Lights, cameras and lots of action for the screen

It catapulted some of the city’s streets and landmarks on to the world screen, but camera crews have been a common sight in the Lothians over the years.

Brigitte Bardot at Dirleton where she was filming scenes for the film A Coeur Joie (Two Weeks in September) with Laurent Terzieff in September 1966. Picture: TSPL

Brigitte Bardot added a dash of glamour to Dirleton in East Lothian during filming of À Coeur Joie (Two Weeks in September) – a 1967 French movie starring the actress and directed by Serge Bourguignon.

BBC television crews came to a beach along the coast near Aberlady in 1960 to film the Spy Catcher series starring Bernard Archard, which ran from 1959 to 1961. It was based on the real-life activities of Dutch counter intelligence officer Lieutenant-Colonel Oreste Pinto, who specialised in the interrogation of suspected spies during the Second World War.

BBC TV film unit shooting scenes for a new Spy Catcher series on the beach near Aberlady. Picture: TSPL

The Forth Bridge was in the spotlight during filming of The Thirty-Nine Steps in 1959, with actor Kenneth More leading the way on the tracks.

Scottish stage and screen actor Iain Cuthbertson was keeping a watchful eye on the cameraman and director during the filming of a scene from TV series Sutherland’s Law, shot in April 1975 at Edinburgh Castle.

The show dealt with the duties of the procurator fiscal in a small Scottish town.

And in 1954, a scene for documentary The Festival City was filmed by Pathe crews on Princes Street in the September sunshine.