Mark Stephen meets a group of retired aviation enthusiasts who have built a World War One biplane in a shed in East Lothian. Now they want to see her fly.

The Badenoch Ladies Shinty Club

Oct 29th, 2023 27m 59s

Mark Stephen joins the Badenoch Ladies Shinty Club for a training night at the Dell to discover why so many women and girls are attracted to the game.

The Bailies of Bennachie

Oct 22nd, 2023 27m 51s

Mark Stephen meets the people who look after Aberdeenshire's most iconic hill. The bailies preserve its paths, nature and rich human history out of love for Bennachie.

Nemo Arts

Oct 8th, 2023 28m 3s

After the loss of her son John, Isabel McCue and her younger son Hugh set up Nemo Arts to support other families dealing with mental illness. Starting with five people on Sunday afternoons, twenty-five years later they offer classes in the comm

The General Store, Selkirk

Oct 1st, 2023 28m 4s

Mark Stephen visits the General Store, a Repair Monger in Selkirk in the Scottish Borders where local people can get take their broken items to get fixed rather than throwing them away and buying new one. With an ethos, "No Fix, No Fee", the ha

SS Uganda

Sep 24th, 2023 27m 44s

From the 1960s to the 1980s, the SS Uganda provided thousands of school children with their first foreign adventures on what were called educational cruises. Hundreds at a time would board for trips round Scandinavia, the Atlantic, and even beh

The "Livi" - Livingston's Skatepark

Aug 6th, 2023 27m 57s

Mark Stephen hears how Livingston or "Livi" Skatepark was built into the landscape of Scotland's new town and became fundamental to the rise of skateboarding world-wide.

Action Porty

Jul 30th, 2023 27m 51s

Mark Stephen hears how Portobello residents decided to buy their local parish church and transform it into Bellfield community hub.

Storm Arwen

Jul 23rd, 2023 28m 17s

Storm Arwen left thousands of people without power for up to week and destroyed millions of trees. Mark Stephen hears how communities in Aberdeenshire responded.

Queens District Nurses

Jul 16th, 2023 28m 15s

Mark Stephen meets retired Queens District Nurses to hear about the life and duties of a district nurse in some of the most remote communities of Scotland. "The Queen's Nurse didn't go to work, she didn't do a shift, she went on duty and it wa

The Love Rally

Jul 9th, 2023 28m

People with experience of the care system march through the streets of Glasgow to celebrate their community and demand the right to love. Mark Stephen finds out why.

Hallmuir Ukrainian POW Chapel

Jul 4th, 2023 28m 9s

Mark Stephen is in Dumfries & Galloway near Lockerbie, to hear the story Hallmuir POW Ukrainian Chapel. In 1947, almost 500 Ukrainian POWs were interned and contracted to work in the local area in farming and forestry. Far from home, and unable

Thunder In The Glens

Feb 8th, 2023 27m 58s

With the wind in his hair and the biggest smile on his face, Mark Stephen gets the ride of his life when he visits Aviemore to meet the bikers involved in one of Europe’s largest Harley Davidson motorbike conventions, Thunder In The Glens. Mar

The Glasgow Gurdwara

Feb 8th, 2023 28m

Mark Stephen visits Scotland’s first purpose-built Gurdwara. Located on Albert Drive, Glasgow, this beautiful religious temple opened its doors ten years ago and is very much at the heart of the Sikh community. Mark hears how the Gurdwara is no

The Battle of Prestonpans Tapestry

Feb 5th, 2023 27m 37s

It took 200 community members 500 hours each to stitch the Battle of Prestonpans Tapestry, in 2010 the longest in the world. Mark meets the people who made it and displayed it.

The Glasgow Gurdwara

Jan 29th, 2023 28m

Mark Stephen visits Scotland’s first purpose-built Gurdwara

The Grand Match

Jan 22nd, 2023 27m 36s

In 1979 thousands gathered on the frozen Lake of Menteith for an epic curling match between the North and South of Scotland. Mark Stephen hears memories of the last Bonspiel.

The Kessock Bridge Turns 40

Jan 15th, 2023 27m 59s

Mark Stephen celebrates 40 years of the Kessock Bridge

Glasgow Women's Library

Jan 8th, 2023 27m 44s

Mark Stephen meets those behind Glasgow Women's Library, the only museum in the UK celebrating women's lives, history and achievements.

Our Story St Andrew's Caddies

Jul 27th, 2022 28m

Mark Stephen meets the caddies who work on St Andrews Old Course - the Home of Golf

Birds of Paradise

Jun 19th, 2022 27m 58s

Mark Stephen finds out about Scotland’s first disabled theatre company.

Knoydart

Jun 12th, 2022 27m 57s

Mark Stephen finds out about life in one of Scotland’s most remote communities.

Our Story: Homes for Ukraine

Jun 5th, 2022 28m

Mark Stephen hears how a Scottish family have welcomed a Ukrainian family into their home

Scotland's Concorde

May 29th, 2022 28m 9s

Mark Stephen climbs aboard Concorde to hear about its fascinating Scottish history.

Nessie - The Loch Ness Monster

May 27th, 2022 28m 3s

Mark Stephen meets the people who have investigated and sometimes capitalised on Scotland's great myth - the Loch Ness Monster, affectionately known as Nessie.