Life at the Thainstone Mart to be showcased in new series

Jan 18, 2016, 07:21 AM

Aberdeenshire's Thainstone Mart and the people who work there are to star in a new BBC documentary series, beginning tonight.

The Inverurie Market is the scene of one of the largest livestock auctions in Europe.

The six-part series of starts tonight on BBC one at 7.30.

The Mart series will follow the characters at the heart of it all - the auctioneers.

One you'll see tonight - and throughout the series - is sheep auctioneer Colin Slessor