Isla St Clair
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Isla St Clair is a Scottish
singer, actress and former game show
co-host.
, central Scotland
, in 1952. Her family came from North East Scotland and it was here that she spent her early years. It was in Findochty
that she gave her first stage performances, aged three years, at her mother’s Brownie concerts and with the local Salvation Army.
In 1955, the family moved temporarily to Bradfield Green, near Crewe in Cheshire, before returning to Scotland in 1960. Zetta Sinclair, Isla’s mother, was a talented song writer and poet, and became a founding member of the Aberdeen Folk Club. The young Isla, now aged ten, frequently accompanied her mother to the club where they would both sing. It was at the club that she first came to the attention of a BBC producer. She was twelve years old when she sang on her first television programme Talk of the North and this was quickly followed by the radio series Stories are for Singing. Soon she was a regular guest on many other television and radio shows including ‘Hoot’nanny’, My Kind of Folk, Corriefolk, On Tour and Heather Mixture. During this period Isla was a pupil at Aberdeen Academy and from 1967 Buckie High School
. It was on Zetta’s remarriage, in 1968, that Isla adopted the original form of her mother’s maiden name, St Clair.
In 1969, St Clair moved to Edinburgh
to pursue her singing career. Throughout her teenage years she was exposed to many fine performers of folk music including her mother’s friend Jeannie Robertson
, the great traditional ballad singer. Another influence was family friend Hamish Henderson
of the University of Edinburgh’s School of Scottish Studies
. This legendary figure first recorded St Clair when she was twelve, hailing her as the best of her generation. Many of those early recordings of the traditional songs are available from the School. In 1971, St Clair released her first LP Isla St Clair sings Traditional Scottish Songs and she was voted Female Folk Singer of the Year by the New Musical Express.
By now Scotland’s broadcasters recognised St Clair’s personality was ideally suited to take on the role of presenter and she was offered programmes as diverse as To Scotland With Love for light entertainment and Lets See for BBC
educational television. There followed numerous appearances, both as singer and presenter, on series such as Isla’s Island (34 programmes) and Welcome to the Ceilidh (2 series), The Great Western Musical Thunderbox and Thingummyjig. Apart from her broadcasting commitments St Clair managed to fit in concert tours of the British Isles, Europe, the United States, and the Soviet Union (2 tours).
St Clair’s rise to national prominence was in 1978 when she became co-host with Larry Grayson
in BBC Television’s The Generation Game
. She was a big hit in this hugely successful family game show and in 1979, won a number of awards including the Pye Colour Television Award for TV Personality of the Year. During her four years on the Generation Game St Clair made numerous television appearances including high profile shows such as Morcambe and Wise, Max Bygraves Show, The Royal Variety Show, Parkinson, Blue Peter, Blankety Blank as well as her own series The Farm On The Hill.
In 1981, the BBC offered St Clair the chance to do a series of her own choice. She decided to make The Song and The Story which involved dressing up in historical costume and explaining the social history behind the folk songs. She enjoyed the opportunity to play the various characters and in particular the highwaywoman Sovay which enabled her to gallop across the screen on horseback. It was a lavish production with Maddy Prior
and Rick Kemp
as musical associates. The series was a big success and won The Roses Award Best Television Programme and in Munich, the coveted Prix Jeunesse for Best Light Entertainment.
Her successful partnership with Larry Grayson in The Generation Game resulted in St Clair being offered other high profile shows. In 1981, she was invited to co-presentThe Travel Show with Des Lynam
for BBC2 and the following year she was chosen to co-host Central Television’s The Saturday Show
with Tommy Boyd
. Despite her success as a presenter St Clair wanted more singing roles and in 1984, she was offered the part of Maria in The Sound of Music
at Worthing, with Edmond Hockridge. It was expected that she would tour nationally with the musical but due to the demands of bringing up a young family she decided to retire from the business for a while.
