A former political journalist, Les Wilson is Creative Director of Caledonia TV, directing and executive producing documentaries on Scottish history, the British monarchy (Scotland's War, The Enchanted Glass), and many programmes in the Scottish Gaelic language on literature and arts. He is co-author (with Seona Robertson) of Scotland's War and has a novel and several history books to his name: Islay Voices, The Drowned and the Saved: How War Came to the Hebrides (winner of Scotland's National Book Awards, history) and Putting the Tea in Britain: How Scots Invented our National Drink.