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Neil Oliver Neil Oliver (born 21 February 1967) is a British television presenter, archaeologist, historian and author. He has presented several documentary series on archaeology and history, including ''A History of Scotland'', ''Vikings'', and ''Coast'' ...

, A History of Scotland is a television series first broadcast in November 2008 on

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and later shown UK-wide on

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during January 2009. The second series began on ''BBC One Scotland'' in early November 2009, with transmission at a later point on network ''BBC Two''. In Australia, series one aired on

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Sundays at 7:30pm from 6 December 2009 to 3 January 2010. Series two commenced on 24 October 2010 running until 21 November 2010. Along with the series,

BBC Scotland BBC Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: ''BBC Alba'') is a division of the BBC and the main public broadcaster in Scotland. It is one of the four BBC national regions, together with the BBC English Regions, BBC Cymru Wales and BBC Northern Ireland. I ...

planned a range of radio programs, a new website, an interactive game, and concerts.

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, in collaboration with the BBC, also created a series of audio walks around historic locations in Scotland, with narration from Oliver.

Episodes

Episodes are 60 minutes in length, with the following information sourced from the BBC website.

Series 1

Series 2

Reception

Despite being hailed by BBC Scotland as "one of its most ambitious projects ever", the show has not been without controversy. There have been some claims, on the website of the

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