Summerwater

Set against the backdrop of a remote loch-side Scottish holiday cabin park, the six-part series weaves together the lives of several families as they navigate unspoken conflicts, private dilemmas, and fleeting moments of beauty from their disparate cabins

Year: 2025

Directors: Robert McKillop and Fiona Walton 

Writer: John Donnelly 

Executive Producer: Mike Ellen 

Series Producer: Jules Hussey 

Production Company: Freedom Scripted 

Main Cast: Dougray Scott, Shirley Henderson, Valene Kane, Arnas Fedaravičius, Anna Próchniak, Daniel Rigby and Gabriel Scott 

Broadcaster: Channel 4 

Screen Scotland support: The film accessed £700,000 through Screen Scotland’s Broadcast Content Fund  

Synopsis 

Based on the critically acclaimed, best-selling book of the same name by novelist Sarah Moss, Summerwater looks at the simmering tensions between holidaymakers that eventually erupt into a devastating climax. 

Set against the backdrop of a remote loch-side Scottish holiday cabin park, the six-part series weaves together the lives of several families as they navigate unspoken conflicts, private dilemmas, and fleeting moments of beauty from their disparate cabins. 

The story flashes back to dramatic events in key characters’ lives before their holiday which may have consequences in the present. 

Still from Summerwater shows actor Dougray Scott with his arm around actor Shirley Henderson, as they stand together looking out a window.

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Image credits: Stills courtesy of Channel 4