Scotland's west coast is one of the most beautiful coastlines in the world - but it's also a place of work. Dougie Vipond follows the creelers, trawlermen and scallop dredgers who battle to make a living from these stunning waters.
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2024: Episode 20
In a Halloween special, Dougie’s in Galloway uncovering the real life events that inspired Burns’s epic poem of the supernatural, Tam O’ Shanter.\n\nAs darknes ...
03-11-2024
BBC 2
2024: Episode 19
Dougie is in Argyll to take a solar-powered trip on the first fully electric boat in the UK’s fishing fleet. Rosie is in Dumfries and Galloway to meet the flower-farming c ...
27-10-2024
BBC 2
2024: Episode 18
Dougie visits a wildlife site just a stone’s throw from Glasgow city centre. He finds out how Claypits local nature reserve transformed from industrial wasteland to become ...
20-10-2024
BBC 2
2024: Episode 17
Dougie’s in the Trossachs taking in the view at Loch Katrine. He visits the new three-storey watchtower on the site credited as the birthplace of Scottish tourism, made fa ...
13-10-2024
BBC 2
2024: Episode 16
In this episode, Dougie grabs the bull by the horns in a special episode all about cattle. Across Scotland, the team celebrate the many ways in which we live and work alongside ...
06-10-2024
BBC 2
2024: Episode 15
Dougie’s at the Grey Mare’s Tail Nature Reserve near Moffat in the Southern Uplands. He visits the spectacular waterfall and finds out how the busy path is maintaine ...
29-09-2024
BBC 2
2024: Episode 14
With harvest in full swing, Dougie visits a Fife arable farmer recognised as a ‘climate hero’ for using pioneering techniques to grow crops that are both profitable ...
22-09-2024
BBC 2
2024: 13. Royal Highland Show Special
Dougie and the team are at Ingliston for the Royal Highland Show, the premier fixture in Scotland's farming calendar and where exhibitors get to compete for the prestige of winn ...
30-06-2024
BBC 2
2024: Episode 12
In this episode, Shahbaz is at a secret location to meet a man working to protect Scotland’s peregrine falcons from criminal gangs who sell them on the international black ...
23-06-2024
BBC 2
2024: Episode 11
In this episode, Dougie is in the foothills of the Cairngorms, which are alive with the sight and sound of waders. He visits a farm that is monitoring ground-nesting birds such ...
16-06-2024
BBC 2
2024: Episode 17
Dougie’s in the Trossachs taking in the view at Loch Katrine. He visits the new three-storey watchtower on the site credited as the birthplace of Scottish tourism, made fa ...
13-10-2024
BBC 2
2022: Episode 1
The team find out what’s been going on across the Scottish countryside during the early months of the farming year.\n\nIn January, we follow sheep farmer Cammy Wilson as h ...
10-04-2022
BBC 2
2022: Episode 5
This week, Dougie is at the beautiful Loch Dochart Estate in Highland Perthshire finding out how Blue Grey cattle are bred and why they are a popular choice for Scottish upland ...
08-05-2022
BBC 2
2024: Episode 18
Dougie visits a wildlife site just a stone’s throw from Glasgow city centre. He finds out how Claypits local nature reserve transformed from industrial wasteland to become ...
20-10-2024
BBC 2
2021: Episode 26
In a special festive programme looking back at 2021, Anne and Arlene get together to celebrate the Christmas season and choose their favourite stories of the year. They reflect ...
19-12-2021
BBC 2
2022: Episode 22
In this episode, Dougie visits a farm near Beauly that is taking a regenerative approach to livestock farming. He meets a couple inspired by time spent in Kenya, who move their ...
20-11-2022
BBC 2
2020: Episode 18
This week from the UK’s most westerly point, Dougie’s at Ardnamurchan Lighthouse looking out for marine wildlife and discovering the new Hebridean Whale Trail. He al ...
25-10-2020
BBC 2
2021: Episode 9
Dougie is on Arran finding out how a tree disease is changing the island’s landscape. JJ Chalmers tries his hand at dry stane dyking. And the Royal Highland Show team plan ...
13-06-2021
BBC 2
2022: Episode 3
In this episode, Arlene visits Threave Estate, near Dumfries, to find out how hi-tech cattle are being used to restore a lost landscape. As the price of fertiliser skyrockets, D ...
25-04-2022
BBC 2
2023: Episode 26
In a special festive programme reflecting on 2023, Dougie celebrates the season at Castle Fraser in Aberdeenshire. He helps out decking the halls in traditional style and discov ...
17-12-2023
BBC 2