BBC Scotland TV Guide — Tuesday, 30 June 2026

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

Ian Hamilton and Major head to Shotts in North Lanarkshire, a town that appears to be a bit unloved and down on its luck. Since the closing of its iron foundry, there has been very little solid employment. However, Ian and Major find plenty of places to go and people to chat to. They visit the prison, an abandoned psychiatric hospital and even do some street dancing

Nick and his father Derek get some bad news, putting plans for taking over the family farm into sharp focus in Dumfries and Galloway. They're losing 300 acres of leased grazing land to forestry. With concerns over when dad might retire, Nick sets out a timeline for his succession. On Papa Westray, new farmers Paul and Mel are in the midst of their first big lambing season. However, Paul has to turn to the wider community for help with a ewe in distress. Meanwhile at Hillhead farm near Glasgow, Ben and Matt race to get the wedding and events site ready on time

Journalist Hazel Martin investigates the death of Annie Borjesson, a Swedish woman who was found dead on Prestwick Beach. Within hours of her body being found her family were told it was suicide, but they believe the evidence points to murder

Hazel Martin pieces together the mysterious final hours before Annie Borjesson was found dead and hears an extraordinary theory that her death was a state sponsored hit-job

The Royal Regiment of Scotland faces off in Estonia against Nato allies posing as enemy forces, with Maka and his fellow soldiers holding their ground under sustained fire. Back in Catterick, a different kind of battle unfolds as Laura and Josh undergo Public Order Training, a high-pressure exercise designed to prepare them for the unpredictable realities of deployment

Julie Wilson Nimmo and Greg Hemphill take to the water at night during Peebles' first Harvest Wild Swim Festival, before a sleep under the stars in a Romany caravan and a final Borders thrill as they go tubing down the River Nith

Scotland's comedians look back at friendship, bonding, BFFs and sleepovers. Then there is a look at homes - the flats and the crofts, the bathrooms and the controversial inside/outside toilets