Film & TV
Ben Fogle returns to Scotland’s Castaway islands
Award winning broadcaster Ben Fogle returns to Scotland for a new TV series which starts this week on BBC Scotland and BBC One. In Scotland’s Sacred Islands the adventurer embarks on a personal pilgrimage, travelling across some of Scotland’s islands, meeting the people whose spirituality connects them deeply to where they live. Over four episodes,…
Read MoreShetland returns to our screens this autumn
Acclaimed and award-winning BBC One drama series, Shetland is returning for a new thrilling six-part tale this autumn. Douglas Henshall reprising his role as DI Jimmy Perez alongside series favourites Alison O’Donnell, Steven Robertson, Mark Bonnar, Erin Armstrong, Anne Kidd and Lewis Howden. The forthcoming new series centres on the doorstep murder of a prominent…
Read MoreDebate Night is looking to welcome back audiences
BBC Scotland’s Debate Night TV programme is welcoming back studio audiences – and wants to find people from all walks of life. Hosted by Stephen Jardine, Debate Night is welcoming people back into the studio for their third series. They are looking for people from across Scotland to join them (socially distanced), on the evening…
Read MoreJumping into freezing Loch Lomond was fun for Ukweli
Scottish crime series Annika has reached its penultimate episode, which airs tonight, September 14. Showing on the Alibi digital channel, Annika follows the life of Annika (Nicola Walker), who, with her team, investigate crimes on Scotland’s waters. In the fifth episode, the team are tasked with solving the death of a man ‘everybody loved’, thrown…
Read MoreAnnika has been a splash hit with actor Jamie Sives
New Scottish crime series Annika continues this week, with the fourth instalment of the detective show. Starring Nicola Walker as Annika Strandhed, the head of the Marine Homicide Unit at the fictional Scotland Police, she is joined by Scots actor Jamie Sives as one of her co-stars. In the fourth episode, when writer Cara Gibson…
Read MoreA Scottish celebration of silent film
Scotland’s festival of silent film is returning this month. Being held in Bo’ness, the Hippodrome Silent Film Festival’s Taste of Silents season begins on Saturday 11 September with a double bill of silent-comedy, Easy Street (1917) and Wrong Again (1929), accompanied by musician, broadcaster and HippFest favourite Neil Brand. The event quickly sold out when…
Read MoreShooting in Scotland was a relief for Katie Leung
Scots actress Katie Leung was delighted to shoot TV series Annika close to home as it meant she could be close to her family during the pandemic. Katie, who grew up in Motherwell and is known the world over for her role as Cho Chang in the Harry Potter film series, plays DC Blair Ferguson…
Read MoreScotland’s promising short film makers are revealed
EIFF Youth – the youth programme of Edinburgh International Film Festival – has announced the winners of their film making competition – the New Visions Short Film Competition. The annual competition is open to all 15-25 year olds residing in Scotland and aims to discover the newest voices in Scottish film and celebrate their work…
Read MoreScottish Guilt-y pleasure is heading to American screens
Hit BBC Scotland series Guilt is heading to America. The show, starring Mark Bonnar and Jamie Sives as two brothers caught in a cover-up after accidentally after knocking down and killing an elderly pedestrian during an inebriated drive home from a wedding, is to air as part of the Masterpiece strand on PBS. Shot in…
Read MoreSearching for Scotland’s most kind people
Do you know someone who deserves the nation’s thanks? A person or group that has gone above and beyond to help others within their local community during 2021? If so, we want to hear from you as Jackie Bird returns with Scotland’s People 2021. Following on from its first outing last Christmas, BBC Scotland has…
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