Deacon Brodie

Billy Connolly stars in the title role of Deacon Brodie. In 1788 the city of Edinburgh was rocked by the revelation that Deacon Brodie, master carpenter and Town Councillor, had been found guilty of a string of extraordinary crimes – the last of which was a bungled attempt to steal a fortune from the city’s Customs and Excise Office.

After a widely published trial, Deacon Brodie and his two fellow cronies are sentenced to death – to be hung on the same gallows the Deacon designed, and had previously failed to sell to the Town Council. Driven by his desire to seek revenge on those who betrayed him and the wish to protect the lives of his loved ones, the Deacon started planning his escape from an almost certain death.