0:00:09 > 0:00:122014 is an extraordinary year for Scotland.
0:00:12 > 0:00:13So much is happening
0:00:13 > 0:00:16across the length and breadth of the country.
0:00:16 > 0:00:18And it's not all about politics and sport.
0:00:18 > 0:00:20We're here with a brand-new series,
0:00:20 > 0:00:23a journey to discover the events worth celebrating.
0:00:23 > 0:00:25And the stories behind them.
0:00:26 > 0:00:28Everything from theatre to comedy...
0:00:28 > 0:00:31..great music and festivals...
0:00:33 > 0:00:35...activities we can all get involved in.
0:00:37 > 0:00:38Birdie!
0:00:40 > 0:00:44We're exploring what's happening inside our buildings
0:00:44 > 0:00:46and what's going on on your street.
0:00:47 > 0:00:50We'll tell you about the quirky
0:00:50 > 0:00:52and the exciting.
0:00:52 > 0:00:56We'll delve into Scotland's tastiest food and drink.
0:00:59 > 0:01:03And meet the people creating these incredible experiences for all of us.
0:01:03 > 0:01:04So plan your summer with us.
0:01:04 > 0:01:07Join us as we head On The Road 2014.
0:01:16 > 0:01:18'Our route tonight...
0:01:18 > 0:01:19'I'm in the capital,
0:01:19 > 0:01:23'asking "What do you get the woman who has absolutely everything?"'
0:01:25 > 0:01:27I'd love to know what the queen thought of that one.
0:01:27 > 0:01:32DJ Ally McCrae is beating the rush to this year's T In The Park.
0:01:32 > 0:01:35Got my tent. All I need now is a place to pitch it.
0:01:38 > 0:01:41And Fred pays tribute to a remarkable war hero...
0:01:41 > 0:01:44DOG BARKS A St Bernard called Bamse.
0:01:44 > 0:01:46They are gorgeous, aren't they? How could you resist them?
0:01:48 > 0:01:49But first, this...
0:01:52 > 0:01:55When it was announced, after six years of waiting,
0:01:55 > 0:01:58that this year, Jack and Victor are making a comeback,
0:01:58 > 0:02:00the response was incredible.
0:02:02 > 0:02:03Oh!
0:02:03 > 0:02:06In fact, more than 200,000 people
0:02:06 > 0:02:08will have the chance to see Still Game
0:02:08 > 0:02:11make the transition from the small screen to the stage...
0:02:16 > 0:02:20..right here in Glasgow, at our brand-new 12,000-seat arena,
0:02:20 > 0:02:21the Hydro.
0:02:24 > 0:02:27Originally set to fill this arena four times,
0:02:27 > 0:02:32the Still Game cast now have a run of - count them - 21 separate shows.
0:02:32 > 0:02:34So I want to find out why we love Still Game so much
0:02:34 > 0:02:37and how something that was so successful on the small screen
0:02:37 > 0:02:40is going to translate into this giant live arena.
0:02:40 > 0:02:44Which is why I'm meeting the men who've created, written
0:02:44 > 0:02:46and played those beloved characters -
0:02:46 > 0:02:48Greg Hemphill and Ford Kiernan.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51'By the way, they're also big fans of yours truly.'
0:02:51 > 0:02:54- Aye, thanks very much.- Good.
0:02:54 > 0:02:55- Thank you for wearing that. - Thank you.
0:02:56 > 0:02:58Clearly, they have a thing for older men.
0:03:00 > 0:03:03And fair enough - Jack and Victor have inspired six series,
0:03:03 > 0:03:05won six BAFTAs
0:03:05 > 0:03:07and had audiences of around
0:03:07 > 0:03:081.5 million in Scotland
0:03:08 > 0:03:10and almost double that across the UK.
0:03:12 > 0:03:15Pensioners, when they're with other pensioners,
0:03:15 > 0:03:16talk as if they're 18.
0:03:16 > 0:03:19- You are a- BLEEP- rancid tramp!
0:03:19 > 0:03:22They adopt this grandfatherly voice and attitude
0:03:22 > 0:03:24when there's youngsters about, they behave old.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26The fact it was young people, literally,
0:03:26 > 0:03:29inside old people's skins, it was the perfect metaphor for the show.
0:03:29 > 0:03:31THUD! BOTH: Ooh!
0:03:31 > 0:03:33Did you find guys to hang out with,
0:03:33 > 0:03:35some older guys you could pick up from?
0:03:35 > 0:03:37Well, Greg did me.
0:03:37 > 0:03:39THEY LAUGH
0:03:39 > 0:03:43Ford and Greg first wrote Still Game as a stage show,
0:03:43 > 0:03:46eventually taking those characters to Chewin' The Fat.
0:03:46 > 0:03:50But while in this series, they were little more than OAP delinquents...
0:03:50 > 0:03:52You were rubbish, son.
0:03:52 > 0:03:54You go bottled aff - that's how you got that scar on the nose.
0:03:54 > 0:03:56That's right. You know mine, Jack?
