The Last King of Scotland (film) The Last King of Scotland (film) The Last King of Scotland is a 2006 historical drama film based on Giles Foden's novel "The Last King of Scotland" (1998), adapted by screenwriters Peter Morgan and Jeremy Brock, and directed by Kevin Macdonald. The film was a co-production between companies from the United Kingdom and Germany. The film tells the fictional story of Nicholas Garrigan (James McAvoy), a young Scottish doctor who travels to Uganda and becomes the personal physician of President Idi Amin (Forest Whitaker). The film is based on events of Amin's rule, and the title comes from a reporter
XFM Scotland (2006) station was Xfm London and the rebranding in Scotland occurred four months before the expected launch of Xfm Manchester. Normal XFM Scotland programmes were launched by breakfast presenter Dominik Diamond on 4 January 2006.The first record to be played on XFM Scotland was 'Loaded' by Primal Scream. (The first record to be played on Beat 106 was ""Revolution"" by The Beatles.) On 11 February 2008 GCap Media announced that they would be selling the analogue licence for the station. On 28 August 2008, Jim Gellatly announced that his last show would be broadcast that day and he would be leaving