FILM & TV

Frazer Hines with Second Doctor Patrick Troughton

10 great Scots who’ve influenced Doctor Who

Doctor Who returns to our TV screens this Sunday night, with a new actor in the lead role. And for the first time since 1986,...

How love in Scotland saved one man from Apartheid

The story of a South African man who escaped the Apartheid regime to move to Glasgow is to feature on television next week. In the...
Jim McColl can't stand celery

The vegetable Beechgrove Garden Jim can’t stand

Gardener Jim McColl reflects on four decades in charge of the Beechgrove Garden, his love of Scottish music, his hatred of one unfortunate vegetable, and...
Midhope Castle, in West Lothian, is better known as Outlander's Lallybroch

Americans fall in love with Scotland through Outlander

Scotland is winning a whole new generation of fans through its appearances on cult TV show Outlander. The programme, shown on the Starz network in...

Scottish coast is the secret star of Hollywood film

Hollywood star Glen Close is being tipped for her first Oscar, in her new film which was filmed in Scotland. The Wife was filmed in...

Cult film is back on Scotland’s big screens

A cult film is to be screened in Scottish cinemas to mark the 20th anniverary of its release. The Coen brothers’ cult classic hit The...


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