Forty years on, Mark Stephen hears why miners Gordon Cossar, Robert Kelly and Frank Bryce fought so hard to defend their communities in the most bitter strike in living memory.

As Knockhill racing circuit in Fife turns 50, Mark Stephen hears how farmer Tom Kinnaird turned his sheep farm into the home of Scottish motorsport. Over the last 5 decades, Knockhill has been the breeding ground for champions such as Formula 1 driver David Coulthard and super bike rider Niall MacKenzie but triple British Touring Car champion Gordon ‘Flash’ Shedden gives Mark the full Knockhill experience as they hurtle around the track at over 100mph.

Mark Stephen visits the borders to speak to some of Scotland’s most dedicated pigeon fanciers. Regarded as ‘feathered athletes’ he discovers a world of friendship, fun and fierce competition. He learns how the sport of pigeon racing fosters incredible bonds within families and how the traditional image of pigeon racing is being challenged by many in the racing community.

The Riding for the Disabled Association, also known as the RDA was founded in 1969 and for over 55 years, the charity has been providing therapeutic horse-riding and carriage driving lessons to thousands of individuals living with a disability regardless of age or experience.In this week’s Our Story, Mark Stephen hears from the dedicated coaches, volunteers and participants whose lives have been transformed through the incredible relationship between horse and human.

Mark Stephen visits Scotland’s largest Riding for the Disabled centre in Glasgow.

A disused Cold War military base near Durness becomes Scotland's first craft village. Mark Stephen meets people from around the world who made it their home.

When the Scottish Women's Rugby team heard that the 1994 World Cup in the Netherlands was being cancelled, they decided to host it in Scotland instead, with only 90 days' notice!

Mark Stephen meets a group of retired aviation enthusiasts who have built a World War One biplane in a shed in East Lothian. Now they want to see her fly.

Mark Stephen joins the Badenoch Ladies Shinty Club for a training night at the Dell to discover why so many women and girls are attracted to the game.

Mark Stephen meets the people who look after Aberdeenshire's most iconic hill. The bailies preserve its paths, nature and rich human history out of love for Bennachie.

After the loss of her son John, Isabel McCue and her younger son Hugh set up Nemo Arts to support other families dealing with mental illness. Starting with five people on Sunday afternoons, twenty-five years later they offer classes in the community, hospitals and prisons with everything from drama to drumming, singing and painting. Mark Stephen hears how people are finding joy, friendship and a true sense of identity through coming to Nemo Arts.

Mark Stephen visits the General Store, a Repair Monger in Selkirk in the Scottish Borders where local people can get take their broken items to get fixed rather than throwing them away and buying new one. With an ethos, "No Fix, No Fee", the handy in-house team of men and women will attempt to repair just about anything from electrical items, including laptops and tablets to clothes, toys, lamps and garden tools. The Community Interest Company support their repair project by selling second-hand and hand-made goods in a retail shop in the town's Market Square. This helps pay costs and keep repair fees affordable, and since they opened in 2021, they have carried out almost 5000 repairs, saving many of these items from landfill.

From the 1960s to the 1980s, the SS Uganda provided thousands of school children with their first foreign adventures on what were called educational cruises. Hundreds at a time would board for trips round Scandinavia, the Atlantic, and even behind the Iron Curtain in Leningrad. Sadly, the ship no longer exists, but Mark Stephen heads to Dundee Model Boat Club to see a replica of the Uganda, and hear tales from former passengers of disco nights, seasickness and roaming round foreign cities in school uniform.

Mark Stephen hears how Livingston or "Livi" Skatepark was built into the landscape of Scotland's new town and became fundamental to the rise of skateboarding world-wide.

Mark Stephen hears how Portobello residents decided to buy their local parish church and transform it into Bellfield community hub.

Storm Arwen left thousands of people without power for up to week and destroyed millions of trees. Mark Stephen hears how communities in Aberdeenshire responded.

Mark Stephen meets retired Queens District Nurses to hear about the life and duties of a district nurse in some of the most remote communities of Scotland. "The Queen's Nurse didn't go to work, she didn't do a shift, she went on duty and it was a duty of care from the cradle to the grave and everything in between". Until 1969 the Queen’s Nursing Institute Scotland trained district nurses, to look after people in their own homes. For years they looked after entire communities; on call 24/7, one day off a month, no two days the same – delivering babies, end of life care, supporting the entire family in their districts. Each year the retired nurses come together at their annual gathering at Crieff Hydro. Mark joins these remarkable women to hear their of resilience, sacrifice and adventure.

