The Crow Road(1996)

The Crow Road is a Scottish drama series that follows history student Prentice as he returns home for his grandmother's funeral. Amid family tensions and rekindled old acquaintances, an unexpected death prompts him to investigate a decades-old mystery: the sudden disappearance of his Uncle Rory. When Prentice discovers his uncle's unpublished novel, he finds potential answers—but also uncovers dark family secrets that challenge everything he thought he knew. The series weaves together past and present as Prentice grapples with questions of faith, mortality, and family legacy, drawing on Iain Banks' acclaimed novel to explore how the dead shape the living.