A History of Scotland

A History of Scotland
Series titles over a Scottish landscape
First episode titlecard
GenreHistory
Presented byNeil Oliver
Narrated byNeil Oliver
ComposerPaul Leonard-Morgan
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series2
No. of episodes10
Production
CinematographyNeville Kidd
Running time60 minutes
Original release
NetworkBBC One
ReleaseNovember 2008 (2008-11) –
November 2009 (2009-11)
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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.[1] The second series began on BBC One Scotland in early November 2009, with transmission at a later point on network BBC Two. 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 2010.

Along with the series, BBC Scotland planned a range of radio programs, 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,[2] with narration from Oliver.

  1. ^ "The Last of the Free, Series 1, A History of Scotland - BBC One". BBC. Retrieved 20 June 2009.
  2. ^ "A walk around... Scotland: Podcast series - OpenLearn - Open University". open2.net. Retrieved 20 June 2009.