Highlights from the BBC Scotland channel.

Highlights from the BBC Scotland channel.

Highlights from the BBC Scotland channel.

All your weekend national, UK-wide and international news on Saturday evening at 7.

Scotland football internationals Billy Gilmour and Scott McTominay have swapped life in the English Premier League for a new challenge in Italy’s top tier, Serie A. Can they emulate the great Diego Maradona and be champions with Napoli FC.

The uplifting story of a young Scotsman defying conventional expectations and gravity. Since he was young, growing up in Stonehaven, Liam Byrne has dreamt of flying like a bird.

After finding out that she is the only one of the influencers signed to the agency who is not included in the group chat, Liv has been spiralling. She decides to text Amy to find out if it was a mistake, and resolves to travel to Glasgow to talk to her about it. The final week of the academy is taking place at a restaurant in central Glasgow, where the competitors will be getting a gifted experience. As the competitors arrive, Kirsten and Amy tell them that there will be no challenge this week, which they are all pleased to hear. However, that’s not strictly true! Today’s challenge is completely undercover, as Kirsten and Amy want to find out what the competitors are like when their guard is down, and to discover if they could actually work with any of them. They start the day by giving feedback from last week’s challenge.

Abbie’s clothing brand is celebrating British Beauty Week at a big event in Glasgow, and it’s crunch time at the agency’s Halloween party as the winner of the academy is announced.

In 1991, two teenagers disappear without a trace in different parts of the UK. Fifteen years later, the murder of a woman in Glasgow reveals a terrible link between all three cases.

Baby fever hits the Brown household as a pregnant Maria prepares for motherhood, and Agnes is keen to give her new daughter-in-law her unique brand of advice about raising children. Maria is grateful when Agnes offers to look after the robot baby she has brought home from her prenatal class, but it turns out that Mrs Brown's babysitting techniques are not exactly orthodox. And Maria has some exciting news for the Brown family.

Beth's hopes of a nice traditional Sunday lunch collapse when Cathy and Colin arrive arguing, Jaz locks himself in the toilet, and uninvited guests Christine and Sophie turn up to enjoy the lovely roast lamb and organic potatoes the Bairds have been preparing all morning.

Some of the best bits from the comedy sketch show.

Highlights from the BBC Scotland channel.

Highlights from the BBC Scotland channel.

Highlights from the BBC Scotland channel.

Highlights from the BBC Scotland channel.

All your weekend national, UK-wide and international news on Sunday evening at 7.

The race to reach Hampden is on! We bring you highlights from the quarter-finals of the Scottish Cup. Holders Celtic are up against 2016 winners Hibernian in a mouth-watering tie at Celtic Park. Plus highlights from Friday and Saturday as Aberdeen go up against Callum Davidson’s Queen’s Park, and Dundee face Hearts under the lights at Tynecastle. We bring you post-match interviews, commentary and analysis from a thrilling weekend of Scottish Cup action.

In this episode, paramedics rush to assist at a road traffic collision and to attend to to patients whose boat has capsized on the River Clyde. In Glasgow, an ambulance crew search for a young man who has been reported missing and attend to a woman who is experiencing hernia complications. Meanwhile, at the ambulance control centre in Inverness, call handlers help control the bleeding of a patient who has fallen at home and impaled their leg, and they stay on the phone with a caller who is distressed and panicking. And a crew in Paisley assist a man who has fallen twice that day at home, and another man who may have suffered a stroke is taken to hospital.

Ex-MP Mhairi Black talks politics, neurodiversity and stand-up comedy in this very personal film.

The future has arrived in Craiglang as Navid proudly shows off his new scanner. Much to his dismay, however, his shoppers are left struggling and frustrations quickly mount. Tam steps in to help an older woman scan her items and befriends her when it turns out he knows her daughter. But when Tam's friends discover this older woman has no shortage of money, they become highly suspicious of his motives. Meanwhile, over at the butcher's there is some serious queue-jumping going on, as Jack and Victor are determined to get their hands on the last steak pie in the shop. Unfortunately, so is the rest of Craiglang.