0:03:56 > 0:03:58That was me wi' a screw tap, you know?
0:03:58 > 0:04:02..on Still Game, Jack and Victor have become much more rounded -
0:04:02 > 0:04:04which could explain why they're gone on to become...
0:04:06 > 0:04:07..a cultural phenomenon.
0:04:07 > 0:04:09# Sunday morning... #
0:04:09 > 0:04:11Look at Jack and Victor!
0:04:11 > 0:04:14Mind you, we haven't actually seen a new episode
0:04:14 > 0:04:16since December 2007.
0:04:16 > 0:04:18We're talking to the BBC at the moment,
0:04:18 > 0:04:20we're hoping to do some more.
0:04:20 > 0:04:23In a lot of sitcoms, the actors get older and the characters get older.
0:04:23 > 0:04:25We can grow into the characters.
0:04:25 > 0:04:26And that's kind of the charm for us -
0:04:26 > 0:04:29we want to play these characters for a long time to come.
0:04:31 > 0:04:34And while there's no denying our love for Jack and Victor,
0:04:34 > 0:04:38I want to find out why demand for the live show has been so great,
0:04:38 > 0:04:40it's meant a further 17 performances.
0:04:40 > 0:04:42I think there's that sense of being part of
0:04:42 > 0:04:46a Scottish entertainment phenomenon, really -
0:04:46 > 0:04:47the fascination of seeing
0:04:47 > 0:04:49how something they've seen in their living room,
0:04:49 > 0:04:52how it's going to work in a big live arena.
0:04:52 > 0:04:55- Two pints.- I don't know why I don't bar you two.
0:04:55 > 0:04:58What is it about Still Game that appeals to so many people?
0:04:58 > 0:05:02I think it's the familiarity and the sense that the characters...
0:05:02 > 0:05:04Everybody can recognise these characters.
0:05:04 > 0:05:05I was in a shop the other day -
0:05:05 > 0:05:07Isa was in front of me.
0:05:07 > 0:05:08Walking up the street to come here,
0:05:08 > 0:05:11there's a wee man selling fruit that could've been Winston.
0:05:11 > 0:05:13They cut completely across the board.
0:05:14 > 0:05:16'Though being loved by the nation
0:05:16 > 0:05:18'only adds to the pressure Ford and Greg are under
0:05:18 > 0:05:21'to translate Still Game onto the stage.'
0:05:21 > 0:05:25Started in the theatre, onto TV, and now back to...well, it's live,
0:05:25 > 0:05:27but it's an arena, isn't it?
0:05:27 > 0:05:30- When you start thinking like that, you would get scared.- Hm.
0:05:30 > 0:05:32But no, it's theatre, it's proper theatre,
0:05:32 > 0:05:34because there's a big narrative.
0:05:34 > 0:05:37But it's not like the format of a sitcom like Still Game,
0:05:37 > 0:05:40cos it's a couple of hours, so...we've done it that way.
0:05:40 > 0:05:42We're going to be as excited as the audience on that first night.
0:05:42 > 0:05:44That's what's so cool about it.
0:05:44 > 0:05:47Still, performing for 10,000 die-hard fans
0:05:47 > 0:05:50at each of the 21 shows is a daunting prospect...
0:05:52 > 0:05:54..especially for Sanjeev Kohli,
0:05:54 > 0:05:57as, despite his alter ego being something of a cynic...
0:05:57 > 0:05:59Every morning, I think,
0:05:59 > 0:06:01"Will I get up and open the shop?
0:06:01 > 0:06:02"Or will I cut my wrists?"
0:06:04 > 0:06:06..in reality, he's a wee bit nervous
0:06:06 > 0:06:09about performing in such a big venue.
0:06:09 > 0:06:11I've never done theatre or panto in my life.
0:06:11 > 0:06:15I did one production at the Festival
0:06:15 > 0:06:17and that was, like, to ten people.
0:06:17 > 0:06:21That's the only, sort of, actual, live stage thing I've done.
0:06:21 > 0:06:24So I'm basically going from zero to Hydro.
0:06:24 > 0:06:27But it's been so gratifying how Scotland's reacted to it.
0:06:28 > 0:06:31We can but hope that series seven will soon be a reality,
0:06:31 > 0:06:35though for now, you can always see the full and original cast,
0:06:35 > 0:06:38live at the Hydro, for 21 performances
0:06:38 > 0:06:41from September 19th through to October 10th.
0:06:41 > 0:06:43You'll need to elbow your way past me to get tickets.
0:06:43 > 0:06:44It's going to be a long summer
0:06:44 > 0:06:47between now and the Hydro opening for Still Game.
0:06:47 > 0:06:48Till then, the Clansman's shut.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54- Aye, so it is.- Aye.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57- Two pints, ya p... - Whoa! It's the back of seven.
0:06:57 > 0:06:58Oh, aye, so it is. All right, Cheers.
0:07:02 > 0:07:05Question - what do the following items have in common?
0:07:05 > 0:07:09Sunglasses, a pair of sandals, pineapples, eggs,
0:07:09 > 0:07:11a dozen tins of tuna
0:07:11 > 0:07:157kgs of prawns and a lacrosse stick.
