From Sunday 14th April 2013 at 3pm on BBC Radio Four for three consecutive Sundays, David Tennant starred in a series of radio plays written by Walter Scott.

The first story was The Fair Maid Of Perth, the second was be Rob Roy and the final story was Waverly.

In June / July 2014 BBC Radio Four broadcast another series of three plays (also featuring David), starting with The Bride Of Lammermoor on 29th June at 3pm. The other two plays were Ivanhoe and Redgauntlet .

In August 2015 BBC Radio Four broadcast a third series of three plays (also featuring David), starting with Heart Of Midlothian on Sunday 2nd August at 3pm.

The dramas could be heard worldwide on the BBC Radio Four website plus we posted a MP3 afterwards too.

The Fair Maid Of Perth (14/4/13)
Catherine, the beautiful daughter of a glover in lawless 14th-century Scotland, is romantically pursued by a warmongering blacksmith, a poetising prince, a clansman and a bumbling bonnet-maker. She faces the dilemma of whether to marry the man she loves, or obey her father by betrothing herself to Christ.
MP3 of The Fair Maid Of Perth.

Rob Roy (21/4/13)
Young poet Frank defies his father's wishes and is banished to the north to live with his uncle, where he falls for his beautiful, mysterious cousin, Die Vernon. He slowly discovers her secret and the motives of the notorious Rob Roy. This dramatisation is set in the 1920s.
MP3 of Rob Roy.

Waverley (28/4/13)
Edward Waverley, a newly commissioned redcoat officer, is sent to Scotland on the eve of Bonnie Prince Charlie's violent bid for power, where his heart is conquered by two very different girls.
MP3 of Waverley.

The Bride Of Lammermoor (29/6/14)
The novel is set in the Lammermuir Hills of south-east Scotland at the beginning of the 18th Century and tells of a tragic love affair between young Lucy Ashton and her family's enemy Edgar Ravenswood.
The Ashtons and Ravenswoods have been enemies for centuries - but will a proposed union between the warring families finally bring peace?
MP3 of The Bride of Lammermoor.

Ivanhoe (6/7/14)
Set in 1194 after the failure of the third Crusade, King Richard I is said to be in captivity in Austria after having been taken on his way back to England. In his absence, his brother John is plotting to take over the throne.
Wilfred of Ivanhoe, son of Cedric and one of the few remaining Saxon Lords, joined Richard in the Crusade but has been disinherited by his father for showing allegiance to a Norman. Ivanhoe is rumoured to have come to the rescue of his King in his hour of need but has since disappeared. Is he alive? Rowenna - the woman he loves - anxiously waits for news.
MP3 of Ivanhoe.

Redgauntlet (13/7/14)
Alan Fairford is destined to become a lawyer but is distracted from his studies by the sudden disappearance of his best friend Danny Latimer.
Danny's absence seems to be connected with the sudden appearance of Stuart Galloway - aka Redgauntlet - who has business with Alan's father, Alexander.
But who is Redgauntlet? And what is his mission?
Alan Fairford sets out to find out the answers and hopefully to rescue his friend.
MP3 of Redgauntlet.

Heart Of Midlothian (2/8/15)
Heart Of Midlothian begins with a trial for child murder and then never lets the tension drop with disguises, thwarted love, hazardous journeys, kidnappings, rescues and a shy, retiring heroine who will stop at nothing to undo the terrible damage her virtue has done.
MP3 of Heart Of Midlothian.

The Antiquary (9/8/15)
The Antiquary is a novel by Sir Walter Scott about an amateur historian, archaeologist and collector of items of dubious antiquity. Although he is the eponymous character, he is not necessary the hero as many of the characters around him undergo far more significant journeys or change. Instead, he provides a central figure for other more exciting characters and events on which he provides a sardonic commentary. This is Scott's gothic novel, redolent with family secrets, stories of hidden treasure and hopeless love, with a mysterious, handsome young man, benighted aristocracy and a night-time funeral procession to a ruined abbey. The romance and mystery is counterpoised by some of Scott's more down-to-earth characters,and grittily unromantic events.
MP3 of The Antiquary.

The Talisman (16/8/15)
Originally set during the third Crusade, the story has been updated by Jonathan Myerson to 2011 during the Occupy London demonstrations.
The synopsis is:
Those protesters started with the same, almost ecstatic belief in the possibility of a change, but were beaten back and forced to set up camp outside.. As the original crusaders come to loathe the heat and insect life in their desert encampment outside Jerusalem, the protestors of Occupy come to much the same conclusion - as winter set in - about sleeping on the cold, wet flagstones of St. Paul's churchyard. And in much the same way, the competing groups started to feel it was time to pack and go home.
MP3 of The Talisman.