As Paisley bids to be UK City of Culture 2021, Billy Kay celebrates the vibrant history and culture of a town which took the iconic Paisley pattern round the world. Show more
Billy Kay talks to the women of Paisley, who recall the prosperous heyday of the town's threadmills, which were dominated by a formidable female workforce. Show more
7 Days of Happiness
Therapy - will it make you happier
28 minutes on BBC Radio Scotland FM
Available for years
Therapist and presenter Graham Watts puts his own profession under the spotlight and asks if therapy can really make us any happier.
TV and radio dramatist and mental health campaigner Donna Franceschild talks to Edi Stark about growing up a misfit in California. Show more
In June 2015, Henry Summers was found dead in his Edinburgh flat. He was undiscovered for three years. Denise Mina tries to find out who the man called Henry really was. Show more
Mark Stephen takes a trip down memory lane with former Butlin's Redcoats in Ayr. Show more
Kaye Adams presents the highlights from 2017.
The story of two new authors who risked it all to self-publish the amazing adventures of Badger the Mystical Mutt, which has become one of Scotland’s favourite children’s books. Show more
Journalist and broadcaster Paul English looks back at his childhood passion for letter writing and meets for the first time some of his former pen pals. Show more
The Complete Caledonian Imbiber
Episode 6: Homage to Catalunya, Aragon and Arbikie
30 minutes on BBC Radio Scotland FM
Billy Kay travels to Aragon and Catalonia to meet Scottish wine makers Norrel Robertson and Pamela Geddes, and visits a family farm in Angus making gin, vodka and whisky. Show more
A highlight from earlier this year as Janice takes the show out of the studio and heads to The Spree Festival in Paisley. Show more
Ian Rankin celebrates the thirtieth anniversary of Deacon Blue's debut album, Raintown, released on 1 May 1987. He hears the stories behind the songs and how it became a classic. Show more
Albert Hammond has written some of the biggest pop songs in the last five decades. In this extended conversation he illustrates the hit singles and shares the stories behind them. Show more
Edi Stark talks to award-winning singer-songwriter Karine Polwart. Show more
Bryan Burnett celebrates the artists, musicians, songwriters and record producers who died in 2017. Including Tom Petty, Chuck Berry, Glen Campbell and Chris Cornell. Show more
Ricky Ross presents coverage of the 2017 Country to Country festival in Glasgow, including interviews with Marty Stuart, Darius Rucker and Maren Morris. Show more
Roddy presents his rundown of the year's best music, culminating in the announcement of the Roddy Hart Show Record of Note 2017.
BBC Radio Scotland joins BBC Radio 5 live.