’s Songs of Praise
and ITV
’s Highway
, presented by Sir Harry Secombe. However, she wanted to devote more of her time to singing the songs she loved and began by recording Inheritance in 1993, an album
of Scottish folk songs. This was followed a year later with a BBC Radio
series about folk music called Kindlin’ the Fire. In 1995, she devised a series called Tatties and Herrin, which was commissioned by BBC Radio and told the story of the fishing and farming communities of Scotland’s north east. The songs from the series were released on two albums: The Land and The Sea. In 1996, St Clair recorded Scenes of Scotland, a collection of her mother’s songs. The album was a personal tribute to her mother who had recently died.
In 1998, St Clair appeared in and co-producedWhen the Pipers Play a documentary
film about the great Highland bagpipe
. The film was first aired on PBS television in the United States and went on to win four film festival awards. The accompanying CD was also released the same year and was the first of many albums produced in collaboration with producer and film maker Patrick King. Two years later they co-produced, and she presented, the documentary Millennium Pipes about Marie Curie Cancer Care
, set against the backdrop of ten thousand pipers marching through Edinburgh in aid of the charity
. The same year she was asked to sing her mother’s song Dunkirk - Lest We Forget’ at the Festival of Remembrance, in the Royal Albert Hall
. The song was released on the album Amazing Grace - anthems to inspire.
In 2002, St Clair was awarded an honorary degree as Master of the University of Aberdeen
for her lifelong contribution to the traditional music of Scotland. During the year she released two more albums: the critically acclaimed The Lady and The Piper with Gordon Walker; and My Generation a collection of children’s songs, many of them remembered from her own time in the playground
. Other albums followed including Looking Forward To The Past, a collection of timeless love songs; Across the Waters, recorded in Los Angeles
with musical support from Eric Rigler
the outstanding Uilleann piper; and Great Songs and Ballads of Scotland a taste of the country’s musical heritage.
St Clair was invited to sing the lament
Flowers of the Forest
at Tyne Cot Cemetery
in Belgium
, in 2007, to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the Battle of Passchendaele, in the First World War. The moving ceremony was in front of Queen Elizabeth II and the Queen of Belgium, as well as other European Heads of State and Commonwealth Representatives. The same year she released Highland Laddie a CD and DVD tribute to Scotland’s soldiers. The DVD featured her award winning music video The Scottish Soldier filmed at Edinburgh Castle
. This was followed by Remember, another tribute
album to all servicemen and women. In 2011, St Clair was asked to record Flowers of Forest again, this time for the Scots Guards
album From Helmand to Horse Guards.
Isla St Clair continues to be busy on television, radio and stage. She also tours with her three diverse stage shows An Evening With Isla, The Songs and Music of Scotland and Eyes Front with Isla St Clair an audio visual production about songs and film in wartime.
Documentaries
Films
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
singer, actress and former game show
Game show
A game show is a type of radio or television program in which members of the public, television personalities or celebrities, sometimes as part of a team, play a game which involves answering questions or solving puzzles usually for money and/or prizes...
co-host.
Early career
Isla St Clair was born in GrangemouthGrangemouth
Grangemouth is a town and former burgh in the council area of Falkirk, Scotland. The town lies in the Forth Valley, on the banks of the Firth of Forth, east of Falkirk, west of Bo'ness and south-east of Stirling. Grangemouth had a resident population of 17,906 according to the 2001...
, central Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
, in 1952. Her family came from North East Scotland and it was here that she spent her early years. It was in Findochty
Findochty
Findochty is a village in Banffshire, Scotland, 4 miles east of the town of Buckie.Findochty stands on the shores of the Moray Firth. The Gaelic name of the village was recorded by Diack in his own transcription method as fanna-guchti which is unclear in meaning...
that she gave her first stage performances, aged three years, at her mother’s Brownie concerts and with the local Salvation Army.
