Your Cheatin' Heart

6.0
199050m

In this fondly remembered mini series John Byrne, creator of Tutti Frutti, explores the country music scene in an unsentimental portrait of Glaswegian life and culture. Local food and wine correspondent Frank McClusky falls in love with waitress Cissie Crouch. Unfortunately for him, she’s the wife of a convict, who is serving time for a crime he didn’t commit. As Frank’s life becomes more embroiled with Cissie’s he goes on a mission to track down the guilty men.

Production

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Seasons

6 Episodes • Premiered 1990

Local food and wine correspondent Frank McClusky falls in love with waitress Cissie Crouch. Unfortunately for him, she's the wife of a convict, who is serving time for a crime he didn't commit. As Frank's life becomes more embroiled with Cissie's he goes on a mission to track down the guilty men.

Still image for Your Cheatin' Heart season 1 episode 1: Throwing Up in the Gorbals

1. Throwing Up in the Gorbals

Glasgow country music star Dorwood Crouch is in prison, and his wife Cissie needs help to prove his innocence and escape the clutches of drug-dealing Elvis fan Fraser Boyle.

Still image for Your Cheatin' Heart season 1 episode 2: The Eagle of the Apocalypse and the Sidewinders of Satan

2. The Eagle of the Apocalypse and the Sidewinders of Satan

A discovery in the Clyde forces Frank to think again about Cissie's plea.

Still image for Your Cheatin' Heart season 1 episode 3: This Could Turn Septic On Us, Ya Big Ungrateful Midden

3. This Could Turn Septic On Us, Ya Big Ungrateful Midden

Dorwood's protest continues, but the discovery of his hidden cash prompts a change of heart for Cissie and more heartache for homeless Frank. Meanwhile, the missing drugs hunt continues and Dave Cole makes a decision he is to regret.

Still image for Your Cheatin' Heart season 1 episode 4: Happy Trails

4. Happy Trails

A chance encounter brings painful memories for Cissie and a painful moment for Boyle.

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5. Lay That Pistol Down, Babe

The scene is set for a showdown at the 'Ponderosa', where dissent splits the McPhail sisters.

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6. The Last Round Up

On the run from the law and the lawless, Frank, Cissie and Dorwood head for Aberdeen.

Cast

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Ken Stott

Fraser Boyle

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Eddi Reader

Jolene Jowett

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Tilda Swinton

Cissie Crouch

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Tom Watson

Eric the Barber / Timberwolf Tierney / Cherokee George / Fr Tierney / Aberdeen Matron

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John Gordon Sinclair

Frank McClusky

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Helen Atkinson-Wood

Tamara MacAskill

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Guy Mitchell

Jim Bob O'May

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Katy Murphy

Billie McPhail

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Kevin McMonagle

Dorwood Crouch

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