BBC WEEK 29, 19 - 25 July 2014 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 29 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ SATURDAY 19 JULY Live at Edinburgh Castle NEW BBC One SUNDAY 20 JULY Queen’s Baton Relay TV HIGHLIGHT BBC Two Scotland Seven Wonders of the Commonwealth NEW BBC One Don’t Drop the Baton NEW BBC One Scotland MONDAY 21 JULY On the Road 2014 LAST IN SERIES BBC One Scotland Live at the Commonwealth NEW BBC One _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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 2014 / BBC WEEK 29 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ BBC Radio Scotland at pop-up festival BBC at the Quay BBC Radio Scotland will be at the heart of Glasgow 2014, going live to every Scottish medal, as well as broadcasting musical treats including Wet Wet Wet and a host of shows from BBC Scotland’s pop- up festival BBC at the Quay. Special programming begins on Saturday 19 July at 11.05am with BBC at The Quay: John Beattie’s Commonwealth Games. John and guests launch BBC Scotland’s 16 day festival and look ahead to the sporting action. The BBC Big Band and guest soloist American saxophonist join presenters Claire Martin and Julian Joseph in a special edition of Jazz Line Up from the banks of the River Clyde at 6.00pm on Saturday 19 July, live on BBC Radio Scotland and Radio 3. Radio Scotland, Radio Wales and Radio Ulster join forces on Sunday 20 July at 8.00pm with a simultaneous transmission of Celtic Connections with Bruce MacGregor, a concert for BBC at the Quay featuring Shooglenifty, Capercaillie and BBC Radio Scotland’s Young Traditional Musician of the Year, Robyn Stapleton. Bryan Burnett will be live from BBC at the Quay on Monday 21 July from 10.30am – 12 noon, to bring you the sights, sounds and atmosphere as the Games descend on Glasgow. MacAulay & Co will be on air live from the Quay on Friday 25 July, and on Friday 1 August their show will come live from the Waverley on the River Clyde. Every weekday throughout the games Fred MacAulay and Eleanor Oldroyd will host Glasgow Live with Fred and Elly, a BBC Radio Scotland and 5Live simulcast. Each afternoon they’ll broadcast live from a different location in the city, joined by star guests from the world of sport and show business. Prior to this show starting on Wednesday 23 August, The Culture Studio with Ricky Ross will broadcast live from BBC at the Quay on Monday 21 and Tuesday 22 July from 2.00pm – 4.00pm. The Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony broadcasts live from Celtic Park on Radio Scotland on Wednesday 23 July from 8.05pm, with Jackie Bird, Richard Gordon, David Wilkie and Tom English. Bruce MacGregor and Kirsteen MacDonald present a night of music and song with Commonwealth Ceilidh on Thursday 24 July at 8.00pm. They’ll be joined by Karen Matheson, Donald Shaw, singer- songwriter Siobhan Miller, Kris Drever and Gaelic five piece band, Dàimh. This show will simulcast live on Radio Scotland and Radio nan Gaidheal, with televised highlights available on BBC ALBA on Saturday 26 July. An Americana and roots-themed concert takes place in Another Country with Ricky Ross on Sunday 27 July from 8.00pm, featuring a solo set from Steve Earle, Sharon Shannon & her Big Band and an acoustic performance from Roddy Hart with members of The Lonesome Fire. BBC Radio Scotland presents Wet Wet Wet on Monday 28 July at 8.00pm. Ken Bruce hosts this very special concert in their home city as the band play a hit packed set with their best loved tracks from the past 30 years. The concert is also available to watch via live stream bbc.co.uk/thequay. Commonwealth Games Live with BBC Asian Network simulcasts on Radio Scotland on Tuesday 29 July at 7.30pm. Iain Anderson presents a live version of his show on Wednesday 30 July from 10.00pm. On Thursday 31 July Janey Godley hosts Glasgow Banter from 11.30am to 12 noon from the BBC at the Quay tent, joined by Des Clarke, Iain Stirling, Raymond Mearns and Phil Nicol. Vic Galloway hosts a special live BBC Introducing show on Thursday 31 July at 8.05pm, joined by genre-defying duo Public Service Broadcasting, sophisticated synth-pop trio Prides and indie rock three-piece PAWS. In a show pre-recorded at BBC at the Quay on 30 July Robbie Shepherd presents Take the Floor on Saturday 2 August at 7.00pm, joined by Robert Black and his Scottish Dance Band and Blazin' Fiddles. In addition to all the action at BBC at the Quay, BBC Commonwealth Voices starts broadcasting from the Forge Shopping Centre in the east end of Glasgow on Wednesday 16 July. For three weeks the online pop-up