BBC WEEK 5, 29 January – 4 February 2011 Programme Information, Television & Radio BBC Press Office .co.uk/pressoffice bbc.co.uk/iplayer

THIS WEEK’S HIGHLIGHTS TELEVISION & RADIO / BBC WEEK 5

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SATURDAY 29 JANUARY Celtic Connections: Take the Floor Live from the Pearce Institute Govan, Prog, 1/1 › NEW BBC Radio Scotland

SUNDAY 30 JANUARY Celtic Connections 2011, Prog 1/1 › NEW BBC Two Scotland The Investigation, Salmon – A Dirty War, Prog 1/1 › NEW BBC Radio Scotland Celtic Connections: BBC Radio Scotland – Young Tradtional Musician of the Year, Prog 1/1 › NEW BBC Radio Scotland

MONDAY 31 JANUARY Working Behind Bars, Prog 1/1 › NEW BBC Radio Scotland

TUESDAY 1 FEBRUARY The Stevensons › NEW BBC Two Scotland Dirty Filthy Monday, Prog 1/3 › NEW BBC Radio Scotland Sport Nation › NEW BBC Two Scotland

THURSDAY 3 FEBRUARY Pioneers, Prog 5/5 › LAST IN SERIES BBC Radio Scotland

FRIDAY 4 FEBRUARY Piano Lessons, Prog 4/4 › LAST IN SERIES BBC Radio Scotland SATURDAY 29 JANUARY TELEVISION & RADIO HIGHLIGHTS / BBC WEEK 5 ______

Celtic Connections: Take the Floor – Live from the Pearce Institute Govan, Prog 1/1 › NEW Saturday 29 January BBC Radio Scotland, 7.05 – 9pm bbc.co.uk/radioscotland

Join Take The Floor live with Robbie Shepherd from a packed Pearce Institute in Govan as part of Celtic Connections. Playing for dancing will be the lively sound of The Reel Thing Ceilidh Band plus the talents of special guest artists.

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SUNDAY 30 JANUARY TELEVISION & RADIO HIGHLIGHTS / BBC WEEK 5 ______

Seaside Stories Sunday 30 January BBC Two Scotland, 6.00pm – 6.30pm

The landscape around us impacts our lives in different ways. In three films, BBC Two Scotland shows how Scottish coastal communities reflect on the changes they see to their own landscapes and what it means for them. Millport, Dunoon and Tiree are featured, with the films made by the communities themselves supported by the Learning Department at BBC Scotland. Millport - An intergenerational group from the town of Millport reflects on how there is more to their unique island than just cycling round Greater Cumbrae. In this film locals and visitors look at what has made Millport so special and what the future holds for this seaside town. Dunoon - Pupils from Dunoon Grammar School look at tourism past and present in their seaside town. They also explore how key historic buildings in the town are being given a new lease of life and look at an old seaside town from a young perspective. Tiree - Islanders of different ages get together to reflect on what makes their island so special. They consider the changes that the future holds for Tiree, including the prospect of a huge wind farm off the coast of their small island, which has the potential to change the community dynamic on this unique island forever.

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Celtic Connections: BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year Final 2011, Prog 1/1 › NEW Sunday 30 January BBC Radio Scotland, 5.05 – 8pm bbc.co.uk/radioscotland

Mary Ann Kennedy presents the BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician Of The Year Final 2011, live from the City Halls , as part of Celtic Connections.

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Celtic Connections 2011, Prog 1/1 › NEW Sunday 30 January BBC Two Scotland, 11.00pm-12.00am bbc.co.uk/celticconnections

Ricky Ross presents 60 minutes of stellar highlights from Europe's premiere winter music festival. The programme will feature some of the finest traditional musicians from around the world and include top performances from across the span of the three week festival.

Singing legend Tom Jones performs tracks from his critically acclaimed album "Praise and Blame" and there are fantastic performances from Soul/Gospel singer Bettye Lavette, Irish folk singer Andy Irvine, Justin Townes Earle, Bluegrass band Furnace Mountain, local rising star (singer/songwriter) Rachel Sermanni and the amazing sound of the Creole Choir of Cuba. Says Ricky: “It's great - in one hour we have the huge range of the festival: from artists making their first records to singers who have whole catalogues of material behind them; from folk to bluegrass and onwards to gospel. That's what makes Celtic Connections so special every January.”

