Film & TV
Peter Mullan’s Orphans find a new ‘home’
Scottish movie classic Orphans – released 20 years ago this month – is being celebrated by BBC Scotland. The recently launched channel is screening the film, directed by Peter Mullan and hailed internationally as a darkly comic masterpiece, on Saturday 11 May. Preceding the movie screening will be a specially commissioned new documentary Orphans Reunited,…
Read MoreThe story of an iconic Scottish business – Singer
The Singer sewing machine, international icon and a symbol of the Industrial Revolution, helped boost Scottish business and create the town of Clydebank. Over a century it employed tens of thousands of Bankies before its demise nearly 40 years ago. The Singer Story: Made in Clydebank, tells the story of those workers: how their lives…
Read MoreDiver survived 35 minutes – on 6 minutes of air
This compelling true story of a diver trapped on the bottom of the North Sea is to be shown on TV. Chris Lemons’ body amazingly was able to survive for 35 minutes on a six-minute emergency air tank. At the time of the incident Chris was relatively new to saturation diving. It was an exciting…
Read MoreStunning views of Scottish industry from the sky
The nation’s working lives are put in focus but from a different angle, in Scotland from the Sky. In this third and final episode of the series, Jamie Crawford uses remarkable aerial images to find out how the Scots have harnessed precious natural resources to power industry. He combines old aerial photographs with present-day drone…
Read MoreBritain to learn of Scotland’s worst sea tragedy
A documentary marking a century since the greatest sea tragedy ever to befall the west coast of Scotland is to be shown on national TV next week. The Iolaire was carrying sailors who had fought in the First World War back to the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides on Hogmany, 1918. She departed…
Read MoreAward-winning short film heading for Scots cinemas
An award winning short film shot on the isle of Iona starring Doctor Who stars Frazer Hines and Caitlin Blackwood is to be rolled out across Scotland. The 12 minute short drama, Sundown is accompanying the new British film Fisherman’s Friends aboard The Screen Machine. Sundown tells the story of William (Frazer Hines) as he…
Read MoreFilming starts on season five of hit TV show Outlander
Scots can keep their eyes peeled for TV filming crews, as production has begun on the fifth series of hit TV show Outlander. Filming got underway this week on the next 12 episodes of the internationally acclaimed TV series, which will be based on the events of The Fiery Cross, the fifth book in Diana…
Read MoreMore Scotland from the Sky – from your armchair
Scots can take to the air from the comfort of their living room once again. The second episode of Scotland from the Sky will air on Wednesday, 24 April. In the penultimate edition of the programme, entitled Living Off the Land, Jamie Crawford uses stunningly beautiful aerial images to discover how the Scots have lived…
Read MoreWildlife team try to seal a happy future for orphans
When a pair of orphaned harbour seals arrive at the the Scottish SPCA wildlife centre, the staff have a problem on their hands. The team try a ground-breaking new technique to help rehabilitate them, as their work features in the eighth episode of Born To Be Wild, BBC Scotland’s wildlife series, to be shown on…
Read MoreSearch for Scotland’s home of the year goes west
Three houses in the west of the country go under the spotlight in the ongoing search for Scotland’s Home Of The Year. Judges Michael Angus, Anna Campbell-Jones and Kate Spiers first visit a stunning renovated Edwardian family home in the suburb of Giffnock, East Renfrewshire. The homeowners spent three years painstakingly restoring period features and…
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