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It’s time to check on this year’s work and look ahead to the autumn and the 2025 season at Beechgrove Garden. Lizzie Schofield and Calum Clunie try some of the rhubarb from the plant that they shifted in the spring to a spot that had better growing conditions, but did the move pay off? Calum builds a hot bed, an area packed with manure to generate heat that will then be used to grow produce through the autumn when the temperatures drop. Lizzie plants bulbs in the alpine garden’s decorative dry river bed for spring colour next year, and there’s the week’s usual handy hints.

Like many in the hospitality industry, Pettycur Bay is struggling to hire staff. With a crisis looming, general manager Janet is tasked with finding a new operations manager for the Old Manor. And at the height of their busiest season, there is a shortage of chefs. Bill and Anne are planning their big birthday bash at the Bay Hotel. Childhood sweethearts, the 80-year-olds went their separate ways over 60 years ago, but a chance encounter has given them a second chance at love. And one former caravan owner makes the long trip from Australia to relive old memories.

The MV Hebridean Isles undergoes major repairs to keep her in service, Tiree ranger Hayley rescues a seal pup, and a young gardener commutes to work on Gigha by ferry.

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Jane Lewis presents highlights from the weekend's fixtures in the SWPL.

Paisley paramedics Gary and Peter rush to treat a patient whose heart rate is dangerously fast and must stabilise him before he can be transported to hospital. In Melrose, Lee and Nadine attend a 40-year-old woman with severe Covid symptoms, a common call-out during the pandemic. The patient is struggling to walk, and the crew give her oxygen in the ambulance on the way to hospital. In Ayr, Elaine and Arin are on the night shift and must tend to a man who has walked into a plate glass window. Although he seems fine, the crew are concerned enough about the bump to his head that they take him to hospital for checks. Meanwhile, at the South Queensferry ambulance control centre, call handler Sarah is dealing with a call at pub closing time that involves a woman having a fit. Sarah must calm the situation while sending an ambulance to the scene. In Edinburgh, Kevin and Martyn treat a man suffering from blinding headaches, while in Dunfermline, Jason and Billy attend a 94-year-old man who has fallen at home and cannot get back up. After carefully assessing their patient, the crew are able to move him safely into the ambulance.

The judges reach the south east, where they must choose between a colourful terraced property in Cardiff, an eclectic detached home in Newport and a converted family home in Porthcawl.

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Join Alan Carr for a picture-based quiz show that will have the entire family shouting answers at the telly. Whether it’s world leaders or wonders of the world, teams will need to know something about everything to get a Picture Slam and a chance to win £10,000. Friends Natalie and Lisa from Cardiff, childhood sweethearts Catherine and Matt from West Sussex, and couple Gaz and Daniel from Croydon are all put through their picture paces by Alan. They’ll be pitted against each other across three fun and furious rounds against the clock, with one team making it to the final Super Slam.

Martin Compston and pal Phil MacHugh travel Scotland’s east coast, from St Andrews to Aberdeen, challenging expectations by revealing the surprising side of some well-known places.

Documentary. The story of Stevie ‘Braveheart’ Ray’s million-dollar cage fight, told through the eyes of his wife, Natalie.

It’s in 2009 that Barack Obama becomes the first African-American president of the USA. In Scotland, it’s the Year of Homecoming, celebrating the 250th anniversary of Robert Burns’ birth and events encouraging people with Scottish roots to visit their homeland. There is sporting success for Catriona Matthew when she wins the Women’s British Open, the first female Scot to win a major, and Scotland’s men win the World Curling Championship in Moncton, Canada. In Westminster, a scandal erupts over MPs' expenses. After eight years in a Scottish prison, the man convicted of causing the 1988 Lockerbie bombing is released due to health issues. Abdelbaset al-Megrahi’s release is greeted with outrage in the USA, where many of the bombing victims came from. A deadly strain of flu first identified in Mexico, and commonly known as 'swine flu', spreads globally. More than 18,000 people die worldwide, with 392 deaths in the UK. And Michael Jackson reveals plans for his first world tour since 1998, but shortly after his fans receive shocking news as the singer’s death is announced.

