Film & TV
Cash prizes for best Scots film made in just 48 hours
The 48 Hour Film Project, a filmmaking event which annually challenges Scots to make a film over a wild and crazy weekend, is about to get even more wild and even more crazy. This 4-6 June, Scots are being challenged not only to write, shoot and edit a film over just 48 hours – but…
Read MoreHead to head in a friendly battle of repurposing
We all love a bargain, revamping ourselves and our homes, and being able to do our bit for the environment at the same time. Alannah and Jamie are Style Fixers who love finding fashion gems in second-hand stores. They live for repurposing and upcycling, turning the drab and dated into fabulous and on fleek. By…
Read MoreA return to Scotland’s Castaway islands
Twenty years after Castaway 2000 and the start of his love affair with Scotland and its islands began, Ben Fogle returns to the country he has described ‘the most beautiful place on Earth’ for a new series on BBC Scotland and BBC One Daytime. In Sacred Islands with Ben Fogle, the award-winning broadcaster, author and…
Read MoreScottish TV shows heading to American screens
BBC Scotland series Beechgrove and Landward are branching out to North America. BritBox North America has snapped up the rights to show the BBC Scotland gardening series and also its countryside magazine series Landward for 2021. The two series will be available to view to BritBox subscribers in the USA and Canada shortly after they…
Read MoreLine of Duty’s Martin Compston talks whisky and accents
Line of Duty star Martin Compston has been talking about the sixth season of the hit BBC show – and been given an insight into the opening of Johnnie Walker Princes Street store. And he took a highball lesson from Johnnie Walker Brand Ambassador, Ali Reynolds. Martin sampled a little taste of what’s in store…
Read MoreExclusive premiere of Sir Alex Ferguson documentary
Glasgow Film Festival (GFF) has announced three more premieres ahead of its online edition running from 24 February to 7 March. One of the main features involves legendary Scottish football manager Sir Alex Ferguson, who, having turned Aberdeen into a Scottish Premier League and European Cup Winners’ Cup winning side, moved to Manchester United in…
Read MoreHighland upbring of former Lib Dem leader in focus
A documentary profiling the late former Liberal Democrat Charles Kennedy and how his Highland upbringing influenced his life and politics, is set to be shown. Charles Kennedy was 23-years-old when he stood in a fight for the Highland seat; Ross, Cromarty and Skye. Charles won and so began a 32-year career in politics. Charles rose…
Read MoreSusan Calman show searches for Scots’ happiness
Susan Calman is on a quest to investigate the weird and wonderful ways we are discovering unexpected hits of happiness in these uncertain times, in a brand new four part series for BBC Scotland. Each week Susan Calman’s Happy Space will seek out and celebrate the many ways, however odd, we are all seeking out…
Read MoreSee more of Scotland’s lochs from your armchair
Those keen to see more of our country and its lochs will be able to do so next week, from the comfort of our television screens. In the first programme of a new series of Grand Tours of Scotland’s Lochs, Paul Murton explores the lochs of Skye. He hears tales of the singer Donovan and his…
Read MoreGaelic fishing film sets sail
THE first Gaelic cinema documentary will have its theatrical world premiere at the Glasgow Film Festival. Iorram – or “boat song” – tells the story of the Gaelic fishing community in the Outer Hebrides. After being shown on 28 February as part of the festival, the film will have its virtual UK theatrical release on…
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