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Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Physician Gavin Francis leads us round a cultural map of the body: the mysterious liver, essential to life, capable of regeneration. From 2015. Show more

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Physician Gavin Francis leads us round a cultural map of the body: the foot, a unique marvel of engineering. From 2015. Show more

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Documentary celebrating the 70th anniversary of Glasgow's innovative Citizens Theatre and looking back at seven decades of pioneering productions. Show more

Contributors

Director:
Kath Pick
Executive Producer:
Pauline Law
Participant:
Mark Rylance
Participant:
Glenda Jackson
Participant:
Pierce Brosnan
Participant:
Ciaran Hinds
Participant:
Gary Oldman
Participant:
Bill Paterson
Participant:
Roberta Taylor
Participant:
Blythe Duff

A Good Read

Bill Paterson and Tom Chatfield

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Actor Bill Paterson and tech philosopher Tom Chatfield talk about books they love with Harriett Gilbert. Works by Christopher Hitchens and Terry Pratchett are on the table. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Bill Paterson
Interviewed Guest:
Tom Chatfield
Producer:
Beth O'Dea

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC One ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC HD

Contemporary comedy following the lives of five people as they prepare to vie for the 2009 Cup O'Kindness, the trophy awarded to the champion in Robert Burns poetry recital. Show more

Contributors

Isobel Braid:
Ashley Jensen
Granny Braid:
Barbara Rafferty
Struan Robertson:
Paul Higgins
Meikel McMiekel:
Denis Lawson
Cronie Cameron:
Ford Kiernan
Cronie McKay:
Forbes Masson
Paula Pickford:
Felicity Montagu
Boyd Pickford:
Vincent Franklin
Robert Lauchlan:
Greg Hemphill
Stevie Kerr:
Tony Curran
Sarah Rutherford:
Laura Fraser
Gibby "Fingers" McPherson:
Bill Paterson
Prison Therapist:
Laura Fraser
Prison Governor:
Gerard Kelly
Director:
Brian Kelly
Producer:
Jack Docherty

Genres

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

The reaver realises that the dwarf is not all that he seems. Bill Paterson continues with Neil Gaiman's dark tale. Show more

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

The dwarf and the reaver reach the cave, where something is waiting. Bill Paterson continues Neil Gaiman's dark tale. Show more

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

A dwarf seeks a guide to a certain cave on the Misty Isle. Bill Paterson reads Neil Gaiman's novelette about chilling revenge. Show more

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

The dwarf persuades Callum McInnes to take him to the cave on the Misty Isle. Bill Paterson continues Neil Gaiman's dark tale. Show more

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC One Scotland

Ford Kiernan and a legion of fans celebrate the anarchic humour of The Dandy, the classic Scottish comic that has just ceased publication after 75 years. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Ford Kiernan
Participant:
Frank Skinner
Participant:
Sanjeev Kohli
Participant:
Brian Cox
Participant:
Bill Paterson
Participant:
Alan Bissett
Participant:
Jimmie Macgregor
Participant:
Tom Alexander
Participant:
Nick Park
Director:
Les Wilson
Producer:
Julie McCrone

The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo

2014

Edinburgh Military Tattoo 2014

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Scotland

From the unique setting of the Esplanade of Edinburgh Castle, the 2014 Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo celebrates the Year of Homecoming with a cast of more than 1000. Show more

Duration: 1 hour, 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Scotland

The 2019 Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo celebrates the kaleidoscope, featuring colourful talent from around the world on the magnificent esplanade of Edinburgh Castle. Show more

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Physician Gavin Francis leads us round a cultural map of the body: he starts with the brain. From 2015. Show more

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Physician Gavin Francis leads us round a cultural map of the body: facial muscles and our emotional lives. From 2015. Show more

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Physician Gavin Francis leads us round a cultural map of the body: arms - part of our body, and weapons of war. From 2015. Show more

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC Four HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Profile of architecture critic Ian Nairn who led a blistering attack on the soulless destruction of Britain by shoddy post-war planners, but who was a flawed, troubled character. Show more

Contributors

Director:
Kate Misrahi
Producer:
Kate Misrahi
Executive Producer:
Basil Comely
Narrator:
Bill Paterson