Posts Tagged ‘live’
Phoneline of duty brings Martin to Still Game
Martin Compston is famous for his role as Steve Arnott in hard-hitting police drama Line of Duty. But the Greenock-born actor will show another side of his acting repertoire this Sunday, when he swaps hard-nosed police corruption investigation for comedy. The 34-year-old will guest star in the first episode of the new series of Still…
Read MoreGet ready for the final series of the beloved Still Game
Scotland’s worst-behaved pensioners are back this weekend, as the final series of Still Game gets underway. The award-winning comedy will begin its ninth series on Sunday, with Ford Kiernan and Greg Hemphill as Jack Jarvis and Victor McDade. The duo, who also write the show, have stated this will be the show’s last hurrah, and…
Read MoreEnjoy the great outdoors at 25th walking festival
The annual Scottish Borders Walking Festival is the longest established event of its kind in Scotland – and it’s getting ready to mark its silver anniversary. Running from 7-14 September, the Festival will be welcoming walkers from across the UK and around the world to Selkirk and the Ettrick and Yarrow Valleys, a beautiful part…
Read MoreRewind Scotland festival to return to Scone Palace
Rewind Scotland celebrates music legends of the 80s and beyond… Following the festival’s 10th anniversary celebration last year, Rewind Scotland returns with a legendary line-up celebrating music icons of the 80s and beyond. With Foreigner and Bryan Ferry headlining over the weekend, playing the festival for the first time, it is one not to be…
Read MoreDrumlanrig Castle – Scotland’s pretty in pink
From Robert the Bruce to Bonnie Prince Charlie, Drumlanrig Castle has witnessed some of the most significant events in Scottish history. ‘A palace so glorious, gardens so fine, and everything so truly magnificent, and all in a wild, mountainous country…’ so wrote Daniel Defoe on his Scottish sojourn in 1720. As dawn breaks, light and…
Read MoreThere’s 13 good reasons to gin and bear it
Tickets are going fast for the first The Gin To My Tonic Show, which comes to Glasgow’s Scottish Event Campus next month. Taking place from 15 to 17 March, The Gin To My Tonic Show is not your typical gin event – be inspired and entertained with this ultimate gin-centric experience, where you can sample a…
Read MoreScottish guitar festival is ready to begin
A four day festival of guitars is coming to Scotland. Scotland’s Festival Village is set to welcome an all-star line-up to play at the newly revived Moniaive Guitar Festival which starts on Valentine’s Day. They include Celtic guitarist Tony McManus, the greatest living fingerstyle guitarist Duck Baker, the father of integrated percussive guitar (and former…
Read MoreA night of Scottish talent will kick off new BBC channel
A one-off show to feature Scottish performing talent with comedy, music and plenty of audience surprises will kick off the new BBC Scotland channel. Scottish comedian Iain Stirling will host A Night at the Theatre on 24 February, an evening packed with laughs and entertainment, and the show will be recorded as live at the…
Read MoreChris’ new life in the USA is a world away from rugby
As the Six Nations kicks off, former Scotland rugby hero Chris Cusiter is a world away from the game. The 36-year-old made 70 appearances for Scotland, in a carer which also saw him play for the Glasgow Warriors, Border Reivers, Perpignan and Sale Sharks, before reporter. Now retired from the game, he is now working…
Read MoreMeet the man who’s on the hunt for Nessie
Every morning Steve Feltham wakes up and stares out over Loch Ness, watching and waiting for ripples from the deep. His remarkable quest began 25 years ago, when he quit the rat race and moved to the Highlands in search of the Loch Ness monster. He always has one eye on the water as the…
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