Ten episodes of Scottish history, mythology and a three-attempt execution. Time for something to eat.

Scottish food has a reputation problem. Too many people hear the words and picture deep-fried everything and a diet that explains certain health statistics. They are wrong, and Lesley Kennedy is here to fix that, starting with haggis, still the most unfairly avoided dish in Scotland, and finishing at a seafood shack on the west coast with langoustines that came off the boat that morning. In this episode: haggis properly explained and properly defended, neeps and tatties, mince and tatties, steak pie with puff pastry only because this is Scotland and we know what we are doing, stovies made from a great-granny's recipe the details of which are not up for discussion, Cullen Skink and the specific kind of place you need to find it in, Arbroath  ...