People with experience of the care system march through the streets of Glasgow to celebrate their community and demand the right to love. Mark Stephen finds out why.

Mark Stephen is in Dumfries & Galloway near Lockerbie, to hear the story Hallmuir POW Ukrainian Chapel. In 1947, almost 500 Ukrainian POWs were interned and contracted to work in the local area in farming and forestry. Far from home, and unable to return, the men created a chapel in one of the corrugated iron huts and there have been regular services held there ever since. 75 years on, in an echo of history, the tiny chapel has become a focal point for Ukrainians and their families who have recently come to Scotland, having been displaced following the recent Russian invasion of their homeland.

With the wind in his hair and the biggest smile on his face, Mark Stephen gets the ride of his life when he visits Aviemore to meet the bikers involved in one of Europe’s largest Harley Davidson motorbike conventions, Thunder In The Glens. Mark discovers why bikers travel from all over the world to be part of the famous ‘ride out’ which sees thousands of bikers roar through the hills of the Highlands.

Mark Stephen visits Scotland’s first purpose-built Gurdwara. Located on Albert Drive, Glasgow, this beautiful religious temple opened its doors ten years ago and is very much at the heart of the Sikh community. Mark hears how the Gurdwara is not just a place to worship but it’s also where people go to study, take part in leisure activities as well as to socialise. Mark is also given a behind-the-scenes tour at the langar to hear about the central role that food plays within the Sikh faith.

It took 200 community members 500 hours each to stitch the Battle of Prestonpans Tapestry, in 2010 the longest in the world. Mark meets the people who made it and displayed it.

Mark Stephen visits Scotland’s first purpose-built Gurdwara

In 1979 thousands gathered on the frozen Lake of Menteith for an epic curling match between the North and South of Scotland. Mark Stephen hears memories of the last Bonspiel.

Mark Stephen celebrates 40 years of the Kessock Bridge

Mark Stephen meets those behind Glasgow Women's Library, the only museum in the UK celebrating women's lives, history and achievements.

Mark Stephen meets the caddies who work on St Andrews Old Course - the Home of Golf

Mark Stephen finds out about Scotland’s first disabled theatre company.

Mark Stephen finds out about life in one of Scotland’s most remote communities.

Mark Stephen hears how a Scottish family have welcomed a Ukrainian family into their home

Mark Stephen climbs aboard Concorde to hear about its fascinating Scottish history.

Mark Stephen meets the people who have investigated and sometimes capitalised on Scotland's great myth - the Loch Ness Monster, affectionately known as Nessie.

Scotland’s stunning rotating boat lift and the people who love it.

Civic defiance that went global; Mark Stephen revisits Glasgow's Kenmure Street protest.

Mark Stephen hears how Dame Judi Dench and Clive Anderson helped a community in Oban save their local cinema from permanent closure.

Mark Stephen meets Jim Breen and Angus Mathieson who took part in an expedition to the Arctic Circle, traversing the world's largest whirlpool in kayaks.

From 1966 to 1977, Aberdeen Zoo housed lions, bears, seals, otters and the zoo favourites Heather and Humphrey the chimpanzees. Mark Stephen meets the keepers who worked there.

Mark Stephen travels to Inverness to uncover the story behind one of the greatest sporting headlines ever written, 'Super Caley Go Ballistic, Celtic are atrocious'

Mark Stephen visits Hawick for the Common-Riding. For decades it was males only but now women can take part in all the events. Will it end years of controversy or open old wounds?

Mark Stephen profiles the protest camp against the M77 motorway in Glasgow's Pollok Park.

Mark Stephen visits the peace camp and naval base at Faslane.

Mark Stephen recalls the 1989 murder of a young Somali man in Edinburgh's Cowgate.

Mark Stephen meets the stall holders and customers at the Victorian Market in Inverness.

Mark Stephen explores the history of the iconic Scottish roadside cafe, The Horn.

Mark Stephen hears about the campaign to save the Tinker's Heart in Argyll.

