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- A naïve young lad navigates the dirty squalid streets of 1973 Glasgow and the poor youth around him.
- A woman risks losing her chance of happiness with the only man she has ever loved.
- After having responded to her son's numerous letters in the guise of his father, a woman hires a stranger to pose as his dad when meeting him.
- Unemployed Scottish miner Danny Scoular (Liam Neeson) is forced into bare-knuckle boxing to make ends meet.
- Glaswegian teenager Lex is torn between the artistic life of middle brother Alan and the thuggish world of elder brother Bobby.
- Film critic and presenter Mark Kermode explores the fascination and praise audiences, fans and critics have behind the classic The Shawshank Redemption (1994) and how its importance grew higher over the years despite being an overlooked film when it was released and not getting any Oscars victories when it was nominated as one of the Best Pictures of the Year.
- Udham Singh was born and brought in a Sikh Kamboj family in Punjab, India, during the time when the British ruled India. Enraged at the massacre of over 2000 men, women, and children at the hands of Brigardier General Edward Harry Dwyer (Tom Alter) in Jallianwalla, (now known in History books as the Jallianwalla Baug Massacre) Udham Singh swears vengeance. He sets about creating obstacles for the British, and is soon on wanted lists by the authorities, on one occasion he is shielded by a courtesan, Noor Jehan (Juhi Chawla). In order to achieve his vengenace, he travels to the United Kingdom, befriends the local Indians, as well as Irish Freedom Fighter, Irene Rose Palmer (Charleen Carswell). He finally kills Dwyer during a presentation. He is quickly apprehended, and jailed. He refuses to cooperate with the authorities, nor is he willing to accept that he is mentally incapable. His trial is a mockery and travesty of justice. He is ordered to be hung, and the press are forbidden to publish the trial proceedings.
- Three kids are trapped in the classroom in "a battle between the natural authority of the body and the unreal demands of the adult world".
- A bunch of youngsters exploring their sex appeal in a derelict prison get caught up by the Undead created by human error of a cancer research scientist.
- A film of short films, with interviews of surviving children and teenagers, living in Clydebank, Old Kilpatrick and Dumbarton, in Scotland, at the time of the Blitz of 13-15 March 1941.
- Two Scottish amateur filmmakers aim to get a film into Sony Tropfest but fear that their ideas will get lost in translation. Not giving up, they decide to go ahead and make an 'Australian' film. But just how do you make the Scottish winter look anything but that? How will they find a cast? And what is an Australian film anyway? One thing's for sure. They will not fail.
- Topics covered in Episode 2 are: Hadrian's Wall, Rafting on The River Tay, The Sundew Flower, Gaping Gyll, Isles of Scilly, Jurassic Coastline, Dinosaurs, Seven Sisters - Sussex, Giant's Causeway.
- Susan learns that her home city is full of surprises. She visits its oldest building Glasgow Cathedral where she discovers a seat fit only for a Queen. She then visits the home of Scottish football - Hampden Park,
- Timothy West and Prunella Scales travel along the Forth and Clyde Canal and the Union Canal through the stunning backdrop of some of central Scotland's most glorious countryside. The coast to coast adventure starts in Edinburgh and concludes in Glasgow, taking in Scotland's highest aqueduct and longest canal tunnel, some monumental sculpture, history stretching all the way back to the Romans, and a Scottish love affair from long ago. The two canals feature some striking examples of 21st century engineering and illustrate the potential for the restoration of the nation's waterways, ensuring their long-term future.