Film & TV
Learn more about Scotland’s fishing industry
The documentary series looking at Scotland’s fishing industry continues this week. The second episode of the new series of Fish Town, catches up with the Westro, skippered by James West. It has been fishing in the North Sea for three days hunting prawns but so far the crew has struggled to find the catch. James…
Read MoreWhisky documentary on STV Player in time for Burns Night
As Scots come together to toast our national Bard this Burns Night, STV viewers can tune in to a revealing documentary celebrating our national drink – whisky. Following its debut at the Glasgow Film Festival and Dublin Film Festival last year, documentary film Scotch: The Golden Dram is now available to view on the STV…
Read MoreFind out about the lives of Scotland’s fishermen
The cameras return to Peterhead tonight to capture the lives of the people working at sea and on land to put fish on our plates. Focussed on the UK’s biggest fishing port, the second series of Fish Town provides a compelling insight into a community that relies on the success of the boats returning from…
Read MoreThe Scots TV actress reaching for the stars
With a lead role in America’s longest-running sci-fi show Supernatural, Falkirk-born Ruth Connell says its all down to her secret weapon – the Scottish work ethic. Supernatural is now in its 15th season, since it began in 2015. It centres on a pair of brothers who they travel throughout the country hunting down evil supernatural…
Read MoreSee inside The Balmoral in the World’s Greatest Hotels
Edinburgh’s The Balmoral is to feature in a TV series about the World’s Greatest Hotels tonight, Friday. This brand new Channel 5 series features the world’s most iconic and amazing hotels from around the world. With each episode dedicated to a single world famous hotel, the show will unravel what it takes to become an…
Read MoreNew Scots comedy looks at seeking a better self
A new Scots comedy is coming to our screens this week. In the second of three new comedies from BBC Scotland, Group is about our addiction to seeking a better version of ourselves, and the need to tell the world about it. A group of addicts come together for a weekly session. This is not…
Read MoreScots TV presenter Gail Porter opens up on her life
A new TV documentary is to look at the life of Scots TV presenter Gail Porter. Insightful documentary, Being Gail Porter, sees her open up about two decades of mental health problems, delving into her past and revealing the key moments in a deeply personal exploration of depression, self-harm and anorexia. In 1999, Gail Porter…
Read MoreFrom Pitlochry to the big screen with director David Mackenzie
Engineering and the military’s loss is movie-making’s gain as Scottish film director David Mackenzie blazes a trail. At age 19, David got the chance to build a trunk road. ‘I was offered a job as a trainee concrete engineer because I had a physics higher,’ he recalls. ‘It was when they were taking the A9…
Read MoreOpening and closing gala films at Glasgow Film Festival
Glasgow Film Festival (GFF) 2020 has announced its opening and closing gala films. The 16th annual festival will open on 26 February with the UK premiere of Proxima – the latest drama from award-winning Alice Winocour, director of Augustine and Disorder. Eva Green (Casino Royale, Dark Shadows) gives one of her most powerful performances in…
Read MoreThe life of a young crofter on the Isle of Lewis
TV viewers will be able to discover more about the life of a Scottish crofter, through a new TV series. An Lot/The Croft returns to Gaelic language channel BBC Alba tonight, Monday 6 January, from 8.30-9pm, for a new five-episode series. An Lot/The Croft sees viewers catch up with young crofter Donald ‘Sweeny’ MacSween on…
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