BBC Scotland TV Guide — Monday, 8 June 2026

Reports from BBC newsrooms across the country with analysis and discussion on the big stories of the day

Chef Nick Nairn, and Dougie Vipond focus on Scottish lamb, cooking spicy Moroccan lamb chops with grilled veg couscous. Joining them in the kitchen are Sutherland Sheep Farmer Joyce Campbell and food and drink writer Rosalind Erskine, who's mixing and pouring a Shetland gin Southside cocktail

Dive-support vessel the Bibby Sapphire heads out to the North Sea, revealing the hazardous job deep-sea swimmers face as they step out of their diving bell and on to the seabed. New recruit Gary Morris faces a daunting challenge as the boatmen bring in an unmanned barge from the bay, and Crown and Anchor barmaid Val Morrison tries to persuade locals to part with their money at a car-boot sale

Aberdeen lorry driver Kenny Watson, who drives cargo to and from the harbour, reveals how at weekends he hangs up his overalls to become a Country and Western singer. The divers on the Bibby Sapphire help install a new pipeline, but with visibility reduced to just a few feet, they rely on their supervisor to be their eyes and ears, while those who have finished work in the high-pressure underwater environment go into saturation to avoid decompression sickness, looked after by technician Nancy Orton. At the harbour, thousands of gallons of fuel are unloaded from a huge tanker

A surgeon must remove his patient's voice box to save his life, while another takes on a life-changing procedure for a patient with a rare auto-immune condition

The diggers move in at the allotments, forcing the protest group to take extreme action. With time running out for Richard, he decides to lay it all on the line for Emily - but will it prove enough?

With their house in turmoil in the midst of redecoration, new Latimer Crescent residents Alan and Michelle take refuge from the floor sanding with an overnight stay at neighbours Beth and Eric's house. Michelle is keen that they are not going to be a nuisance and tries to get to bed as early as possible. But just as she heads upstairs, Christine arrives bearing rhubarb, swiftly followed by Cathy and Colin, who turn up with the leftovers from their restaurant meal

Discussion on Scotland's biggest news stories, with Martin Geissler, Laura Miller and Natalie Higgins

Documentary following friends Ally and Glynis as they take on the treacherous journey to Scotland's remotest public house, interwoven with stories from some of the residents of the magical Knoydart peninsula. One of them, Will, visited for a weekend 13 years ago and never left