Seventy years after the Edinburgh Festival launched, Mark Stephen speaks to performers and audiences past and present to discover how it grew to become such a global success. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Comedian Janey Godley celebrates the career of her hero, Billy Connolly, and his continuing comedy influence. From 2015. Show more

'Spiritual Vagrant' Graham Watts - 'I'm a Buddhist during the day and a Christian at night' - looks to the heavens and asks what role religion can play in our pursuit of happiness.

Taggart star Alex Norton takes us on a tour of 1900s Glasgow as seen through the eyes of comic legend Stan Laurel.
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Wands at the ready as actor Sean Biggerstaff explores Edinburgh’s wizarding underworld and find out why the city has become a Mecca for Harry Potter fans. Show more

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

Kaye Adams gets to the heart of the stories making the news, offering the listeners the opportunity to have their say.

Dr Margaret McCartney explores what we need from the NHS at different stages of our lives. This week it's middle age. Show more

From lion taming ancestors to the tale of the Boddam monkey, Susan Morrison mines the rich depths of Scotland's past in this exciting new history series for BBC Radio Scotland.

Join Des Clarke and guests for a look back at the best of the news we broke in 2017 including many, many Trump impersonations...so sad.

Gillian Russell takes a reflective look back over the past year of Personal Best and shares her favourite health, wellbeing and fitness tips.

Another chance to hear 30 years of Rebus - Ian Rankin joins Janice for a special show from Rebus' regular pub. Show more

Texas join forces with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in the iconic Barrowland in Glasgow for a special collaboration for BBC Music Day. Show more

Midge Ure selects tracks that have influenced his musical career, featuring Queen, The Beatles, Jimmy Shand and Kraftwerk. Show more

Musician Davie Scott talks to Craig and Charlie Reid about how an explosive appearance on The Tube kick-started a memorable career and a classic Scottish album. Show more

Billy Differ catches up with Grammy award-winning singer Sheena Easton. Show more

Celebrating the vinyl revival with an all-Scottish playlist. Grant plays album tracks from his own collection and discovers the stories behind your cherished LPs and singles. Show more

Join Vic to hear some of his favourite tunes from 2017 and a few of his Scottish tips for 2018. Plus we delve into the session archives from the past 12 months.

End the day in the company of the songwriting masters of country, folk, blues, soul and rock 'n' roll.

BBC Radio Scotland joins BBC Radio 5 live.