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Mark Stephen meets those behind Glasgow Women's Library, the only museum in the UK celebrating women's lives, history and achievements.

Mark Stephen meets the caddies who work on St Andrews Old Course - the Home of Golf

Mark Stephen finds out about Scotland's first disabled theatre company.

Mark Stephen finds out about life in one of Scotland's most remote communities.

Mark Stephen hears how a Scottish family have welcomed a Ukrainian family into their home

Mark Stephen climbs aboard Concorde to hear about its fascinating Scottish history.

Mark Stephen meets the people who have investigated and sometimes capitalised on Scotland's great myth - the Loch Ness Monster, affectionately known as Nessie.

Scotland's stunning rotating boat lift and the people who love it.

Civic defiance that went global; Mark Stephen revisits Glasgow's Kenmure Street protest.

Mark Stephen hears how Dame Judi Dench and Clive Anderson helped a community in Oban save their local cinema from permanent closure.

Mark Stephen meets Jim Breen and Angus Mathieson who took part in an expedition to the Arctic Circle, traversing the world's largest whirlpool in kayaks.

From 1966 to 1977, Aberdeen Zoo housed lions, bears, seals, otters and the zoo favourites Heather and Humphrey the chimpanzees. Mark Stephen meets the keepers who worked there.

Mark Stephen travels to Inverness to uncover the story behind one of the greatest sporting headlines ever written, 'Super Caley Go Ballistic, Celtic are atrocious'

Mark Stephen visits Hawick for the Common-Riding. For decades it was males only but now women can take part in all the events. Will it end years of controversy or open old wounds?

Mark Stephen profiles the protest camp against the M77 motorway in Glasgow's Pollok Park.

Mark Stephen visits the peace camp and naval base at Faslane.

Mark Stephen recalls the 1989 murder of a young Somali man in Edinburgh's Cowgate.

Mark Stephen meets the stall holders and customers at the Victorian Market in Inverness.

Mark Stephen explores the history of the iconic Scottish roadside cafe, The Horn.

Mark Stephen hears about the campaign to save the Tinker's Heart in Argyll.

Mark Stephen explores the history and culture of the Carbeth Hutters community.

Mark Stephen and guests remember the excitement of the Glasgow Garden Festival

Mark Stephen takes a trip down memory lane with former Butlin's Redcoats in Ayr.

Mark Stephen is in Tannochside to meet some of the men and women who campaigned for 103 days against the closure of the Caterpillar factory.

Mark Stephen speaks to the dedicated followers of the Edinburgh Monarchs to discover the appeal of the action packed family sport of motorcycling speedway.

Mark Stephen visits Dumfries and Galloway to hear about the 2001 Foot and Mouth outbreak from the farming community affected.

Mark Stephen meets women who worked at the former Lee Jeans factory in Greenock and hears about their dramatic 7 month sit-in.

Mark Stephen finds out about the Govanhill Baths anti-closure campaign and how the baths survived.

Mark Stephen tells the story of the Craigmillar Festival Society and the group of young mothers who, in the 1960's used the arts as the catalyst to transform their community.

Mark Stephen meets the determined people attempting to build a replica Iron Age broch.

Mark Stephen meets the St Andrews students who took a double decker road trip in 1968.

Mark Stephen meets the pioneering female players who changed Scottish football forever.

Mark Stephen is on the River Clyde with George Parsonage of the Glasgow Humane Society.

The Digger reports on Glasgow's criminal underworld. Publishing each weekly edition is a risk that owner James Cruickshank is willing to take, despite his safety being threatened on a number of occasions. Narrator Neil MacKay takes us deep inside the world of The Digger in this episode of Our Scotland.

Having returned from a humanitarian trip abroad, Andy finds himself being taken into quarantine for 10 days. Stuck in his hotel room he reflects on the mundane routine and how this contrasts with his work in war zones. With time on is hands he looks back on his life and looks forward to returning to his family in Inverness. Narrated by Nalini Chetty.

Death is a daily occurrence for Kelly and Jen, embalmers in one of Glasgow's busiest funeral services. Since the pandemic hit, they've been working non-stop, but the enthusiasm and passion for their job has never once wavered. Narrated by Nalini Chetty, 'The Embalmers' takes a peek into the oft hidden world of embalming bodies with no holds barred. From straightforward open-casket cases to complicated post-mortems, there is nothing Kelly and Jen haven't seen or taken in their stride in their continued quest to give the deceased back their dignity.

Nalini Chetty dives into the heady world of perfume making, guided by Scots perfumer Euan McCall and co-director of Jorum Studios, Chloe Mullen. With readings by Sarah McCardie from As a Perfume by Arthur Symons and Perfume, by Patrick Suskind.

Below the surface of Scotland's urban waterways, enthusiasts are plunging magnets into the dark depths, unearthing metallic detritus discarded decades ago, or yesterday. Nalini Chetty follows magnet fishers Calum Black, Graeme McShane, John Robertson and James Pearson of Edinburgh Magnet Fishing on a day out down the canal, wondering why they do it and what they might find. Will it be treasure, or shopping trolleys?

Ally Heather, presenter o BBC Scotland's documentary on Scots ‘The Rebel Tongue' has flitted back to Dundee in lockdoon and kicked aff a hail series o online sessions on Dundee Scots whaur folk frae the city can get mair confident wi their ain brand o Scots. Horror tales o the language being banned frae the hoose as ‘oary' or ‘orrae' abound (oary is Dundonian Scots for common, coarse or vulgar, lower class) and jist aboot aabody is that wee bit feart tae be heard spikking it at wark, but gaithering thegither can gie ye confidence. Stars o the Scots tongue like Sheena Wellington pop up to gie encouragement. Narrator Nalini Chetty gets tae grips wi the “Rebel Tongue' o Dundonians - mebbe it's braw to be oary efter aa!

Edinburgh's rat population has exploded during lockdown. Husband and wife team Brian and Vikki are on the battlefront between humans and nature in this episode of 'Our Scotland', narrated by Nalini Chetty.

Lifting the veil on hidden aspects of contemporary Scottish life. Vibrant and diverse, it will provide a peek through the window into the country's lesser-known parallel worlds, guided each week by an expert insider and narrated by Nalini Chetty.