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Highlights from the BBC Scotland channel.

Highlights from the BBC Scotland channel.

There Is enrichment for the meerkats and wolverines, cuddly koala Kolari has a nasty eye infection and the flamingos show off their unusual nest-building skills.

The Arran ferry needs an emergency overhaul that takes it out of action, an engineer gets to grips with an unfamiliar boat, and a Harris children’s Gaelic choir travels to the Mod.

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At University Hospital Southampton, surgeons perform life-saving surgery. Maxillofacial consultant Sanjay Sharma and his colleague Madan 'Ethu' Ethunandan's next case is particularly challenging: removing a patient’s eye to cut out cancer that is growing deep behind it and then reconstruct his face. It’s a rare operation, with just ten carried out in the UK every year. Without the procedure, their patient, 76-year-old retired lorry driver Mick, would die. The hope is that the operation will leave Mick cancer-free. Meanwhile, urology consultant Vicky Dawson and her mentor Julian Smith have an elderly patient who urgently needs a life-saving operation. Eighty-three-year-old patient Norman has been successfully treated for prostate cancer but now has cancer in his bladder, so both his bladder and prostate need to be removed. But the entire operation is placed in jeopardy when Norman, who has a pre-existing heart issue, develops an irregular heart rhythm as he is being anaesthetised.

Within hours of Annie Borjesson's body being found on a Scottish beach, her family are told it is suicide. However, they believe the evidence points to murder.

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Highlights from the BBC Scotland channel.

Highlights from the BBC Scotland channel.

A man is reported missing in the vast, rural Golspie region. Search dogs scan the forest, and multiple agencies are alerted in an attempt to find him before he comes to harm. His vulnerable state puts him at high risk, and no stone is left unturned in the search. However, three days in, the case takes a turn as police discover he is wanted for questioning by another police force. Meanwhile, the county lines drugs epidemic has reached its new frontier of Inverness. Specialist CID officers go undercover to raid two properties suspected to be hubs for dealing Class A drugs. On Skye, ex-Glasgow policeman Sgt Gordon McKay comes to the rescue of a stranded tourist who has injured her ankle on a trail in the hills.

It’s the first episode of September and, as we head into autumn, it’s time to check in on some of the successes at Beechgrove Garden this season. Lizzie Schofield and Ruth Vichos lift the garden’s carrot crop and, after weeks of growing, find out if it’s a bumper harvest or if the dreaded carrot fly has done any damage. Lizzie’s big project this summer has been to rejuvenate Beechgrove’s herb garden, so she will be back amongst the sage and thyme to make sure all her new planting has settled in. Meanwhile, Ruth explains that, even though summer is almost over, you can still have lots of interest on your doorstep with containers planted for autumn colour. Lizzie looks even further ahead as she plants alliums that will produce plenty of colour in spring as well being a great help to the pollinators in your garden, and Calum has the latest from his allotment in Leven.

Ian Hamilton and guide dog Major head to Bathgate in West Lothian. A town with an incredible industrial past, Bathgate is now a popular commuter area for Edinburgh. Ian helps out in an award-winning butcher’s shop and helpfully offers to do some taste-testing. He then works off the food by climbing a hill to find some Neolithic remains. Ian also investigates the town’s stunning historical theatre, meeting the local brass band as well as some exciting young local film-makers. Finally, after all that work, Ian gets the chance to relax in Scotland’s biggest floatation centre.

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Neither Parkinson’s disease nor age have diminished Billy Connolly’s wit or wisdom in this astonishingly intimate self-portrait of the stand-up pioneer turned cultural icon. Told in his own words, with unflinching honesty and access to a superlative archive rather than the oft-told story of his career, this is a surprising and delightful meditation on the joys of growing older and wiser as he looks back on his triumphs and failings as an entertainer, husband and father.

