Curious City Podcast - Pollok Country Park

Episode 4 - Parkrun, hunting hounds, park rangers, hedgehogs
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In this episode of Curious City, host David Scott is joined by our guest, broadcast journalist and television presenter, Rona Dougall.

Featured, in this episode:

Photograph of tv presenter and broadcaster Rona Dougall in the Burrell Collection

Rona Dougall

This episode's guest

Rona Dougall is best known as a journalist, and as a television presenter. Rona's current projects include presenting Scotland Tonight on STV.

Rona Dougall on X / Twitter
Photograph showing runners at the Parkrun 5k event in Pollok Country Park

Parkrun

Alan Braidwood goes to Parkrun and hears from the Run Director and the runners about what makes it so popular.

Parkrun - Pollok Park
Photographs show curator Ralph Moffat standing in front of a tapestry called The Boar Hunt.

Hunting Hounds

David Scott meets Ralph Moffat

Boar Hunt tapestry in Collections Navigator
Photograph showing a beautiful sunlight woodland scene in spring with bluebells in bloom.

Park Ranger

Bryony Bates meets the park rangers and discovers how the animals and plants change from season to season.

Photograph showing Glasgow Life Learning and Access Curator Caroline Currie with two pupils from St Convols

Animals in the park

Learning and Access curator Caroline Currie meets Harry and Hiba and their favourite animals in the park.

Shield of Arms with Three Hedgehogs