0:07:16 > 0:07:17What do you think that list is for?
0:07:19 > 0:07:20Fathers' Day?
0:07:20 > 0:07:21SHE LAUGHS
0:07:21 > 0:07:23Holiday.
0:07:23 > 0:07:25I think a sort of holiday, cos of the sunglasses.
0:07:25 > 0:07:27Yeah - eggs, a bit weird, and tuna, to take on holiday.
0:07:27 > 0:07:30Is it something to do with the countries in the Commonwealth?
0:07:30 > 0:07:31Oh!
0:07:31 > 0:07:33'He's close - the answer?'
0:07:33 > 0:07:36They're all gifts that have been given to the queen
0:07:36 > 0:07:38from countries around the world.
0:07:39 > 0:07:42No other monarch has travelled the globe as much as our queen,
0:07:42 > 0:07:46with 261 official overseas visits -
0:07:46 > 0:07:48over 200 of them to Commonwealth countries.
0:07:48 > 0:07:52And on every single occasion, she received a gift,
0:07:52 > 0:07:55offered as a gesture of goodwill and friendship
0:07:55 > 0:07:58between the visiting and host nations.
0:07:58 > 0:08:01And with just over two weeks to go until the Commonwealth Games,
0:08:01 > 0:08:04one aspect of planning is being kept under wraps -
0:08:04 > 0:08:08the gift that the host nation, Scotland, will give the queen.
0:08:08 > 0:08:11So to get an idea of what kind of thing we can expect,
0:08:11 > 0:08:15I've come here to Edinburgh and the palace of Holyroodhouse.
0:08:15 > 0:08:18On display is a remarkable selection of gifts
0:08:18 > 0:08:23presented to Her Majesty over the last 61 years,
0:08:23 > 0:08:27reflecting the diverse traditions, craftsmanship and creativity
0:08:27 > 0:08:30of the 2 billion inhabitants of the Commonwealth,
0:08:30 > 0:08:33everywhere from Antigua to Tanzania.
0:08:33 > 0:08:37Curating this collection of the eclectic and the exotic
0:08:37 > 0:08:38is Deborah Clarke.
0:08:38 > 0:08:41How do you go about choosing what goes into the exhibition?
0:08:41 > 0:08:44Well, we've got a limited amount of space,
0:08:44 > 0:08:46so that determines it in one way,
0:08:46 > 0:08:50but also, we wanted very much to represent all the different areas
0:08:50 > 0:08:53of the Commonwealth and as many countries as possible.
0:08:53 > 0:08:55They're not all very grand, are they?
0:08:55 > 0:08:58No, exactly, and I think that's what's so nice about these gifts -
0:08:58 > 0:09:00they very much represent
0:09:00 > 0:09:01the country that they come from.
0:09:03 > 0:09:06From extravagant gifts to the hand-crafted,
0:09:06 > 0:09:10out of the 70 on display, here are my top five favourites.
0:09:10 > 0:09:11Scotland, take note.
0:09:15 > 0:09:17Making a splash at number five,
0:09:17 > 0:09:19a porcelain turtle from The Bahamas.
0:09:19 > 0:09:21Overtaking at number four,
0:09:21 > 0:09:24a decorated model bus from Pakistan.
0:09:25 > 0:09:30A tapestry from Botswana weaves its way in to the number three spot.
0:09:30 > 0:09:33At two, this smoking-hot peace pipe,
0:09:33 > 0:09:36courtesy of a Native American tribe in Canada.
0:09:36 > 0:09:38And number one,
0:09:38 > 0:09:41this fabulous interpretation of the queen's face
0:09:41 > 0:09:42from Papua New Guinea.
0:09:42 > 0:09:46Mrs Quinn - or, as is translates, Mrs Queen -
0:09:46 > 0:09:49by the artist Mathais Kauage.
0:09:49 > 0:09:52And you can see, it's a very different type of portrait.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54I'd love to know what the queen thought of that one.
0:09:54 > 0:09:56But what I still don't know is
0:09:56 > 0:09:59what will Scotland be giving from this year's games?
0:09:59 > 0:10:04So I asked some of you what gift would be fit for a queen?
0:10:04 > 0:10:05- A kiss?- Aw!
0:10:05 > 0:10:06Eh, a plant.
0:10:06 > 0:10:07HE LAUGHS
0:10:07 > 0:10:11A tuna pasta mayo that I'd made myself.
0:10:11 > 0:10:12- Are you good at that?- Yeah.
0:10:12 > 0:10:15That could be tricky to wrap.
0:10:15 > 0:10:18But we'll finally find out what Glasgow's given
0:10:18 > 0:10:22after the Games officially open on 23rd July.
0:10:22 > 0:10:25Until then, you can see the Commonwealth gifts to the queen
0:10:25 > 0:10:28in Edinburgh until November 2nd.
0:10:29 > 0:10:32For more information, see our website...
0:10:38 > 0:10:40- Stay with us... - Hiya.
