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Communities around Scotland tell the stories that matter to them. With Mark Stephen.

Radio Scotland,71 episodes

Episodes

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Deans South
Mark Stephen meets the homeowners of Deans South, Livingston, who lived on a ghost estate.
30 Mar 2025,28 mins
The Glasgow Taxi Outing to Troon
Mark Stephen joins children with additional support needs for a day at the seaside.
23 Mar 2025,27 mins
Fife Flyers
Mark Stephen visits the Fife Flyers in Kirkcaldy, the oldest ice hockey team in the UK.
16 Mar 2025,28 mins
The Sollas Beach Fly-In
Mark Stephen visits North Uist to meet the organisers of the Sollas Beach Fly-In.
09 Mar 2025,28 mins
Port Edgar Dragons
Mark Stephen goes for a paddle with Scotland’s only cancer survivors' dragon boat group.
02 Mar 2025,27 mins,
Barbed Wireless
Mark Stephen goes inside Barlinnie to meet the team running the prison radio station.
23 Feb 2025,27 mins
The Miners' Strike
Mark Stephen hears personal accounts of the bitterest industrial dispute in living memory.
14 Jul 2024,27 mins
Knockhill
Mark Stephen hears the story behind Knockhill racing circuit in Fife.
07 Jul 2024,28 mins
Pigeon Racing
Mark Stephen speaks to some of Scotland’s most dedicated pigeon fanciers.
30 Jun 2024,28 mins
Riding for the Disabled
Mark Stephen visits Scotland’s largest Riding for the Disabled centre in Glasgow
23 Jun 2024,28 mins
Balnakeil Craft Village
Mark Stephen visits the Cold War military base that became Scotland's first craft village.
16 Jun 2024,27 mins
The Women's Rugby World Cup
Mark Stephen hears how Scotland saved the Women's Rugby World Cup.
02 Jun 2024,27 mins
Aviation Preservation Society of Scotland
Mark Stephen meets the Aviation Preservation Society of Scotland and Sophie the Strutter.
05 Nov 2023,28 mins
The Badenoch Ladies Shinty Club
Mark Stephen meets the Badenoch Ladies Shinty Club at the Dell in Kingussie.
22 Oct 2023,27 mins
The Bailies of Bennachie
Mark Stephen meets the people who look after Aberdeenshire's most iconic hill.
15 Oct 2023,27 mins
Nemo Arts
Isabel McCue shares how the loss of her son John led to the creation of Nemo Arts.
08 Oct 2023,28 mins
The General Store, Selkirk
Mark Stephen visits the General Store, a repair monger in Selkirk in the Scottish Borders.
01 Oct 2023,28 mins
SS Uganda
Mark Stephen hears school-day adventures on educational cruises aboard the SS Uganda.
24 Sep 2023,27 mins
The 'Livi' - Livingston's Skatepark
The 'Livi', Livingston's skatepark and a mecca for skateboarders worldwide.
06 Aug 2023,27 mins
Action Porty
Scotland's first ever urban community land buy out in Portobello.
30 Jul 2023,27 mins
Storm Arwen
Mark Stephen hears how communities coped with the worst storm in a generation.
23 Jul 2023,28 mins
Queens District Nurses
Mark Stephen meets retired Queens District nurses to talk about nursing in the past.
16 Jul 2023,28 mins
The Love Rally
Love comes to town in the very first march by people with experience of the care system.
09 Jul 2023,28 mins
Hallmuir Ukrainian POW Chapel
Mark Stephen is in Dumfries and Galloway to hear about the Hallmuir POW Ukrainian Chapel.
02 Jul 2023,28 mins
The Battle of Prestonpans Tapestry
In 2010, the longest tapestry in the world was unveiled in Prestonpans.
05 Feb 2023,27 mins
The Glasgow Gurdwara
Mark Stephen visits Scotland’s first purpose-built Gurdwara.
29 Jan 2023,28 mins
The Glasgow Gurdwara
Mark Stephen visits Scotland’s first purpose-built Gurdwara
29 Jan 2023,28 mins
The Grand Match
Mark Stephen meets curlers who played an epic match on the Lake of Menteith in 1979.
22 Jan 2023,27 mins
The Kessock Bridge Turns 40
Mark Stephen celebrates 40 years of the Kessock Bridge
15 Jan 2023,27 mins
Glasgow Women's Library
Mark Stephen visits the only library and museum in the UK dedicated to women's lives.
08 Jan 2023,27 mins