qBNAiWAk
O’DONOGHUE’S OPERA (1962, released 1998)
Featuring The Dubliners
Tune: ‘Port Láirge’ (trad.)
Directed by Kevin Sheldon
Currently (unofficially) available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ORlUn3iRyw
OUTLANDER - S01E14 ‘The Search’ (9 May 2015)
Featuring Siobhan Miller as Singer
Song: Parody of 'Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy' (Don Raye / Hughie Prince)
Written by Matthew B. Roberts
Directed by Metin Hüseyin
Available on DVD / Blu-ray
PLAY ME SOMETHING (1989)
Featuring Hamish Henderson as Electrician
Written by John Berger and Timothy Neat
Directed by Timothy Neat
Available as a paid stream on the BFI Player
PLAY OF THE WEEK – STARGAZY ON ZUMMERDOWN (15 Mar 1978)
Featuring Toni Arthur as Ruth Baxter
Written by John Fletcher
Directed by Michael Ferguson
Available (unofficially) on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z37Z5Y4FzkA
THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE (1969)
Featuring Isla Cameron as Miss McKenzie
Written by Jay Presson Allen (from the novel by Muriel Spark)
Directed by Ronald Neame
Available on DVD / Blu-ray
PUCKOON (2002)
Featuring Ronnie Drew as Pearse
Written by Terence Ryan, Susan Morrall (from the book by Spike Milligan)
Directed by Terence Ryan
Available on DVD
THE RAINBOW #2 - The Widening Circle (11 Dec 1988)
Featuring John Tams as Mr. Brunt
Written by Anne Devlin (from the novel by D.H. Lawrence)
Directed by Stuart Burge
Available on DVD
THE RAINBOW (1989)
Featuring John Tams as Uncle Frank
Written by Ken Russell, Vivian Russell (from the novel by D.H. Lawrence)
Directed by Ken Russell
Available on DVD / Blu-ray
RAGGEDY RAWNEY, THE (1988)
Featuring John Tams as Blakey
Written by Bob Hoskins, Nicole De Wilde
Directed by Bob Hoskins
Available on DVD
REGULAR (24 Nov 2017)
Featuring Laura Marling as Barista
Written and directed by David Elms
Available on the ‘Random Acts’ official YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koz_U2T-F5M
RESISTANCE S01E03 (a.k.a. REBELLION S02E03) (20 Jan 2019)
Featuring Daoirí Farrell as Singer
Song: ‘The Parting Glass’ (trad.)
Written by Colin Teevan
Directed by Catherine Morshead
Available on DVD
RETURN OF A STRANGER (1961)
Featuring Martin Carthy as Lift Boy
Written by Brian Clemens
Directed by Max Varnel
Available on DVD
ROCKET MAN #2: 'Bodywork' (6 Nov 2005)
Featuring Blair Dunlop as Caleb McNulty
Written by Alison Hume
Directed by Jon East
Currently unavailable
ROOM AT THE TOP (1959)
Featuring Andy Irvine as Raymond (uncredited)
Written by Neil Paterson (from the novel by John Braine)
Directed by Jack Clayton
Available on DVD / Blu-ray
SECOND CITY FIRSTS – ‘Squire’ (25 Nov 1974)
Featuring Alan Hull as Alfy
Written by Tom Pickard
Directed by Barry Hanson
Currently (unofficially) available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFJqaliAIQc
SERVANT, THE (1963)
Featuring Davey Graham as Guitarist in Restaurant (uncredited)
Song: ‘Rock Me Baby’ (Big Bill Broonzy)
Written by Harold Pinter (from the novel by Robin Maugham)
Directed by Joseph Losey
Available on DVD / Blu-ray
SHARPE'S RIFLES (5 May 1993)
Featuring John Tams as Rifleman Daniel Hagman
Written by Eoghan Harris (from the novel by Bernard Cornwell)
Directed by Tom Clegg
Available on DVD / Blu-ray
SONS AND LOVERS #2 (21 Jan 1981)
Featuring John Tams as Pappleworth
Written by Trevor Griffiths (from the novel by D.H. Lawrence)
Directed by Stuart Burge
Currently unavailable
STARSKY & HUTCH S02E18 ‘Survival’ (21 May 1977)
Featuring Tom Clancy as Sonny McPhearson
Written by William Blinn, Tim Maschler
Directed by David Soul
Available on DVD / Blu-ray
STELLA - CHRISTMAS SPECIAL 'HOLLY' (23 Dec 2016)
Featuring Kate Rusby and Damien O’Kane as Themselves
Written by Ben Edwards and Simon Ludders
Directed by Tony Dow
Available on DVD
STRAIGHT TO HELL (1987)
Shane MacGowan as Bruno McMahon
Written by Alex Cox and Dick Rude
Directed by Alex Cox
Available on DVD / Blu-ray under the name 'Straight to Hell Returns'. Tread carefully.
STUDIO ONE S10E01 ‘The Night America Trembled’ (9 Sep 1957)
Featuring Tom Clancy as Tom
Written by Nelson S. Bond, Howard E. Koch
Directed by Tom Donovan
Available (unofficially) on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9rnTVW9Bgs
SUMMER IN FEBRUARY (2013)
Featuring Seth Lakeman as Fiddler
Tune: Unknown
Written by Jonathan Smith (based on his novel)
Directed by Christopher Menaul
Available on DVD / Blu-ray
THE THIRD DAY: AUTUMN (3 Oct 2020)
Featuring Hazel Askew as Melodeon Player (uncredited)
Written by Felix Barrett, Dennis Kelly, Kath Duggan, Emily Mytton
Directed by Felix Barrett, Marc Munden
Available as a free stream from Punchdrunk's website: https://www.punchdrunk.com/project/the-third-day-autumn
A TIME TO REMEMBER (26 Aug 1988)
Featuring Tommy Makem as Father Halloran
Written and directed by Thomas Travers
Currently unavailable
TRAVELLING MAN S02E01 'A Token Attempt' (3 Sep 1985)
Featuring John Tams as Barman
Written by Roger Marshall
Directed by Sebastian Graham Jones
Available on DVD
THE WATCH HOUSE - S01E01 (07 Dec 1988)
Featuring Benny Graham as Charles McGill
Written by William Corlett (from the book by Robert Westall)
Directed by Ian Keill
Currently (unofficially) available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZuBKEk_z-k
WHO DARES WINS (1982)
Featuring Dave Pegg, Gerry Conway, Jerry Donahue as Pop Group
Song: ‘Right on Time’ (Marc Donahue / Jerry Donahue)
Written by George Markstein, Reginald Rose
Directed by Ian Sharp
Available on DVD / Blu-ray
WILD ROSE (2018)
Featuring Aly Bain as Joe, Phil Cunningham as Ivor, Neill MacColl as Neill, Ben Nicholls as Eric
Song: ‘Born to Run’ (Paul Kennerley)
Written by Nicole Taylor
Directed by Tom Harper
Available on DVD / Blu-ray
YOUR CHEATIN’ HEART S01E01 ‘Throwing Up in the Gorbals’ (11 Oct 1990)
Featuring Eddi Reader as Jolene Jowett
Written by John Byrne
Directed by Michael Whyte
Available on DVD