query: place_of_birth raymond mearns
supports: Atta Yaqub (born 1979) is a Scottish model and actor of Pakistani/Punjabi descent. He is most notable for playing the lead role in the 2004 film "Ae Fond Kiss...". Raymond Mearns is a Scottish actor and comedian who is best known for his part in Scottish comedy sitcom Legit , in which he played Happy Boab . He has also appeared in Ae Fond Kiss ... and It 's a Free World ... , which were both directed by award - winning Ken Loach . Mearns has also acted alongside his brother Eddie when they played the Blind Twins , Troy and Roy Pettifer in the 1998 short film Home , which won Best Short Film at the 1999 BAFTA Awards . He appeared in the Rab C. Nesbitt Christmas special , in which he played a BBC security guard . It aired on 23 December 2008 . He will star in Next Time Ned . Eva Birthistle (born 1 January 1974) is an Irish actress, best known for her role in "Ae Fond Kiss...". She won the London Film Critics Circle British Actress of the Year Award in 2004, and has twice won the IFTA Best Actress in a Leading Role (Film) award. The Scots song "Ae fond kiss and then we sever" by the Scottish poet Robert Burns is more commonly known as "Ae fond kiss". It is Burns' most recorded love song. Robert Burns (25 January 175921 July 1796), also known as Rabbie Burns, the Bard of Ayrshire, Ploughman Poet and various other names and epithets, was a Scottish poet and lyricist. He is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland and is celebrated worldwide. He is the best known of the poets who have written in the Scots language, although much of his writing is also in English and a light Scots dialect, accessible to an audience beyond Scotland. He also wrote in standard English, and in these writings his political or civil commentary is often at its bluntest. Kierston Wareing, (born 7 January 1978) is an English actress. Her first film role was the lead in Ken Loach's "It's a Free World...", followed by a supporting role in Andrea Arnold's "Fish Tank" - which won the BAFTA award for "Best British Film" and the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival. Her television roles include miniseries "The Runaway", "The Take", Luther, and "The Shadow Line". She is also known for her role in "EastEnders" and guest arc in "Hollyoaks". BBC Two Scotland is a television station operated by BBC Scotland. It is broadcast via digital television and is the sister Scottish channel of BBC One Scotland. Unlike BBC One Scotland, which broadcasts its own continuity with only rare exceptions, BBC Two Scotland opts in and out of BBC Two network continuity throughout the day. Gregor Fisher (born 22 December 1953) is a Scottish comedian and actor. He is perhaps best known for his long portrayal as protagonist and suffering Glasgow alcoholic Rab, in the popular comedy series "Rab C. Nesbitt", a role he has held since the show's first episode in 1988. He has also had roles in films such as "Love Actually", "Lassie" and "Wild Target". Rab C. Nesbitt is a Scottish comedy series which began in 1988. Produced by BBC Scotland, it stars Gregor Fisher as an alcoholic Glaswegian who seeks unemployment as a lifestyle choice. Rab C. Nesbitt was originally a recurring character in the BBC Two Scotland sketch series "Naked Video" (19861990). Ae Fond Kiss (also known as "Just a Kiss" in some countries) is a 2004 romantic drama film directed by Ken Loach, and starring Atta Yaqub and Eva Birthistle. The title is taken from a Scottish song by Robert Burns, the complete line being ""Ae Fond Kiss, and then we sever..."" It's a Free World... is a 2007 drama film directed by Ken Loach and written by Paul Laverty. Laverty won the Golden Osella (Best Screenplay) at the 2007 Venice Film Festival. An ambitious working class British woman, played by Kierston Wareing, tries to improve her lot by setting up her own business. Naked Video was a BBC Scotland comedy series, broadcast between 1986 and 1991 on BBC2, the series was created by Colin Gilbert who also created "A Kick Up the Eighties" and "Naked Radio". The unemployment rate is a measure of the prevalence of unemployment and it is calculated as a percentage by dividing the number of unemployed individuals by all individuals currently in the labor force. During periods of recession, an economy usually experiences a relatively high unemployment rate. According to International Labour Organization report, more than 200 million people globally or 6% of the world's workforce were without a job in 2012. BBC Two is the second television channel operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in the United Kingdom, Isle of Man and Channel Islands. It covers a wide range of subject matter, but tending towards more "highbrow" programmes than the more mainstream and popular BBC One. Like the BBC's other domestic TV and radio channels, it is funded by the television licence, and is therefore commercial-free. It is a comparatively well-funded public service network, regularly attaining a much higher audience share than most public service networks worldwide. BBC Scotland is the division of the BBC, and the publicly funded broadcaster for Scotland. Established in 1952, BBC Scotland is based in Glasgow and employs approximately 1,250 staff to produce 15,000 hours of television and radio programming per year.
candidates: best burns cannes drama glasgow isle of man lead london lot most of rab scotland united kingdom
answer: scotland