- scenic locations, novel adaptations and strange goings-on at the Rest and Be Thankful

'Scotland's most notorious public enemies since Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.' This was the tag line for Restless Natives (1985), a whimsical comedy involving two young men who decide to rob tourist buses in a non-violent way. They always wore clown masks and became folk heroes. Several scenes were filmed in Cowal - for example, by the top of the Rest and Be Thankful on the A83 and outside the local hotel at Lochgoilhead. In fact, the Rest and Be thankful and its views from the pass has been a popular spot with film-makers. There is a scene, for example, in Ken Loach's My Name is Joe (1998) set in the carpark here. Also, on one of the few occasions when Rab C Nesbitt leaves the urban environment - in an episode called Country - there is also a story-line filmed here which involves the removal of a frozen Jamesie Cotter from the mountain tops by the local mountain rescue team!

The film Complicity (2000), based on an Ian Banks novel, had several Scottish locations, including Lochgoilhead. It tells the story of a Scottish journalist, whose investigative articles seem to be linked to murders.

Ardkinglas House, down by Loch Fyne and otherwise noted for the record-breaking trees in its grounds, has also been a film location. For example, it appears in the TV series The Crow Road (1996) likewise based on an Ian Banks novel. It also adds atmosphere to My Life so Far (1999), with Colin Firth, about the family dramas played out on an estate after World War I.

The TV comedy Brotherly Love (2000) with Gregor Fisher used Strachur as one of its Argyll locations.