BBC WEEK 15, 8 - 14 April 2017 Programme Information, Television & Radio BBC Scotland Press Office BBC Media Centre (Scotland) BBC iPlayer (Scotland) BBC Scotland BBC Scotland on Facebook @BBCScotland on Twitter

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THIS WEEK’S HIGHLIGHTS TELEVISION & RADIO / BBC WEEK 15

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TUESDAY 11 APRIL A Family Divided  NEW BBC Two Scotland

FRIDAY 14 APRIL – GOOD FRIDAY Landward  NEW BBC One Scotland ______

Viewers outside Scotland can access BBC One Scotland on Sky 141 (HD) & 951, Freesat 108 (HD) & 960, Virgin Media 108 (HD) & 862. BBC Two Scotland can be viewed on Sky 142 (HD) & 970, Freesat 970. BBC ALBA is on Sky 143, Freesat 110, Virgin Media 188, Freeview 8 (Scotland only). BBC Radio Scotland can be accessed on Sky 0116, Freesat 712, Freeview 719 (Scotland only). BBC One Scotland, BBC Two Scotland and BBC ALBA are also available on the BBC iPlayer bbc.co.uk/iplayer & BBC Radio Scotland on bbc.co.uk/radioscotland

EDITORIAL 2017/ BBC WEEK 15 ______

She’s back…Jacqueline Leonard returns to River City as Lydia Murdoch

A familiar face from River City’s past returns to Shieldinch this year when Jacqueline Leonard reprises her role as Lydia Murdoch, the estranged wife of local gangster Lenny.

Last seen in 2010, Lydia left in fear of reprisal from Lenny [Frank Gallagher] having tried to frame him for the death of his son Ewan, who accidentally fell to his death from scaffolding.

Lydia will return to the streets of Shieldinch when their daughter Amber [Jenny Hulse] turns to her for much-needed motherly emotional support.

Jacqueline Leonard is looking forward to walking the streets of Shieldinch once again: “I had a lovely warm welcome when I stepped on to the set this week – there were some new faces and lots of familiar ones too! It’s great to be back in Shieldinch and I’m so excited to see what storylines await Lydia. Never a dull moment with the Murdochs!”

Kieran Hannigan, Executive Producer, is thrilled to welcome Jacqueline back to the drama: “We’re delighted to have Jacqueline back on board at River City. She’s part of River City’s rich history and Lydia’s return will no doubt prove unsettling for her stoic estranged husband, Lenny.

“Lydia Murdoch is a force of nature. A powerful woman who was very much the Achilles heel of Lenny. While others feared him, Lydia knew exactly how to keep Lenny in check and manipulate him to do whatever she wanted. They were quite a formidable couple.

“Lydia’s return is sure to cause ructions. While Amber will welcome her mother with open arms, it remains to be seen whether Lenny will forgive and forget or if he’ll have revenge in mind.”

Jacqueline begins filming with River City at the end of the month for storylines which will air from the end of June onwards.

As well as River City, Jacqueline has starred in a number of key primetime dramas including EastEnders, Doctors, Coronation Street and Casualty, amongst many others. Jacqueline was part of the River City cast from 2007-2010.

Jacqueline Leonard is the latest casting to join River City alongside Alex Ferns (EastEnders) as Rick Harper, a menacing criminal with no moral code, and Iain Robertson (Sea of Souls, Small Faces) as Stevie Adams, Scarlett’s eldest son who returns with a grudge to bear.

A BBC Studios production, River City is part of BBC Scotland’s commitment to produce distinctive Scottish output and complements productions including BAFTA Scotland award-winning Shetland (BBC One), Trust Me (BBC One), Clique (BBC Three), Still Game (BBC One) and Two Doors Down (BBC Two).

Pictures available online at bbcpictures.co.uk

JW

SATURDAY 8 APRIL TELEVISION & RADIO HIGHLIGHTS /BBC WEEK 15 ______

PRO12 Live Rugby - Munster v Glasgow Saturday 8 April BBC ALBA, 7.25 – 9.30pm

Live action from the PRO12 as Glasgow Warriors travel to Ireland to face Munster at Musgrave Park, Cork. Commentary will be provided by Hugh Dan MacLennan, with kick-off at 7.35pm.

