Film & TV
The story of St Columba comes to our TV screens
Warrior, poet, holy man: the revealing life story of one of Ireland and Scotland’s most important saints is told in a new documentary, airing tonight. Columba: The Bold Saint celebrates 1500 years since the birth of Calum Cille. Broadcasting simultaneously on BBC ALBA and TG4 on December 7 to celebrate the anniversary, this documentary echoes…
Read MoreSearch continues for Scotland’s Best Dog
Scotland’s Best Dog is on a quest to find the most-cherished canine characters who have a heart-warming bond with their owners. These dogs are more than just pets – they’re the life and soul of their families. Along with their proud humans, each week three pooches will be tested on a number of challenges before…
Read MoreAnnie Lennox and Iain Glen lend their voices to landscape film
Singer-songwriter Annie Lennox and Game of Thrones actor Iain Glen will narrate BBC Scotland’s Changing Landscapes: A Story of Scotland. Scheduled for broadcast on Tuesday, November 2, the 60 minute film will tell the story, in music, words and moving images, of the care – and carelessness – humans have brought to bear on Scotland’s…
Read MoreSee Scotland like you’ve never seen it before
Scotland from the Sky is returning for a new run of episodes to showcase our nation as never seen before. In the first episode of a new three-part series, presenter James Crawford explores how we have managed to surmount the challenges of our tough terrain to connect communities and places across the centuries. He begins…
Read MoreOutlander’s Sam Heughan would love to be the next 007
Scots star Sam Heughan has admitted that he would love to step into Daniel Craig’s now vacant shoes as James Bond. No Time To Die is Craig’s fifth and final outing as 007, meaning that a new Bond is needed to drive the legendary Aston Martin DB5, drink vodka Martinis, as well as saving the…
Read MoreBen Fogle returns to Scotland’s Castaway islands
Award winning broadcaster Ben Fogle returns to Scotland for a new TV series which starts this week on BBC Scotland and BBC One. In Scotland’s Sacred Islands the adventurer embarks on a personal pilgrimage, travelling across some of Scotland’s islands, meeting the people whose spirituality connects them deeply to where they live. Over four episodes,…
Read MoreShetland returns to our screens this autumn
Acclaimed and award-winning BBC One drama series, Shetland is returning for a new thrilling six-part tale this autumn. Douglas Henshall reprising his role as DI Jimmy Perez alongside series favourites Alison O’Donnell, Steven Robertson, Mark Bonnar, Erin Armstrong, Anne Kidd and Lewis Howden. The forthcoming new series centres on the doorstep murder of a prominent…
Read MoreDebate Night is looking to welcome back audiences
BBC Scotland’s Debate Night TV programme is welcoming back studio audiences – and wants to find people from all walks of life. Hosted by Stephen Jardine, Debate Night is welcoming people back into the studio for their third series. They are looking for people from across Scotland to join them (socially distanced), on the evening…
Read MoreJumping into freezing Loch Lomond was fun for Ukweli
Scottish crime series Annika has reached its penultimate episode, which airs tonight, September 14. Showing on the Alibi digital channel, Annika follows the life of Annika (Nicola Walker), who, with her team, investigate crimes on Scotland’s waters. In the fifth episode, the team are tasked with solving the death of a man ‘everybody loved’, thrown…
Read MoreAnnika has been a splash hit with actor Jamie Sives
New Scottish crime series Annika continues this week, with the fourth instalment of the detective show. Starring Nicola Walker as Annika Strandhed, the head of the Marine Homicide Unit at the fictional Scotland Police, she is joined by Scots actor Jamie Sives as one of her co-stars. In the fourth episode, when writer Cara Gibson…
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