My Childhood

The story

The first part of Bill Douglas' influential trilogy harks back to his impoverished upbringing in early-'40s Scotland. Cinema was his only escape - he paid for it with the money he made from returning empty jam jars - and this escape is reflected most closely at this time of his life as an eight-year-old living on the breadline with his half-brother and sick grandmother in a poor mining village.

Cast & crew

Stephen ArchibaldJamie

Hughie RestorickTommy

Jean Taylor SmithGrandmother

Karl Fieseler

Karl FieselerHelmuth

Bernard McKennaTommy's father

Paul KermackJamie's father

Helena GloagFather's mother

Ann Smith

Ann SmithJamie's mother

Eileen McCallumNurse

Helen Rae

Helen RaeBus conductress

James Eccles

James EcclesMan singing