Michelle McManus fronts this brisk Thursday-night magazine from Pacific Quay, trading pop-chart warmth for thirty-minute hops through Scottish showbiz. She is flanked by roaming reporters Alice Cruikshank and Grant Stott, who file from theatre foyers, gallery openings and stadium loading bays while the studio half keeps the sofa rotating: actors fresh from a world première in Glasgow, indie bands mid-tour, comics road-testing Hogmanay material. Each week a stitched-together “what’s on” map lists the gigs, exhibitions and village-hall plays worth the petrol money, and archive clips from BBC Radio Scotland pad the running time when schedules shift.
BBC Scotland commissioned the strand in September 2024 as part of a broader schedule reset, handing McManus her first regular television presenting slot since the 2008 talent-search era. Commissioning editor Heather Kane-Darling’s press note promised “feel-good music and celebrity interviews” but the brief has stretched to include Gaelic-punk singles, TikTok ceilidh collectives and low-budget short films shot on Skye. The bilingual brief allows occasional Scots-language links, though subtitles stay on screen longer than the Doric punchlines.
Twenty-two episodes aired across two seasons before the first transmission year closed, the half-hour format proving just long enough for a three-song studio session, two chat segments and Cruikshank’s rapid-fire listings. No episode runs over the allocated thirty minutes; the hard out at 8:30 pm leaves the night free for the channel’s football or comedy slots.
Production Details
BBC Scotland / 2 Seasons / 22 Episodes / 2024
Main Cast
