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A weekly round-up of GMS’s Saturday Edition.

Good Morning Scotland: The Weekend Edition

This edition includes: Strathclyde University political scientist Sir John Curtice analyses the chances of a second Scottish independence referendum; BBC Scotland arts correspondent Pauline McLean talks to Tartan Noir author, Liam McIlvanney about his latest novel, The Quaker, writing about Scottish crime from the remove of New Zealand, and his father, the writer William McIlvanney. In the Reporter's Notebook, BBC Orkney's Huw Williams examines ancient graffiti inside St Magnus Cathedral , and BBC science correspondent, Ken MacDonald discusses the lunar phenomenon of the blood moon. .

Good Morning Scotland: The Weekend Edition 19/20 January, 2019

This edition contains: how can the Venezuelan humanitarian crisis be ended? Tom Long, Assistant Professor in New Rising World Powers at Warwick University, and Asa Cusack, Managing Editor of the Latin America and Caribbean Centre at London School of Economics, discuss the options. BBC South America correspondent Katy Watson on the fall-out from the collapse of the Brazilian dam, and as a government group is reportedly planning an economic strategy in the event of no deal with options ranging from cutting taxes to deregulation and slashing tariffs, Matthew Kilcoyne of the Adam Smith Institute and Jonathan Portes, Professor of Economics at Kings College, London  discuss where the plans leave Britain's economic prospects and whether the country could be heading for a low tax, deregulated economy. And In our Long Interview, Bill Whiteford speaks to the architectural historian, writer and broadcaster, Anna Keay.

Good Morning Scotland: The Weekend Edition 09/10 February, 2019

This edition includes: mining companies are looking at the ocean bed as the next source of metals and minerals in tech production, but does the potential environmental damage mean it should be off-limits to development? Chris Williams, managing director of UK Seabed Resources and Monica Verbeek, Executive Director of the environmental organisation, Seas at Risk, discuss. The decades-old spat between Greece and the UK over ownership of the Elgin Marbles blew up again this week. Journalist Anthee Carassava reports on the latest bust-up and how Greek sensitivities over the subject have deepened in recent years. The Scottish Government agreed to increase spending and powers for local authorities this week, but the problem of council funding remains an apparently intractable issue. Johanna Boyd, former Labour leader of Stirling Council, and Richard Kerley, Professor of Management at Queen Margaret University, examine potential alternatives to the current system and the political obstacles they face. It was Groundhog Day this weekend, and to mark it the show invited Ryan Gilbey, film critic for The Guardian and The New Statesman, to discuss the 1993 film inspired by the curious event, its abiding popularity and the many mystical interpretations of it.

Good Morning Scotland: The Weekend Edition, 2/3 February, 2019

This episode contains: Professor Richard Kerley from Queen Margaret University's Centre for Scottish Public Policy, examines why councils are being forced to cut services and where the blame should lie; BBC health correspondent Lisa Summers looks at why the Queen Elizabeth hospital is in the headlines at the moment; author and activist Candace Allen discusses the real story behind the Hollywood film, Green Book, and in the Long Interview, Bill Whiteford speaks to the literary scholar Prof Cairns Craig about the interplay between Scotland's culture and politics.

Good Morning Scotland: The Weekend Edition 26/17 January, 2019

This edition contains: Maryland Democratic Congressman John Sarbanes on plans to curb the influence of money and lobbyists on Washington politics; the rise of neo-authoritarian states in Europe with Professor Matthew Feldman, Director of the Centre for the Analysis of the Radical Right at Teeside University;Fevzi Turkalp, tech expert with GadgetDetective.com on the coming revolution in mobile phone technology with the roll-out of 5G; and in the Long Interview, Bill Whiteford speaks to Professor Leigh Sparks of Stirling University's Institute for Retail Studies about the challenges the high street faces.

This edition contains: Maryland Democratic Congressman John Sarbanes on plans to curb the influence of money and lobbyists on Washington politics; the rise of neo-authoritarian states in Europe with Professor Matthew Feldman, Director of the Centre for the Analysis of the Radical Right at Teeside University;Fevzi Turkalp, tech expert with <a href="http://GadgetDetective.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">GadgetDetective.com</a> on the coming revolution in mobile phone technology with the roll-out of 5G; and in the Long Interview, Bill Whiteford speaks to Professor Leigh Sparks of Stirling University's Institute for Retail Studies about the challenges the high street faces.

Good Morning Scotland: The Weekend Edition 05/96 January 2019

This episode includes: the impact of a ‘no deal’ Brexit is dissected by international law specialist Kirsteen Shields from Edinburgh University's New Global Academy of Agriculture and Food Security, then analysed by Vicky Pryce, chief economic adviser at the Centre for Economics and Business Research, and the journalist and political commentator and editor of Scot-Buzz, Bill Jamieson; Malachi O’Doherty considers a year of upheaval in Northern Irish politics; the abiding influence on Christmas of horror writer M.R. James is discussed by actor Robert Lloyd-Parry, while Steve Owens, astronomer at Glasgow Science Centre, discusses the importance of the Apollo 8 space mission 50 years on. In the Long Interview, Bill Whiteford speaks to Adrian Turpin, the artistic director of Wigton Book Festival, and the BBC’s Ian Hamilton presents a special report on the rise and fall of the high street icon Woolworths, 10 years on from its collapse.