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MONDAY 31 JANUARY TELEVISION & RADIO HIGHLIGHTS / BBC WEEK 5 ______

Gary: Tank Commander – Climate Control, Prog 5/6 Monday 31 January BBC One Scotland, 10.35 – 11.05pm

Patrolling the outer perimeter at a climate conference is looking like being one of the most boring jobs the soldiers have ever had, until Gary catches sight of a family of protesters dressed up as rabbits. Rounding them up is only half the battle, as Sergeant Thomson insists they are delivered to the police who are waiting at a far away checkpoint. As they travel with their prisoners, the family try to get through to Gary with their message of peace, but it is their costumes that have the most emotional effect on him. The programme is also interspersed with Gary’s musings over the war in Afghanistan and the colour of sweets – with frequent flashbacks to the soldiers’ time on the frontline Greg McHugh plays Gary McLintoch, Robert Jack plays Jacko, Paul-James Corrigan plays Adam, and Stuart Bowman plays Sergeant Thomson.

Gary: Tank Commander is produced by The Comedy Unit for BBC One Scotland.

Please note, viewers outside Scotland can access this programme on Sky Channel 971, Freesat Channel 960 or the BBC's iPlayer service - bbc.co.uk/iplayer

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Working Behind Bars, Prog 1/1 › NEW Monday 31 January BBC Radio Scotland, 3.30 – 4pm bbc.co.uk/radioscotland

In Working Behind Bars Edi Stark visits HMP Barlinnie to meet some of the male and female prison officers working in Scotland's largest jail. Edi hears how the demands and stresses of the job have changed since the riots and hostage taking of the late 80s and asks why so many of the staff claim to love working in the Bar-L, a place most people don't want to be.

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TUESDAY 1 FEBRUARY TELEVISION & RADIO HIGHLIGHTS / BBC WEEK 5 ______

River City Tuesday 1 February BBC One Scotland, 8.00 – 9.00pm bbc.co.uk/rivercity

This week in Shieldinch…Ruth’s day turns into her worst nightmare; Leo is on edge; and Robbie is driving Bob crazy. Ruth is feeling brighter after Eilidh has a good night sleep. Determined to make the most of the day she asks Andy to go a walk with them. However, Andy has other things on his mind. He doesn’t know how to tell Ruth that he has taken the job in Dubai. It’s about to get even more urgent though as his boss tells him he has to leave later that day. When Andy finally plucks up the courage to tell Ruth, his imminent departure leaves her devastated. However, when Eilidh becomes sick again her frantic worry is seen by her family as a sign of something more sinister. They are beginning to wonder if Ruth is the cause of Eilidh’s sickness – especially following the break-in at the surgery. It’s not long before Ruth’s day turns into her worst nightmare. Hayley hasn’t seen Leo for days but is sympathetic when he tells her he is struggling to adjust to life post war. But what Hayley doesn’t know is that Leo is also on edge knowing the police are investigating the theft at the surgery. The prescription slips that went missing have turned up and they have all been asking for the drug Leo’s been using. It won’t take Michael long to become suspicious of his brother but, with everyone pointing the finger at Ruth, blood might be thicker than water. Robbie is driving flatmate Bob mad with his late nights partying and overnight guests. It doesn’t seem to be bothering Deek though and Bob is at the end of his tether. He comes up with a plan to try and make Deek realise what a pain Robbie is – but it will completely backfire.

Ruth is played by Morag Calder, Eilidh by Lily Rose, Andy by Jamie Michie, Hayley by Pamela Byrne, Leo by Nick Rhys, Michael by Andy Clark, Robbie by Gary Lamont, Bob by Stephen Purdon, Deek by Gordon McCorkell. Please note, viewers outside Scotland can access this programme on Sky Channel 971, Freesat Channel 960 or the BBC's iPlayer service - bbc.co.uk/iplayer

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The Lighthouse Stevensons Prog 1/1, › NEW Tuesday, 1 February BBC Two Scotland, 9.00-10.00pm

