Top ten scene stealers with Scotland on the big screen

With its rolling hills, rugged mountains, sprawling beaches, castles and picturesque villages, Scotland has provided the perfect backdrop for the world of cinema. Here we present 10 of the best appearances from Scotland on the big screen. 1. Timeless masterpiece Film enthusiasts have been flocking to ‘Ben’s beach’ since the charming comedy drama Local Hero…

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Why are Scots dying earlier than rest of the UK?

A new television series is to investigate why Scots die younger than anyone else in the UK. For many of us work is less active, hobbies more sedentary, our lives are more stressful and sleep is harder to come by. While the damage is devastating it’s never too late to make a change – and this…

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Mark Bonnar stars in new Scots TV thriller

Scots actor Mark Bonnar returns to our TV screens this week in a thrilling new TV series. The Shetland star appears in Guilt, a four-part new series airing from Thursday, 24 October, on BBC Scotland from 10-11pm. When brothers Max and Jake unwittingly run over and kill an old man, their attempts to cover it…

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Celebrating culture and embracing heritage

A new documentary is to be shown today, celebrating Scotland’s diversity. Film-maker Stewart Kyasimire made this heart-felt documentary for his eight-year-old daughter Yasmin as a way of helping her embrace her heritage, celebrate her culture and understand what it means to be Black And Scottish. His interviews with three generations of black Scots cover all walks of life from acting to…

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Bringing a mum closer to her newborn baby

The second episode of a new Scottish series bringing the every day events at a maternity hospital will be shown this week. Technology brings a mum together with her premature son in this second episode of Tiny Lives, filmed in the neonatal unit at University Hospital Wishaw. Unable to cuddle nine-weeks-early Blake because she lost…

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Lost in a landscape from Loch Hope to Sandwood Bay

Viewers will get lost in the landscape in the sixth episode of Grand Tours of Scotland’s Lochs. The last programme of the series sees Paul Murton travelling hopefully from the shores of Loch Hope to the glorious and lonely expanse of Sandwood Bay on the far north west of Scotland. Along the way he encounters…

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The lochs of the Borders, Fife and the capital

The Loch of the Lowes to Loch Leven feature in the next episode of Paul Murton’s Grand Tour of Scotland’s Lochs. Programme five sees Paul’s loch-hopping journey across Scotland reach the quiet lochs of the Borders, explores the lochs of Scotland’s capital, and crosses over the Forth to discover the forgotten lochs of Fife. From…

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New documentary features Scottish neonatal unit

A new TV series looking at the work of a Scottish hospital’s neonatal unit is coming to our screens. The work of the dedicated staff at University Hospital Wishaw, North Lanarkshire, comes under the spotlight in this three-part documentary series looking at the neonatal unit and the very sick and premature babies who rely on…

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Putting meat into A Play, A Pie and a Pint

The fifth production from BBC Scotland’s televising of A Play, A Pie & A Pint is Meat Market by Chris Gray. It is a comic tale fraught with duplicity and dodgy ethics as three strangers meet in a 24-hour gym late at night to negotiate the sale of a human kidney. Starring Julie Duncanson, Robin…

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David Hayman highlights Scotland’s natural beauty

A new TV series will highlight rural Scotland’s most beautiful, fascinating and surprising places. STV will air Hayman’s Way, a new series in which Scots actor and director David Hayman makes a journey across the country. From secret refugees in the Cairngorms to cliff top castles in East Lothian, David explores the history, people and…

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