BBC WEEK 11, 9 - 15 March 2013 Programme Information, Television & Radio BBC Scotland Press Office bbc.co.uk/mediacentre bbc.co.uk/iplayer facebook.com/BBCScotland twitter.com/BBCScotland THIS WEEK’S HIGHLIGHTS TELEVISION & RADIO / BBC WEEK 11 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ MONDAY 11 MARCH Shetland LAST IN THE SERIES BBC One Trusadh: Tiree Box NEW BBC ALBA TUESDAY 12 MARCH MacAulay & Co RADIO HIGHLIGHT BBC Radio Scotland How to go to Jail NEW BBC Radio Scotland FRIDAY 15 MARCH Covering Crime, Prog 1/3 NEW BBC Radio Scotland EDITORIAL 2013 / BBC WEEK 11 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ BBC Scotland helps BBC Four get the lowdown on insects in Alien Nation season A hidden world of small wonders is to be unveiled in an ambitious new season of programmes on BBC Four in March, focusing on insects entitled Alien Nation. A season of six programmes - half of which have been produced by inhouse BBC Scotland teams - will cast a light on this miniature realm in a unique and unprecedented way. Those produced by BBC Scotland include: Planet Ant : Life Inside the Colony, which unearths the life and home of leafcutter ants in the biggest manufactured colony in Europe – constructed at the Glasgow Science Centre - with Dr George McGavin and Professor Adam Hart. Insect Dissection: How Insects Work reveals the anatomies of insects via dissection , coupled with cutting edge imaging technology and presenters Dr James Logan and Brendan Dunphy Metamorphosis – the Science of Change, which has film-maker David Malone investigating nature’s ultimate evolutionary magic trick; the amazing transformation of one living creature into a totally different animal. Executive Producer of the three BBC Scotland ‘insect’ programmes Marcus Herbert says: “Our team at BBC Scotland had worked with Dr George McGavin to get the lowdown on decay for the award-winning BBC Four documentary After Life - The Strange Science of Decay and we were inspired by using time-lapse and microscopic photography and the ways these can help reveal hidden worlds. “Having put our rotbox for After Life at Edinburgh Zoo, we based our ant colony – the largest man-made ant nest in Europe – at the Glasgow Science Centre and put the cameras on the ants for a month and it has really provided a fascinating picture of a normally hidden world. “As part of the package of programmes from BBC Scotland for this BBC Four season, we also got into the amazing mechanics of insects’ bodies and their amazing metamorphosis – to help provide an insight into a life force that is all around us, often unnoticed but absolutely vital and powerful.” ENDS Further information on the season is available at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/aliennation/ Publicist for the Alien Nation season Alexandra Thrift Notes for Editors: Awards won by After Life – The Strange Science of Decay, which focused on a box housing a typical kitchen and garden ‘left’ to rot over eight weeks – include: BAFTA Scotland – Best Single Documentary 2012 Grierson 2012 – Best Science Documentary Broadcast Digital Awards – Best Documentary 2012 Association of British Science Writers – Best TV programme 2012 Hilda McLean EDITORIAL 2013 / BBC WEEK 11 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ CRIME AND PUNISHMENT SEASON ON BBC RADIO SCOTLAND BBC Radio Scotland’s Crime and Punishment season continues this week with the next episodes in Killing: The History of Murder in Scotland and Tartan Noir, plus new programmes How to go to Jail and Covering Crime. Killing: The History of Murder in Scotland continues on Monday 11 March with Monsters of the Vilest Kind. In this episode Billy Kay looks at the fact that women have killed throughout history, but whether they killed men or women, new born babies or infants, revulsion for their crime was aggravated because of the very fact that they were women. Crime-writer Louise Welsh finds out How to go to Jail on Tuesday 12 March with the help of comedian Gary Little and former-cop-turned-writer Karen Campbell. In the second part of Tartan Noir on Wednesday 13 March Edi Stark delves into the background and minds of those writers who create some of the most popular flawed detectives. William McIlvanney, Ian Rankin, Val McDermid, Denise Mina, Christopher Brookmyre and Stuart Macbride contribute. New three part series Covering Crime, presented by Neil Mackay, starts on Thursday 14 March as he explores what goes on in the psyche of an investigative journalist when they devote huge amounts of time and energy to a criminal story. In this first episode Neil speaks to fellow investigative journalist