A History of Scotland (TV series)

A History of Scotland
First episode titlecard
Genre	History
Presented by	Neil Oliver
Narrated by	Neil Oliver
Composer(s)	Paul Leonard-Morgan
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
No. of series	2
No. of episodes	10
Production
Cinematography	Neville Kidd
Running time	60 minutes
Release
Original network	BBC One
Picture format	16:9
Original release	November 2008 – November 2009
External links
BBC website	www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00nz3b7

Presented by Neil Oliver, A History of Scotland is a television series first broadcast in November 2008 on BBC One Scotland and later shown UK-wide on BBC Two during January 2009. The second series began on BBC One Scotland in early November 2009, with transmission at a later point on network BBC Two. In Australia, series one aired on SBS One Sundays at 7:30pm from 6 December 2009 to 3 January 2010. Series two commenced on 24 October 2010 running until 21 November 2010.

Along with the series, BBC Scotland planned a range of radio programs, a new website, an interactive game, and concerts. The Open University, in collaboration with the BBC, also created a series of audio walks around historic locations in Scotland, with narration from Oliver.

Episodes are 60 minutes in length, with the following information sourced from the BBC website.

Summaries obtained from iPlayer descriptions, accessed 20 December 2009.

Despite being hailed by BBC Scotland as "one of its most ambitious projects ever", the show has not been without controversy. There have been some claims, on the website of the BBC, that the programme made some errors. Further, the 10-part series has come under fire over claims that it is too "anglocentric".