

TV series
A History of Scotland
2008–2009, English, on BBC One Scotland.
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. Along with the series, BBC Scotland planned a range of radio programmes, 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. 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 in the same Sunday night Lost Worlds strand. It has since been repeated.
- Seasons
- 2
- Episodes
- 10
- Episode length
- 60 min
- Status
- Ended in 2009
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S2 E5: Project Scotland
Aired 6 December 2009
Seasons 2
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Details
- First aired
- 9 November 2008
- Last aired
- 6 December 2009
- Network
- BBC One Scotland
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Type
- Documentary
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A History of Scotland has 2 seasons and 10 episodes, about 60 minutes each.
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Yes. A History of Scotland ended in 2009, so you can watch the whole story.
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