Mark Stephen explores the history and culture of the Carbeth Hutters community.

Mark Stephen and guests remember the excitement of the Glasgow Garden Festival

Mark Stephen takes a trip down memory lane with former Butlin's Redcoats in Ayr.

Mark Stephen is in Tannochside to meet some of the men and women who campaigned for 103 days against the closure of the Caterpillar factory.

Mark Stephen speaks to the dedicated followers of the Edinburgh Monarchs to discover the appeal of the action packed family sport of motorcycling speedway.

Mark Stephen visits Dumfries and Galloway to hear about the 2001 Foot and Mouth outbreak from the farming community affected.

Mark Stephen meets women who worked at the former Lee Jeans factory in Greenock and hears about their dramatic 7 month sit-in.

Mark Stephen finds out about the Govanhill Baths anti-closure campaign and how the baths survived.

Mark Stephen tells the story of the Craigmillar Festival Society and the group of young mothers who, in the 1960's used the arts as the catalyst to transform their community.

Mark Stephen meets the determined people attempting to build a replica Iron Age broch.

Mark Stephen meets the St Andrews students who took a double decker road trip in 1968.

Mark Stephen meets the pioneering female players who changed Scottish football forever.

Mark Stephen is on the River Clyde with George Parsonage of the Glasgow Humane Society.

The Digger reports on Glasgow's criminal underworld. Publishing each weekly edition is a risk that owner James Cruickshank is willing to take, despite his safety being threatened on a number of occasions. Narrator Neil MacKay takes us deep inside the world of The Digger in this episode of Our Scotland.

Having returned from a humanitarian trip abroad, Andy finds himself being taken into quarantine for 10 days. Stuck in his hotel room he reflects on the mundane routine and how this contrasts with his work in war zones. With time on is hands he looks back on his life and looks forward to returning to his family in Inverness. Narrated by Nalini Chetty.

Death is a daily occurrence for Kelly and Jen, embalmers in one of Glasgow's busiest funeral services. Since the pandemic hit, they've been working non-stop, but the enthusiasm and passion for their job has never once wavered. Narrated by Nalini Chetty, 'The Embalmers' takes a peek into the oft hidden world of embalming bodies with no holds barred. From straightforward open-casket cases to complicated post-mortems, there is nothing Kelly and Jen haven't seen or taken in their stride in their continued quest to give the deceased back their dignity.

Nalini Chetty dives into the heady world of perfume making, guided by Scots perfumer Euan McCall and co-director of Jorum Studios, Chloe Mullen. With readings by Sarah McCardie from As a Perfume by Arthur Symons and Perfume, by Patrick Suskind.

Below the surface of Scotland's urban waterways, enthusiasts are plunging magnets into the dark depths, unearthing metallic detritus discarded decades ago, or yesterday. Nalini Chetty follows magnet fishers Calum Black, Graeme McShane, John Robertson and James Pearson of Edinburgh Magnet Fishing on a day out down the canal, wondering why they do it and what they might find. Will it be treasure, or shopping trolleys?

Ally Heather, presenter o BBC Scotland’s documentary on Scots ‘The Rebel Tongue’ has flitted back to Dundee in lockdoon and kicked aff a hail series o online sessions on Dundee Scots whaur folk frae the city can get mair confident wi their ain brand o Scots. Horror tales o the language being banned frae the hoose as ‘oary’ or ‘orrae’ abound (oary is Dundonian Scots for common, coarse or vulgar, lower class) and jist aboot aabody is that wee bit feart tae be heard spikking it at wark, but gaithering thegither can gie ye confidence. Stars o the Scots tongue like Sheena Wellington pop up to gie encouragement. Narrator Nalini Chetty gets tae grips wi the “Rebel Tongue’ o Dundonians - mebbe it’s braw to be oary efter aa!

Edinburgh's rat population has exploded during lockdown. Husband and wife team Brian and Vikki are on the battlefront between humans and nature in this episode of 'Our Scotland', narrated by Nalini Chetty.

Lifting the veil on hidden aspects of contemporary Scottish life. Vibrant and diverse, it will provide a peek through the window into the country’s lesser-known parallel worlds, guided each week by an expert insider and narrated by Nalini Chetty.