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Happy 43rd birthday to my favourite Scottish actor, Billy Boyd. I hope he has a wonderful day.

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For those of us who were worried that our favourite Scottish detective series might be axed, we can sleep more easily tonight - a new deal between STV and ITV means that six episodes of Taggart will be filmed shortly and shown by STV later this year ( Read more... )

Thanks to kleini I saw the YouTube clips of Billy's interview on Cuide ri Cathy, so I have downloaded them all. The zip file contains 3 mp4 files, each around 40MB.

hwwp://www.megaupload.com/?d=W6XCT3MG
(change the ww or it won't work)

The second series of "Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency - The Long, Dark Tea-Time of the Soul" will begin broadcasting on BBC Radio 4 on Thursday 2nd October. The official page has a cast list (and yes, Billy will be returning as Richard MacDuff). Information on the series is hidden away on this page - it certainly whets my appetite ( Read more... )

I'm not posting a picspam - I'm sure that there will be plenty of others who will do that - but I have picked out four of my absolute favourite photos of Billy to share with you, one for each decade. ( Photos here )

( See here for trailer )

I watched the "Save Angel Hope" trailer here and found where my browser had stashed the streaming file. For those who may not be able to find it in their own systems, I've uploaded it ( here: )

For anyone who has not yet bought their copy of "Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency" audio CD, Amazon UK has it on sale here for £8.79 (plus P&P, less VAT if not in the UK).

I received my copy of "25 Years of Taggart" a couple of days ago. There's a section on the various actors who have played guest roles over the years, including our own Billy Boyd. I finally managed to get that paragraph scanned, so here it is for your delectation:

( Scan under the cut )