References in Popular Culture
In the Hamish Macbeth TV series, (Season one Episode 4 "West Coast Story") the main protagonist finds himself in financial trouble because 'of a great deal he got on 6 crates of whiskey' which are later shown to be Talisker whiskey.
In the Horus Heresy short story "The Last Church" by Graham McNeill, the Emperor and the priest are drinking Talisker whisky.
In the "Edinburgh" episode of Series 1 the BBC 4 radio comedy Cabin Pressure, Mr. Birling is served Talisker whisky from miniature bottles. In Series 3, Mr. Birling returns, and this time a full-size bottle of Talisker goes missing.
In the movie Charlie Wilson's War the CIA agent gives U.S. Rep. Wilson a bottle of Talisker, which is bugged and allows him to listen to the Congressman's conversations.
In "Assegai" by Wilbur Smith, General Penrod Ballantyne's favored whisky is Talisker.
In "The Guns of Navarone", the novel that gave birth to the film with David Niven, Anthony Quinn, etc., Talisker is mentioned as the preferred one of the R.A.F. S.A.Service officer, always kept in his filing drawer.
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