Michelle McManus serves up big-name interviews, features and the latest in entertainment and culture news from across Scotland.

Martin Geissler brings you all the main issues from the world of politics and beyond. Big interviews, discussion and analysis of the stories that matter to Scotland.

Highlights from the BBC Scotland channel.

Highlights from the BBC Scotland channel.

Highlights from the BBC Scotland channel.

In Dumfries and Galloway, Nick is pregnancy-testing his easycare sheep. Plans to take over the farm in September depend on the success of the breed. On Papa Westray, Paul and Mel are pregnancy-scanning two ewes. With lambing delayed until Mel has her baby, any early lambs will be a complication. North of Glasgow, Keziah and John wrestle with five big pigs as they try to get them to market.

The uplifting story of a young Scotsman defying conventional expectations and gravity. Since he was young, growing up in Stonehaven, Liam Byrne has dreamt of flying like a bird.

Highlights from the BBC Scotland channel.

Bringing you more from the day’s top stories and communities across Scotland.

Live Scottish Cup action as Livingston look to cause an upset against Premiership side St Johnstone. Plus the draw for the semi-finals.

A tense Tyler faces his punishment from an enraged Harry. Kelly-Marie’s new business comes crashing down before it’s begun, and Lenny’s paranoia crosses new boundaries.

Grado and Judith Ralston hit the road for an action-packed adventure in big tree country – Perthshire. As well as spending the night in their very own houseboats on Loch Tay, a beautifully converted former manse near Blair Athol and some bespoke fairytale hideaways close to Dunblane, they experience Perthshire’s wild side – with some tubing and a bungee jump.

Conversation about Scotland’s biggest news stories, hosted by Martin Geissler.

Highlights from the BBC Scotland channel.

Highlights from the BBC Scotland channel.

Highlights from the BBC Scotland channel.

Highlights from the BBC Scotland channel.

Bringing you more from the day’s top stories and communities across Scotland.

After much-loved family man Mark Noke is killed in his home in Southampton, the police investigation reveals plans for a complex heist gone tragically wrong. Also, the gang selling fraudulently obtained passports to Britain's most wanted criminals.

In Fife, Andy and Jo prepare to compete at one of the biggest highlights in the farming calendar, the Royal Highland Show. The event holds a special place in their hearts, as it's where they first met, but this year it's all about who can win the first rosette. In Caithness, it’s shearing time for Sally and champion shearer Helga. Friends of old, the two women have competed together in New Zealand. Things are a lot trickier now with children in the mix as they wrestle sheep while trying to keep the kids amused. At Hillhead Farm, the first event of the season is imminent. The whole family pitches in to get the marquee up and the event site finished, and a decision has been made that will affect Ben’s future on the farm.

With Peter Tobin accused of the brutal murder of Angelika Kluk at a church in Glasgow, detectives analyse what dark secrets might lurk in his past.

Consultant colorectal surgeon Danielle Collins faces a challenging case at Edinburgh’s Western General Hospital. Her patient has an aggressive tumour that has doubled in size in two months, and without surgery, its spread is likely to be fatal. But the tumour is in an extremely awkward position, attached to four different organs. Removing the tumour means removing part of each of them, making this is the most radical surgery that Danielle would consider performing. Meanwhile, consultant vascular surgeon Orwa Falah is taking on a case so high risk that one in ten patients don’t survive. It is the biggest operation possible in a human being: the complete replacement of the body’s largest artery, the aorta, which supplies all the critical abdominal organs.

Conversation about Scotland’s biggest news stories, hosted by Martin Geissler.

Highlights from the BBC Scotland channel.

Highlights from the BBC Scotland channel.

Highlights from the BBC Scotland channel.

Highlights from the BBC Scotland channel.

Bringing you more from the day’s top stories and communities across Scotland.

The cat-and-mouse chase to bust a gang who enrolled at Swansea university in order to sell drugs to students. Plus a twisted case of revenge. Why did a man who was attacked with a machete in Cardiff refuse to cooperate with the police? When a shooting happens on the streets, detectives finally find a link, but, bizarrely, it takes a visit to the x-ray department of the local hospital to finally find the unusual hiding place for the gun.

