TOP FIVE: Sam Heughan
We finish our pick of episodes from the archives with this conversation between Jackie and actor Sam Heughan, first released in 2022. The Dumfries and Galloway-born Outlander star, who has also launc...
15 Mar 202432min
TOP FIVE: Scotland on Screen
We’re rolling out the red carpet for this episode from the archives, first released in 2022. With Hollywood’s eyes on this weekend’s Academy Awards, take a dive into this cinematic history of Scotland...
8 Mar 202433min
TOP FIVE: Romans in Scotland
This week, we’re going all the way back to Roman times – an an episode first released in 2023 – to find out about the Antonine wall and why Scotland was ‘Rome’s Afghanistan’. What led to the speedy e...
1 Mar 202441min
TOP FIVE: The real history of Scotland’s witches
This week, we’re returning to one of our most popular episodes, which was first released in May 2022. Jackie was joined by Dr Ciaran Jones, the lead researcher and author of a report on the links bet...
23 Feb 202433min
TOP FIVE: Massacre at Glencoe
Production is underway on the next full series of Love Scotland, but in the meantime, we’re diving into the archives to highlight five of the top episodes of all time. This week, we’re returning to t...
16 Feb 202436min
For Auld Lang Syne: how a song of friendship became a global anthem
As another series of Love Scotland draws to a close, Jackie gathers two companions to discuss the “song that everybody sings”: Auld Lang Syne. With lyrics penned by Robert Burns in 1788, but origins d...
15 Des 202339min
Winter wildlife at St Abb's Head: Scottish Borders seal pups recover after Storm Arwen
Seals and other winter wildlife at St Abb’s Head This week, Jackie makes a return to St Abb’s Head in the Scottish Borders, just months after she last visited to investigate the summer’s avian flu ou...
8 Des 202329min
The story of Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh, and why the wife of architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh deserves equal recognition
While Charles Rennie Mackintosh has become a singular icon in Scottish art, his legacy is so almighty that in many accounts, the achievements and contributions of his wife, Margaret Macdonald Mackinto...
1 Des 202336min