In 1955, the family moved temporarily to Bradfield Green, near Crewe in Cheshire, before returning to Scotland in 1960. Zetta Sinclair, Isla’s mother, was a talented song writer and poet, and became a founding member of the Aberdeen Folk Club. The young Isla, now aged ten, frequently accompanied her mother to the club where they would both sing. It was at the club that she first came to the attention of a BBC producer. She was twelve years old when she sang on her first television programme Talk of the North and this was quickly followed by the radio series Stories are for Singing. Soon she was a regular guest on many other television and radio shows including ‘Hoot’nanny’, My Kind of Folk, Corriefolk, On Tour and Heather Mixture. During this period Isla was a pupil at Aberdeen Academy and from 1967 Buckie High School
Buckie High School
Buckie High School is a mixed secondary school in Buckie, Moray, Scotland which has a roll of around 900 pupils in years S1 to S6. The school serves the coastal communities of Portgordon, Buckie, Portessie, Findochty, Portknockie, and Cullen...
. It was on Zetta’s remarriage, in 1968, that Isla adopted the original form of her mother’s maiden name, St Clair.
In 1969, St Clair moved to Edinburgh
Edinburgh
Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, the second largest city in Scotland, and the eighth most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council governs one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. The council area includes urban Edinburgh and a rural area...
to pursue her singing career. Throughout her teenage years she was exposed to many fine performers of folk music including her mother’s friend Jeannie Robertson
Jeannie Robertson
Jeannie Robertson was a Scottish folk singer.-Hamish Henderson and Alan Lomax:It is not known where Jeannie Robertson was born but she did live at 90, Hilton Street in Aberdeen, where a plaque now commemorates her. Like many of the Scottish Travellers from Aberdeen, Glasgow and Ayrshire, she went...
, the great traditional ballad singer. Another influence was family friend Hamish Henderson
Hamish Henderson
Hamish Scott Henderson, was a Scottish poet, songwriter, soldier, and intellectual....
of the University of Edinburgh’s School of Scottish Studies
School of Scottish Studies
The School of Scottish Studies was founded in 1951, and is affiliated to the University of Edinburgh. It holds an archive of over 9000 field recordings of traditional music, song and other lore, housed in George Square, Edinburgh...
. This legendary figure first recorded St Clair when she was twelve, hailing her as the best of her generation. Many of those early recordings of the traditional songs are available from the School. In 1971, St Clair released her first LP Isla St Clair sings Traditional Scottish Songs and she was voted Female Folk Singer of the Year by the New Musical Express.
By now Scotland’s broadcasters recognised St Clair’s personality was ideally suited to take on the role of presenter and she was offered programmes as diverse as To Scotland With Love for light entertainment and Lets See for BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
educational television. There followed numerous appearances, both as singer and presenter, on series such as Isla’s Island (34 programmes) and Welcome to the Ceilidh (2 series), The Great Western Musical Thunderbox and Thingummyjig. Apart from her broadcasting commitments St Clair managed to fit in concert tours of the British Isles, Europe, the United States, and the Soviet Union (2 tours).
St Clair’s rise to national prominence was in 1978 when she became co-host with Larry Grayson
Larry Grayson
Larry Grayson , born William Sulley White, was an English stand-up comedian and television presenter of the 1970s and early 80s...
in BBC Television’s The Generation Game
The Generation Game
The Generation Game was a British gameshow produced by the BBC in which four teams of two competed to win prizes...
. She was a big hit in this hugely successful family game show and in 1979, won a number of awards including the Pye Colour Television Award for TV Personality of the Year. During her four years on the Generation Game St Clair made numerous television appearances including high profile shows such as Morcambe and Wise, Max Bygraves Show, The Royal Variety Show, Parkinson, Blue Peter, Blankety Blank as well as her own series The Farm On The Hill.
In 1981, the BBC offered St Clair the chance to do a series of her own choice. She decided to make The Song and The Story which involved dressing up in historical costume and explaining the social history behind the folk songs. She enjoyed the opportunity to play the various characters and in particular the highwaywoman Sovay which enabled her to gallop across the screen on horseback. It was a lavish production with Maddy Prior
Maddy Prior
Maddy Prior is an English folk singer, best known as the lead vocalist of Steeleye Span.-Early life:...
and Rick Kemp
Rick Kemp
Rick Kemp is an English bass player, songwriter, vocalist and record producer, best known for his work with the pioneering electric folk band, Steeleye Span.-Projects:...
as musical associates. The series was a big success and won The Roses Award Best Television Programme and in Munich, the coveted Prix Jeunesse for Best Light Entertainment.
