Schooled in Fife, coming of age in a rock ’n’ roll band, then finding her forte was directing temperamental actors, Cora Bissett is no stranger to theatrical Scottish swearing. So who better to present a celebration of Caledonian cursing? This documentary sees Cora sing, swear and scrutinise why Scotland swears so well. Cora begins with the first hurdle – how does one discuss swear words on the BBC? Aunty Beeb is the institution that has been historically priggish about language - always bleeping words and apologising for those that slipped through. So Cora runs a list past BBC Scotland’s head of editorial standards to see what she can get away with.

Celebrating Billy Connolly's 75th birthday and 50 years in the business, three Scottish artists - Jo...
Twenty years on from winning Pop Idol, Scottish singer Michelle McManus reflects on her roller coast...

The story of the first ascent of Rhapsody at Dumbarton Rock, the world's first E11 and hardest tradi...

Ewan McGregor narrates a captivating portrait of wild Shetland and traces the course of a breeding s...

Documentary telling the story of Balmoral, the royal family's most private residence. For over 150 y...
For 12,000 years wolves roamed Scotland. However, over three centuries ago, we exterminated them. Th...

In 1980, Jack Shae and Allen Moore, two ethnographic filmmakers from Harvard University, moved their...

Alex Norton discovers how showbusiness has handled the portrayal of the Scottish accent. For over 10...

Work. Eat. Sleep. And back to work. For a long time skippers in the North East of Scotland could not...

Robotic historians recount and examine the events leading up to the annihilation of humanity.

Best-selling author Graeme Armstrong reveals his passion for rave, meeting some of the superstar DJs...

The short documentary explores a Scottish independent wrestling company, Bleeding Gums Wrestling (es...

Charles Rennie Mackintosh, architect, designer and artist is celebrated around the world as one of t...

The definitive story of how Aberdeen FC went from the nearly men of Scottish football to winning bot...
This fascinating musical exploration of Scotland retraces the journey taken in 1829 by acclaimed com...

In 1975, The Bay City Rollers were on the brink of global superstardom. The most successful chart ac...

Affectionate observational shots of toddlers, school age girl and very new baby.

An award-winning wordless documentary that explores the architecture of the then new St. Peter's Sem...

An impressive bottle of fine Scotch is in your hand. From barley to barrel, who made it and how did ...

Everyone knows Neil Armstrong came back from the Moon in 1969 – but it wasn’t until three years late...