Independent Scottish Production
Faclan Production is an independent Scottish production company developing prestige drama and documentary for UK and international broadcasters.
Current Slate
John L Durnie — Writer & Producer
The Company
Faclan Production is a Scottish independent production company founded to develop and produce distinctive drama and documentary for the most ambitious broadcasters and streaming platforms in the world.
The company's name comes from the Scottish Gaelic for word — the belief that what is said, and how it is said, and who is trusted to say it, matters.
Faclan develops projects that are rooted in specific places, specific people, and specific truths — and ambitious enough to travel far beyond them.
Development Slate
Three projects in active development across prestige drama, documentary, and literary adaptation. Further details available on request.
Drama Series
A twelve-episode prestige crime drama. A world of shifting allegiances, buried secrets, and the particular moral cost of knowing too much. Written for the highest tier of international television.
In development
Documentary Series
A personal documentary about Scotland's oldest professional football club — its glory, its survival, its community, and the complicated songs its supporters sing. Targeting BBC Scotland, Channel 4, and Sky Documentaries.
In development — Screen Scotland application in preparation
Literary Adaptation
A thriller. Based on the novel by John L Durnie. A story of pursuit — of the hunter and the hunted, and the increasingly uncertain distance between them.
In adaptation development
The Filmmaker
Writer & Producer — Founder, Faclan Production
John L Durnie is a Scottish writer and producer. He is the founder and creative director of Faclan Production, which he established to develop and produce the kind of television he believes the world needs more of — specific, honest, and made with genuine conviction.
His writing ranges across prestige drama, documentary, and literary fiction. His debut novel Hunts is in adaptation development. His drama series Rogue Element is in development as a twelve-episode prestige crime series. As filmmaker and on-screen narrator, he is currently developing We Are Killie — a personal documentary about Kilmarnock Football Club, the community that built it, and the town that needs it.
He grew up in Argyll and Ayrshire. He lives on the Firth of Clyde.
Get In Touch
Faclan Production welcomes enquiries from broadcasters, streaming platforms, co-production partners, and collaborators with an interest in the company's current slate or future development.
For press, rights, and general enquiries please use the contact details provided.