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From Bridgerton to Borgen: The 25 best TV shows to watch in 2022

Ciara McCartney and Arran MacPhee, owners of Lorne Cottage in Fort William, are set to feature in the new series of Scotland's Home of the Year 2022. Picture: IWC Media/BBC Scotland

Scotland's Home of the Year: A sneak peek inside one of the show's cutest properties
A TINY picture-perfect cottage in Fort William, a maximalist dovecote folly in Culloden and a towering church conversion on the Black Isle are among the contenders as the search for Scotland's Home of the Year begins this week.

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James Nesbitt in Suspect

Alison Rowat's TV review: Suspect; McDonald and Dodds; Lenny Henry's Caribbean Britain; The Whistleblowers: Inside the UN

Ralf Little, Who Do You Think You Are? Stephen Perry, Wall To Wall Media Ltd

Alison Rowat's TV preview: Who Do You Think You Are? with Ralf Little; Call Centre Chaos; This is MY House; Oranges are Not the Only Fruit

The Black Phone with Jeremy Davies, E Roger Mitchell, Madeleine McGraw and Troy Rudeseal

Pictures: PA

Film: Austin Butler as Elvis and Ethan Hawke turns to the dark side in The Black phone

So what do we do with Gaelic in English?

Drew Allan: So what do we do with Gaelic in English?

Dame Sheila Hancock

Books: Dame Sheila Hancock on feeling angry as she approaches 90

The Reverend Richard Coles

Picture: PA

Books: The Reverend Richard Coles makes his fiction debut

STUMBLESTONE by Clio Gray

Books: An immersive adventure which will have you questioning who the heroes and villains of this story really are

Artist Paul Yates

Galleries: From Avant-garde works inspired by Scotland to a ‘gallery’ garden

Catch Me If You Can at the Theatre Royal

Theatre with Brian Beacom

Rutherford Falls with Ed Helms in Rutterford Falls

Picture: PA Photo/Paramount+

TV: The Rutherford Falls team talks on-screen hijinks and revamping sitcom

The Herald wins 15 nominations in 43rd Scottish Press Awards

The Herald wins 15 nominations in 43rd Scottish Press Awards

The First Minister and Kirsty Wark at Flushfest

Nicola Sturgeon on HRT. Is that the meno-taboo finally smashed?

Kay Burley interviews the RMT's Mick Lynch

Watch 'Your questions are nonsense': flustered Kay Burley interview with RMT boss goes viral

BrewDog founders James Watt (left) and Martin Dickie

Vicky Allan: Brewdog: a punk way to save the world? Or just more green lairds?

Taskmaster Champion of Champions with Ed Gamble

Picture: PA Photo/Channel 4 Television/Simon Webb

TV: Comedian Ed Gamble on Taskmaster Champion of Champions - and teases what's in store

British sailors working to clear the flight deck after a strike from an enemy plane in the Second World War

Fascinating tale of Second World War mental breakdown

SNP depute leader Keith Brown MSP pictured in the Scottish Parliament

Alison Rowat: SNP depute leader caught on hop over leaked recording. WATCH

Crawick Multiverse

Solstice sunrise at Crawick Multiverse - and 6 other places to mark the longest day

Pablo Schreiber as Master Chief

TV: Halo star Pablo Schreiber talks about master chief role and the game's 'intense' fans

Location, Location, Location S37 - Glasgow - Phil Spencer & Kirstie Allsopp

Alison Rowat's TV review: The Savoy; Sherwood; The Real Derry: Jamie Lee O'Donnell; Location, Location, Location in Glasgow

Ellie White and Natasia Demetriou as Barney & Hugo aka The Brothers Pomodoro. Nit Television,Claire Haigh

Alison Rowat's TV preview: The Lost Final; Back in Time for Birmingham; Ellie and Natasia

Ungrateful by Angela Chadwick

Pictures: PA

Books: From fantastical children's books to heart-rending memoirs, take a look at what's new this week...

