Our Lives with Michelle McManus

Brandon is a non binary wrestler known as London Love Lust. Caroline yarn bombs Nairn's post boxes, and Kapil's music highlights issues of honour violence, caste and disability.

After the Clutha helicopter crash, Michael struggled with PTSD, and now he supports trauma survivors. Katie finds missing pets. Scott encourages locals to protect wildlife.

Alan the bodyguard teaches personal safety to women. Gabi and Corinne bring refugees together through sewing. Katch runs the Knockengorroch festival on the land where she was born.

Britain's Got Talent singing star Edward learns to meditate. Eilidh wins the Norseman ultra triathlon. Gareth returns to the remote island of Foula where he grew up.

Nicola and Heather decide to start a family and turn to their friend Scott. Tragic O'Hara becomes a professional Walrus Chaser, and Rachel opens her own vintage clothing shop.

Roberto is living the dream photographing the world's biggest rock stars. Maryanne reconnects families with nature. YouTuber George restores a tiny house in his home village.

Rachel becomes a green faced star on TikTok. Natalie's first book Mak the Dragon teaches shiatsu to children. Armed police officer William makes floral glass paperweights.

Abby-Leigh's love of cows leads to a career in farming. Inspired by her daughter, Angela runs Rainbow Valley. Tom shares their passion for typewriters and a letter from Tom Hanks.

Lauren defies her disability and wins a beauty pageant! Sneakerhead Rob turns his passion into a surprising business, and rapper Lotos shares her musical inspiration.

Traditional butcher Alan makes a mean vegan lorne sausage. Emily wins the World Cheerleading Championships, and a Barlinnie prison chaplain becomes DJ Jolly Jilly.

Hibs fan Stevie founded the charity Dnipro Kids after an away tie in 2005. With the war escalating, he finds himself travelling to Ukraine to bring the children to Scotland.

Christina breaks records cycling the North Coast 500. Emily's spaniel Leo learns CPR, and Coinneach the Hebridean Baker explains why he's keeping his day job in football.

Kyle captains Scotland to World Cup victory at Disability Darts. Agnes forges a career as a blacksmith. And Iain completes a world first sea voyage round the southern Capes.

History Girl Rachel celebrates forgotten Scotswomen. Norse Paganism inspires Jamie's music and games design. David's unusual hobby takes him from the bank to the Super Bowl.

A small gift to the homeless inspires Richie to start up a new charity. Julie and Rachel move to Lewis and fly the gay Pride flag at their rainbow honesty shed.

Katie from Aye Tunes sings pop songs in Doric. James makes his dream of being an airline pilot come true. And Lorna leaves teaching after 26 years, and buys a sweetie shop.

Jamie teaches science through cola home experiments and dance. Olly sails his way to the world championships. And surrogacy makes Laura's dream of becoming a mum come true.

Water baby Sandra's swimming all over the world. Gethin's swapping war photography for wildlife in the Borders. Nikki's dreams come true, all thanks to Eminem.

Meet Sheri, a fashion influencer and vintage expert who adores all things orange. Bob takes his alpacas to visit care homes. And Hijabi Rider Mahnoor learned to ride a bike at 40.

Dot became a fitness instructor at the age of 75. Ally tells us why Scots speakers should celebrate their culture. And Jo found embroidery helped her cope with breast cancer.

Young mum Tanisha donates breast milk to Glasgow Children's Hospital, Simon will ceremonially wash our next monarch's hands, and record breaking great, great, great granny Mary

Michelle McManus chats to Kat Borrowdale a professional hula hooper and the founder of Think Circus in Leith. She also meets, Owen Hope, a student at St Andrews and an adventure photographer and Allan Jardine shares the trials and tribulations of mastering the Great Highland Bagpipes.

Angus interviews Scottish football legends on YouTube. Rachel wins a place at an American university, and racing driver Gordie hits the track at 150 mph.

Michelle McManus meets Sue Briggs from Selkirk's new repair shop, The General Store. She also meets Elizaveta and Andrew Bennett who make up Arkdefo, an upcycle fashion brand that takes denim cast-offs and turns them into new designer clothes and environmental campaigner Simon Whitworth.

Diane tells Michelle how a clown doctor is different from a circus clown, Alan surprises a few family members, and Fraser shares his obsession with ghostbusters.

Michelle McManus meets dog trainer Heather Smith who talks about her extraordinary dog Dare, and her journey from rescue dog to performing in the ring at Crufts. Michelle also talks to pharologist Sarah Kerr who is on a mission to visit every lighthouse in the UK.

Robbie starts a new craze, the first Oban Pride is hosted by drag queen Crystal, and Roy shares a lifetime obsession with fungi.

