BBC Scotland TV Guide — Sunday, 19 July 2026

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

Dominic Chinea and Will Kirk travel around the UK fixing historical treasures, with this edition seeing them visit the Scottish Boat Building School in Irvine, North Ayrshire, to restore a three-piece canoe designed in the 1930s. Will also calls in to Barr Castle in Galston, East Ayrshire, to repair a windowpane with a hand inscription by Robert Burns

CalMac engineer Fergus Barlow races in the annual Mull car rally, and his brother Craig has travelled all the way from New Zealand to be his navigator. Meanhile, the ferry operator's CEO Robbie Drummond joins the engineering team of the MV Caledonian Isles to find out what challenges they face, and looks on as things start to go wrong in the engine room

Crews are mobilised to a large building fire in Glasgow city centre, with concerns that people are trapped inside. As fire and rescue battle the blaze, Stewart of the Paramedic Response Unit endures heavy rain and prepares to treat casualties. Meanwhile, Ayr-based crew Sophie and Shelby treat a man who has been drinking alcohol and has sustained a concerning head injury, but is adamant he doesn't want to go to hospital.

Jack and Victor visit the local park, which has gone dangerously downhill - but Winston has a plan to move it up in the world, Comedy, written by and starring Ford Kiernan and Greg Hemphill

Volunteer Officer Ken Beattie wrestles with a dodgy dealer and the dilemma of whether he is or isn't offering him a bribe. PCs Hugh McKirdy and Surjit Singh pick up a furry friend on their travels, and PC Charlie McIntosh introduces PC Jane MacKay to a festival called the Butterfist

Part one of two. Documentary taking a humorous look at the early days of the nation's tourist industry, with the Scottish tourist board becoming a government-funded body in 1969, with a remit was to promote Scotland as a holiday destination