Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 281,454 playable programmes from the BBC

Results 1 to 8 of 8 for your search filters
Filter by channel

Digging Up Your Roots

Series 4

Episode 4

Duration: 55 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio OrkneyLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio Scotland Highlands and Islands

From court papers to newspapers, criminal ancestors often leave a paper trail. Bill Whiteford and genealogist Bruce Durie advise on tracing those on the wrong side of the law.

Digging Up Your Roots

Series 4

Episode 5

Duration: 55 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio OrkneyLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio Scotland Highlands and Islands

Bill Whiteford and genealogist Bruce Durie discover a French cairn dedicated to Scottish soldiers and reveal unheard PoW stories in this programme about military ancestors.

Digging Up Your Roots

Series 4

Episode 2

Duration: 55 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio OrkneyLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio Scotland Highlands and Islands

A Jacobite prisoner who married a Cherokee Indian and a Scottish Earl and his Italian musician. Bill Whiteford and genealogist Bruce Durie tell tales of Scottish migration.

Digging Up Your Roots

Series 4

Episode 3

Duration: 55 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio OrkneyLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio Scotland Highlands and Islands

Pickling in rum, a mysterious death in the USA and inheritance battles - Bill Whiteford and Bruce Durie explore how death can shed light on an ancestor's life.

Digging Up Your Roots

Series 4

Episode 6

Duration: 55 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio OrkneyLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio Scotland Highlands and Islands

Migration from Eastern Europe to Scotland is not a recent phenomenon. Bill Whiteford and genealogist Bruce Durie advise on tracing ancestors who made similar trips in the past.

Digging Up Your Roots

Series 4

Episode 1

Duration: 55 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio OrkneyLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio Scotland Highlands and Islands

Bill Whiteford presents new family histories and genealogy advice, plus genealogist Bruce Durie explores the lives of Scots who worked in iron foundries, mills and on canals.