Train driver Dylan wins Landscape Photography award. Michelle meets Gayle who set up the Sunshine Kitchen for young adults with learning disabilities and Chloe who makes the brownies. Roy tells Michelle about his life reintroducing wild species to parts of Scotland, and what he would like to bring back next.

Former British Airways air stewardess Sally Armstrong, shares her memories working on Concorde and self-confessed plane geek Nik Sennhauser, explains why he is recreating his favourite plane meals at home.

Jamie tells Michelle how it's mind over matter if you want to row the notorious Drake Passage. We meet Suzie who set up a bee business with a purpose, and Michelle introduces Elaine, a physiotherapist and incontinence comedian.

Michelle gets spring cleaning advice from the Queen of Clean, Aggie Mackenzie. She speaks to Zoe Berry from Life Edit about what prompted her to set up her decluttering business and meets Ariel Wang, who gave up her job during lockdown to set up Leafy Love Affair, selling houseplants.

When Katie applied to take part in reality TV show Eden, she had no idea she would spend a whole year living cut off from the world on the remote Ardnamurchan peninsula. It was tough, but inspired more off grid adventures. Michelle also hears from Nadia who set up a hedgehog hospital in her own home.

Michelle McManus speaks to Holly Keir, an award wining researcher who has been working all year on potential treatments for COVID-19. Also joining Michelle is Newsbeat's Shiona McCallum who shares her experience of giving birth during lockdown. Shiona is now an ambassador for See Me, Scotland's programme for mental health.

Michelle meets Emily from Findochty. When she was two her gran put a message in a bottle with her name on it. Fifteen years later it turned up in Siberia and Emily's invited to an international summit in Reykjavik. When Hermann arrived in Scotland thirty years ago, he became fascinated by photographing Asian Scots, even gate-crashing weddings! And Michelle learns all about super recognisers with Lauren, who never forgets a face, and facial recognition expert Anna.

Michelle meets Cal and Clare, a young couple who accidently bought the wrong house at auction and then decided to restore the derelict property with a little help from their amazing friends. Heidi explains what it takes to become Scotland's number one pole dancing athlete and we hear from Danny, the singing hairdresser from Arbroath who has raised thousands for the NHS with his live lockdown performances.

Morag Sangster sold her city home, escaped to the country, and set up a sanctuary for farm animals in need of a little TLC. Michelle hears how she ended up sharing her house with Francesco, a twenty stone pet pig. Knowing well the highs and lows of instant fame, Michelle chats with Gary Faulds, whose comic videos became a social media sensation. Soon Gary was packing out auditoriums, but when Covid hit, he had to declare himself homeless. You can find information and support around homelessness by looking up the BBC Action Line Homelessness.

Michelle meets Amanda and Darren Cleary. After having their own two wee ones Ben and Olivia., 22 year old Amanda couldn't wait to start fostering, but Michelle fins out how this went down with Darren and the kids. Dwayne Davies might sound Welsh, but he's a Shetlander with Viking ancestry who did the ultimate themed wedding in full Norse regalia. Michelle discovers he's the longest Jarl in waiting, or leader of the Viking squad for the uninitiated, his moment in the spotlight at the Up Helly Aa festival postponed due to Covid.

Michelle meets Ally Boyle MBE, founder of the Anthony Nolan and SFRS Partnership and talks to Kelvin Frew and finds out what it takes to become a Queen's Nurse.

Hand rearing baby badgers, treating an infestation of moths in a mountain hare and promoting diversity in engineering.

Michelle McManus talks to Ray Bradshaw about how his childhood with 2 deaf parents ultimately shaped his comedy career and inspired him to take his comedy to deaf audiences all over the world. Michelle also hears from record breaking gran Val Dourley who after developing a passion for powerlifting in later life, can now deadlift a phenomenal 15 stone. Isobel Hogton also joins the programme to tell Michelle about her incredible ability to communicate with horses.

Michelle McManus speaks to Stephen Murphy from Glasgow about his life as a drag queen and how ‘Barbra La Bush' has helped bolster his confidence over the last 30 years. Also, 71 year old Graffiti Granny Maggie Wilcockson talks to Michelle about designing her own tag and how an art project helped her reconnect with her community in Aberdeen. And we hear from a woman who is convinced she can communicate with trees... and according to Holly Worton they even talk back to her!

Michelle hears from Lesley who lost her partner to suicide two years ago and how, with the help of her photography, she was able to express the grief she couldn't put into words. Now Lesley has managed to find a way of not just surviving but thriving. This is a difficult story with an inspirational twist. Forget Disney's Ariel… Michelle meets Kate from the Isle of Lewis - whose all-weather-all–year-round-swimming has taken her dangerously close to the mouths of sharks. And performing pubs and clubs by night and the altar by day, Michelle hears from man of the cloth - the Rev Jim - on his stage act and how it links with his day job in the East end of Glasgow.