BBC Scotland TV Guide — Tuesday, 20 October 2026

Browse the full BBC Scotland TV guide for Tuesday, 20 October 2026. 8 programmes listed , including 7 tonight. UK listings updated daily — scroll down to tonight's highlights or use the day tabs above to browse the weekly schedule.

Daytime

1. 12:00 7h

   This Is BBC Scotland

Tonight's Highlights

1. 19:00 30m

   Reporting Scotland: News at Seven

   Reports from BBC newsrooms across the country

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

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2. 19:30 30m

   Life on the Bay

   S1 · E6

   Manager Steven juggles caravan park duties with volunteering for the RNLI

   Caravan park manager Steven has volunteered at the nearby RNLI station since he was 17, and today he is on call. Meanwhile, one resident goes for a dip with the bay's wild swimmers, head chef James welcomes a new recruit to the kitchen and the sun shines on a fund-raising fete

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3. 20:00 1h

   This Farming Life

   S6 · E11

   Robert's cattle get their first taste of freedom and fresh grass in the Cairngorms

   Summer arrives and Robert's cattle get their first taste of freedom and fresh grass in the Cairngorms, while Jenni's alpacas need a short back and sides from a specialist shearer. In North Uist, a herd is being prepared for an epic journey across a tidal sandbar linking the island of Vallay to the mainland and the croft's bulls. In Moray, Nikki and Ollie are at last about to complete one of their holiday pods

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4. 21:00 1h

   Paramedics on Scene

   S6 · E6

   A crew from the special operations team attends a two-car crash

   A crew from the special operations team attends a two-car crash in East Ayrshire, treating a patient and reassuring her startled and worried husband and son. In Buckie, two local paramedics attend to a variety of duties from an elderly man with breathing difficulties to someone who has fallen at home while crafting handmade fishing nets. They also head to a police custody suite, where a man is refusing medical treatment for a nasty self-inflicted wound to the neck. Narrated by John Michie

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5. 22:00 1h

   Eòrpa

   S34 · E9 · The Guga Hunt

   The fierce debate over the Sula Sgeir gannet hunt

   Alasdair MacLeod explores the fierce debate over the Sula Sgeir gannet hunt after its licence was refused this year for the first time, meeting campaigners seeking a permanent ban and islanders defending a centuries-old tradition. In Gaelic

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6. 23:00 30m

   Scotcast

   Hosted by Martin Geissler

   Discussion on Scotland's biggest news stories, with analysis from journalists, commentators and guests. Hosted by Martin Geissler

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7. 23:30 30m

   Scotland's Greatest Escape

   S3 · E1 · Perthshire

   Grado and Judith Ralston head to Perth & Kinross

   Grado and Judith Ralston hit the road for an action-packed adventure in Perth & Kinross.. As well as spending the night in their very own houseboats on Loch Tay, a beautifully converted former manse near Blair Athol and some bespoke fairy-tale hideaways close to Dunblane, they experience Perthshire's wild side - with some tubing and a bungee jump

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