More fast-moving sketches, with music and animation. Shoeless Josie stumbles on a busker, cabaret act Almost Angelic go wild in the country, and the talking pigeons contemplate a tasty snack.

Comedy sketch show written and performed by top Scottish comedy duo, Iain Connell and Robert Florence. This week an innocent family singsong takes a devilish turn; the local funeral director solves the age old question of whether to go for burial or cremation; and an ambitious employee panics when the Boss tells a joke that isn't funny. Meanwhile Burnistoun's self-styled favourite son, Biscuity Boyle, proves to be well past his sell-by date at speed dating and the 'quality police' patrol men, McGregor and Toshan, try to find out who's the toughest in a pepper spray battle. Regular characters Peter and Scott discuss the etiquette of rescuing someone who's fainted in the toilet and Jolly Boy John gets real in a video with his pet dog. There's also a guest appearance from comedian Frankie Boyle in a ground-breaking TV advert for pies. Burnistoun stars Iain Connell and Robert Florence with Kirsty Strain, Allan Miller, Richard Rankin, Louise Stewart and Gerry McLaughlin.

Scotland’s comedians and entertainers take us on journey back through dinners and foods past; the fine dining, the deep fried, the deep freeze and the many, varied ways we enjoy mince. Plus, the highs and lows of home cooking and the correct contents of a munchie box. With Ashley Storrie, Sanjeev Kohli, Karen Dunbar, Bash the Entertainer, Judith Ralston, Des Clarke, Jane McCarry, Leo Kearse, Zara Janjua, Raymond Mearns and Bruce Devlin.

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Highlights from the BBC Scotland channel.

Highlights from the BBC Scotland channel.

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From the teams searching for the Bavarian pine vole that hasn't been seen in the wild for 60 years, to the rangers trying to protect Slovenia’s endangered eagle-owls, wildlife film-maker Libby Penman showcases a wide range of success stories from across Europe. They celebrate the amazing work of conservationists fighting to save our precious plants and animals. Exploring some of the projects taking place across the continent, Libby reveals how puffins on Northern Ireland’s only inhabited island are being protected from furry intruders, why racoon dogs are moving south into Sweden, and how a highland landscape is being completely transformed within the biggest National Nature Reserve in the UK. Ultimately, she discovers that despite their different objectives, these projects all have one thing in common. At their heart are passionate people making an extraordinary effort to help bring our endangered wildlife back from the brink.

Using fascinating archive from Andy Murray’s life and career, this programme is an in-depth exploration of his incredible journey from Dunblane to becoming a sporting legend. Andy, his family and a number of all-time tennis greats recall the highs and lows which have forged his ferocious ‘will to win’, something that drove him to finally end a 77-year wait for a British men’s Wimbledon champion in 2013. With over 20 years of behind-the-scenes BBC footage, this programme gives unique glimpses of Andy as a young boy, and leaving his home and family as a teenager to train in Spain, before playing at the senior Wimbledon tournament for the first time in 2005. The documentary also charts how the demands on him have grown as he has become increasingly successful, with historic wins at the US Open, Davis Cup, two Olympic gold medals and a second Wimbledon triumph, as well as his rise to world number one, in 2016.

Jack and Victor succumb to the lure of the Dial-A-Bus, but this one doesn't stop where they expected. Bobby escapes the pub for a welcome break on his bike. Guest starring Robbie Coltrane.

The new couple on the street are invited to Beth's to meet the neighbours. Everyone warms to them except for Cathy, whose competitive instincts get a little out of hand.