Her successful partnership with Larry Grayson in The Generation Game resulted in St Clair being offered other high profile shows. In 1981, she was invited to co-presentThe Travel Show with Des Lynam
Des Lynam
Desmond Michael "Des" Lynam, OBE is an Irish television and radio presenter based in the UK.He has hosted television coverage of high profile events for many years...
for BBC2 and the following year she was chosen to co-host Central Television’s The Saturday Show
The Saturday Show
The Saturday Show can refer to:*The Saturday Show , an early-1980s ITV children's show*The Saturday Show , a BBC TV children's series broadcast from 2001–2005...
with Tommy Boyd
Tommy Boyd
Timothy Leslie Boyd , better known as Tommy Boyd, is a British radio and television presenter who now lives in Chichester, West Sussex.-Early career:...
. Despite her success as a presenter St Clair wanted more singing roles and in 1984, she was offered the part of Maria in The Sound of Music
The Sound of Music
The Sound of Music is a musical by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. It is based on the memoir of Maria von Trapp, The Story of the Trapp Family Singers...
at Worthing, with Edmond Hockridge. It was expected that she would tour nationally with the musical but due to the demands of bringing up a young family she decided to retire from the business for a while.
Recordings
During the 1990's St Clair returned to television with guest appearances on BBC TelevisionBBC Television
BBC Television is a service of the British Broadcasting Corporation. The corporation, which has operated in the United Kingdom under the terms of a Royal Charter since 1927, has produced television programmes from its own studios since 1932, although the start of its regular service of television...
’s Songs of Praise
Songs of Praise
Songs of Praise is a BBC Television programme based around traditional Christian hymns. It is a widely watched and long-running religious television programme, one of the few peak-time free-to-air religious programmes in Europe Songs of Praise is a BBC Television programme based around traditional...
and ITV
ITV
ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
’s Highway
Highway
A highway is any public road. In American English, the term is common and almost always designates major roads. In British English, the term designates any road open to the public. Any interconnected set of highways can be variously referred to as a "highway system", a "highway network", or a...
, presented by Sir Harry Secombe. However, she wanted to devote more of her time to singing the songs she loved and began by recording Inheritance in 1993, an album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
of Scottish folk songs. This was followed a year later with a BBC Radio
BBC Radio
BBC Radio is a service of the British Broadcasting Corporation which has operated in the United Kingdom under the terms of a Royal Charter since 1927. For a history of BBC radio prior to 1927 see British Broadcasting Company...
series about folk music called Kindlin’ the Fire. In 1995, she devised a series called Tatties and Herrin, which was commissioned by BBC Radio and told the story of the fishing and farming communities of Scotland’s north east. The songs from the series were released on two albums: The Land and The Sea. In 1996, St Clair recorded Scenes of Scotland, a collection of her mother’s songs. The album was a personal tribute to her mother who had recently died.
In 1998, St Clair appeared in and co-producedWhen the Pipers Play a documentary
Documentary
A documentary is a creative work of non-fiction, including:* Documentary film, including television* Radio documentary* Documentary photographyRelated terms include:...
film about the great Highland bagpipe
Great Highland Bagpipe
The Great Highland Bagpipe is a type of bagpipe native to Scotland. It has achieved widespread recognition through its usage in the British military and in pipe bands throughout the world. It is closely related to the Great Irish Warpipes....
. The film was first aired on PBS television in the United States and went on to win four film festival awards. The accompanying CD was also released the same year and was the first of many albums produced in collaboration with producer and film maker Patrick King. Two years later they co-produced, and she presented, the documentary Millennium Pipes about Marie Curie Cancer Care
Marie Curie Cancer Care
Marie Curie Cancer Care is a charitable organisation in the United Kingdom which provides nursing care, free of charge, to terminally ill people, giving them the chance to choose to be cared for at home...
