Film & TV
When An Elderly Widow Takes to Vulgarity…
A Respectable Widow Takes to Vulgarity is the third of six A Play A Pie & A Pint plays being shown on the BBC Scotland channel. Starring Anne Kidd and Craig McLean, this play depicts a recently widowed elderly lady, Annabelle, who strikes up an unlikely friendship with Jim, a young lad at her husband’s…
Read MoreFollow in the footsteps of Bonnie Prince Charlie
Our armchair tour of the nation’s lochs continues on Monday night. Grand Tours of Scotland’s Lochs reaches its third episode on Monday, September 16, as host Paul Murton follows in the footsteps of Bonnie Prince Charlie exploring the lesser-known lochs along the west coast of Scotland. Landing at Glenuig, he makes his way inland to…
Read MoreA Mystical Journey around Scotland’s lochs
The armchair tour of Scotland’s lochs is continuing on our TV screens. Grand Tours of Scotland’s Lochs has set sail with presenter Paul Murton for a new six-part series, which began on Monday, 2 September. Programme Two of the series covers Loch Ussie to the Gizzen Brigg, and is titled A Mystical Journey. It starts…
Read MoreA Play, A Pie and a Pint continues on our TV screens
The second in the famous A Play, A Pie & A Pint theatre project series is coming to our TV screens. Ring Road, written by and starring Anita Vettesse, sees her play Lisa, who is 40, and edging towards a midlife crisis. She makes an indecent proposal to her brother in-law (played by Gavin Jon…
Read MoreNew TV series takes viewers on a Poverty Safari
Activist and prize-winning author Darren McGarvey takes a tour of a Scotland he knows only too well in this new six-part series. Known to many as the rapper Loki, his book Poverty Safari – chronicling his childhood and teen years in Pollok in Glasgow and the issues he saw around him – won the Orwell…
Read MoreDiscover the secrets of Scotland’s lochs
Armchair tours of Scotland’s lochs are coming to our TV screens. Grand Tours of Scotland’s Lochs is setting sail with presenter Paul Murton for a new six-part series, starting on Monday, 2 September. Over the course of the series, he will be taking a mystical tour around the Firths of Easter Ross and Sutherland, following…
Read MoreLiving after a life-changing injury in the army
A Scots soldier who suffered life-changing injuries after stepping on an Improvised Explosive Device in Afghanistan is sharing his life story. Stevie Richardson from East Lothian had always wanted to be in the army. But at 22, he was seriously injured – and which ended his career as a soldier and his sense of purpose.…
Read MoreAnother look at Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital
The next episode of a look behind the scenes at a Scottish children’s hospital features more real-life stories. Narrated by David Tennant, The Children’s Hospital goes behind-the-scenes at the Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital which, each year, gives life-changing treatments to thousands of boys and girls across the North of Scotland. In the third episode of…
Read MoreChanging their lives – from Syria to the Isle of Bute
The real life stories of people who escaped from war-torn Syria to settle in Scotland are to be told on television. From Syria to Scotland is an Our Lives documentary which tells the story of the Syrian refugee families who, since December 2015, have made the small island of Bute their home. Bute’s newest residents…
Read MoreMeet the worst football team in Scotland
In Scotland, we know that our national football team isn’t the greatest in the world. While we may lose games that the fans feel we should win, such as the recent loss in Kazakhstan, and struggling to beat San Marino – things could be a lot worse. We could all be supporters of Fort William…
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