Comedy sketch show written and performed by top Scottish comedy duo, Iain Connell and Robert Florence. This week an innocent family singsong takes a devilish turn; the local funeral director solves the age old question of whether to go for burial or cremation; and an ambitious employee panics when the Boss tells a joke that isn't funny. Meanwhile Burnistoun's self-styled favourite son, Biscuity Boyle, proves to be well past his sell-by date at speed dating and the 'quality police' patrol men, McGregor and Toshan, try to find out who's the toughest in a pepper spray battle. Regular characters Peter and Scott discuss the etiquette of rescuing someone who's fainted in the toilet and Jolly Boy John gets real in a video with his pet dog. There's also a guest appearance from comedian Frankie Boyle in a ground-breaking TV advert for pies. Burnistoun stars Iain Connell and Robert Florence with Kirsty Strain, Allan Miller, Richard Rankin, Louise Stewart and Gerry McLaughlin.

Some of Scotland’s comedians and entertainers take us on journey through friendships past, reminiscing on the bonding, the hanging out, the best friends, the sleepovers and the strange noises. Then they turn their attention to homes of the past, looking back at the flats, the crofts, the bathrooms and the toilets, as well as addressing the controversial inside-outside debate.

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Highlights from the BBC Scotland channel.

Highlights from the BBC Scotland channel.

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Growing up in Edinburgh, John Greig dreamed of lining up for his beloved Hearts. However, having been rejected by the Tynecastle side, he was given the opportunity to make a career in football with Rangers. His performances in the reserves led him to a first team spot at just 18, before manager Willie Waddle was so impressed that, at just 22 years old, Greig became club captain. Greig led Rangers through league and cup triumphs, as well as some of their toughest times following the tragic events of the Ibrox disaster in 1971. After making 755 appearances for the club and scoring 120 goals across his career, his finest hour came on the 24 May 1972, when Rangers defeated Dynamo Moscow in the European Cup Winners’ Cup final in Barcelona. He is the only man to lift a European trophy for the club and was voted by the supporters as 'the greatest ever Ranger.' Featuring contributions from Colin Stein, James Tavernier, Archie Macpherson, Jim Craig, Chick Young, Andy Cameron, Willie Johnston, Kaitlin Greig and Peter McCloy.

Georgie is in Dunoon, Argyll and Bute helping the McNicol-Taylor family deal with their tech dependency. Mum Isabel contacted Screen Grab for assistance as they are all glued to their screens. She works from home for the local council and works 35 hours a week but spends an average of four hours and 40 minutes on her screen. Dad Duncan is a self-employed builder. His screen use is a major temptation and a big concern for Isabel. Between working and leisure, Duncan spends almost 11 hours in total glued to a screen. Nine-year-old daughter Dana racks up around eight hours a day between her phone and tablet. The family's average daily total stands at 23 hours and 33 minutes. Georgie certainly has her work cut out to reduce this and help the family reconnect with each other.

Change is happening at Glasgow Central, with the beginning of a huge multi-million pound renovation across the Argyll line – bringing with it challenges for passengers and staff alike. A Scotland game at Hampden sees the concourse flooded by football fans, but there’s not enough trains. Outside the station, the Network Rail helicopter takes to the skies to survey the lines around Central for faults. Drew calls in the emergency services to help with a pigeon trapped in the station.

Legendary performer Judy Garland arrives in London in the winter of 1968 to perform a series of sold-out concerts. From BBC Films.

Edith Bowman digs deep into the BBC Scotland music archives to unearth some performances from the likes of Biffy Clyro and Goodbye Mr McKenzie.

The Culture Scene goes behind the screens with TikTok phenomenon and performance poet Len Pennie as she records her latest Scots Word of the Day and gets ready to launch her very first collection of ‘poyums’ at the National Library of Scotland. Len talks about growing up with Scots and why she advocates for the minority language in her posts and poems. The hugely popular poet shares her journey as a survivor of domestic abuse, her struggles with mental health, and talks about the real dangers of online trolling, which nearly pushed her to the brink. We follow Len to the biggest live event she has done so far - the launch of her book poyums in Edinburgh. Whether she is writing letters to her younger self, advocating for women’s rights or adapting fairy tales to process an abusive relationship, Len’s voice is bold, honest and unmistakably hers. We hear her reading some of her electric debut about loving, learning, surviving, growing and giving.

