Film & TV
Glastonbury: Game of Thrones’ Rose Leslie joins climate fight
SCOTTISH actress Rose Leslie has today joined WaterAid’s climate fight at the Glastonbury music festival. The Game of Thrones star was joined by her husband, Kit Harington, and comedian John Bishop in supporting the charity’s campaign. “Across the world, one in ten people do not have clean water while one in five lack access to…
Read MorePeter Capaldi stars in new STV series for Apple TV
OSCAR winner Peter Capaldi and Laurence Olivier Award nominee Cush Jumbo are starring in a new television series being made by STV for Apple TV. The former Dr Who actor stars in Criminal Record, a detective thriller set in London. Capaldi plays Detective Chief Inspector Daniel Hegarty, while Jumbo – best known for The Good Wife…
Read MoreFrankenstein’s Scottish links explored in TV show
FRANKENSTEIN’S Scottish links are being explored in a new television programme. Sàr-sgeòil: Frankenstein – produced by Caledonia TV for BBC Alba – examines the origins of Mary Shelley’s novel. Broadcaster Cathy MacDonald visits Dundee to find out more about Shelley’s time in the city. In the introduction to the 1831 edition of her book, Shelley…
Read MoreVigil among Scottish winners at Celtic Media Festival
BBC television series Vigil was among the Scottish winners at this week’s Celtic Media Festival. Last summer’s programme, set on a nuclear submarine, won the drama series category. The six-part series was made by World Productions and broadcast on BBC One. The Celtic Media Festival brings together producers and broadcasters from Brittany, Cornwall, Galicia, Ireland,…
Read MoreScottish Field’s Rosie Morton makes her Landward debut tonight
SCOTTISH FIELD writer Rosie Morton will make her television presenting debut tonight on the BBC Scotland channel’s Landward series. In tonight’s episode at 20:30, Morton – who joined Scottish Field in 2018 and became its chief sub editor in 2020 – meets a man who has carved himself a career as a master craft butcher…
Read MoreBodyguard star is the favourite Scot to be Bond
Richard Madden has taken the lead as the current favourite Scottish star to play the next James Bond. The Next James Bond market at William Hill sees Madden priced at 10-1, as an increasingly likely contender for James Bond, sitting in the top 10 actors to step into the coveted role – with speculation having…
Read MoreBeechgrove will be blooming bigger in 2022
Beechgrove, BBC Scotland’s popular gardening series, is storming back onto our screens this spring – and it’s going across the UK. It returns to its usual Thursday night transmission on BBC Scotland and this year has a brand new slot on network BBC Two on Friday evenings just ahead of Gardeners’ World. This new network…
Read MoreMeet the Scots artist living with a brain tumour
Diagnosed with a brain tumour at 32, Scottish artist Gordon Shaw creates comic books to communicate his experience of cancer. His uplifting story is told in this new feature length documentary, which is being given its TV debut on the BBC Scotland channel after its premiere at the BFI Flare festival. Through his comic art,…
Read MoreScottish vets starring on our TV screens
The life of Scottish vets comes to the small screen tonight. This series takes viewers on a journey across Scotland following vets as they tend to animals from small to large to very wild. Stories of joy and stories of sadness as viewers meet all creatures great and small. Once a week a vet from…
Read MoreFilm festival brings showbiz to St Andrews
Later this week, Sands: International Film Festival of St Andrews will see filmmakers from around the world join together in the iconic town to share their work in the cherished community space of the Byre Theatre. Kicking off the inaugural Sands in style on Friday 25 March, Joe Russo, director of Avengers Endgame and Netflix’s…
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