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Fred meets the creative force behind one of Scotland’s favourite TV sitcoms – – Ford Kiernan and Greg Hemphill as they prepare for a huge comeback, .

In all, over 200,000 people will have the chance to see the stars of Still Game, seven years after the last series ended. Fred investigates why we still love the show enough to be excited about its return. And he learns about the challenges for the cast in recreating their characters on stage at one of Scotland’s biggest live arenas.

What do you get the woman who has everything? Martel heads to the Palace of Holyroodhouse to find out.

The Queen has made over 200 visits to Commonwealth countries and is the most travelled monarch in history. In the year that the Commonwealth Games come to Scotland, .

As the after travelling through the Commonwealth, we go to the one place where we can get a glimpse of the whole Commonwealth before the games. Martel chooses her top five gifts and asks the people of Edinburgh what they’d give the Queen as a gift — she gets some unusual responses!

DJ Ally McCrae visits the home of and meets the festival organiser, who tells us how the quiet rural Idyll of Balado near Kinross is transformed into Scotland’s biggest music festival.

As T in the Park enters its final year at that site, Ally also meets some of the locals to find out exactly how they have been getting involved in this festival over the years.

Fred MacAulay travels to Montrose to learn about .Ìý

Bamse is celebrated for saving the lives of two Norwegian sailors stationed in Montrose and Dundee during World War Two. These acts of bravery earned him a PDSA gold medal, the animal equivalent of the George Cross. On his visit to Montrose, Fred discovers more about Bamse from St Bernard lovers, meets a woman who remembers him fondly from her childhood and spends some quality time with the dogs themselves.

This year marks the 70th anniversary of Bamse’s death and the townspeople of Montrose is preparing to pay their respects and celebrate his achievements. The Norwegian Navy will dock in Montrose on 21 July – for what will probably be the final time – to join in the celebrations, when there will be a parade of sea cadets, bagpipers and St Bernards.

Martel Maxwell visits the site of the where she learns about one of the more unusual events taking place there this August: an attempt to break a 154-year-old weight lifting record.

In 1860, Scottish sportsman Donald Dinnie completed a feat of weightlifting legend when he carried two stones weighing a total of 351kg over the 17-foot-wide Potarch Bridge in Royal Deeside. At this year’s Aboyne Highland Games, one of Britain’s strongest men will attempt to take on this Herculean challenge. Martel delves into the story of Donald Dinnie and meets Mark Felix, the strongman taking on this feat, as he shows her how he prepares for such an event.

Comedian Susan Calman investigates one of the safest and strangest places in the country: . On its 20th anniversary as a visitor attraction, she discovers why this place is definitely worth getting along to.

During the Cold War, this massive underground bunker was the scene of enemy aircraft tracking and preparations for the worst of all eventualities: nuclear attack. Susan unearths the secret plans for what might have happened and meets one of the people who once worked here. She also finds out from the owner how, with the help of the Ministry of Defence, he was able to recreate exactly what the bunker would have looked like when it was still operational.