0:10:40 > 0:10:41..as comedienne Susan Calman
0:10:41 > 0:10:44explores Scotland's Cold War secrets.
0:10:44 > 0:10:47"Dear The Nation, just to reassure you that I'm fine.
0:10:47 > 0:10:49"I hope you are, too."
0:10:49 > 0:10:53And Martel discovers size really does matter.
0:10:53 > 0:10:55- I could curl you with one arm. - You could curl me with one arm?
0:10:55 > 0:10:57That's the best chat-up line ever!
0:10:58 > 0:11:00Though, right now...
0:11:00 > 0:11:02MUSIC: "Morning" by Edvard Grieg
0:11:02 > 0:11:07For one weekend every year, this tranquil, rural idyll...
0:11:07 > 0:11:08ROCK MUSIC PLAYS
0:11:08 > 0:11:11..turns into Scotland's biggest music festival -
0:11:11 > 0:11:12T In The Park.
0:11:14 > 0:11:17It's 21 this year and, for three days,
0:11:17 > 0:11:2185,000 people will descend on Balado, just outside Kinross,
0:11:21 > 0:11:26to transform it into Scotland's fifth-largest town.
0:11:26 > 0:11:28As a DJ and a massive music geek,
0:11:28 > 0:11:32T In The Park has become a really special place for me
0:11:32 > 0:11:36and the thousands of other music fans who flock here every year.
0:11:38 > 0:11:41This will be the 18th year these 600 acres of farmland
0:11:41 > 0:11:46turn into a sea of tents, stalls, bars and ten stages,
0:11:46 > 0:11:49as a crowd drawn from right across the country
0:11:49 > 0:11:51party to some of the biggest names in music.
0:11:52 > 0:11:57It's the biggest yet this summer and it's also the last time for Balado,
0:11:57 > 0:12:00as the festival moves on next year to a new site
0:12:00 > 0:12:0218 miles away at Auchterarder.
0:12:02 > 0:12:05So before the 2014 festival kicks off,
0:12:05 > 0:12:07I want to find out what T In The Park means
0:12:07 > 0:12:09to the people that actually live here.
0:12:12 > 0:12:15When the festival first rolled in to Kinross,
0:12:15 > 0:12:18locals didn't exactly know what to expect.
0:12:18 > 0:12:20First year, we were all a bit apprehensive, locally.
0:12:20 > 0:12:22Our worst fears weren't founded at all.
0:12:22 > 0:12:25The atmosphere with that show,
0:12:25 > 0:12:28people that come to the festival, is top notch.
0:12:28 > 0:12:31You must have had some bizarre requests over the years.
0:12:31 > 0:12:32One of the artists that year
0:12:32 > 0:12:34wanted to go onto the stage in his bare feet,
0:12:34 > 0:12:38so into the staff room, ripped up a red carpet off the floor...
0:12:38 > 0:12:39Off your own floor?
0:12:39 > 0:12:41..and out on site, walked onto the main stage
0:12:41 > 0:12:44- and laid it about five minutes before the band came on.- Wow.
0:12:44 > 0:12:47Over the years, townsfolk have even gotten involved.
0:12:47 > 0:12:50Everything from providing a pampering tent...
0:12:50 > 0:12:51HE PLAYS BAGPIPES
0:12:51 > 0:12:52..to performing.
0:12:56 > 0:12:57So it must be amazing,
0:12:57 > 0:13:00getting to play in front of that many people.
0:13:00 > 0:13:01How does that feel?
0:13:01 > 0:13:03It's a little bit daunting, especially the first time -
0:13:03 > 0:13:05you feel your legs going a bit rubbery to begin with.
0:13:05 > 0:13:08But because you're standing there, you don't hear the feedback,
0:13:08 > 0:13:10then you suddenly hear this blast of 30,000 voices
0:13:10 > 0:13:12singing Flower Of Scotland back to you.
0:13:12 > 0:13:15I'm sure every festival goer remembers hearing
0:13:15 > 0:13:16the sound of the pipes.
0:13:16 > 0:13:17And this year,
0:13:17 > 0:13:20Nigel gets to rub shoulders with the likes of Biffy Clyro,
0:13:20 > 0:13:25Arctic Monkeys, Paul Weller, Paolo Nutini,
0:13:25 > 0:13:27Calvin Harris and Elbow
0:13:27 > 0:13:30along with 200 bands and performers.
0:13:31 > 0:13:32Ah, all this festival chat
0:13:32 > 0:13:36is getting me right back in the T In The Park spirit.
0:13:36 > 0:13:39Got my tent - all I need now is a place to pitch it.
0:13:42 > 0:13:43Though come July 11th,
0:13:43 > 0:13:45I'll be joined by 70,000 other people.
0:13:45 > 0:13:49Mind you, this pop-up town will need some serious infrastructure.
0:13:49 > 0:13:55Over 35,000 metres of fence and barriers and thousands of toilets,
0:13:55 > 0:13:59em...7,500 staff, by the time we get up and running over the weekend.
0:13:59 > 0:14:007,500 staff?!
