Robin Mitchell

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Robin Mitchell (born 27 May 1963) founded Adam Lyal's Witchery Tour Party in 1999.[1] He stood for the Scottish Parliament in 1999 in Lothian in the guise of highway robber Adam Lyal,[2][3] gaining 1184 votes.[4]

Mitchell has written a novel, Grave Robbers,[5] and other books, including the guidebook What's Under the Kilt?.[6]

As a writer/producer, he has produced several Scottish based films including Adam Lyal's Royal Mile, Georgian Edinburgh, St. Andrews and Ghosts of Scotland.[citations needed] And so Goodbye (2004), the documentary produced for Scottish Television won the Saltire Society Grierson Award at the Edinburgh International Film Festival. In 2005, he co-produced a 10-minute documentary The Rest is Silence for Director Andrew T. Henderson.

In 2007, he produced his first feature film, Finding Bob McArthur[7] and produced the short film Breadmakers for Director Yasmin Fedda.[8]

[edit] References

  1. ^ "That entrepreneurial spirit", The Glasgow Herald, 1999-09-21. 
  2. ^ Adam Lyal Fan Club - Lyal In The Press. www.adamlyal.com. Retrieved on 2008-02-06.
  3. ^ BBC News - Parties and Issues - Other parties. news.bbc.co.uk (1999-04-29). Retrieved on 2008-02-06.
  4. ^ Aspect 1999: Witchery Tour Party - Electoral region results and literature. gdl.cdlr.strath.ac.uk. Retrieved on 2008-02-06.
  5. ^ Grave Robbers. Luath Press Ltd, 1999. ISBN 0946487723
  6. ^ What's Under the Kilt? The Cadies & The Witchery Tours, United Kingdom, 2000. ISBN 0952292726
  7. ^ Finding Bob McArthur. www.britfilms.com. Retrieved on 2008-02-06.
  8. ^ Breadmakers. www.britfilms.com. Retrieved on 2008-02-06.