, set against the backdrop of ten thousand pipers marching through Edinburgh in aid of the charity
Charitable organization
A charitable organization is a type of non-profit organization . It differs from other types of NPOs in that it centers on philanthropic goals A charitable organization is a type of non-profit organization (NPO). It differs from other types of NPOs in that it centers on philanthropic goals A...
. The same year she was asked to sing her mother’s song Dunkirk - Lest We Forget’ at the Festival of Remembrance, in the Royal Albert Hall
Royal Albert Hall
The Royal Albert Hall is a concert hall situated on the northern edge of the South Kensington area, in the City of Westminster, London, England, best known for holding the annual summer Proms concerts since 1941....
. The song was released on the album Amazing Grace - anthems to inspire.
In 2002, St Clair was awarded an honorary degree as Master of the University of Aberdeen
University of Aberdeen
The University of Aberdeen, an ancient university founded in 1495, in Aberdeen, Scotland, is a British university. It is the third oldest university in Scotland, and the fifth oldest in the United Kingdom and wider English-speaking world...
for her lifelong contribution to the traditional music of Scotland. During the year she released two more albums: the critically acclaimed The Lady and The Piper with Gordon Walker; and My Generation a collection of children’s songs, many of them remembered from her own time in the playground
Playground
A playground or play area is a place with a specific design for children be able to play there. It may be indoors but is typically outdoors...
. Other albums followed including Looking Forward To The Past, a collection of timeless love songs; Across the Waters, recorded in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
with musical support from Eric Rigler
Eric Rigler
Eric Rigler is an American player of the Uilleann pipes, Great Highland Bagpipes, and tin whistle. He plays on his own and with the band Bad Haggis, and has been featured on a number of movie soundtracks. He has been described as "the most recorded bagpiper of all time"...
the outstanding Uilleann piper; and Great Songs and Ballads of Scotland a taste of the country’s musical heritage.
St Clair was invited to sing the lament
Lament
A lament or lamentation is a song, poem, or piece of music expressing grief, regret, or mourning.-History:Many of the oldest and most lasting poems in human history have been laments. Laments are present in both the Iliad and the Odyssey, and laments continued to be sung in elegiacs accompanied by...
Flowers of the Forest
Flowers of the Forest
Flowers of the Forest is an ancient Scottish folk tune. Although the original words are unknown, the melody was recorded in c. 1615-25 in the John Skene of Halyards Manuscript as "Flowres of the Forrest", though it may have been composed earlier....
at Tyne Cot Cemetery
Tyne Cot Cemetery
Tyne Cot Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery and Memorial to the Missing is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground for the dead of the First World War in the Ypres Salient on the Western Front...
in Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
, in 2007, to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the Battle of Passchendaele, in the First World War. The moving ceremony was in front of Queen Elizabeth II and the Queen of Belgium, as well as other European Heads of State and Commonwealth Representatives. The same year she released Highland Laddie a CD and DVD tribute to Scotland’s soldiers. The DVD featured her award winning music video The Scottish Soldier filmed at Edinburgh Castle
Edinburgh Castle
Edinburgh Castle is a fortress which dominates the skyline of the city of Edinburgh, Scotland, from its position atop the volcanic Castle Rock. Human habitation of the site is dated back as far as the 9th century BC, although the nature of early settlement is unclear...
. This was followed by Remember, another tribute
Tribute
A tribute is wealth, often in kind, that one party gives to another as a sign of respect or, as was often the case in historical contexts, of submission or allegiance. Various ancient states, which could be called suzerains, exacted tribute from areas they had conquered or threatened to conquer...
album to all servicemen and women. In 2011, St Clair was asked to record Flowers of Forest again, this time for the Scots Guards
Scots Guards
The Scots Guards is a regiment of the Guards Division of the British Army, whose origins lie in the personal bodyguard of King Charles I of England and Scotland...
album From Helmand to Horse Guards.
Isla St Clair continues to be busy on television, radio and stage. She also tours with her three diverse stage shows An Evening With Isla, The Songs and Music of Scotland and Eyes Front with Isla St Clair an audio visual production about songs and film in wartime.
