With Edinburgh black comedy drama Guilt returning for a third and final series this week, we’ve taken a look at other TV programmes that were set in the Capital. Although most of Scotland’s TV output has come from the west of the country historically, particularly Glasgow, more and more TV camera crews have been spotted out and about on the streets of Edinburgh in recent years, including ITV’s take on Ian Rankin’s Rebus series of novels and CBBC’s Teacup Travels.
9. Meeow!
Perhaps the only animated TV show set in Edinburgh, Meeow! was based on the Maisie MacKenzie books by Aileen Paterson, and produced simultaneously in English and Gaelic versions. The series is about a young cat named Maisie Mac who lives with her grandmother in Morningside as her explorer father is always away. The show, which was narrated by Stanley Baxter, aired on ITV from 2000- 2003, with 26 episodes made. It was later repeated in 2009 and 2015. The show was so popular that in 2011 Lothian Buses made Maisie the face of the Number 5 bus, which travels through Morningside. Photo: COLIN MEARNS
10. The Creatives
The Creatives was a Leith-based sitcom created by Jack Docherty and Moray Hunter which ran for two series between October 1998 and February 2000 on BBC Two. It followed an advertising agency that has faded from its 1980s heyday. Photo: Submitted
11. Pramface
BBC sitcom Pramface was set in Edinburgh with specific locations including The Grange and the Corstorphine Parish Church. Nineteen episodes of the show, which followed the life of the two teenagers and their family and friends, were aired on BBC Three from 2012-14. Photo: Anne Binkebanck/ BBC
12. The Advocates
The Advocates was a Scottish legal drama, broadcast on ITV, that ran for two series between 2 April 1991 and 23 March 1992. The series starred Ewan Stewart and Isla Blair as the main protagonists, Greg McDowell and Katherine Dunbar. It also featured Trainspotting star Shirley Henderson as Shirley (pictured above in South Queensferry for a scene). Photo: Submitted