Ruth Wishart follows in the footsteps of Jennie Lee, the feisty coal miner’s daughter from Fife, remembered for her instrumental role in the creation of the Open University. Show more

Singer-songwriter Eddi Reader stays overnight in the romantic heroine's former cottage and learns more about her life. Show more

Poet Janet Paisley follows in the footsteps of Hugh MacDiarmid and tries to make sense of his reputation. Who was the real Hugh MacDiarmid and what is his legacy?

Superstar philosophers who communicate like human beings and who'd be the life and soul of the party are a rare breed, but that's David Hume in a nutshell. Show more

Actress Siobhan Redmond visits Kirriemuir, birthplace of the playwright and novelist to discover how his time there influenced his writing.

Richard Holloway discovers the life of Scotland's most famous preacher. Show more

1/13. Mary Garden: Aberdonian opera singer Lisa Milne visits some of the places associated with Mary Garden, doyen of Opera Houses across in the first part of the 20th century. Show more

2/13. Calgacus: Robbie the Pict goes in search of the Caledonian Warrior, the first inhabitant of this land to make it into the history books and the archetypal Scottish hero. Show more

4/13. Eduardo Paolozzi: Richard Demarco, artist and promoter of the visual and performing arts, explores the life and work of Scottish sculptor Sir Eduardo Paolozzi, CBE. Show more

5/13. Billy Mackenzie: Musician Davey Scott analyses the extraordinary voice of Billy Mackenzie, the maverick front man of eighties Dundee legends The Associates. Show more

Gold medal-winning sprinter Allan Wells follows in the footsteps of Eric Liddell, an earlier Scottish gold medallist and subject of the film Chariots of Fire.

7/13. James Young Simpson: Ian Wilmut explores the life of physician James Young Simpson, examining the furore he created by using chloroform to ease labour pains. Show more

8/13. Lord Reith: In the wake of the recent troubles to hit the UK's leading broadcast networks, Jeremy Isaacs examines the contested legacy of the BBC's founder Lord Reith. Show more

12/13. Molly Weir: Well known Scots go in search of their Scottish heroes. Actress Una McLean charts the rise of Molly Weir, famed for her role as Hazel McWitch in Rentaghost. Show more

11/13. Alistair MacLean: Philip Kerr follows in the footsteps of Alistair MacLean, the man who inspired him to become a writer. Show more

13/13. John Grierson: Well known Scots go in search of their Scottish heroes. Writer, film-maker and designer Murray Grigor explores the life and work of John Grierson CBE. Show more

6/13. DC Thompson: Journalist Roddy Forsyth goes back to Dundee in the footsteps of David Coupar Thomson, owner of the first newspaper he ever worked on.

Writer and broadcaster Muriel Gray discovers more about the man who first charted, and lent his name to, our highest peaks. Show more

9/13. Andrew Carnegie: Entrepreneur and philanthropist Sir Tom Hunter goes in search of the first and perhaps the greatest of all philanthropists, Andrew Carnegie. Show more

Richard Holloway, former Bishop of Edinburgh, follows in the footsteps of Alexander Peden, a controversial leading light in Scotland's Covenant movement.