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A History of Scotland (2008)

Documentary · Drama · History

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.

IMDb rating
8.2 (384 votes)
Seasons
2
Language
EN
Type
TV series

Ratings refreshed Jul 3, 2026 · 2 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (2008)

8.26 avg 5 episodes 7.9 → 8.5 60 min avg

Ep 1: 7.9 · 27 votesEp 2: 8.1 · 23 votesEp 3: 8.6 · 24 votesEp 4: 8.2 · 24 votesEp 5: 8.5 · 21 votes
Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1The Last of The Free7.927
2Hammers of the Scots8.123
3Bishop Makes King8.624
4Language is Power8.224
5Project Britain8.521

Season 2 (2009)

8.26 avg 5 episodes 8.5 → 8.5

Ep 1: 8.5 · 19 votesEp 2: 8.1 · 20 votesEp 3: 8.0 · 19 votesEp 4: 8.2 · 17 votesEp 5: 8.5 · 18 votes
Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1God's Chosen People8.519
2Let's Pretend8.120
3The Price of Progress8.019
4This Land is Our Land8.217
5Project Scotland8.518