In this episode, paramedics rush to assist at a road traffic collision and to attend to to patients whose boat has capsized on the River Clyde. In Glasgow, an ambulance crew search for a young man who has been reported missing and attend to a woman who is experiencing hernia complications. Meanwhile, at the ambulance control centre in Inverness, call handlers help control the bleeding of a patient who has fallen at home and impaled their leg, and they stay on the phone with a caller who is distressed and panicking. And a crew in Paisley assist a man who has fallen twice that day at home, and another man who may have suffered a stroke is taken to hospital.

Topical debate on the big issues affecting Scotland and beyond. Members of the public have an hour to put their questions to a panel of politicians and other public figures about the biggest stories and the things they care about the most.

A determined Lydia carries out a risky plan to get through to Lenny. A torn Caitlin struggles to watch Seb move on, and Angus breaks the news to Bob that he’s moving out.

Celebrity couple Julie Wilson Nimmo and Greg Hemphill share their passion for wild outdoor swimming in Scotland and give us an unprecedented insight into their lives as a married couple. This week, Jules and Greg are in Glasgow and Edinburgh, exploring Scotland’s urban cold-water locations.

Conversation about Scotland’s biggest news stories, hosted by Martin Geissler.

Highlights from the BBC Scotland channel.

Highlights from the BBC Scotland channel.

Highlights from the BBC Scotland channel.

Highlights from the BBC Scotland channel.

Bringing you more from the day’s top stories and communities across Scotland.

Michelle McManus serves up big name interviews, features and the latest in entertainment and culture news from across Scotland.

In rural Aviemore, it’s the landscape that threatens as a young man is reported missing overnight from a residential activity centre. The specialist police mountain rescue team assemble alongside local groups as they search the nearby foothills of the Cairngorm Mountains. The missing man has been lost in the wilds overnight and, with temperatures plummeting, it’s race against time to find him before he comes to harm. In Inverness, a shocking hit-and-run incident involving a stolen van and a cyclist is caught on CCTV. This sparks a desperate manhunt across the city as police realise that they are dealing with a man and woman who have embarked on a violent crime spree. On Skye, officers Cameron and Darren investigate the discovery of a child’s rucksack near an abandoned house. Thirty miles north, a taxi driver has been targeted in a vicious assault in Inverness city centre. A passenger punched and smashed his cab window after refusing to pay by cash and has disappeared into the night, with officers Laurie and Aiden in hot pursuit.

When Agnes's family starts making comments about her weight, she decides to go on a diet and quickly discovers just how difficult it is to overcome her craving for fish and chips. Cathy brings her new, older man home. He is a psychiatrist and seems much more interested in Agnes than in Cathy. Meanwhile, Rory has a professional dilemma when he discovers some illegal drugs at work.

Cathy invites the neighbours round to enjoy an extravagant spread of posh shop-bought nibbles to celebrate Colin's dad's birthday. Despite her big show of being the ultimate hostess, long-suffering Beth has to step in and rescue the party. Birthday boy Willie isn't impressed by any of it, but finally gets into the party spirit when Colin presents him with his old accordion. He gets everyone in the mood for a living room ceilidh.

Though he is married to the force, and justice is his mistress, the Chief feels the time is right to dip his toe into the water and get back out there, hoping to meet a high flyer at a similar level to himself.

Some of the best bits from the comedy sketch show.

Conversation about Scotland’s biggest news stories, hosted by Martin Geissler.

Highlights from the BBC Scotland channel.

Highlights from the BBC Scotland channel.

Highlights from the BBC Scotland channel.

Highlights from the BBC Scotland channel.

Bringing you more from the day’s top stories and communities across Scotland.

It’s derby night in the Championship as Raith host rivals Dunfermline.

Sitcom. Isa's pulse is set racing as a long-lost companion returns. Boabby attempts to learn to drive, and Methadone Mick enrols in a mysterious online course.

Every ounce of Scottish football, from the top of the pile to the dogfights. It means everything, it means nothing, and this is what it looks like from the terrace.

