Edinburgh in popular culture

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This article lists notable films and books set or with a significant scene in Edinburgh, Scotland, and other aspects of popular culture:

Contents 1 Books 2 Film 3 Music 4 See also

[edit] Books

• 44 Scotland Street by Alexander McCall Smith
• Complicity by Iain Banks was partly set in Edinburgh
• The Inspector Rebus novels by Ian Rankin
• The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark
• The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson], is often considered as resembling Edinburgh more than London, where it is set
• Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh

[edit] Film

• Complicity
• The Debt Collector
• Driving Lessons
• Festival (2005 film)
• Greyfriars Bobby
• Journey to the Centre of the Earth
• The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
• Restless Natives
• Shallow Grave
• Trainspotting
• Hallam Foe

[edit] Music

• Bay City Rollers
• Idlewild formed in Edinburgh
• The Proclaimers

[edit] See also

• List of Edinburgh people
• Edinburgh Festival