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Paul Murton

Paul Murton

Known for

Writing

Birthplace

Ardentinny, Argyll, Scotland, UK

Biography

Paul Murton is a Scottish television presenter and broadcaster, film-maker, and historian, working primarily on the BBC with an emphasis on travelogues in Scotland. Born in 1957 and raised in Ardentinny on the shores of Loch Long, Argyll, Scotland, where his parents ran a small hotel, Murton is best known for his series Scotland's Clans, Grand Tours of Scotland, Grand Tours of the Scottish Islands and Grand Tours of Scotland's Lochs. Murton is a graduate of the University of Aberdeen and the National Film and Television School. Before writing and presenting his Grand Tours series, he directed several TV dramas, including Bramwell, The Bill, Casualty and River City. In 2021 he wrote the biogr...

Best known work

The Bill

The Bill

1984
Days That Shook the World

Days That Shook the World

2003
Screen Two

Screen Two

1985
The Blue Boy

The Blue Boy

1994
Highland Clans

Highland Clans

2009
Tin Fish

Tin Fish

1990
Grand Tours of Scotland's Lochs

Grand Tours of Scotland's Lochs

2017
Grand Tours of Scotland's Rivers

Grand Tours of Scotland's Rivers

2021

Filmography

  1. 2021

    Grand Tours of Scotland's RiversTV

    Creator

  2. 2017

    Grand Tours of Scotland's LochsTV

    Director, Writer, Producer

  3. 2009

    Highland ClansTV

    as Narrator (18 episodes), Creator

  4. 2003

  5. 1994

    The Blue Boy

    Director, Writer

  6. 1990

    Tin Fish

    Writer, Director

  7. 1985

    Screen TwoTV

    Writer, Director

  8. 1984

    The BillTV

    Director

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