Highlights from the BBC Scotland channel.

Highlights from the BBC Scotland channel.

Highlights from the BBC Scotland channel.

Join Kenny Macintyre and guests for all the latest Scottish football scores.

Highlights from the BBC Scotland channel.

All the weekend national, UK-wide and international news on Saturday evening at 7.

Highlights from the afternoon's fixtures in the Scottish Premiership, including Hearts v Ross County, Kilmarnock v Hibernian, Motherwell v St Mirren and St Johnstone v Aberdeen.

Willie Miller was the greatest penalty box defender in the world, according to Sir Alex Ferguson. Miller captained Aberdeen to three league championships, as well as their greatest ever night - defeating Real Madrid in the European Cup Winners’ Cup final in 1983. Miller led Aberdeen to more European glory when the Dons defeated European Cup winners Hamburg in the Super Cup final, making Miller the only man in Scottish football history to lift two European trophies. Miller went on to win a total of 12 major honours with Aberdeen and set a club record of 796 appearances in a career that lasted nearly 20 years with the Dons. Featuring contributions from Richard Gordon, Sir Alex Ferguson, Graham Hunter, Gordon Strachan, Alex McLeish, Alan Rough, Jane Franchi and Graeme Park.

Some of Scotland's favourite comedians share their experiences of work, sharing the highs and lows of getting hired, learning the ropes, how to deal with the boss, and the range of jobs on offer depending where you live in Scotland. The phenomenon of avoiding, accepting or dealing with the sack is examined while thanking previous jobs and employers for some valuable experiences.

With Peter Tobin accused of the brutal murder of Angelika Kluk at a church in Glasgow, detectives analyse what dark secrets might lurk in his past.

When Agnes's family starts making comments about her weight, she decides to go on a diet and quickly discovers just how difficult it is to overcome her craving for fish and chips. Cathy brings her new, older man home. He is a psychiatrist and seems much more interested in Agnes than in Cathy. Meanwhile, Rory has a professional dilemma when he discovers some illegal drugs at work.

Cathy invites the neighbours round to enjoy an extravagant spread of posh shop-bought nibbles to celebrate Colin's dad's birthday. Despite her big show of being the ultimate hostess, long-suffering Beth has to step in and rescue the party. Birthday boy Willie isn't impressed by any of it, but finally gets into the party spirit when Colin presents him with his old accordion. He gets everyone in the mood for a living room ceilidh.

Some of the best bits from the comedy sketch show.

Highlights from the BBC Scotland channel.

Highlights from the BBC Scotland channel.

Highlights from the BBC Scotland channel.

Highlights from the BBC Scotland channel.

All the weekend national, UK-wide and international news on Sunday evening at 7.

Jonathan Sutherland presents highlights of the day's two derbies as Celtic take on Rangers and Dundee Utd host Dundee, plus a look back at the best of Saturday's action.

Born into a sporting family, Jen Beattie's dad, John, played international rugby, and brother Johnnie featured for Glasgow, Montpellier and Scotland. As a youth player, Jen captained her local boys' team and had featured as a full Scotland international by the age of 16, appearing at the 2019 Fifa Women’s World Cup in France. At Arsenal, she won seven major titles, and she went on to win five at Manchester City, including the 2023 FA Cup. In 2020, she was diagnosed with breast cancer, but continued to play for Arsenal and received the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Helen Rollason Award for raising awareness about the illness while facing adversity. In 2023, Jen was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the New Year Honours for services to association football and charity. Featuring contributions from John Beattie, Jill Beattie, Johnnie Beattie, Julie Orr, Leah Williamson, Ian Wright, Alex Scott, Tom Garry, Kim Little, Jill Scott and Rachel Corsie.

Kirsty Wark meets the iconic Scottish designers, celebrities and influencers who have shaped the fashion industry. Featuring Alan Cumming, Sharleen Spiteri, Eve Graham and Pam Hogg.

Sitcom. Isa's pulse is set racing as a long-lost companion returns. Boabby attempts to learn to drive, and Methadone Mick enrols in a mysterious online course.

