Beechgrove will be blooming bigger in 2022

Beechgrove, BBC Scotland’s popular gardening series, is storming back onto our screens this spring – and it’s going across the UK. It returns to its usual Thursday night transmission on BBC Scotland and this year has a brand new slot on network BBC Two on Friday evenings just ahead of Gardeners’ World. This new network…

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Meet the Scots artist living with a brain tumour

Diagnosed with a brain tumour at 32, Scottish artist Gordon Shaw creates comic books to communicate his experience of cancer. His uplifting story is told in this new feature length documentary, which is being given its TV debut on the BBC Scotland channel after its premiere at the BFI Flare festival. Through his comic art,…

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Scottish vets starring on our TV screens

The life of Scottish vets comes to the small screen tonight. This series takes viewers on a journey across Scotland following vets as they tend to animals from small to large to very wild. Stories of joy and stories of sadness as viewers meet all creatures great and small. Once a week a vet from…

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Film festival brings showbiz to St Andrews

Later this week, Sands: International Film Festival of St Andrews will see filmmakers from around the world join together in the iconic town to share their work in the cherished community space of the Byre Theatre. Kicking off the inaugural Sands in style on Friday 25 March, Joe Russo, director of Avengers Endgame and Netflix’s…

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Silent film festival Hippfest has returned

There’s just seven days until Scotland’s only silent film festival will return to the Hippodrome in Bo’ness. Having begun on Wednesday. 16 March, Scotland’s oldest purpose built cinema is hosting the Hippodrome Silent Film Festival 2022. The star-studded programme is jam-packed with films featuring some of the biggest names of the silent era – Buster…

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Learn about Lewis from the comfort of home

Have you every wanted to make a trip to the Isle of Lewis, but never been able to? Tonight, you can make that journey, from the comfort of home, as BBC ALBA shows Eilean Mo Ghaoil (From Lewis with Love) The Isle of Lewis is the largest and most northerly island in the Outer Hebrides.…

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TV show teaching how to speak Gaelic returns

Ever wanted to speak Gaelic, but didn’t know where to start? BBC ALBA is returning with a second series of Speak Gaelic, which starts tonight, Monday 14 March, from 7.30-8pm. Joy Dunlop guides viewers through the next steps to inspire us to speak Gaelic. Throughout the series, she’ll introduce words and phrases on a variety…

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Winners of Gaelic film competition FilmG revealed

The winners of this year’s prestigious Gaelic short film competition FilmG 2022 have been announced. Many of the winners across the 17 prize categories were brought into the FilmG studio by video link to accept their award and chat with programme hosts and competition stalwarts Fiona MacKenzie and Niall Iain MacDonald. Films followed this year’s…

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Silent film festival returns to Scotland next week

There’s just seven days until Scotland’s only silent film festival will return to the Hippodrome in Bo’ness. On Wednesday 16 March, Scotland’s oldest purpose built cinema will host the opening of Hippodrome Silent Film Festival 2022. The star-studded programme is jam-packed with films featuring some of the biggest names of the silent era – Buster…

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Line of Duty star Martin Compston in new TV show

Scots actor Martin Compston is embarking on an unforgettable trip around his beloved homeland in a new series. Co-commissioned by BBC Scotland and BBC Factual and produced by Tern Television, the new series for BBC Two and BBC iPlayer follows the Line of Duty actor as he returns to Scotland from his family home in…

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