Suicide

Carla Connor to attempt suicide

TV Gossip

21 Sep 2011

Coronation Street's Carla Connor is to attempt suicide. The Weatherfield entrepreneur - who is played by Alison King - will take an overdose of sleeping pills in a bid to end it all after being raped by her evil fiance Frank Foster (Andrew Lancel…

Emmerdale's Jackson to appear at own funeral

TV Gossip

24 Jun 2011

Emmerdale's Jackson Walsh appears at his own funeral. The tetraplegic former builder passed away last month after taking his own life with the assistance of boyfriend Aaron Livesy (Danny Miller) and mother Hazel Rhodes (Pauline Quirke) but as local…

Corrie scene to be screened 50 years after filming

TV Gossip

24 Jun 2011

A controversial 'Coronation Street' scene, which was axed in 1963, will finally be shown almost 50 years later. The footage shows factory worker Sheila Birtles - played by Eileen Mays - attempting suicide by swallowing a bottle of pills after being…

Marc Silcock wanted 'horrific' Emmerdale suicide

TV Gossip

8 Jun 2011

'Emmerdale' star Marc Silcock wanted his character's death scene to be "horrific" to highlight the reality of assisted suicide. Last night (07.06.11), viewers of the ITV1 soap were shocked to see Marc's character Jackson Walsh - who was rendered…

John Stape 'to commit suicide'

TV Gossip

28 Mar 2011

'Coronation Street's John Stape is set to commit suicide. The deranged teacher - who is currently covering up for three deaths he was involved in - will leave Weatherfield later this year and while his death is being kept a closely-guarded secret, it…

Wendy Miller and Rachel Amey collaborate on The Bridge at Glasgay! 2010

New play explores theme of teenage suicide

8 Oct 2010

The creative partnership behind one of the chief commissions at this year’s Glasgay! 2010 is one that the festival was itself instrumental in fostering. Wendy Miller met Rachel Amey last year, after Amey was cast in Miller’s Glasgay! 2009 drama Even…

Creeping Bent Records showcase

24 Nov 2009

When Andy Warhol said everyone would be famous for 15 minutes, he wasn’t counting on the irresistible rise of the Creeping Bent Organisation, which this month celebrates 15 years carving out a parallel pop universe with two very special shows. Vic…

Regular Lovers - Feature

Wild innocence

1 Sep 2006

Wild innocence - As Phillipe Garrel’s Regular Lovers finally reaches Scottish screens, Tony McKibbin offers a cut out and keep guide to the man they call the ‘the Rimbaud of French cinema’.