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Mànran - Quay Sessions Saturday 8 April BBC ALBA, 9.30 – 10.00pm

In January 2017, Mànran performed at the BBC Studio in Glasgow for the Radio Scotland programme, The Quay Sessions with Roddy Hart. Since they were formed in June 2010, Mànran immediately acquired a loyal following and received critical acclaim. They are highly respected in all corners of the world especially in Glasgow, where this performance is captured in front of a lively audience. They continue to be recognised as one of the best Scottish bands recording and touring today.

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MONDAY 10 APRIL TELEVISION & RADIO HIGHLIGHTS /BBC WEEK 15 ______

Vets: Gach Creutair Beò, Ep 8/12 Monday 10 April BBC ALBA, 8.30 – 9.00pm

This series takes viewers on a journey across Scotland following vets as they tend to animals from small to large to very wild. Stories of joy and stories of sadness as we meet all creatures great and small. In this programme, vet Scott Rigg at AVR in Aberdeenshire uses his CT scanner to identify Louie the cat's injuries after a road accident, and finds out he needs to operate to reconstruct his broken jaw. At Highland Wildlife Park vet Jane Harley and the team of keepers have their hands full as they try to catch wildcat kittens and markhors. Two young male markhors need to be separated from the females now and moved to another enclosure to join the big boys. Catching them up is another matter. And Romain Pizzi is busy at the Wildlife Rescue Centre with a lame goose to X-ray and a buzzard that was found injured on a barbed wire fence. He needs to be sure they will recover sufficiently to survive in the wild.

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TUESDAY 11 APRIL TELEVISION & RADIO HIGHLIGHTS / BBC WEEK 15 ______

River City Tuesday 11 April BBC One Scotland HD, 8.00 – 9.00pm facebook.com/bbcrivercity twitter.com/bbcrivercity instagram.com/bbcrivercity

This week in Shieldinch…Maggie sets out to better herself but struggles to escape the sins of her past; Frankie’s eighteenth birthday presents her with some important life lessons; and Liz feels alone in marking the anniversary of Malcolm’s death. Maggie’s optimistic hopes of a new job at the Health Centre are dashed due to her drinking past. Desperate to work, she takes on a cleaning job at the Tall Ship but Ellie and Caitlin have reservations about a recovering alcoholic working in a pub surrounded by temptation. Maggie impresses Suzie but there’s trouble in store when booze goes missing. Maggie proclaims her innocence but when Suzie discovers the whisky in her handbag, she fires her. Caitlin’s disgusted at her mum but Ellie is secretly guilt-ridden. Elsewhere, Frankie’s eighteenth birthday celebrations prove tense as she snipes at her mother, Lorna, over anything and everything. Greig tries to lift the mood by taking his daughter on a night out but that sours when she bumps into former friend, Jules. Witnessing his daughter’s vindictive side, Greig challenges Frankie about her attitude and urges her to stop pushing people away or face being alone in adulthood. Liz feels overlooked as the first anniversary of Malcolm’s arrives. Molly and Alasdair are so wrapped up in their own lives they’re unaware of the significant date. However, when Amber reminds them, Molly organises a surprise gathering at the Tall Ship to mark the occasion much to Liz’s delight.

Maggie is played by Kathryn Howden, Frankie by Louise McMenemy, Liz by Eileen McCallum, Ellie by Leah MacRae, Caitlin by Gayle Telfer Stevens, Suzie by Juliet Cadzow, Lorna by Alana Hood, Greig by Glen Wallace, Jules by Aisha Toussaint, Molly by Una McLean, Alasdair by Michael Mackenzie and Amber by Jenny Hulse.

