THE AYRSHIRE coastline played a backdrop to an eerie lockdown film broadcast on BBC Alba.

Dirlo - Am Fear Maireann (The Survivor) was filmed at the shore and inside caves near Culzean Castle.

The Gaelic production stars actor Daibhidh Walker who plays a man who is stuck shearing sheep on an isolated island surrounded by the ocean with nothing to enjoy but the stormy weather and the company of his childhood friend.

In the film the man laments his situation back to his wife on the mainland but soon secrets begin to come to the surface and their friendship might not last the storm.

The production is part of a series of short films titled Scenes for Survival, a National Theatre of Soctland project which involved a host of lockdown films in association with BBC Scotland, Screen Scotland, BBC Arts' Culture in Quarantine project, Theatre Gu Leòr (Theatre Galore) and Scotland's leading theatre venues and companies, with support from Hopscotch Films.

The films have been viewed over 14 million times.

Scenes were initially aired by the BBC’s online channels and distributed by the National Theatre of Scotland and partners via their social media channels. All Scenes for Survival content will be free for audiences and will remain online for two years

The films were set up to help raise money for a new hardship fund for artists and those in the theatre industry who have been hardest hit by the COVID-19 crisis.

Daibhidh is from the island of South Uist and did his training at SMO on Skye. He has starred in his shows including Outlander and Gary Tank Commander as well as a host of other Gaelic production, , Da latha sa Damhair, Air ais air an Ran Dan, Buidheagan.

He told the Advertiser: "It was the directors choice to go down to Ayr. 

"It's supposed to be set on a Scottish island and that was the nearest location. 

"But it was very dramatic scenery, and it helped give a wee bit of authenticity, we went to the caves as well and that adds to the atmosphere of the story."

You can watch the film here.