Publications
- 1981: St Clair, Isla & Turnbull, David The Song and the Story. London: Pelham Books ISBN 07207 1324 2
Discography
- Dowie Houms of Yarrow (1965) Scottish School of Studies recording at Pollock Halls, Edinburgh
- Isla St Clair Sings Traditional Scottish Songs (1971)
- 70 Golden Nursery Rhymes (1979) (various artists: Isla St Clair, Martin CarthyMartin CarthyMartin Carthy MBE is an English folk singer and guitarist who has remained one of the most influential figures in British traditional music, inspiring contemporaries such as Bob Dylan and Paul Simon and later artists such as Richard Thompson since he emerged as a young musician in the early days...
, Shirley CollinsShirley CollinsShirley Elizabeth Collins MBE is a British folksinger who was a significant contributor to the English Folk Revival of the 1960s and 1970s...
and Percy EdwardsPercy EdwardsPercy Edwards MBE , was an English animal impersonator, ornithologist, and entertainer.-Biography:...
) - The Song and The Story (1981)
- Shape Up and DanceShape Up and DanceShape Up and Dance was the umbrella name for a popular series of exercise instruction albums released in the United Kingdom between 1982 and 1984, during the 1980s aerobics craze. The albums were choreographed by Christina Brooke and each one was presented by a different well known personality from...
(1982) - Inheritance (1993)
- Scenes Of Scotland (1996)
- Tatties and Herrin' - The Land (1997)
- Tatties and Herrin' - The Sea (1997)
- When The Pipers Play (1998)
- When the Pipers Play DVD (1999)
- Murder and Mayhem (2000)
- Royal Lovers and Scandals (2000)
- Pipers on Parade DVD (2000) (also marketed as Millenium Pipes)
- Amazing Grace - anthems to inspire (2002) (re-mastered 2004)
- My Generation (2002)
- The Lady and The Piper (2002)
- Looking Forward to the Past (2003
- Scottish Connections DVD (2003)
- Highland Laddie (2007)
- Highland Laddie DVD (2007)
- Across The Waters (2007)
- Great Songs and Ballads of Scotland (2008)
- Another Version (2009)
- Remember (2009)
TV, Film, Radio and Stage appearances
A selection of the numerous appearances.- Jim McLeod Show (Grampian TV) 1973, Singer
- Regular Features (BBC TV Scotland)1973, Singer/Presenter
- Isla’s Island - series (Grampian TV) 1973/74, Singer/Presenter
- Welcome to the Ceilidh - series (Grampian TV) 1974/75, Singer/Presenter
- Let’s See - series (BBC Scotland Educational), Singing/Presenting
- The Great Western Musical Thunderbox (HTV) 1975,Singer
- Scotland on Parade - 3 month Tour of USA 1975, Singing
- The Irish Rovers Show (CBS/Granada) 1975, Singer
- Thingummy Jig (Scottish TV) 1975, Singer
- Two Tours of USSR 1976/77, Singing
- Birthday Honours (Scottish TV) 1978, Presenter
- Generation Game (BBC TV)1978-82, Co-Host/Singer
- Speak For Yourself (BBC1 Educational), Acting/Presenting
- Children’s Video (Longmans) 1979, Singer
- Farm on the Hill (BBC1 children)1978/80, Presenter
- Max Bygraves Show(Thames) 1979, Acting/Singing
- Morecambe & Wise Show (Thames)1980, Acting/Singing
- Royal Variety Show
- The Song and The Story - own series (BBC1)(2 Awards)1981, Acting/Singing
- The Saturday Show (Central TV)1982/84, Presenting/Singing
- Sound Of Music - Stage Musical,1984, Leading Lady
- Highway (BBC1) various dates, Singer
- Songs of Praise (BBC1) various dates, Presenter
- Various Christmas shows and Pantomimes, 1975/2008, Acting/Singing
Documentaries
- When the Pipers Play,(4 Awards) 1999, Singer/Producer/Producer
- Marie Curie, 2000, Presenter/Producer
- Scots Box, 2000, Presenter/Producer
- Highland Laddie,(Platinum Award) 2007, Singer/Presenter/Producer
Films
- Red Rose, 2003, Actress/Singer