Education
Born in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom, Carruthers attended Kirkcaldy High School.
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Bob Carruthers
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After graduating from Edinburgh University in 1981 and working for Central Television (now Independent Television Central) Carruthers founded the documentary production company Cromwell Productions Limited, based in Stratford-upon-Avon. During the 1990s, Cromwell Productions Limited became a production company specialising in historical and arts documentaries. Following this partnership with Blessed, the pair worked on numerous documentaries and eventually on three feature films.
An early example of the arts was the inerview program Tony Iommi: The Guitar That Drives Black Sabbath in 1992 about Tony Iommi The film Chasing the Deer was produced in 1994 and starred Brian Blessed.
Based on the Battle of Culloden, it was the third highest grossing British feature film of that year. Chasing the Deer was followed by The Bruce starring Oliver Reed, another Scottish historical epic which was released to cinemas in 1996.
In 2006, Carruthers became owner of Edinburgh Rugby, the professional rugby team based in Edinburgh which was acquired from the Scottish Rugby Union. The most significant result on the field was Edinburgh’s first ever victory over Munster Rugby at Thomond Park.
The Digital Video Disc and book entitled The Hard Yards describes the events on the field
The off field events are recounted in the book The Murrayfield Experience. Since 2011 Carruthers has concentrated mainly on his writing career.
Achievements
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Carruthers was the writer and producer behind Maestro, Campaigns In History, Lincolnshire of Fire, Weapons of War, The English Civil War (2002 television series), History of Warfare Series and Battlefield Series IV and V. He received an Emmy Award after being nominated by Disney Channel for writing and producing Dinosaurs: Myths and Realities which was voiced by Brian Blessed. Macbeth starring Jason Connery and Helen Baxendale was the most critically acclaimed of the Scottish movie trilogy, winning the United States Silver Screen Award. Away from the mainstream cinema Carruthers also made low-budget films, producing and directing Steel Tempest, Zombie Driftwood and Wraith Rovers as examples of what can be achieved on tiny budgets. And Win!.
