It is 1651. General George Monck just can't stop turning heel... and today he's got Stirling Castle in his sights.

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CREDITS: Written, narrated & produced by Michael Park. Music by Mitch Bain. 

It is 1923. A temporary radio station has been set up to sell car radios to the great and good of Glaswegian society. But it's more important than that. This is the first time Scotland has had a proper radio station.

And it's going to change everything...

Graham Stewart lends his expertise as we explore the impact of 2BP on the nascent BBC. His book 'Scotland On Air: A Century of Scottish Broadcasting' will be available here.

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CREDITS: Written, narrated & produced by Michael Park. Additional voices by Ashleigh Wilson & Aaron Richardson. Recording of Kathleen Garscadden from the BBC Archives. "An Elephant Never Forgets" by Lupino Lane is used as an out of copyright recording.

It is 1883. The River Clyde in Glasgow is a hive of activity as yet another ship gets ready to launch. The SS Daphne is a simple steamer, but her story will go down as one of the greatest tragedies on British soil.

Michael takes a trip to Craigton Cemetery in Glasgow to remember the victims in this episode of Scotland - a podcast all about Scottish history and where we made it.

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CREDITS: Written, narrated & produced by Michael Park. Additional voices by Kate Cotter & David Allan.

It's almost Burns Night which means that it's time for us to check in with the Bard. This time we travel back to 1785 and we find Robert Burns' best friend Gavin Hamilton in a bit of a legal pickle with some irate clergymen.

This is the true story behind Holy Willie's Prayer.

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CREDITS: Written, narrated & produced by Michael Park. Music by Epidemic Sound.

In the sixties there were loads of famous names in motorsport. Hill, Moss, Surtees, Von Trips... but none of them could come close to the quiet Scottish farmer from Berwickshire who took Formula 1 by storm.

Meet Jim Clark - the Fastest Man on Earth in this episode of Scotland - A Scottish History Podcast.

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CREDITS: Written, narrated & produced by Michael Park. Music by Mitch Bain.

It is 1834. Can you learn how the human mind works by massaging the decomposing skull of Scotland's national poet, Robert Burns? The Dumfries Burns Club certainly seem to think so...

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CREDITS: Written, narrated & produced by Michael Park. Additional voices by Mitch Bain & David Allan. Music by Mitch Bain. 

It's almost Burns Night which means that it's time for us to check in with the Bard. This time we travel back to 1785 and we find Robert Burns' best friend Gavin Hamilton in a bit of a legal pickle with some irate clergymen.

This is the true story behind Holy Willie's Prayer.

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CREDITS: Written, narrated & produced by Michael Park. 

Robert Burns was one of the great poets of his age, a Scottish hero, our national Bard and the toast of high society throughout his short career. This story isn't about him - not completely anyway.

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CREDITS

Ae Fond Kiss is performed by Cairngorm - find them online at cairngormmusic.com. The voice of Nancy MacLehose is Leanne Milne. The score for this episode is by the human invisibility cloak Mitch Bain.