An investigation into the quality of home care for older people - which led to the brief arrest of its journalist, who went undercover to report the story - was among the winners at a celebration of Scottish TV and film.
At the BAFTA Scotland awards last Saturday night, the News and Current Affairs title went to 'Panorama - Britain's Homecare Scandal', whose reporter, Arifa Farooq was arrested for giving false information about her identity while applying for a job that gave her access to the standards of domiciliary care.
The programme was made by the BBC Scotland Investigations Unit. In the end, the Procurator Fiscal chose not to pursue Farooq, whose efforts led to inquiry being held by the Scottish Parliament into home care contracts.
The producer was Murdoch Rodgers and the assistant producer was ex-Sunday Herald reporter, Liam McDougall.
This is the third year in a row that BBC Scotland has won the News and Current Affairs title at the Scottish BAFTAs.
Disclaimer: Murdoch is my 'brother-in-law'
"Gie him a big kiss frae me sis!"
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