Miriam Margolyes and Alan Cumming get LOST IN SCOTLAND tonight on ABC

Actors Miriam Margolyes and Alan Cumming roll back the decades and return to their Scottish roots.

Part rediscovery, part revelation and always a total riot.

Starting in Glasgow, Miriam and Alan visit the street where Miriam’s Jewish family first lived in Scotland, then journey north into the Highlands.

Alan learns about his ancestral past at Cawdor Castle, then they meet up with fellow actor Bill Paterson and stop off in Carnoustie, where things take a somber turn as Alan remembers his abusive childhood.

Miriam & Alan: Lost in Scotland – Series 1, Episode 1 airs Thursday 20 January at 8.30pm on ABC and iview