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A Family Divided  NEW, Ep 1/1 Tuesday 11 April BBC Two Scotland, 9.00-10.00pm

After World War II, a newly elected government promised to look after everyone ‘from cradle to grave’. This new documentary reveals the astonishing story of a Scottish family of 17 siblings who fell through the net, with children largely scattered across the country with little or no contact often growing up in heart-breaking circumstances. In the 1950s and 1960s the Clark family were swallowed up in the welfare system. With the mother often deemed to be unfit by the authorities, successive children were taken into care. Three children went to a croft in the Highlands, into what, as a surviving brother testifies in the programme, amounted to modern-day slavery, under-fed and frequently beaten, under the boarding out system; a form of fostering, which started in the 1870s with the aim of taking poor children out from overcrowded urban towns to rural areas and fresh air. Many of the other siblings ended up in adoptive homes or institutions across Scotland - often knowing nothing or very little about their other brothers and sisters - and some died in infancy, buried in unmarked graves. Only now as they reach retirement age – after years battling with the authorities to get information – have the surviving siblings begun to uncover their collective history and reunite. This hour-long documentary, produced by Steadipix, follows a number of the Clark brothers and sisters as they bid to put the remaining parts of their family jigsaw together and try to find the last two of their long-lost siblings.

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WEDNESDAY 12 APRIL TELEVISION & RADIO HIGHLIGHTS /BBC WEEK 15 ______

Seòid a' Chidsin - The Kitchen Coves, Ep 4/6 Wednesday 12 April BBC ALBA, 10.00 – 10.30pm

Sharing a passion for quality ingredients and creativity in the kitchen, Roddy Munro and Ùisdean Macleod join forces in a new series on BBC ALBA, The Kitchen Coves / Seòid a Chidsin, to enthuse amateur cooks everywhere. Roddy and Ùisdean from the islands of Harris and Lewis respectively, like to relax with a hot stove, a sizzling barbecue, a sharp knife and the chemistry of creatively combining ingredients to make the most of them.

The lads are keen domestic cooks. This episode has them preparing for a family barbeque to have on the beach. Uisdean prepares a specially marinated beef steak, and Roddy prepares some marinated prawn skewers. As an accompaniment, they have Parma Ham potatoes, vegetable kebabs and salad. Once the preparations are complete in the kitchen, they head to the beach with the family to cook it all up.

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FRIDAY 14 APRIL – GOOD FRIDAY TV & RADIO HIGHLIGHTS / BBC WEEK 15 ______

Landward  NEW Friday 14 April BBC One Scotland, 7.30-8.00pm

Landward – the series that gets to the heart of the Scottish countryside – is back for a new series this spring. In this series Dougie Vipond and Nick Nairn will be back out on the road with the Landward Food Van as they put a modern twist on some classic Scottish ingredients which include among other things – fish livers! Euan McIlwraith is going where he’d generally prefer not to, in the first episode of the spring run, by tackling his greatest fear and climbing a 65 ft tree in Perthshire to help some birds of prey. Over the course of the run, there will be a series of investigations into health, nutrition and the provision of food and food education in Scotland’s schools. Dougie will be travelling the country examining the threats and opportunities posed to Scotland’s beef, lamb and arable farmers by the prospect of leaving the European Union’s Common Agriculture Policy. The team will also launch a campaign to get Scotland connected. They’ll be looking to find the place in Scotland with the worst mobile phone and broadband coverage as well investigating the provision of lifeline services such as post offices, banks and petrol stations in rural areas. Guest presenters Arlene Stuart, Jean Johansson, Kelsey Bennett and Masterchef Champion Gary Maclean will also be popping up through the course of the series that runs to the Royal Highland Show at the end of June. Along the way highlights will include the Landward team helping to launch a new lifeboat service, going to work at the dairy that still delivers milk in a bottle, counting Grouse on a moor, and they will also research the development of Scotland’s rural dialects, meet the rare eagle chicks bred in Scotland for the very first time, take part in the sport of Tractor pulling and decode the language of birds.

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PRO12 Live Rugby - Glasgow v Zebre Friday 14 April BBC ALBA, 7.25 – 9.30pm

Glasgow Warriors welcome Italian opposition to Scotstoun as they face Zebre in the PRO12 championship. The clubs last met in Parma in October when Warriors notched a hard-earned bonus point win in a 33-28 victory.

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