Eamonn O’Neil about his 13 year investigation into the case of Robert Brown. Susie Miller Please note: The Crime and Punishment season on BBC Radio Scotland will continue next week with further programmes. SATURDAY 9 MARCH TELEVISION & RADIO HIGHLIGHTS / BBC WEEK 11 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ SPL Ross County v Celtic Saturday 9 March BBC ALBA, 5.30 – 7.30pm In the latest full-match coverage from the SPL, the cameras are in the Highlands as Ross County host Celtic at Victoria Park, Dingwall Gary McQueen SUNDAY 10 MARCH TELEVISION & RADIO HIGHLIGHTS / BBC WEEK 11 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Shetland, Episode 1/2 NEW Sunday 10 March BBC One, 9.00-10.00pm Douglas Henshall stars in BBC One’s new murder-mystery, Shetland, as Detective Jimmy Perez, a native Shetlander who has returned home with stepdaughter Cassie, after a long spell away and finds himself leading a murder investigation which uncovers secrets and lies from the past. When young archaeologist, Hattie James, discovers a set of human remains, the island community is intrigued to know if it’s an ancient or a contemporary find. But when croft owner Mima Wilson is shot dead on the same site, Perez’s subsequent murder investigation uncovers envy, greed and bitterness between two feuding local families. Perez and his partner DC Alison ‘Tosh’ MacIntosh, investigate Mima’s murder, alongside Sgt Billy McCabe and PC Sandy Wilson – Mima’s grandson – whose involvement raises a question of conflict of interest. The team discover deep division between two families – the Wilsons and Haldanes. While the Haldanes became rich through ownership of the fishing quota, in contrast The Wilsons faced a lifetime of struggle. Despite this evidence, Sandy denies there’s any tension between them. Perez interrogates the Haldane family, focusing primarily on cousin Ronald who was out drinking and shooting rabbits on the night of Mima’s murder. Suspicion also falls on Sandy’s father, Joseph, who clashed with his mother shortly before she died and lacks a convincing alibi. The forthcoming influx of tourists for the annual Shetland festival, Up Helly Aa, ramps up the urgency for Perez and his team, adding more strain to their resources. Recognising it could be relevant to the murder investigation, Hattie tells Perez that the recent archaeological find of coins and skull fragments upset Mima. Shortly afterwards, Hattie goes missing. Perez goes in search of Hattie, worried that her life is under threat, and determined to protect the security of his beloved islands. Detective Jimmy Perez is played by Douglas Henshall, Cassie by Erin Armstrong, Hattie James by Gemma Chan, Mima Wilson by Sandra Voe, Alison ‘Tosh’ MacIntosh by Alison O’Donnell, Sgt Billy McCabe by Lewis Howden, PC Sandy Wilson by Steven Robertson, Ronald by Jim Sturgeon and Joseph by Alexander Morton. Adapted from the book Red Bones by award-winning crime writer Ann Cleeves, Shetland is an ITV Studios production for BBC One through BBC Scotland. Julie Whiteside MONDAY 11 MARCH TELEVISION & RADIO HIGHLIGHTS /BBC WEEK 11 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Shetland, Episode 2/2 LAST IN THE SERIES Monday 11 March BBC One, 9.00-10.00pm With two murders and no strong leads, Perez is under pressure to apprehend the killer before crowds descend on the Shetland Islands for fire festival Up Helly Aa. Although initially judged to be suicide, Perez remains troubled by Hattie's death, convinced that the defence wounds on her body suggest otherwise. When Hattie’s mother, Gwen, reveals that her daughter had a breakdown as a result of an unhappy love affair, Perez, Tosh and McCabe strongly suspect her supervisor, Professor Paul Berglund, is withholding vital information - particularly as the murder weapon carries his initials. With his efforts to cancel the annual Up Helly Aa festival frustrated, Perez is compelled to conduct the investigation simultaneous to a growing number of tourists descending on the island. Delving deep into the lives of the Haldanes, Perez discovers that illegal gambling debts have contributed to Ronald Haldane’s drinking problem. Frustrated at the police scrutiny of her son, Jackie Haldane makes her dissatisfaction known. Meanwhile, daughter-in-law, Anna, appears to have secrets of her own. While Sandy’s father Joseph remains inscrutable, Perez probes the Wilson family history, finding a potential link to the skull fragments found on murder victim Mima’s land, and unearthing long buried family secrets. On a visit to Vicky Kirkland at the Lerwick Museum, Perez and Tosh have their interest spiked by a vintage