0:14:00 > 0:14:03Yeah - it's a phenomenal amount of work and effort.
0:14:03 > 0:14:06- But as you know, it pays its rewards in the end.- Absolutely, yeah.
0:14:10 > 0:14:13It's the final year for Balado to host T In The Park this weekend,
0:14:13 > 0:14:17from Friday 11th to Sunday 13th July.
0:14:17 > 0:14:21You can catch it on the BBC, or there are still tickets on sale.
0:14:21 > 0:14:24So come along for the day or camp for the weekend.
0:14:24 > 0:14:26I've got my pitch sorted.
0:14:26 > 0:14:29Only...four days to wait?
0:14:31 > 0:14:35# I'll take a dog's life
0:14:35 > 0:14:37# Just laying in the sun
0:14:37 > 0:14:39# A dog's life... #
0:14:39 > 0:14:43Next on this roadtrip, a tale of dogged determination.
0:14:43 > 0:14:44# A dog's life... #
0:14:44 > 0:14:47Now we're probably all familiar with the story of Greyfriars Bobby,
0:14:47 > 0:14:50but I bet you don't know the story about Bamse,
0:14:50 > 0:14:54the Norwegian St Bernard who went from a cuddly mascot on a ship
0:14:54 > 0:14:55to a WWII hero.
0:14:58 > 0:15:00This year marks the 70th anniversary of his death
0:15:00 > 0:15:03and it'll probably be the last time veterans and family
0:15:03 > 0:15:06will gather here in Montrose to pay their respects.
0:15:08 > 0:15:12But this tale begins in April 1940 with Hitler's invasion of Norway.
0:15:16 > 0:15:19At this point, Bamse - meaning "teddy bear" -
0:15:19 > 0:15:21was just a few months into his naval service.
0:15:23 > 0:15:26Though, when his ship was attacked, he stood stoically on deck,
0:15:26 > 0:15:27protected by his steel helmet,
0:15:27 > 0:15:32and provided a comforting presence for the terrified young sailors.
0:15:32 > 0:15:35Thousands of Norwegians came here to Britain
0:15:35 > 0:15:36to help with the Allied war effort
0:15:36 > 0:15:38and Bamse was one of them,
0:15:38 > 0:15:42arriving in Montrose with a fleet of about 400 naval seamen,
0:15:42 > 0:15:44stationed here and in Dundee,
0:15:44 > 0:15:47and they worked 24 hours a day to keep
0:15:47 > 0:15:51a corridor of sea between Shetland and Edinburgh free of mines.
0:15:51 > 0:15:53And according to historian Andrew Orr,
0:15:53 > 0:15:57it wasn't long before Bamse made himself at home.
0:15:57 > 0:15:59He just strutted around the place
0:15:59 > 0:16:03as if he owned it and he knew all the shops to visit.
0:16:03 > 0:16:05The butcher's, the baker,
0:16:05 > 0:16:07and the fish and chip shop, of course.
0:16:07 > 0:16:09What was his actual role on the ship?
0:16:09 > 0:16:11It's extraordinary, what he did.
0:16:11 > 0:16:14He had this role of looking after the crew.
0:16:14 > 0:16:21And one night, a drunk Norwegian sailor went clean over the far one
0:16:21 > 0:16:22and into the River Tay
0:16:22 > 0:16:26and Bamse was the only person who saw this sailor going overboard,
0:16:26 > 0:16:29so he jumped down from the deck of the ship -
0:16:29 > 0:16:33a drop of about 4m - into the water
0:16:33 > 0:16:38and swam over to the sailor, who clung to him like a life buoy.
0:16:38 > 0:16:40Bamse also saved the life of an officer
0:16:40 > 0:16:42who was the victim of a knife attack
0:16:42 > 0:16:46and eventually, he became a symbol of bravery and freedom,
0:16:46 > 0:16:49earning him a burial with full military honours
0:16:49 > 0:16:53and the PDSA Gold Medal - the animal equivalent of the George Cross.
0:16:55 > 0:16:58But as well as his contribution to the war effort,
0:16:58 > 0:17:03he also provided the community with a much-needed boost of morale,
0:17:03 > 0:17:07something Jessie Paton remembers fondly from her childhood.
0:17:07 > 0:17:09He went into the butcher's one day
0:17:09 > 0:17:13and the door was open and there was a string of sausages hanging up.
0:17:13 > 0:17:16And rather than wait for what he was getting,
0:17:16 > 0:17:18he ran off with the string of sausages.
0:17:18 > 0:17:20The whole string? The whole string of sausages.
0:17:20 > 0:17:22PIPE BAND PLAYS "SCOTLAND THE BRAVE"
0:17:22 > 0:17:26In fact, the locals were so fond of Bamse, in 2006,
0:17:26 > 0:17:28they erected a statue in his memory.
0:17:28 > 0:17:31And another statue in Norway faces this one.
0:17:31 > 0:17:34It's a real testament to the love that people have for Bamse,
0:17:34 > 0:17:36on both sides of the North Sea.
