A History of Scotland

Name: A History of Scotland
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2008-11-09
Rating: 9
Cast: Neil Oliver

9.0First aired 2008-11-09Last aired 2009-12-06Status: Ended

Documentary

Seasons: 2
Episodes: 10
Networks: BBC One Scotland

Overview

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.