As the author of Kidnapped and Jekyll and Hyde, was known and celebrated across the world, but his family – who pioneered the building of across Scotland – were the people he admired. He once wrote with pride: “Whenever I smell saltwater, I know that I am not far from one of the works of my ancestors.” This new documentary charts the work of the Lighthouse Stevensons over the course of five generations from the late 1700s to the early 1900s, creating lighthouses on some of the most storm- lashed and inaccessible outcrops of Scotland imaginable. Stunning aerial photography of many of the locations demonstrates that creating these buildings would be a difficult job now, never mind then. The family tradition was started with Edinburgh man Thomas Smith, who installed his first light on Kinnaird Castle, near Fraserburgh, in 1787. He passed the baton on to his son-in-law (and stepson) Robert Stevenson, who founded a dynasty of lighthouse engineers including sons, Allan, David and Thomas (father of RLS), and in turn David’s sons David Alan and Charles and finally Charles’s son, David Alan. This film, produced by Caledonia TV and narrated by Denis Lawson, takes viewers through their remarkable achievements and the strange world of lighthouse-keeping – including its strains on family life – through to modern-day automation. It is being transmitted on BBC Two Scotland as lighthouse aficionados prepare to celebrate the 200 years since the first light was lit on the famous Bell Rock Lighthouse, near , on February 1, 1811. Built before the age of steam, on a rock that was submerged much of the day, the Bell Rock light was an engineering masterpiece and the wonder of the age. Regarded as the first major project for Robert Stevenson (in tandem with John Rennie), it is a fitting backdrop in the documentary for an interview with author of The Lighthouse Stevensons, Bella Bathurst. • Other lighthouses featured include; Kinnaird Head - the first Lighthouse built in Scotland by the Commissioners of Northern Lights (founded in 1786). Today it’s home to the Museum of Scottish Lighthouses • Mull of Kintyre lighthouse • Start Point on Sanday, • Lighthouse, off Tiree • Muckle Flugga, north of • Dhu Heartach, west of Mull • Monach Isles light, off North Uist The programme also features South lighthouse, which was the last in Scotland to be automated in 1998, with interviews from the keepers serving at that time – 4th generation keeper Angus Hutchison, who now lives in Stromness, Orkney, and Bill Gault, who lives in Strichen, near Fraserburgh. Another interviewee is Jean Barbour, now of Bridge of Don– whose mother was killed in one of the WW2 attacks on Fair Isle South lighthouse, where her father was a keeper. She was a baby at the time but she survived the attack. . Other keepers featured - Ian Duff, of Oban, who has amassed a collection of lighthouse books, pictures and paraphernalia and Hector Lamont and his wife Esther, of Campbeltown, William Frazer, of Ballantrae, and Jimmy Oliver, who is now Senior Guide at The Museum of Scottish Lighthouses, Fraserburgh. Says Bill Gault: “We’ll never know the countless lives that sailed past … because that light was there and because guys like me were prepared to take on the task of being there.” And Angus Hutchison says: “I feel extremely proud to have been a member of such an elite band of brothers and that’s what they were to me throughout my time in the lighthouse service and I just regard it as a life well spent.” HM

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Sport Nation Tuesday, 1 February BBC Two Scotland, 7.00 – 7.30 pm

BBC Scotland launches a new sports strand on TV, on radio and online, from the start of February. Sport Nation is an in-depth look at the issues, events and characters in Scottish sporting life, and will be a sports fans' alternative to football. The Sport Nation team will cover Scottish sports, such as golf, rugby, tennis, boxing and snooker, Olympics and Commonwealth sports. Indigenous sports such as shinty and curling, and other professional sports, including cricket, motor sport and darts, will also be in the mix. John Beattie and Rhona McLeod will present the first programme in the series of Sport Nation, on Tuesday, 1 February, at 7.00 pm on BBC Two Scotland. In addition to the Sport Nation television series, which takes over the slot from Sport Monthly, there will also be a new web page from the existing BBC Scotland sport site, where sports fans can find out more about the team, the latest sports features, and stay bang up to date with Scottish sports news. Sport Nation will also be on Facebook and Twitter too, as John, Rhona and the rest of team let the audience know how they go about creating their content. From Saturday morning, 5 February, Sport Nation launches on radio too, as the team takes over the ever popular Sports Weekly slot at nine o'clock, to continue to showcase an exciting brand of Scottish sports journalism. The first for Sport Nation on BBC Two Scotland will be a Six Nations special. The half hour will be solely devoted to Scotland's preparations for the tournament, and will be presented from Murrayfield featuring on-site interviews with key members of the playing and coaching staff. The Sport Nation: Six Nations Special also features an access all areas film behind the scenes with the Scotland squad as they prepare for the matches at their training camp in St Andrews. The team have also been to France to find out a bit more about what makes French rugby tick, why the French are so renowned for flair, and speak to a rugby legend who knows what it takes to beat the French in their own back yard.