Michelle McManus serves up big name interviews, features and the latest in entertainment and culture news from across Scotland.

Jack Vettriano is arguably Britain's most popular artist, with his nostalgic paintings of a lost age of glamour being instantly recognisable and his most famous work, The Singing Butler, the country's best-selling image, reproduced on everything from calendars to jigsaws. But despite his popularity, the self-taught miner's son from Fife has never been fully accepted by the art establishment. This film offers an intimate and revealing portrait of Vettriano, as he creates a painting featuring actress Kara Tointon, and sees him talk with brutal honesty about his critics and how he deals with fame.

Highlights from the BBC Scotland channel.

Highlights from the BBC Scotland channel.

Highlights from the BBC Scotland channel.

At Hillhead farm, John and Antoinette have their hands full, as Ben’s had to take a full-time job away from the farm. In Fife, the Morrises head into lambing season, expecting nearly 900 lambs. But unseasonably cold and wet weather causes devastating results. On Hawkhill croft, Sally and dad Iain are vaccinating their ewes, and Sally takes her mum out of hospital for a birthday lunch.

Ben Fogle explores the ancient sea roads of the Inner Hebrides, with their evocative connections to 6th-century Christian missionaries. On Tiree, Ben explores 1,300-year-old temple ruins. Although remoteness and Viking raids have obscured its history, an undeniable air of spirituality remains. Ben visits crofter Rhoda Meek, who balances farming life with a day job in IT. Julie Clarke left her life in Glasgow to escape a difficult upbringing and moved to the Isle of Coll, transitioning to a woman in the process. The island and its people gave her confidence and support. A highlight of Ben’s journey is a visit to Iona, the island after which he named his daughter. Ben ends his pilgrimage staying overnight in a shepherd's hut.

Highlights from the BBC Scotland channel.

More from the day’s top stories and communities across Scotland.

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

Arriving on the Isle of Barra, Ben discovers how his own hand-knitted Gansey fisherman’s jumper is inspired by the hazardous life on these islands. We find Ben aboard a fishing boat in a wild sea, heading for the remote and deserted Mingulay – the Isle of Whispering Ghosts. He learns how the extremes of life here forced the community to abandon it. Travelling across a causeway, Ben reaches South Uist and joins Paul McCallum - the Singing Crofter, who composes Gaelic hymns, singing them as he works. He believes that faith, work and song all go together. Journeying north, Ben finds the island’s iconic 30ft Our Lady of the Isles statue, which overlooks a Nato missile base to remind the military that a greater power watches them. Prince Charles came to the Hebrides for a week in 1987 to escape media scrutiny. No-one leaked his presence to the press, and Ben drops in for morning tea with the prince’s host, 90-year-old Gloria MacKillop, to learn the art of keeping a secret. Ben then camps down for the night on Hosta Beach to reflect on this stage of his pilgrimage and what he has gained from it.

At NHS Lothian's Royal Infirmary, consultant cardiothoracic surgeon Renzo Pessotto takes on some of the most challenging cases in his field, and his next patient is no exception - a 78-year-old with a failing heart and a rare tissue disorder that affects just one per cent of the population. At St John’s Hospital, to the west of Edinburgh, complex surgery is also on the agenda for consultant plastic surgeons Ewa Majdak-Paredes and Neil Cahoon. Their patient is 32-year-old Kat, who after undergoing treatment for breast cancer, recently discovered she has a rare genetic mutation that means the cancer is likely to return. Ewa and Neil perform a preventative double mastectomy and breast reconstruction.

A medical emergency gives Chloe a new perspective on her situation with Conor. Karen clashes with Kelly-Marie over creative differences; and Lenny is left rattled as his delusion takes new life.

Grado and Judith Ralston are on a voyage of discovery amidst the wild beauty of the Highlands. They take a scenic flight over the Black Isle, get close to nature on an eco-break and try their hand at camping with a twist. They paddle their own canoes, hunt for the elusive salmon and encounter some surprising sea life on the beautiful beaches of the Moray coast.