Good Morning Scotland: The Weekend Edition 22/23 December, 2018

This edition includes: author Simon Sebag-Montefiore discusses his new book Written in History: Letters that changed the World, with Bill Whiteford in the Long Interview; Bjorn Lomborg, director of the environmental think tank, the Copenhagen Consensus Centre, discusses the challenges politicians face in making effective climate change policy workable for domestic politics; Prof Steve Tsang, Director of SOAS China Institute, unpicks the politics behind the trans-global spat between America and China and what it means for the ongoing trade-war between the two countries, and in this week's Reporter's Notebook, Greek journalist Anthee Carassava writes about the migrant crisis on the island of Samos.

Good Morning Scotland: The Weekend Edition 15/16 October, 2018

This edition contains: has Assad's government triumphed finally in the Syrian conflict? Rosemary Hollis of City University, London and John Peterson from Edinburgh University discuss the implications of such a victor. As the standoff between Parliament and the Westminster Government over Brexit continues, the BBC’s David Porter, constitutional expert, Michael Keating, France 24’s Benedicte Paviot and RTE’s man in Brussels, Tony Connelly, look at the impact of the crisis. For the Reporter's Notebook, Caracas-based reporter, Carlos Camacho explains how the economic crisis in Venezuela is affecting people’s health, and in this week's Long Interview, Bill Whiteford unpacks the ideas behind the question 'when is country rich enough?', with the political scientist Katherine Trebeck, co-author of the co-author of The Economics of Arrival.

Good Morning Scotland: The Weekend Edition 12/13 January, 2019

This edition includes: following another year of violence and suffering in Syria and Yemen, Rosemary Hollis, Professor of Middle East Policy Studies at City University London, Omar Imady, Deputy Director of the Centre for Syrian Studies at St Andrews University and Dr Tom Clonan, a military analyst, look at what the prospects for peace in the Middle East are; political journalist Jim Cusick looks at how the Government's Brexit negotiations went off the rails in 2018; author Shaughnessy Bishop-Stall discusses his quest to find the perfect hangover cure, and Bill Whiteford looks back at the Empire Exhibition, held in Glasgow's Bellahouston Park in 1938.

Good Morning Scotland: The Weekend Edition 29/30 December, 2018

This edition includes: as constitutional tensions reach boiling point in Spain over Catalonia, Guy Hedgecoe examines the turmoil in this week's Reporter's Notebook, and Gordon Brewer speaks to Clara Ponsati, a former minister with the Catalan administration which failed in its attempt to secede from Spain. And with the ISIS redoubt of Baghuz in Syria about to fall, AFP journalist Maya Gebeily reports on the flow of refugees arriving at coalition force lines seeking refuge, while Dr Katherine Brown, a specialist in Islamic studies at Birmingham University, discusses how so-called jihadi brides returning to the UK from the battle zone can be rehabilitated into normal society. In the Long Interview, Bill Whiteford discusses the tangled issue of squaring emotive medical issues with government policy with Alison Britton, Professor of Healthcare and Medical Law at Glasgow Caledonian University, who headed the investigation into the independent review on mesh implants.

This edition includes: as constitutional tensions reach boiling point in Spain over Catalonia, Guy Hedgecoe examines the turmoil in this week's Reporter's Notebook, and Gordon Brewer speaks to Clara Ponsati, a former minister with the Catalan administration which failed in its attempt to secede from Spain. <br>And with the ISIS redoubt of Baghuz in Syria about to fall, AFP journalist Maya Gebeily reports on the flow of refugees arriving at coalition force lines seeking refuge, while Dr Katherine Brown, a specialist in Islamic studies at Birmingham University, discusses how so-called jihadi brides returning to the UK from the battle zone can be rehabilitated into normal society. <br>In the Long Interview, Bill Whiteford discusses the tangled issue of squaring emotive medical issues with government policy with Alison Britton, Professor of Healthcare and Medical Law at Glasgow Caledonian University, who headed the investigation into the independent review on mesh implants.

Good Morning Scotland: The Weekend Edition 16/17 February, 2019

This edition contains: with Britain on the brink of leaving the EU, BBC special correspondent Alan Little sets out on a tour of the UK to find out what the population feels after two years of divisive debate over what Brexit should mean. Following a spate of knife crime deaths involving teenagers BBC Home Affairs correspondent Reevel Alderson examines and contrasts Scotland's situation. With the collapse of the Russian ceasefire in the Syrian province of Idlib seemingly more likely, Herald foreign affairs editor David Pratt and Save the Children's Caroline Anning discuss the backdrop to the situation and the worsening humanitarian crisis the surrounding it. And in our long interview, Bill Whiteford discusses star gazing and space travel with astronomers Heather Couper and Nigel Henbest.

Good Morning Scotland: The Weekend Edition 9/10 March, 2019

BBC Scotland's Pauline McLean in conversation with Scottish singer/songwriter, Fish.

Long Interview: Fish

Saturday 30 May, 2020

What happens to the economy after Covid-19? BBC Scotland's Douglas Fraser investigates.

Special Report: What will the economy look like after Covid-19?

Annie Louise Ross

BBC Scotland's Pauline McLean in conversation with actress Annie Louise Ross.

Long Interview: Annie Louise Ross

Saturday 23 May, 2020

Sergio Casci

BBC Scotland's Craig Williams in conversation with screenwriter Sergio Casci.

Long Interview: Sergio Casci

Saturday 16 May, 2020

Simon Boxall

Bill Whiteford speaks to Dr Simon Boxall about the Deepwater Horizon crisis 10 years on.

Long Interview: Doctor Simon Boxall

Saturday 9 May, 2020

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