FILM & TV

How eight days killed the dreams of a nation

Forty years ago, Scotland was a country that couldn't wait for football's World Cup to start. The Scots were the only nation from the British...
Rona Munro's Bold Girls was performed at Glasgow's CItizens Theatre earlier this year (Photo: Tim Morozzo)

Scots playwright Rona Munro has a unique honour

Since the early 1980s, Rona Munro has been a name to watch on the Scottish arts scene. An accomplished playwright, who has also had her...

A celebration of Charles Rennie Mackintosh

A new documentary will reveal life in and around Scotland Street School, Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s last major commission in Glasgow. Created by Scottish artist and...
Kevin Guthrie as Johnny, who accompanies Edie on her journey (Photo: Arrow Films)

New film should inspire more people onto our hills

Veteran actress Sheila Hancock is leading the way in a new film which is it hoped will get people onto Scotland's hills. She stars in...

How one Scottish town floored the world

Scotland's influence on the world is well known through the likes of John Logie Baird, John Loudon McAdam, Alexander Graham Bell and Alexander Fleming. With...
Carol Kirkwood with some of the Yotties

TV weather report was ship-shape thanks to Carol

BBC Breakfast's weather forecaster Carol Kirkwood returned home north of the border for live reports this morning. Carol, originally from Morar in Inverness-shire, brought the...