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Dirty Filthy Money – A Fair Wage, Prog 1/3 › NEW Tuesday 1 February BBC Radio Scotland, 3.30 – 4pm bbc.co.uk/radioscotland

In this new three-part series of Dirty Filthy Money presenter Lesley Campbell looks at the role and ethics of money, exploring three areas where economics and personal lives collide – in wages, taxes, savings and debt. As people face the prospect of pay freezes and cuts Lesley is joined in this first programme of the series by two guests to discuss what a fair wage is; who decides the worth of one role over another; and why people struggle to disassociate money with happiness. These are extraordinary financial times and the economic downturn has challenged society’s core values about wealth. Throughout the series Lesley will be finding out from the public and her studio guests whether our ideas about money are based on the right or wrong motivations.

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WEDNESDAY 2 FEBRUARY TELEVISION & RADIO HIGHLIGHTS / BBC WEEK 5 ______

Medical Matters, Prog 3/4 Wednesday 2 February BBC Radio Scotland, 3.30 – 4pm bbc.co.uk/radioscotland (Please note this programme was previously due to transmit on Monday, January 19)

This week in Medical Matters Roddy Forsyth takes a look at Scottish football which is giving "remarkable" new life to people with dementia, as discovered by a groundbreaking Scottish project, The Scottish Football Reminiscence Project. As with all the best ideas, the simplicity and effectiveness of the approach is so remarkable that it is incredible that nobody stumbled upon it before. Michael White is the Falkirk Football Club’s historian and also sits on the board of a care home. He had discovered that talking through old football photos and programmes acted as a "potent trigger" for fans with dementia. This stimuli opened up discussions about players and games and greatly reduced levels of anger and frustration in the men and women taking part. Michael mentioned this to the Scottish Football Museum and they immediately saw the potential. Professor Debbie Tolson of Glasgow Caledonian University was soon enlisted to provide an academic evaluation of the project’s usefulness. She is the director of Glasgow Caledonian University’s Centre for Evidence Based Care of Older People and her results were conclusive: “This kind of reminiscence work could make a major impact.” In each instance, memorabilia is catered very specifically towards the individual. Everyone attending these reminiscence meetings have their own ‘memory pack’ incorporating old programmes, photos and match reports related to their specific team. The footballing community is helping this happen. Aberdeen FC maintains packs for care centres in the north east, Falkirk FC covers Central Scotland, the Hibernian Historical Trust oversees Edinburgh and the Scottish Football Museum is responsible for the West of Scotland. The sessions have been a huge success, so much so that demand is outstripping supply and Alzheimer’s Scotland are keen for more ‘Tartan Army’ members to get involved as volunteers. There’s also talk of the idea being exported to Canada (with ice-hockey) and the USA (with baseball). As one wife and carer says: “I take in this sad, lonely man I don’t know, and I take home my husband!” Medical Matters follows the progress of one Project in Bo’ness and evaluates the impact on the lives of those they are working with. In Scotland, there are 63,500 people with dementia, with 7,000 new cases diagnosed every year.

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THURSDAY 3 FEBRUARY TELEVISION & RADIO HIGHLIGHTS / BBC WEEK 5 ______

Pioneers, Prog 5/5 › LAST IN SERIES Thursday 3 February BBC Radio Scotland, 3.30 – 4pm bbc.co.uk/radioscotland

In this last episode of the current series of Pioneers, Eastenders' Michael Cashman tells Clare English about the explosive moment he helped make history when UK TV saw its first gay kiss. A kiss which led to not just public and political controversy but terrifying personal consequences for Cashman in the form of death threats and attacks on his home. Michael Cashman talks with Clare about the social and political landscape of 1987 and why that brief encounter between the character he played, Colin Russell, and market trader, Barry Clark, would prove momentous for so many of the people involved.

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Piano Lessons, Prog 4/4 › LAST IN SERIES Friday 28 January BBC Radio Scotland, 1.45 – 2.00pm bbc.co.uk/radioscotland

In this last episode of Piano Lessons Ronnie faces his biggest romantic decision for 36 years and Barry turns up with a hammer. Ronnie Bannerman teaches piano to a bunch of musical misfits in between acting as carer to his housebound wife Vivienne. A former musician, Ronnie is a patient and kind hearted tutor whose weakness for reminiscing about past triumphs is made up for by his willingness to offer advice to his students on more than just their keyboard technique. Ronnie's lessons might not always result in beautiful music, but they do cover a lot of ground, and he's very generous with his biscuits. Bill Paterson plays Ronnie Bannerman, Greg McHugh plays Barry Ross, Sally Reid plays Sophie Clark, Wendy Wason plays Debbie McLaughlin, Maureen Carr plays Mrs Clark and Cameron McNee plays Campbell Jarvie. Piano Lessons is written by Gregor Sharp and Simon Carlyle.

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