Hugely popular film ‘Filth’ which was set in Edinburgh, written and directed by Jon S. Baird and based on the book by Irvine Welsh is on Film 4 at 11.45pm tonight.

Jason McAvoy plays Detective Sergeant Bruce Robertson  a bigoted and corrupt policeman who is in line for a promotion and will stop at nothing to get what he wants.

Enlisted to solve a brutal murder and threatened by the aspirations of his colleagues, including Ray Lennox (Jamie Bell), Bruce sets about ensuring their ruin, right under the nose of unwitting Chief Inspector Toal.

As he turns his colleagues against one another by stealing their wives and exposing their secrets, Bruce starts to lose himself in a web of deceit that he can no longer control.

His past is slowly catching up with him, and a missing wife, a crippling drug habit and suspicious colleagues start to take their toll on his sanity.

The question is: can he keep his grip on reality long enough to disentangle himself from the filth?

The film earned £250,000 in the box office revenue during its opening weekend in Scotland, reaching number one in the charts and  ultimately ended up grossing $9.1 million worldwide.

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John graduated from Telford College in 2010 with an HNC in Practical Journalism and since then he worked for the North Edinburgh News, The Southern Reporter, the Irish News Review and The Edinburgh Reporter. In addition he has been published in the Edinburgh Evening News and the Hibernian FC Programme.