station will broadcast between 10am and 4pm, telling the cultural story of Glasgow 2014 and the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. Students from Glasgow’s Kelvin College will be working alongside Radio Scotland production teams, with Cat Cubie, Colin Kelly and Ian Hamilton hosting through the week, and Julia Sutherland and Stephen Duffy taking the helm at weekends. bbc.co.uk/commonwealthvoices Susie Sandilands Karen Higgins SATURDAY 19 JULY TELEVISION & RADIO HIGHLIGHTS / BBC WEEK 29 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ BBC at the Quay Saturday 19 July – Sunday 3 August bbc.co.uk/thequay BBC at the Quay, the pop-up performance area at Pacific Quay will be a hive of cultural activity for all the family, over 16 days, to celebrate the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Highlights in the first week include The One Show, BBC Radio 2’s Ken Bruce Show, BBC Radio 1’s Breakfast show with Nick Grimshaw, Ford Kiernan and Greg Hemphill in conversation with Kaye Adams, Radio 5 Live and Radio Scotland at the Games, Celebrity Mastermind with John Humphrys and lots more. Full details can be found at bbc.co.uk/thequay Please note, daily prospects will be sent out to news and feature desks detailing the events and programmes taking place, along with advice on pictures that will be sent out from events. Karen Higgins _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Live at Edinburgh Castle NEW Saturday 19 July BBC One HD bbc.co.uk/edinburghcastle A spectacular concert Live at Edinburgh Castle with a glittering array of big names will be shown on BBC One HD, ahead of the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Presented by The One Show’s Alex Jones in front of one of Scotland’s most iconic landmarks, Edinburgh will be welcoming a wide range of international musical acts, including, Jessie J, Kaiser Chiefs, Smokey Robinson, Culture Club, Rizzle Kicks, Paloma Faith, Ella Henderson, Katherine Jenkins, Il Divo, One Republic, Alfie Boe and Pumeza. The music will also be interspersed with comedy on the night, as Bill Bailey performs his unique brand of musical humour with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Fred MacAulay makes a special guest appearance. Some of the performances will be accompanied by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and a house band, led by Mike Stevens, who has worked with artists including Gary Barlow and Annie Lennox. The concert will also include the final leg of the Queen's Baton Relay before it arrives in Glasgow for the Commonwealth Games. Karen Higgins SUNDAY 20 JULY TELEVISION & RADIO HIGHLIGHTS / BBC WEEK 29 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Seven Wonders of the Commonwealth, Ep 1/1 NEW Sunday 20 July BBC One, 9.10pm – 10.10pm From a forest in the ocean to one of the driest most sparsely populated deserts in the world, this one- off documentary completes a memorable journey through some of the extraordinary natural beauties of the Commonwealth. Featuring seven countries, Clare Balding, Dan Snow, Denise Lewis, Anita Rani and Reggie Yates travel the globe uncovering the natural wonders of the Commonwealth. Dan Snow travels to Milford Sound, New Zealand where he kayaks alongside bottlenose dolphins. He then visits the world’s largest mangrove forest in Bangladesh where he meets the ‘the honey hunters’. The hives are not only guarded by bees but by the man eating Royal Bengal Tigers, making harvesting extremely dangerous. Anita Rani visits the oldest, driest desert on earth, the Namib in Africa where temperatures can reach 50°C. In Papua New Guinea, Anita encounters the incredible Raggiana bird and experiences tribal life. Reggie Yates journeys to the largest uninhabited island in the Solomons, surrounded by pristine coral reefs. He also encounters the skulls of cannibal Rovianan chiefs and the remains of their enemies which are still kept on one sacred island. Denise Lewis experiences the most spectacular waterfall on earth, the Victoria Falls, Zambia. At 1700m wide and 100m high it is twice the size of the Niagara falls. Back in Scotland Clare Balding follows in the footsteps of Felix Mendelssohn who was inspired by the volcanic Fingal’s Cave of Staffa. Andrew Neilson _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Queen’s Baton Relay: A Commonwealth Odyssey Sunday 20 July BBC Two Scotland, 6.00 – 7.00pm bbc.co.uk/queensbatonrelay On the day the Queen’s Baton Relay arrives in Glasgow, adventurer Mark Beaumont presents a special programme on the epic journey the baton has been on since it left Glasgow in October 2013.