Mrs Brown is back on stage

Theatre: Mrs Brown is back on the road with live show

Good Luck To You, Leo Grande. Pictured: Emma Thompson as Nancy Stokes and Daryl McCormack as Leo Grande

Pictures: PA

Film view: Emma Thompson and Buzz Lightyear go to infinity and beyond

Skinnymalink, skinnymalinky

Scots Word of the Week: Skinnymalink, skinnymalinky

A screenshot of the infamous first appearance of The Big Yin on Michael Parkinson's chat show in the 1970s that transformed the comic into a household name in the UK overnight

Issue of the day: Chat show icon's 'woke' warnings

Paul. Glasgow, 1970.

Happy 80th, Paul – you are the soundtrack of our lives

Generic stock picture of a cigarette stubbed out in an ashtray..

Is Scotland next in smoking ban race?

The Lazarus Project with Paapa Essiedu as George

TV: The Lazarus Project, a gripping series that speaks directly to our uncertain times

A dead gannet spotted at North Berwick

Thousands of dead sea birds. Why avian flu is yet another pandemic wake-up call

(L-R) David Morrissey as Ian St.Clair, Lesley Manville as Julie Jackson and Robert Glenister as Kevin Salisbury

Lesley Manville: 'I remember the miners' strike... I've never seen anything so beautifully written about that time'

Extraordinary Portraits: Harriet with her family at the reveal. Chatterbox Media

Alison Rowat's TV preview: Our Falklands War; The Hotel Inspector; Extraordinary Portraits

Bel Powley as Birdy and Emma Appleton as Maggie

Alison Rowat's TV review: Everything I Know About Love; Love Island; My Name is Leon; Scotland's Home of the Year

PREMIUM As Johnson seeks to revive imperial measures, a timely look at how mankind measures stuff

The picture of the Queen to which some readers took exception

Craig Alexander: Showing the Queen with a zest for life even in old age

The former Scottish Temperance League Building

Pictures: Audrey Bizouerne & German Aljabjev

From this office, Temperance League waged war against the demon drink

Manchester United's Marcus Rashford

Books: Sort out your holiday reading list with a fresh batch of new releases...

Into The Maelstrom Opens Dumbarton

Galleries and Exhibitions: A brave Scots expedition and showtime at Lemond Gallery

Jurassic World: Dominion with Laura Dern as Dr Ellie Sattler and Sam Neill as Dr Alan Grant

Pictures: PA

Cinema: Dinosaurs rule the Earth one last time in Jurassic World: Dominion

Joseph is returning to Scotland this month

Theatre: Donovan has a Pharaoh old time in Joseph

Scots Word of the Week: Keeker

Obituary: Alec John Such – the 'wild' man of Bon Jovi

Happy Free-range hen in a farmyard on a lovely sunny day (Gallus gallus domesticus).

Roast chicken? No, for Iron Age Britons the fowl were sacred pets

Charles Rennie Mackintosh

PREMIUM Mackintosh murder rocks the Scots art world. Book review

Vicky Allan: Shocking wild salmon decline tells tale of multiple human damages

Artwork by renowned artist and writer is being considered for listed status

Artwork by renowned artist and writer is being considered for listed status

Scotland's Home of the Year judges Kate Spiers, Anna Campbell Jones and Michael Angus

TV REVIEW: And the winner of Scotland's Home of The Year is ...

Puffins on the Isle of May, (Photo by ANDY BUCHANAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Isle of May, home to 90,000 puffins. But for how much longer?

Anti-Brexit campaigner Steve Bray poses with placards in Parliament Square outside the Houses of Parliament in London on December 30, 2020, as MPs debate the second reading of the EU Future Relationship Bill.

PREMIUM Brexit: The nightmare years seen through the eyes of France

Everything I Know About Love (L-R) Marli Siu as Nell, Emma Appleton as Maggie, Bel Powley as Birdy and Aliyah Odoffin as Amara

TV: New drama dives into the crux of female friendships

Elon Musk has been known to personally conduct interviews, always asking one key question

Issue of the day: Could you answer Elon Musk's interview question?

Kate Spiers, Anna Campbell Jones and Michael Angus, Scotland's Home of the Year judges. IWC Media/BBC Scotland

Alison Rowat's TV preview: Scotland's Home of the Year; We Own This City; Avoidance

Clive Myrie with a replica of a crown worn by Henry VIII. The Royal Collection Trust/Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Louis Caulfield

Alison Rowat's TV review: Springwatch; The Crown Jewels; Borgen; Here We Go; The Other One