{"id":17746,"date":"2022-03-08T10:54:31","date_gmt":"2022-03-08T15:54:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/martin-compston-travels-around-scotland-new-bbc-series\/"},"modified":"2022-03-08T10:54:31","modified_gmt":"2022-03-08T15:54:31","slug":"martin-compston-travels-around-scotland-in-new-bbc-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/martin-compston-travels-around-scotland-in-new-bbc-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Martin Compston Travels Around Scotland in New BBC Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BBC Scotland and BBC Factual have co-commissioned <em>Martin Compston\u2019s Scottish Fling<\/em> (working title), following the actor on a trip around his homeland.<\/p>\n<p>Produced by Tern Television, the series sees Compston return to Scotland from his family home in Las Vegas. Across six episodes, Compston and a friend travel all corners of the country and find the most exciting experiences that modern Scotland has to offer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;ve traveled all over the country for work and leisure\u2014but this is the first time I&#8217;ll be meeting real modern Scots on camera, sharing their thoughts and passions,\u201d Compston said. \u201cWe&#8217;re excited to get stuck in and experience the best that Scotland has to offer in the 21st century.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Louise Thornton, head of commissioning at BBC Scotland, said, \u201cWe are thrilled to be working with Martin Compston on this new series and to let viewers see another side to one of the country\u2019s top acting talents as he and his friend Phil take a deep dive into contemporary Scotland. It is a really exciting project, developed by Tern TV and BBC Scotland, working in partnership with BBC Two as part of our ongoing commitment to more nations and network co-production.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMarrying Britain\u2019s top talent with their passions is a Tern sweet spot,\u201d added David Marshall, head of entertainment at Tern Television. \u201cMartin is royalty in Scotland and a passionate patriot, so who better to take viewers on an entertaining journey? But this series isn\u2019t just a sedate tour of the familiar sites\u2013it\u2019s a visceral and experiential trip, contrasting hilarious moments and fascinating revelations with universal themes of identity, friendship and social good.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BBC Scotland and BBC Factual have co-commissioned Martin Compston\u2019s Scottish Fling (working title), following the actor on a trip around his homeland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":17747,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[5739,714,4593],"class_list":["post-17746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-bbc-factual","tag-bbc-scotland","tag-tern-television","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Martin Compston Travels Around Scotland in New BBC Series - TVREAL<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/martin-compston-travels-around-scotland-in-new-bbc-series\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Martin Compston Travels Around Scotland in New BBC Series - TVREAL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"BBC Scotland and BBC Factual have co-commissioned Martin Compston\u2019s Scottish Fling (working title), following the actor on a trip around his homeland.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/martin-compston-travels-around-scotland-in-new-bbc-series\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVREAL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-03-08T15:54:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/07\/BBCScotland-MartinCompston-0322.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"320\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/martin-compston-travels-around-scotland-in-new-bbc-series\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/martin-compston-travels-around-scotland-in-new-bbc-series\/\",\"name\":\"Martin Compston Travels Around Scotland in New BBC Series - TVREAL\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-03-08T15:54:31+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-03-08T15:54:31+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/martin-compston-travels-around-scotland-in-new-bbc-series\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/martin-compston-travels-around-scotland-in-new-bbc-series\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/martin-compston-travels-around-scotland-in-new-bbc-series\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Martin Compston Travels Around Scotland in New BBC Series\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/\",\"name\":\"TVREAL\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\",\"name\":\"Jamie Stalcup\",\"description\":\"Jamie Stalcup is the executive editor of World Screen. 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