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Britain by Bike

Episode 1: North Devon

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Clare Balding takes a pedal-powered trip across the UK. In Devon, she rides from Lynmouth, scene of Britain's worst flood disaster, to Ilfracombe via Little Switzerland. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Clare Balding
Executive Producer:
Steve Bailey

Britain by Bike

Episode 2: The Welsh Borders

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales

On Clare Balding's pedal-powered UK trip, her journey into Wales sees her discover how a cycle factory went to war and find out about a bizarre village ceremony. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Clare Balding
Executive Producer:
Steve Bailey

Britain by Bike

Episode 3: The Isle of Wight

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Two HD

Clare Balding's cycle journey around the Isle of Wight explores its unique sense of otherness, a strange power which helped to cure Dickens's writer's block. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Clare Balding
Producer:
Steve Bailey

Britain by Bike

Episode 4: West Yorkshire

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Two HD

As she cycles through Bronte Country on the Yorkshire/Lancashire border, Clare Balding uncovers a unique photographic collection and a club for henpecked husbands. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Clare Balding
Executive Producer:
Steve Bailey

Britain by Bike

Episode 5: The Cotswolds

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

As she cycles through the Cotswolds, Clare Balding reveals how two men - both called William Morris - helped change the face of heritage tourism in Britain. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Clare Balding
Executive Producer:
Steve Bailey

Britain by Bike

Episode 6: The Scottish Highlands

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Clare Balding charts how incomers - a diverse group which includes Dr Johnson and an occupying English army - have changed our view of the Scottish Highlands. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Clare Balding
Executive Producer:
Steve Bailey

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Scotland

For over two centuries, Scots blazed a trail into unknown corners of the world, and few countries have been as influenced by Scottish explorers as Canada. Show more

Contributors

Executive Producer:
Ross Harper

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Our Lives

Series 1

Orkney: When the Boat Comes In

Duration: 29 minutes

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

Available for years

Orkney is, officially, the UK’s cruise ship capital. With around 125,000 passengers expected this year, how does this small island community cope with the onslaught of tourists? Show more

Contributors

Executive Producer:
David Strachan
Executive Producer:
David Harron
Assistant Producer:
Jackie MacLean
Production Manager:
Eleanor Keddie-Johnson
Editor:
Bill Gill

Duration: 1 hour

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

Series telling the long history of keeping Scotland's peace. A look at the evolution of police detective work, from its early beginnings to landmark cases of the 21st century. Show more

Scotland's Superhospital

Series 1

Episode 2

Duration: 59 minutes

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

Following the staff and patients moving into the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital. The Western Infirmary and Scotland's largest children's hospital, Yorkhill, close. Show more

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Scotland HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Scotland HD

Available for 9 months

Scots Makar Jackie Kay looks at the lives of some of the extraordinary, and often overlooked, poets that Scotland has produced and how they have told, and continue to tell, our nation's story. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jackie Kay
Interviewed Guest:
James Robertson
Interviewed Guest:
Val McDermid
Interviewed Guest:
Kevin MacNeil
Interviewed Guest:
Anne Frater
Interviewed Guest:
Hannah Lavery
Interviewed Guest:
Alan Riach
Interviewed Guest:
Gerda Stevenson

Duration: 1 hour

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

Wildlife cameraman Simon King and his family experience the changing seasons on the Shetland Islands. Spring arrives in Shetland, bringing with it an influx of wildlife. Show more