0:17:37 > 0:17:39A fitting tribute for a breed of dog
0:17:39 > 0:17:42more commonly associated with mountain rescue.
0:17:42 > 0:17:44They were originally bred
0:17:44 > 0:17:45by the monks to rescue in the Alps
0:17:45 > 0:17:49and partly because of the acute sense of smell,
0:17:49 > 0:17:52- which was more than most other dogs. - But anything over and above that?
0:17:52 > 0:17:55It's hard to say - it's like a sixth sense, maybe a built-in DNA
0:17:55 > 0:17:58that they have this ability to source and find people.
0:18:00 > 0:18:04In Bamse's case, he's so revered, every decade since his death,
0:18:04 > 0:18:07the Norwegian navy has sent a ship to Montrose to pay tribute.
0:18:09 > 0:18:11Though, as fewer veterans are still with us,
0:18:11 > 0:18:15sadly, this year will probably be the Norwegians' last voyage.
0:18:17 > 0:18:21Which is why this celebration will be the biggest to date,
0:18:21 > 0:18:23complete with a huge parade
0:18:23 > 0:18:26featuring a pipe band and St Bernards.
0:18:26 > 0:18:28They are gorgeous, aren't they? How could you resist them?
0:18:28 > 0:18:31Only downside? Sometimes there's a wee bit of drool.
0:18:31 > 0:18:32HE SLURPS
0:18:32 > 0:18:33Sorry about that...
0:18:34 > 0:18:36If you want to get involved
0:18:36 > 0:18:38in celebrating Bamse's extraordinary life,
0:18:38 > 0:18:42the Norwegian ship will be open to the public on July 20th,
0:18:42 > 0:18:44while the main parade and commemoration
0:18:44 > 0:18:46takes place the following day.
0:18:53 > 0:18:56We couldn't showcase the best Scotland has to offer this summer
0:18:56 > 0:18:59without mentioning a Highland Games -
0:18:59 > 0:19:04one of the most majestic takes place this August in Aboyne, Aberdeenshire.
0:19:04 > 0:19:08It's been going on for over 140 years
0:19:08 > 0:19:11and this year, they're celebrating a local hero
0:19:11 > 0:19:14by recreating an unusual weightlifting challenge...
0:19:16 > 0:19:20..as one of the UK's strongest men attempts to become the first person
0:19:20 > 0:19:23in 154 years
0:19:23 > 0:19:27to match the achievement of legendary Scottish sportsman Donald Dinnie.
0:19:29 > 0:19:33This record-breaking strongman won over 11,000 prizes
0:19:33 > 0:19:35during his illustrious career,
0:19:35 > 0:19:38but his most famous feat took place in 1860,
0:19:38 > 0:19:43when he carried two stones weighing 351kgs in total,
0:19:43 > 0:19:48a distance of 17ft over the nearby Potarch Bridge.
0:19:48 > 0:19:52And while these stones might not look that big or indeed that heavy...
0:19:54 > 0:19:55..they really are!
0:19:56 > 0:20:00One man who knows all about what it takes is David Webster -
0:20:00 > 0:20:02former judge on the World's Strongest Man
0:20:02 > 0:20:05and THE Donald Dinnie enthusiast.
0:20:05 > 0:20:08'He's going to demonstrate with breeze blocks
0:20:08 > 0:20:12'what it means to life a mighty 351kg.'
0:20:12 > 0:20:14What have we got here?
0:20:14 > 0:20:18Well, we've got 14 bricks of 27 kilos each.
0:20:18 > 0:20:22It takes a whole huge truck to lift these stones.
0:20:22 > 0:20:25Now, Donald Dinnie did this by himself and carried them
0:20:25 > 0:20:27across the width of the bridge.
0:20:27 > 0:20:31On the day, one plucky challenger will attempt to carry these monsters
0:20:31 > 0:20:35with his bare hands across 17 feet marked out on the village green.
0:20:35 > 0:20:37It's not only taxing on the hands.
0:20:37 > 0:20:39You've got to have strong back muscles, leg muscles,
0:20:39 > 0:20:41and an awful lot of determination.
0:20:41 > 0:20:44Would you like to see someone beat Dinnie's record?
0:20:44 > 0:20:48It would prove to everybody it is humanly possible.
0:20:48 > 0:20:52And the brave contender who's going to try and prove it...
0:20:52 > 0:20:54is Mark Felix.
0:20:54 > 0:20:56One of Britain's strongest men
0:20:56 > 0:21:00and a finalist in the World's Strongest Man competition.
0:21:00 > 0:21:02What does your training involve?
0:21:02 > 0:21:04Going to the gym, like, six days a week...
0:21:04 > 0:21:06training two to two and a half hours a day.
0:21:06 > 0:21:09I think I'm ready for it. I'm ready to go for the challenge.
0:21:09 > 0:21:11But his preparations don't stop there.
0:21:11 > 0:21:16He also has to scoff over 7,000 calories
0:21:16 > 0:21:19and practice walking with heavy weights.
0:21:19 > 0:21:22So, Mark, these you're going to lift.
