No Holds Bard

Mocumentary honouring the national poet of Scotland, Robert Burns

No Holds Bard — Plot

Comedy following the lives of five people as they prepare to vie for the 2009 Cup O'Kindness, the trophy awarded to the champion in Robert Burns poetry recital. The film captures the ups and downs of each participant's progress as the pressure intensifies, the poems are recited and the champion is crowned. Held in Alloway, the birthplace of Burns himself, this prestigious competition is the centrepiece of the annual celebrations devoted to the Bard's immortal memory. And this year it may prove memorable for all the wrong reasons.

• Release date
• January 25, 2009
• Runtime
• 60 min
• Genres
• Comedy
• Director
• Brian Kelly

No Holds Bard — Cast

Tony Curran Stevie Kerr Laura Fraser Sarah Rutherford Greg Hemphill Robert Laughlin Ashley Jensen Isobel Denis Lawson Miekel Forbes Masson Cronie McKay Katy Murphy Sheila Buchanan Ford Kiernan Cronie Cameron