Guilt
- TV comedy drama
- BBC Scotland
- 2019 - 2023
- 12 episodes (3 series)
Comedy drama starring Mark Bonnar and Jamie Sives as two men who commit a hit and run murder. Also features Ruth Bradley, Sian Brooke, Emun Elliott, Michael Nardone, Ellie Haddington and more.
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 1
Further details
In a residential street in Edinburgh, two disparate brothers, high flying lawyer Max and Jake, a record shop owner, accidentally run down an old man, Walter, on their way home from a wedding. Uninsured and under the influence, Jake is persuaded by Max to cover up their deathly deed.
However, their hopes that the death will be passed off as natural causes are dashed when neighbours and relatives begin to suspect Walter's death wasn't as innocent as it seems. The brothers find their lives rapidly falling apart as their actions begin to catch up with them.
Their increasingly desperate attempts to conceal their guilt leads them further into a world where everyone seems to have a hidden agenda and they discover they can trust no-one - including each other.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 24th October 2019
- Time
- 10pm
- Channel
- BBC Scotland
- Length
- 60 minutes
Cast & crew
| Mark Bonnar | Max McCall |
| Jamie Sives | Jake McCall |
| Ruth Bradley | Angie Curtis |
| Sian Brooke | Claire McCall |
| Emun Elliott | Kenny Burns |
| Michael Nardone | Henry McKinnon |
| Ellie Haddington | Sheila Gemmell |
| Moyo Akande | Tina Hicks |
| Gordon Brown | Maurice |
| Joe Donnelly | Walter |
| Natali McCleary | Spin Instructor |
| Neil Forsyth | Writer |
| Robert McKillop | Director |
| Jules Hussey | Producer |
| Neil Webster | Executive Producer |
| Kirstie Macdonald | Executive Producer |
| Gavin Smith | Executive Producer |
| Gregor Sharp | Executive Producer |
| Neil Forsyth | Executive Producer |
| Wendy Griffin | Line Producer |
| Nikki McChristie | Editor |
| Tom Sayer | Production Designer |
| Caroline Stewart | Casting Director |
| Nanu Segal | Director of Photography |
| Lesley Abernethy | Costume Designer |
| Laura Hill | Make-up Designer |
| Arthur Sharpe | Composer |
| Anna Toffolo | Graphics |
| Craig Wright | Graphics |
| Graham Drover | 1st Assistant Director |
Press
Guilt: bonny murder thriller with surreal twists
Guilt (BBC2), starring Mark Bonnar and Jamie Sives as two Edinburgh brothers who can't bear the sight of each other, is a murder thriller that might have escaped from the imagination of Billy Connolly. Convoluted, paranoid and hypnotic, it was also mordantly funny.
Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail, 31st October 2019Guilt, BBC Two review
Neil Forsyth stylish drama gathers conviction and momentum after a slow start.
Markie Robson-Scott, The Arts Desk, 30th October 2019Guilt, review
The writing was sharp, bleak, and of-the-moment.
Barbara Speed, i Newspaper, 30th October 2019Guilt: A fabulously funny black comedy
In this moral satire, two Scottish brothers discover the perfect victim. Can they get away scot-free?
Peter Crawley, The Irish Times, 30th October 2019Guilt, episode 1 review
This witty, gritty new thriller is no guilty pleasure.
Michael Hogan, The Telegraph, 30th October 2019Two estranged brothers take on the guilt in question following a drink driving hit-and-run that leaves an old man dead in this new drama from writer Neil Forsyth. The ensuing coverup pushes the brothers deeper and deeper into compromising territory. A heart-thumping watch. (This will be shown on BBC Two in the rest of the UK on 30 October.)
Ammar Kalia, The Guardian, 24th October 2019Guilt, BBC Scotland/BBC2: meeting writer and cast
The channel's first scripted commission is a darkly comic tale of two brothers involved in a hit-and-run. Vicki Power meets writer Neil Forsyth and the cast.
Vicki Power, Broadcast, 23rd October 2019