Men talking about football on television is nothing new - yet BBC Scotland’s latest incarnation of the concept is quietly but bravely pushing boundaries.
Outlander has been a television hit since it arrived on screens in 2014, enthralling audiences with its romantic Scottish charm and time-travelling adventures.
The Irish star who has wowed audiences playing a Glaswegian country singer in the new movie Wild Rose is to return to the city to play the music she made during filming.
Irish stage and screen star Jessie Buckley says she is terrified of what Glaswegians will make of her latest role as a country singer from the city trying to make it to Nashville - despite spending a month there brushing up on her accent before cameras started rolling.
Outlander fans will be familiar with the stunning locations used across Scotland to film the hit show, including medieval castles and grand country houses.
As Game of Thrones returns with its eighth and final season, we take a look at some of the Scottish cast members who graced our screens in the world-dominating fantasy series.
FOR generations of Leithers it provided a means of escape from the daily grind, firing imaginations both young and old and whisking the masses off to new worlds.
It opened with sweeping views of the three bridges across the Firth of Forth and the unmistakable sight of Arthur’s Seat towering above Edinburgh. It was a breathtaking moment for a big new prime-time BBC One drama – but particularly one made entirely in Scotland for the UK network, writes Brian Ferguson.
The Victim, a Scottish four-part legal thriller starring Kelly McDonald, John Hannah and James Harkness, asks whether our legal system can satisfy our need for justice.
Shazam! is a superhero film which remembers to have fun, while French director Jacques Audiard falls short in western The Sisters Brothers, despite a great cast and source material
Sharon Rooney’s debut film role is in Tim Burton’s live-action Dumbo. The Glasgow-born actor, who first came to attention in teen drama My Mad Fat Diary, talks to Alistair Harkness about the fulfilment of a dream
Steve Sullivan’s affectionate portrait of Chris Sievey and his alter ego Frank Sidebottom offers a trip to Timperley and the 90s alternative comedy scene, while Tim Burton helps Dumbo to soar, writes Alistair Harkness
Scotland’s longstanding friendship with Malawi was celebrated in style at an exclusive Scottish screening of the inspiring new film by Chiwetel Ejiofor, The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, which is set and filmed in Malawi.
From Scottish rave scene film Beats to hosting a comedy night in Glasgow and a show at this year’s Fringe, the Edinburgh comic and actor is one to watch
