John MacKay is one of Scotland’s best known broadcasters. His career as a reporter and presenter has spanned from the Thatcher Years to the Independence Referendum and beyond. MacKay has been witness to the major stories in the country’s recent past.
These include the tragedies of Lockerbie and Dunblane; the creation of the Scottish Parliament; the drama of elections and referendums; interviews with Prime Ministers and First Ministers; sporting triumphs and tears; the Queen’s death in Scotland; and much of the colour in between.
MacKay’s career has been nothing if not varied. Using archive scripts, interview transcripts, recollections and personal diaries, he tells the story of one of the most tumultuous periods in Scotland’s peacetime history.
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