Bob Carruthers

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Bob Carruthers
Bob Carruthers Shown Left Collecting Emmy Award in (1996)

Bob Carruthers is a Scottish film maker, author and broadcaster.

Career

Born in Kirkcaldy, Fife in (November 1960) Carruthers attended Kirkcaldy High School. After graduating from Edinburgh University in (1981) and working for Central Television (now ITV Central) Carruthers founded the documentary production company Cromwell Productions Ltd, based in Stratford-upon-Avon.

Macbeth DVD (1997)

During the (1990s) Cromwell Productions Ltd became a production company specialising in historical and arts documentaries. Carruthers was the writer and producer behind Music Maestro, Campaigns In History, Line Of Fire, and Battlefield Series IV and V. He received an Emmy Award after being nominated by Disney Channel for writing and producing Dinosaurs: Myths and Realities which was voiced by Brian Blessed. Following this partnership with Blessed, the pair worked on numerous documentaries and eventually on three feature films.

The film Chasing the Deer was produced in (1994) and starred Brian Blessed. Based on the Battle of Culloden, it was the third highest grossing British feature film of that year.^[1] Chasing the Deer was followed by The Bruce starring Oliver Reed, another Scottish historical epic which was released to cinemas in 1996. Macbeth starring Jason Connery and Helen Baxendale was the most critically acclaimed of the Scottish movie trilogy, winning the US Silver Screen Award.^[2]

Away from the mainstream cinema Carruthers also made low-budget films, producing and directing Steel Tempest, Zombie Driftwood and Wraith Rovers as examples of what can be achieved on tiny budgets.

Music

Pour l'Amour des Chiens Album (2004)

In (2000) Carruthers founded Classic Rock Productions Ltd which produced hundreds of music documentaries and CD releases. The company also toured and promoted the rock groups Uriah Heep, Asia and Focus . Documentaries and concert films produced in this period include Jethro Tull, Wishbone Ash and Jack Bruce. He was also the executive producer on albums by British progressive group Mostly Autumn, including the critically acclaimed Passengers, an album which saw the ban headlining at the London Astoria.

In (2004) Carruthers led the reformation of the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, and the band subsequently toured Britain with Adrian Edmondson, Phill Jupitus, Stephen Fry and Bill Bailey. Edmondson, Jupitus and Fry all appeared on the studio album Pour l'Amour des Chiens and the live album Wrestle Poodles... And Win!

Other interests

In (2006) Carruthers became owner of Edinburgh Rugby, the professional rugby team based in Edinburgh which was acquired from the Scottish Rugby Union. The most significant result on the field was Edinburgh’s first ever victory over Munster Rugby at Thomond Park. The DVD and book entitled The Hard Yards describes the events on the field. The off field events are recounted in the book The Murrayfield Experience.

Since (2011) Carruthers has concentrated mainly on his writing career. Publishers of his works include mainstream publishers such Cassels, Carlton Books and Pen and Sword Books.

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