The Long Knives (The CRIME series)

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The Long Knives is the second in a trilogy about Edinburgh detective Ray Lennox, following 2008’s Crime.

The Trainspotting creator shared that his latest book, The Long Knives, was written as a tribute to the T2 star after they had stayed friends for over three decades. Aye, a proper musical, with singing and dancing and shit,” laughs Welsh. “Phil McIntyre [promoter and producer] had been asking me for years to do it, and I always said, nah, I’m not doing that.

Irvine Welsh and Miranda Sawyer in conversation at Spiritland

In October 2022, a second six-part series started filming in Scotland with Welsh and Cavanagh again scripting. Directors for the second series include Trygve Allister Diesen and Anthony Neilson. [5] Production is by Buccaneer and Off Grid Film and TV. [6] Production crews were reported in Glasgow’s West End, with filming occurring on Horselethill Road and Rosslyn Terrace. [7] Filming continued in Glasgow into November 2022. [8] Anita Singh in The Daily Telegraph described the performance of Scott as “lifting” the police procedure “out of the ordinary” by delivering “every line with a burning intensity” that still “manages at the same time to convey the character’s emotional fragility, and the toll that his job is taking”. [13] Lucy Mangan in The Guardian was less effusive, but said that Welsh “pushed the limits of what we normally see from the troubled detective at the centre of such shows”. [14] Carol Midgely in The Times said “ I thought it was terrific, give or take the odd daft scene” and “few writers could write about such horror and still make it funny”. [15] Accolades [ edit ] Meanwhile, Ken Stott, who’s best known for starring in TV crime dramas Messiah and Rebus, as well as playing dwarf Balin in The Hobbit film trilogy, stars as Chief Superintendent Bob Toal. You have the book out and a few days later we start filming [it]. We’re in pre-production now, so it’s kind of record time.” He told STV current affairs show Scotland Tonight at the Edinburgh International Book Festival: “We shot the first season based in part on the original book.

BritBox announces a set of debut originals". Royal Television Society. 23 July 2020 . Retrieved 14 May 2023. Addomesticati, rassicurati dai toni mansueti del giallo all’italiana, per il lettore italiano l’impatto con un vero noir è come uno schiaffo in faccia. Un effetto doccia fredda che si verifica puntualmente con le storie ideate da Irvine Welsh, il 64enne scozzese dagli occhi di ghiaccio, il creatore di Trainspotting, con il suo nuovo libro, I lunghi coltelli (Guanda, pp.384 €19,80)No, I’ve learned how to do that down the years. I didn’t know how to write a novel when I wrote Trainspotting. I had these loose stories that seemed to be heading somewhere; the start was going on too much about how they became junkies, so I cut it and went straight into their world and ended it with a heist ending I thought would be dramatic. Then I went on to The Acid House – more stories. Marabou Stork Nightmares was my first attempt at a conventional novel but it turned out quite experimental. I was just messing around in those first few books. They were probably the best ones, because then you learn how to write and you end up writing like everybody else [laughs].