Presented by Neil Oliver, A History of Scotland is a television series first broadcast in November 2008 on BBC One Scotland and later shown UK-wide on BBC Two during January 2009. The second series began on BBC One Scotland in early November 2009, with transmission at a later point on network BBC Two. Along with the series, BBC Scotland planned a range of radio programmes, a new website, an interactive game, and concerts. The Open University, in collaboration with the BBC, also created a series of audio walks around historic locations in Scotland, with narration from Oliver. In Australia, series one aired on SBS One Sundays at 7:30pm from 6 December 2009 to 3 January 2010. Series two commenced on 24 October 2010 running until 21 November in the same Sunday night Lost Worlds strand. It has since been repeated.
Title | Air Date | Duration | ||
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Season 1 | Episode 1 | The Last of the Free | 2008-11-09 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 2 | The Hammers of the Scots | 2008-11-16 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 3 | Bishop Makes King | 2008-11-24 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 4 | Language is Power | 2008-12-01 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 5 | Project Britain | 2008-12-08 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 1 | God's Chosen People | 2009-11-08 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 2 | Let's Pretend | 2009-11-15 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 3 | The Price of Progress | 2009-11-22 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 4 | This Land is Our Land | 2009-11-29 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 5 | Project Scotland | 2009-12-06 | 60 min |