My Kind Of Town
My Kind Of Town is a documentary on Yesterday. Ian Hamilton and his guide dog, Major, explore the past, present and future of towns across Scotland. The program has been available since 2025. A total of 13 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in February 2026.
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My Kind Of Town
Ian and Major’s next stop is Hawick, a town with proud traditions and nestled in the Borders. Ian joins a battle re-enactment, learns about weaving and plays some rugby.
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Ian and Major head to Wick, a royal burgh in Caithness and once a vast herring port. The town is now trying to maximise tourism from its location on the North Coast 500.
Ian and Major head to the once-popular seaside resort of Girvan to find out how much it has changed.
Series 4
Ian and Major are in Stromness, the second-largest town in Orkney. The pair visit one of the best-preserved wartime sites in the UK, go on a fishing trip and even try some weightlifting at a new gym.
Ian and Major head to Kirkcudbright, also known as Scotland’s Art Town.
Series 6
Ian Hamilton and his guide dog Major travel to Peterhead, traditionally the home of fishing and energy but now looking to renewables.
Ian Hamilton and his guide dog Major visit Alloa, a town famous for brewing and glassmaking. Ian takes on a judo champion and tries the beer at the town’s last remaining brewery.
Series 2 25:00
25:00Ian and Major head to Stornoway - the capital of the Western Isles - to learn about its plans for a big new harbour to attract cruise ships and more business investment.
25:00Ian and Major head to Angus and the town of Arbroath, a fine red sandstone town which nestles around its historic abbey.
35:00Ian and Major head to Shotts in North Lanarkshire, a town that has been feeling a bit unloved and down on its luck since the closing of its iron foundry.
25:00Ian Hamilton finds out about Cumnock's ambition to become Scotland's first green town through hi-tech renewable energy systems and using digital and smart technologies.
Series 1 25:00
25:00Ian Hamilton and his guide dog Major are off to Annan in Dumfries and Galloway to learn how the industrially important town is adapting to the modern world.
25:00Ian Hamilton and his guide dog Major are off to Blairgowrie and Rattray in Perthshire to find out how people there feel about the place and what its future holds.