Documentaries on BBC Scotland
Documentaries to get you talking.
Growing Up Green
Exploring life as a young person at a remote Scottish community focused on sustainability.
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Long Live My Happy Head
Uplifting documentary about an artist who creates comics about his brain tumour.
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How We’re Wired—The Social, The Social Presents
From ADHD to autism, these stories explore different experiences of neurodiversity.
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Jocky Wilson Said
The rise and fall of a cult Scottish sporting hero.
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The Hermit of Treig
An elderly hermit questions whether he can live out his last years in the wilderness.
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Being Gail Porter
Gail Porter explores her rise to fame and her fall into depression and homelessness.
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Bash the Entertainer: Behind the Smile
An exclusive insight into social media sensation Bash the Entertainer.
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Lumo: Too Young to Die
The life and death of a young rapper, explored through his lyrics and video diaries.
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Playing the Game: Garry O'Connor
Footballer Garry O'Connor speaks candidly about football, drugs and mental health.
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Coming Oot! A Fabulous History of Gay Scotland
Documentary charting the radically changing attitudes towards Scotland's gay community.
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Prince of Muck
The laird of the Isle of Muck faces struggles with the future of his beloved isle.
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Episode 1—Power to the People, Series 1
Series looking back on Scotland's 100-year war for worker power.
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Flint
The untold story of the one of the worst man-made disasters in American history.
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The Islands and the Whales
How polluted oceans are posing a threat to hunting traditions on the Faroe Islands.
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Episode 1—Greetings from Scotland, Series 1
A look at how Scottish tourism began, from the Speyside St Moritz to cultural Clydeside.
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Boots and Beards—Our Lives, Series 5
The story of Boots and Beards, a Scots Asian-run hillwalking group.
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Scotland 78: A Love Story
Rare archive footage chronicles Scotland's performance in the 1978 World Cup.
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Walter: A Life in Football
A tribute to one of the most successful managers in Scottish football, Walter Smith.
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#CancelKarenDunbar
Funny woman Karen Dunbar navigates taste and offence in the world of woke.
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Over the Moor—Roaming in the Wild, Series 1
Two pals have an off-the-grid adventure across Rannoch Moor.
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Changing Landscapes
Meditating on the care and carelessness we've brought to bear on Scotland's environment.
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Independence: Why Scotland Could Vote Again
Nicola Sturgeon wants to ask again: "Should Scotland be an independent country?"
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Episode 1—Who Owns Scotland?, Series 1
Martin Geissler investigates where responsibility lies when it comes to owning urban land.
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Back from the Brink
Celebrating the conservationists striving to save European species from extinction.
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