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  1. Episode 8

    Billy Kay explores contemporary Scottish literature, language and politics.

  2. A Beacon in the Darkness

    Billy Kay celebrates the flourishing of Scottish literature in the later 20th century.

  3. Sunset Songs

    Billy Kay celebrates the literary renaissance of MacDiarmid, Gibbon and Gunn.

  4. Twa Corbies and Tartan Noir

    Billy Kay explores the dark side of Scotland's literature from ballads to tartan noir.

  5. Wizards of the North

    Billy Kay explores the legacy of Scott, Ossian, Burns and Byron in the Romantic movement.

  6. The Solace of Mankind

    Billy Kay explores the ballads and the Scots revival led by Ramsay, Fergusson and Burns.

  7. Lament for the Makars

    Billy Kay celebrates the golden age of the Makars, from Dunbar to Douglas and Montgomerie.

  8. The Flouer o Nationheid

    Billy Kay celebrates Scottish literature and its importance to national identity.