Film & TV
Red Onion wins Come Dine With Me: The Professionals
JOHN and Rosie Quigley’s Red Onion restaurant won last night’s Glasgow round of Channel 4 series Come Dine With Me: The Professionals. The father and daught team beat fellow city centre eateries Calabash and Saffron to win a trophy and £1,000. Red Onion served seared Barra scallops for its starter, followed by Gressingham duck breast…
Read MoreTanya Gohil of My Million Pound Menu launches dinner
THE star of BBC Two’s My Million Pound Menu, Tanya Gohil, is launching a dinner service at her Silk Road Deli in Shawlands. The deli will open for dinner on Fridays from next week, as it marks its first anniversary. Gohil said: “Our evening dinner service is the perfect extension to our already successful lunchtime…
Read MoreTV chef Clodagh McKenna to headline Stranraer Oyster Festival
TELEVISION presenter and chef Clodagh McKenna will lead cookery demonstrations at the Stranraer Oyster Festival in September. McKenna, the resident chef on This Morning on STV and a previous regular on The Today Show in the United States, will cook in the kitchen marquee at the harbour. “Scotland’s reputation for high-quality and award-winning produce is…
Read MoreSam Heughan gets his honorary doctorate
OUTLANDER actor Sam Heughan today received an honorary doctorate from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (RCS) in Glasgow. Heughan graduated from what was then the Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama (RSAMD) in 2003 with a bachelor of arts degree in acting. He returned to his alma mater to receive the honour and told…
Read MoreMackie’s TV stardom sends honeycomb GB wide
MACKIE’S honeycomb ice cream flavour is now on sale across Great Britain – thanks to a little help from Gregg Wallace. The Aberdeenshire-based ice cream maker featured in the latest series of BBC Two’s Inside The Factory back in February. Presenter Wallace followed a tub of honeycomb-flavoured ice cream all the way through the production…
Read MoreGlastonbury: 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…
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