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- Comedian Susan Calman travels around her native Scotland uncovering the secrets behind some of the nation's most famous locations.
- Susan learns that her home city is full of surprises. She visits its oldest building Glasgow Cathedral where she discovers a seat fit only for a Queen. She then visits the home of Scottish football - Hampden Park,
- The story of the river Clyde, from its source to its estuary. Its history includes the invaders who made use of it, its vital role to Glasgow and the ship-building industry.
- Susan concludes the second series by heading to the breath-taking isles of Lewis and Harris, where she learns more about Harris Tweed and Stornoway Black Pudding, learns how to Step-Dance and visits Neolithic standing stones.
- Susan visits the Isle of Bute to see what is said to be the world's first million pound home, Mount Stuart House. In Argyll, she visits the home of the ancient Scotti people, learns about cultivating oysters and goes in search of beavers.
- Susan visits the Royal Botanical Gardens and works as an assistant keeper at Edinburgh Zoo. She learns about Scotland's ceramics industry, the Royal Yacht Britannia and the country's busiest railway station.
- Susan visits Glamis Castle, the childhood home of Her Majesty the Queen Mother. After visiting some grey seals, Susan is given a crash course in seal first aid. She also learns why Dundee became synonymous with marmalade.
- Susan visits Blair Castle in Perthshire to learn about the Atholl Highlanders, visits a feat of wartime underground engineering at Invergordon, meets a herd of reindeer in the Cairgorns and discovers the fate of her ancestors at Culloden.
- Rob Bell explores the rugged east coast of Scotland to discover how the Bell Rock lighthouse earned its reputation as a wonder of the industrial world.
- Ben begins by exploring the ancient sea roads of the Inner Hebrides. He visits Iona, the cradle of Christianity after which he named his daughter, and learns how Columba's legacy inspires people today.
- 2019–202243m8.5 (13)TV EpisodeThe 6th series begins with a trip across Scotland. Our journey starts in Kyle of Lochalsh, a tiny fishing village on the far west coast of Scotland, and takes us east across the Highlands through the whisky country of Speyside to Aberdeen.
- Weeks before D-Day, Britain's Barracuda bomber took out the largest Nazi warship ever built -- but today, not a single Barracuda exists. Josh joins a one-of-a-kind restoration project and searches for wreckage far above the Arctic Circle.
- Glaswegian actors Clare Grogan and Alex Norton battle it out in search of profitable antiques. Alex and expert Anita Manning go on an antiques boat trip down the Clyde while Clare and Paul Laidlaw visit Stirling Castle.
- In Scotland Alan meets with a local bagpipe maker then has a quick game of golf before heading off to photograph the UK Lakes District. The road trip ends in Liverpool where he indulges two great wishes, football and the Beatles.
- Draining the North Sea helps solve whether Germany or Britain won the Battle of Jutland when their most devastating warships clashed in WWI. Also the wrecks at the bottom of the Scapa Flow are uncovered.
- Professor Alice Roberts tells the story of Stewart Britain by studying the history of Stirling, Britain's Most Stewart Town. To understand the Scottish royals who would take the English crown and create a British monarchy, Alice helps archaeologists who have uncovered the docks that once housed Europe's largest warship, tours the city walls built to keep out Henry VIII and has a kick about with a football that belonged to Mary Queen of Scots.
- Susan Calman's first location is Edinburgh and the east coast. She learns about the firing of the 1 o'clock gun at the castle and plays a variation of golf at St Andrews.
- In Stirling, Susan learns about William Wallace, tries to wield a replica of his sword, is taught how to Highland dance, uncovers secrets about Mary Queen of Scots, has a go at curling and learns to play the bagpipes.
- Susan searches for the Loch Ness Monster and has a go in a home-made submarine. She then heads to the highest point of the UK, Ben Nevis. She tracks down the secret spot where Bonny Prince Charlie launched the doomed Jacobite rebellion.
- Susan heads behind the scenes at Gretna Green, tries her hand at fly-fishing, discovers her own clan tartan and learns the secrets of sheep herding from a border collie.
- On the Orkney Islands, Susan discovers the role the Vikings played in Orcadian history. She also visits Skara Brae, Scapa Flow and the Orkney Brewery. At the Italian Chapel, she hears a tale that moves her to tears.