Danny McCahon has contributed to many of the UK’s best loved series, including Taggart, Casualty and Waterloo Road.
He is a lifelong Celtic supporter who lives in Greenock with his wife, four children and his record collection.
Television
ATTITUDES TO DEATH
Pilot for return crime series
KNITTING BEE
Comedy drama
ZOO (Lime Pictures)
Children’s drama series
THE BABYSITTER (YTV)
SIDEKICKS (LWT)
SCOTCH MIST (SMG)
ZIGGY THOMSON AND THE SPIDER FROM LARGS (BBC Scotland)
A comedy series
Television Series Contributions
EMMERDALE (ITV) 2011
Series 26
RIVER CITY (BBC Scotland) 2004 – 2023
WATERLOO ROAD (Shed / BBC) 2007
Season 3 ep 4
GIL MAYO MYSTERIES (BBC) 2005
CASUALTY (BBC) 2001-2005
LONDON’S BURNING (LWT/ITV) 2001
TAGGART; For Their Sins (Scottish TV/ITV) 1999
Dir. Danny Hillier
DREAM TEAM (BSkyB)
DOCTORS (BBC)
Children’s TV
G-FORCE (BBC Scotland)
STACY STONE (BBC)
Adaptation of Roy App’s novels 2005
YO! DIARY (The Comedy Unit / CBBC)
Film
HEARTACHE SOUVENIRS 2023
Short Film (Currently in Post)
STARCASTER 2014
Short Film
BISCUITS 2013
Short Film
YOU’VE GOT THE GIG 2012
Short Film
GOING DOWN 2004
Channel 4
MEETING GABRIEL 1998
Shortlisted for TAPS Writer of the Year
DANGER DOYLE’S DOO (BBC Scotland) 1997
30” film for BBC Scotland’s Mind The Gap series
Scottish BAFTA nominated
A SMALL DEPOSIT (BBC 2) 1994
Short Film
BBC Scottish Film Production Award
BAFTA nominated
THE COMEBACK (BBC Film)
30” Film. Part of the Year Dot Series
Theatre
WHERE’S LULU 2018
THE KNITTING BEE 2015
WORKING THE WAR 2014
I HAVE KNOWN A MONSTER 2008
Winner of the Scott Salver Salver Award
TALE O’THE BANK 1999
MEETING GABRIEL 1998
LEGEND IN HIS LUNCHTIME (1996 – 1998)
Radio
STAND UP NORMA JEAN (Radio 4)
LULU’S BACK IN TOWN (2016, Radio Scotland)
A LULU OF A KID (2015, Radio Scotland)
GOING SPARE (2014, Radio Scotland)
P DIVISION (Episode for Series, Radio 4)
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