Edinburgh in popular culture
- Edinburgh in popular culture
This article lists notable films and books set or with a significant scene in Edinburgh, Scotland, and other aspects of popular culture:
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
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"
Music
* Bay City Rollers
* Idlewild formed in Edinburgh
* The Proclaimers
ee also
* List of Edinburgh people
* Edinburgh Festival
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