BBC Scotland revealed its licence to make the nation laugh yesterday, unveiling three new comedy pilots as part of its autumn schedules.
The programmes are One Star, a 3D animated show set in the year 2050, when space tourism is booming; Burnistoun, a sketch show featuring the strange residents of a fictional Scottish town; and No Holds Bard, a 60-minute comedy drama celebrating the
250th anniversary of the birth of Robert Burns.
Yesterday Donalda MacKinnon, head of programmes at BBC Scotland, said: "Audiences are at the heart of what we do and we believe our upcoming schedules will provide entertaining and engaging content for our viewers and listeners across Scotland."
Among the drama highlights will be Purves + Pekkala, in which Annie Griffin, the writer and director who analysed Glasgow through her comedy The Book Group, turns her sights on Edinburgh and the city's obsession with property.
The first five episodes of a landmark ten-part series charting the history of Scotland will be broadcast this autumn.
Other highlights include a BBC Radio Scotland broadcast hosted by author Irvine Welsh and others entitled Days Like This. The programme, which will be a true-story archive of listeners writing about a significant day in their life, will be turned into a book next year. The project is being run with the Scottish Book Trust.
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