Acting
12 titles
Scottish singer-songwriter Eddi Reader MBE was born Sadenia Reader on 29th August, 1959 in Glasgow, the eldest of seven children. Starting out as a busker on Sauchiehall Street, she became a backing singer and session vocalist for Annie Lennox, Alison Moyet, Billy MacKenzie and The Waterboys, before forming Fairground Attraction and scoring a big hit with 1988's Perfect. Following the band's split, Eddi went on to build an enduring solo career that has taken in genres such as pop, folk and country. She has also acted in John Byrne's Your Cheatin' Heart, Janice Galloway's The Trick Is to Keep Breathing on both the radio and in the theatre, and presented the Glasgow based music programme No Stilettos. She is a passionate supporter of Scottish independence.
Icons of Football
2023
St Andrew’s Day at the BBC
2021
The Romantics and Us with Simon Schama
2020
Burns by the Lagan
2019
Billy Connolly: Made in Scotland
2018
Me and Orson Welles
2008
Fairground Attraction – Full House
2005
Kirsty: The Life and Songs of Kirsty MacColl
2001
Your Cheatin' Heart
1990
Your Cheatin' Heart
1990
Question Time
1979
The BRIT Awards
1977