0:21:22 > 0:21:25- How heavy are they? - 95k.
0:21:25 > 0:21:28It's pretty light compared to what I'll be lifting.
0:21:28 > 0:21:31You say pretty light, but that's me plus more.
0:21:31 > 0:21:32I could curl you with one arm.
0:21:32 > 0:21:34You could curl me with one arm?
0:21:34 > 0:21:36- That's the best chat up line ever. - Let's go.
0:21:40 > 0:21:46Together, these weigh 190 kilos - the same as a large motorbike.
0:21:46 > 0:21:48On the day, Mark will have to carry twice that.
0:21:50 > 0:21:52That's a fast walk. HE LAUGHS
0:21:52 > 0:21:56Mark's attempting to break Dinnie's record at the Aboyne Highland Games
0:21:56 > 0:21:58on Saturday, 2nd of August.
0:21:58 > 0:22:01And if anyone can do it, you know, I reckon he can.
0:22:01 > 0:22:05And if you want to see if he does, you can come along and cheer him on.
0:22:05 > 0:22:09Or why not visit one of the many other highland games yet to be
0:22:09 > 0:22:11held across the country this summer?
0:22:11 > 0:22:15With an event at Alva and Junior Games at Braemar this weekend.
0:22:20 > 0:22:23And finally tonight, comedian Susan Calman is taking us on
0:22:23 > 0:22:25- a surprising journey. - Hiya.
0:22:25 > 0:22:26COW MOOS
0:22:26 > 0:22:29Her destination? St Andrew's...
0:22:29 > 0:22:33in order to uncover one of this country's best kept secrets.
0:22:33 > 0:22:35COW MOOS
0:22:35 > 0:22:38I'm all packed up for a fab weekend in Fife,
0:22:38 > 0:22:41heading to a quiet, secluded spot to celebrate
0:22:41 > 0:22:43a very special 20th anniversary.
0:22:45 > 0:22:48Because beneath this unassuming farm house lies Scotland's
0:22:48 > 0:22:51secret nuclear bunker.
0:22:51 > 0:22:54- MAN'S VOICE:- No-one in this country of ours wants a war.
0:22:54 > 0:22:57Yes, this was a cold war command centre...
0:22:57 > 0:23:00..an attack by the Soviet Union.
0:23:00 > 0:23:02..100 feet below the ground...
0:23:02 > 0:23:04Democracy will triumph.
0:23:04 > 0:23:07..in a space the size of two football pitches,
0:23:07 > 0:23:12and surround by walls three metres thick.
0:23:12 > 0:23:14Britain is a nation prepared.
0:23:16 > 0:23:19We're about 50 miles north of Edinburgh,
0:23:19 > 0:23:22probably a bit far for a four-minute warning.
0:23:22 > 0:23:25But if an attack was imminent then senior ministers would have
0:23:25 > 0:23:28fled Auld Reekie and sought shelter here,
0:23:28 > 0:23:30where they would have been safe from a nuclear attack.
0:23:32 > 0:23:35Though with the collapse of the Soviet Union in the late '80s,
0:23:35 > 0:23:40and the Cold War coming to an end, the bunker was eventually abandoned.
0:23:40 > 0:23:43That is until Peter Mitchell, a lifelong history buff,
0:23:43 > 0:23:47happened across it quite by accident.
0:23:47 > 0:23:50We saw this advertised as a country farm house for sale -
0:23:50 > 0:23:51no mention of a bunker.
0:23:51 > 0:23:53We looked around it and then the estate agent,
0:23:53 > 0:23:56holding up a big key, said, "I've got one more thing to show you."
0:23:56 > 0:23:59He said, "This place has got a rather large cellar with it."
0:23:59 > 0:24:01Well, that's the understatement of the year, isn't it?
0:24:01 > 0:24:03- HE LAUGHS - Yes.- Tell me about it.
0:24:03 > 0:24:05So he took us downstairs, switched the lights on,
0:24:05 > 0:24:06and lo and behold it was a bunker.
0:24:06 > 0:24:09I couldn't get the cheque book out quick enough.
0:24:09 > 0:24:12Though while Peter now had his very own museum,
0:24:12 > 0:24:14unfortunately it was empty,
0:24:14 > 0:24:16as the equipment used to be here belonged to the
0:24:16 > 0:24:20Ministry of Defence, so he tracked down the bunker's former CO.
0:24:21 > 0:24:24I said, "Well, we're turning it into a museum."
0:24:24 > 0:24:25I said, "Any change of getting it back?
0:24:25 > 0:24:28"Cos surely a lot of it must be obsolete?"
0:24:28 > 0:24:29So he said, "Leave it with me."
0:24:29 > 0:24:32Three days later, he phoned me up and he says, "Peter, I've got
0:24:32 > 0:24:35"good news for you - you can have it all back for nothing."
0:24:35 > 0:24:38This year, the bunker celebrates its 20th anniversary as a museum.
0:24:38 > 0:24:41And after closing for several months over the winter,
0:24:41 > 0:24:44it's now being completely refurbished.