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Highlights from the BBC Scotland channel.

Highlights from the BBC Scotland channel.

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Rewind back to 2000 for the news, events and stories that kicked off a year to remember. It’s the year the world celebrates a new millennium, Judith Keppel celebrates winning £1m on Who Wants to Be A Millionaire and Madonna and Guy Ritchie celebrate getting married at Skibo Castle. The Pan Am Flight 103 bombing trial opens at a Scottish court in the Netherlands, while tragedy strikes as the first minister Donald Dewar dies suddenly. In sport, the first Six Nations Championship is held and Martin O'Neill is appointed manager of Celtic, replacing John Barnes. Musically, it’s a great year for Scottish band Travis, who scoop Best Album and Best Group at the Brits, but Christmas number one goes to Bob the Builder. Relive the memorable moments of the year that started the millennium and rewind to 2000.

Ian Hamilton and guide dog Major head to Bathgate in West Lothian. A town with an incredible industrial past, Bathgate is now a popular commuter area for Edinburgh. Ian helps out in an award-winning butcher’s shop and helpfully offers to do some taste-testing. He then works off the food by climbing a hill to find some Neolithic remains. Ian also investigates the town’s stunning historical theatre, meeting the local brass band as well as some exciting young local film-makers. Finally, after all that work, Ian gets the chance to relax in Scotland’s biggest floatation centre.

An experienced hiker has not returned from the top of a mountain on Skye, and a concealed attic in Dingwall reveals evidence of a cannabis-growing operation.

Windsurfers head to Tiree for the UK’s oldest wave sailing contest, a skincare company in Stornoway struggles to get orders away, and a stranded dolphin needs urgent assistance.

Jack and Victor succumb to the lure of the Dial-A-Bus, but this one doesn't stop where they expected. Bobby escapes the pub for a welcome break on his bike. Guest starring Robbie Coltrane.

Damian Barr hosts this edition, which is recorded with a live audience at Leith Theatre during the Edinburgh Festival. Guests include Sara Pascoe and Cariad Lloyd, who are in town for a live edition of their Weirdos Book Club podcast at the Book Festival as well as performing on the Fringe. They’re joined by criminal mastermind Chris Brookmyre, discussing his latest brain-twisting thriller The Cracked Mirror. And Len Pennie celebrates Scots language with a reading from her new collection Poyums at the Edinburgh International Book Festival.

Paramedics from the Special Operations Response Team are called to a remote canalside in Stirlingshire, where a young walker has slipped and dislocated her knee. As night falls, the team need to scramble their specialist all-terrain vehicle to transport her from the canalside to the ambulance. On Skye, ambulance crews need to be prepared to transport patients long distances to and from hospital. Georgia and Paul attend a patient who has Covid-19 and is having great difficulty in breathing. The crew suspect she may be suffering from a pulmonary embolism and need to get her to hospital in Inverness – a three-hour drive – as quickly as possible. In Inverness, paramedics Ryan and Heather are called to a woman with heart failure, and in Dunfermline Jason and Billy attend a two-car crash near the Queensferry crossing.

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Highlights from the BBC Scotland channel.

It’s the first episode of September and, as we head into autumn, it’s time to check in on some of the successes at Beechgrove Garden this season. Lizzie Schofield and Ruth Vichos lift the garden’s carrot crop and, after weeks of growing, find out if it’s a bumper harvest or if the dreaded carrot fly has done any damage. Lizzie’s big project this summer has been to rejuvenate Beechgrove’s herb garden, so she will be back amongst the sage and thyme to make sure all her new planting has settled in. Meanwhile, Ruth explains that, even though summer is almost over, you can still have lots of interest on your doorstep with containers planted for autumn colour. Lizzie looks even further ahead as she plants alliums that will produce plenty of colour in spring as well being a great help to the pollinators in your garden, and Calum has the latest from his allotment in Leven.