• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5
• >

History videos

• 

  A History of Scottish Herbs, Part 1

  Louise Bustard, the Assistant Curator of the Botanic Gardens in Glasgow, tells us about some of the dye plants in the Herb Garden, and the ways they were used in Scottish History.

  Play Video

• 

  A History of Scottish Plants, Part 2

  Louise Bustard tells us more about plants in Scottish History.

  Play Video

• 

  A History of Scottish Herbs, Part 3

  Louise Bustard tells us about Scottish Herbs used as medicines.

  Play Video

• 

  A History of Scottish Herbs, Part 4

  Louise Bustard explains how Mulberry, Borage and Coltsfootplants have been used through Scottish History.

  Play Video

• 

  Glasgow Central Station - Part 1

  Paul Lyons, a Historian and Control and Information Officer at Glasgow Central Station relates how the station was opened in 1879 and originally had eight platforms, before the 1906 extension.
  It (and ...

  Play Video

• 

  Glasgow Central Station - Part 2

  Paul Lyons relates that many famous people have passed through Glasgow Central Station, including Laurel and Hardy. Stan Laurel was born in Scotland and his father ran the nearby Panopticon Theatre.
  The...

  Play Video

• 

  Glasgow Central Station - Part 3

  Paul Lyons goes below the station���s public concourse to reveal the maze of tunnels and cellars below the station, and describes some of their functions, past and present.
  
  The station formerly ha...

  Play Video

• 

  Glasgow Central Station - Part 4

  What was the former Central Hotel, the ���station hotel��� of Glasgow Central Station was opened in 1899 to a design by Sir Robert Rowand Anderson. Over the years many famous names were associated with it ��...

  Play Video

• 

  The Battle of Culloden

  Living History presenter, Duncan Cook, tells us what happened on the 16th April 1746, when the Young Pretender, Prince Charles Edward Stuart (Bonnie Prince Charlie) led his Jacobite forces to spectacular def...

  Play Video

• 

  The Archaeology of Culloden

  Scotland on TV finds out how we now understand much more about the Battle of Culloden thanks to innovative archaeological research.

  Play Video

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5
• >