The 1983 Bill Forsyth movie Local Hero was set in Scotland, but had a universal story which won over film fans around the world. It also brought fame to a red phone box in the Aberdeenshire ...

The 1983 film made a red phone box in the Aberdeenshire village of Pennan famous A musical based on the classic 1983 film Local Hero will have its world premiere in Edinburgh next year. The Royal ...

Quarter of an hour into The Problem with People there’s a 15-second clip of Bill Forsyth’s Local Hero – and it’s the best ...

The cruelty and abuse of the Magdalene laundries is now acknowledged, but in 1985, when this story is set, it took incredible courage to stand against the local power of the Catholic Church in Ireland ...

Mark Knopfler has released an all-star version of “Going Home (Theme From Local Hero” under the name Mark Knopfler’s Guitar Heroes, in aid of Teenage Cancer Trust and Teen Cancer America.