0:24:44 > 0:24:46We've taken out some of the mannequins that were here
0:24:46 > 0:24:49because you didn't get the feel as if the people that worked
0:24:49 > 0:24:52here just up and gone five minutes ago,
0:24:52 > 0:24:55and that's what we wanted to create.
0:24:55 > 0:24:58MAN'S VOICE: If any member of the family should die
0:24:58 > 0:25:00whilst in the shelter, put them outside,
0:25:00 > 0:25:03but remember to tag them first for identification purposes.
0:25:03 > 0:25:07Not only could this facility house up to 300 people
0:25:07 > 0:25:10in the event of an attack, its radar room was also manned year-round
0:25:10 > 0:25:12by people like Douglas Lumsdaine,
0:25:12 > 0:25:16who did his national service here in the mid-'50s.
0:25:16 > 0:25:21We were coming up here on a daily basis, nine till five,
0:25:21 > 0:25:23five days a week...
0:25:23 > 0:25:27- Not before that, after that, or at the weekends?- No. No, no.
0:25:27 > 0:25:29So if the Russians had wanted to attack,
0:25:29 > 0:25:31Saturday morning quite a good time?
0:25:31 > 0:25:33The Russian's weren't so clever after all,
0:25:33 > 0:25:36cos if they had only known the could have come in in the evening
0:25:36 > 0:25:40or over the weekend, it would have been no problem.
0:25:40 > 0:25:44But fear not. After 5pm, and on the weekends,
0:25:44 > 0:25:48monitoring for Soviet incursion was carried out by one of 36 other
0:25:48 > 0:25:50stations throughout Britain.
0:25:50 > 0:25:53Though, in the event of the bomb being dropped,
0:25:53 > 0:25:56this one could easily sustain its 300 residents
0:25:56 > 0:25:57for up to three months.
0:25:57 > 0:26:00In fact, according to Cold War historian Grant More,
0:26:00 > 0:26:03potentially, it still could.
0:26:03 > 0:26:06If it all goes pear-shaped up there, can we hide down here
0:26:06 > 0:26:08until the worst of it's over.
0:26:08 > 0:26:09You wouldn't even have to plug anything in.
0:26:09 > 0:26:12You could close the doors, turn on the air conditioning,
0:26:12 > 0:26:13and you would be good to go in here.
0:26:13 > 0:26:16But while this facility was designed to save lives,
0:26:16 > 0:26:20its bigger purpose was to maintain command and control,
0:26:20 > 0:26:24so, if need be, the nation could be governed from these very rooms.
0:26:24 > 0:26:26One of the key functions of the bunker was to communicate
0:26:26 > 0:26:29with the people that were surviving after the...
0:26:29 > 0:26:31bomb had gone off. So in the building here,
0:26:31 > 0:26:33we have a BBC studio, a broadcast studio,
0:26:33 > 0:26:35which is just immediately next door.
0:26:35 > 0:26:38I think we should have a look. Shall we try and broadcast to the nation?
0:26:38 > 0:26:41MUSIC: "The Bomb" by Pigeon John
0:26:43 > 0:26:46After all, if a nuclear war is what it takes for me to have my own show,
0:26:46 > 0:26:48hell, so be it.
0:26:50 > 0:26:52- IN A POSH ACCENT:- Dear, the nation,
0:26:52 > 0:26:56this is Susan Calman speaking to you from the secure nuclear bunker that
0:26:56 > 0:26:58I've managed to get into somehow.
0:26:59 > 0:27:03Don't worry, I'm fine and I'm sure you are, too.
0:27:03 > 0:27:06And to play you out, and to relax you somewhat,
0:27:06 > 0:27:11please enjoy the musical stylings of Lulu and Shout.
0:27:13 > 0:27:16MUSIC: "Shout" by Lulu
0:27:17 > 0:27:21RECORD SLOWS DOWN
0:27:21 > 0:27:25If you'd like to discover Scotland's secret bunker and see the result of
0:27:25 > 0:27:27its 20th anniversary make-over,
0:27:27 > 0:27:31it's now open once again every day from ten to six.
0:27:31 > 0:27:33Though, in the event of nuclear fallout,
0:27:33 > 0:27:34please call ahead first.
0:27:38 > 0:27:42Join us, same time next Monday, when award-winning chef Tony Singh
0:27:42 > 0:27:44goes in search of culinary inspiration
0:27:44 > 0:27:46at Scotland's open garden scheme.
0:27:46 > 0:27:50How awesome would it be if your garden was like this?
0:27:50 > 0:27:54And Martel discovers the challenges facing the musical
0:27:54 > 0:27:57director of a star-studded live concert at Edinburgh Castle,
0:27:57 > 0:28:00which will screen on BBC One.
0:28:00 > 0:28:02It's exciting, but terrifying at the same time.
0:28:04 > 0:28:07The big names include the Kaiser Chiefs,
0:28:07 > 0:28:10Katherine Jenkins, Jessie J and even yours truly.
0:28:10 > 0:28:13On how to get tickets, go to our website...