Original drama: Behind Closed Doors

Clara Glynn's three part series Behind Closed Doors will be airng on BBC Radio4 next week. Lawyer, Rebecca Nyman takes on a sexual discrimination case in the first episode One of the Lads on Wednesday June 12th, 14:15. Tilting the Odds on Thursday 13th features a vet who might be struck off for doping a racehorse. And Safe House, Friday 15th, is a Closed Material Procedure terrorism case taking place partly in secret.

We are delighted that Tilting the Odds has been selected for Drama of the Week, and will be available to enjoy as a download.

Writer: Clara Glynn, Producer/ Director: David Neville

Starring Claire Rushbrook as Rebecca

Find more details and tune in here.

Enlighten Up in the Scotsman

Hopscotch production, Enlighten Up, has featured in the Scotsman arts section, published on Thursday 18th and featured on the arts blog online. Journalist, Jay Richardson, interviews Robert and Iain on the challenges of writing educational comedy for kids.

For full article click here.

Photograph by Helen Jones.

Coming soon: Enlighten Up!

We've teamed up with Burnistoun stars Robert Florence and Iain Connell to discover what philosophical thinking is all about. Enlighten Up takes some of the major ideas of the Scottish Enlightenment and explores them in comedy sketch form. From the big questions like 'how can we know the world exists?' to moral quandary 'why should I care about you?' Florence and Connell are here to give you the philosophical know-how with the stars of Scottish philosophy; David Hume, Thomas Reid and Adam Smith.

Here are some exclusive pics of the boys in action!

All photographs by Helen Jones

Enlighten Up is a commission for BBC Learning Scotland

Burns Night special 2013

Watching Ourselves celebrates 60 years of Robert Burns on the box this January 25th.The programme looks at the weird and wonderful ways television has celebrated the life and works of our most cherished national hero. From the kitsch to the clever, the far-out to the fabled, Burns has been a staple of Scottish television since the formative years. We see how different genres have embraced Burns. Variety, documentary, comedy, animation and live transmissions have all done their bit to keep the bard on the box, and in the brains of successive generations.

Featuring interviews with John Cairney, Kirsteen McCue, Janice Forsyth, Andrew O'Hagan, William McIlvanney

Watching Ourselves returns over festive season

Greg Hemphill returns to celebrate more of Scottish television with a festive season of swashbuckling action, hogmanay celebrations and the best of the art and music scenes.

Starting on 23rd December with Swashbucklers, Greg looks into the well remembered and best forgotten from the BBC and STV archives. There's also plenty of stars to give their inside perspective, including Michael Gambon, Billy Connolly, Alex Norton, Iain Glen, Eileen McCallum and many more.

We hope you'll get yourself a mince pie and enjoy the show!