ArtWorks Scotland
A look at the biggest arts stories in Scotland
ArtWorks Scotland - 10 Things to Hate About the Edinburgh Festival
Sanjeev Kohli dissects the most popular moans about the Edinburgh Festival: it's too big, too expensive, too arty and litters the city with wacky street performers.
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ArtWorks Scotland - Alexander McCall Smith - The No 1 Gentleman Detective Writer
Alexander McCall Smith travels from Edinburgh to Gaborone, Botswana, to visit places that have influenced his books.
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ArtWorks Scotland - Alison Watt: A Painter's Eye
A revealing insight into the mind of one of the art world's brightest stars. Alison Watt made her name when commissioned to paint the Queen Mother.
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ArtWorks Scotland - Auld Lang Syne
ArtWorks Scotland investigates the global phenomenon that is Auld Lang Syne. Robert Burns's most famous song is sung all round the world, but few people know its origins.
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ArtWorks Scotland - Black Watch: A Soldier's Story
The inside story of the National Theatre of Scotland's play Black Watch, including the moving stories of soldiers who served in Iraq.
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ArtWorks Scotland - Class Enemy: A Message from Sarajevo
The programme follows the journey of a production of Nigel Williams' play Class Enemy performed by Sarajevo's East West company to the Edinburgh International Festival.
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ArtWorks Scotland - Danger! New Opera!
Scottish Opera has commissioned five new operas from Scotland's top writers and composers, including Ian Rankin, Alexander McCall Smith and Craig Armstrong.
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ArtWorks Scotland - Edwyn Collins: Home Again
Following Edwyn Collins, former lead singer of Orange Juice and a successful solo artist in his own right, on his road to recovery following a brain haemorrhage in February 2005.
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ArtWorks Scotland - Raising Kane: Fashion's New Star
Artworks Scotland gets exclusive access to Scottish designer Christopher Kane's London Fashion Week show and charts Donatella Versace's attempts to lure him to Italy.
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ArtWorks Scotland - Return of the Maestro: Donald Runnicles
Documentary following classical music star Donald Runnicles as he prepares the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra for an appearance at the BBC Proms in London.
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ArtWorks Scotland - Steven Campbell: The Caravan Club
As a tribute to the painter Steven Campbell who died in August 2007, another chance to see this ArtWorks Scotland documentary first shown in 2002.
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ArtWorks Scotland - Tracey Emin: Sex Success and Celebrity
The Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art in Edinburgh showcases 20 years of work by the controversial artist Tracey Emin and Artworks Scotland debates her worth.
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ArtWorks Scotland - When Alan Cumming Met Stanley Baxter
In his first BBC TV appearance for almost a decade, legendary Glaswegian entertainer Stanley Baxter chats to Scotland's Broadway superstar Alan Cumming.
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ArtWorks Scotland - When Ian Rankin Met Jack Vettriano
Ian Rankin, Britain's bestselling crime writer, spends a day with Jack Vettriano, Scotland's most famous painter. Both raised in Fife, they talk about success, snobbery and sex.
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ArtWorks Scotland - When Irvine Welsh Met Bobby Gillespie
Writer Irvine Welsh and musician Bobby Gillespie meet in Bobby's studio to discuss creativity, work and their greatest hits, and to look back at some of their old TV appearances.
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ArtWorks Scotland - When Karen Dunbar Met Denise Mina
Comedienne Karen Dunbar and crime writer Denise Mina, a pair of firm friends, spend a day together discussing life and work, comparing piercings and drinking coffee.
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ArtWorks Scotland - When Nicola Benedetti Met Aly Bain
Rising star of the classical music world Nicola Benedetti meets respected folk musician Aly Bain in Edinburgh to talk about the subject closest to their heart - the violin.
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ArtWorks Scotland - When Phil Cunningham Met Mark Knopfler
Phil Cunningham and Mark Knopfler talk about their shared love for traditional music. Playing some of their favourite tunes, they talk about Knopfler's latest album.
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ArtWorks Scotland - When Shirley Manson Met Douglas Gordon
Rock goddess Shirley Manson and Turner Prize-winning artist Douglas Gordon hang out in the taxidermy department of the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum.
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