READERS of the Evening Times get a rare chance to go behind the scenes tonight when a new documentary about the newspaper and its sister titles airs on BBC One.

Awardwinning film-maker and producer Sarah Howitt was given unprecedented access to our offices for the two-part series The Papers, which tells the inside story of the shared newsroom of The Herald, The National and Evening Times.

The cameras captured editors, reporters and photographers battling to cover Brexit, the biggest story of our generation.

As well as showcasing the juggling demands of keeping up with the rolling news agenda in both print and online, the fly-on-the-wall documentary has in-depth interviews with staff and editors of each title as they battle to succeed in a fiercely competitive market.

The successful launches of the Herald on Sunday and the Sunday National, as well as the digital transformation of the newsroom, are also covered.

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The Herald was founded in 1783 and is the longest running national newspaper in the world and is the eighth oldest daily paper in the world. Pro-independence title The National is currently the best performing newspaper in Newsquest, both in print and in digital.

Donald Martin, editor of The Herald said: “We have a team of brilliant journalists working tremendously hard to provide quality content across all our titles, in print and online.

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“Much of that great work goes unseen and this was a fantastic opportunity to provide a rare insight for our existing readership and, hopefully, engage with a potential new audience.

“I’m extremely proud of our editorial team and anyone watching will see why - they are eloquent, passionate, caring, professional and with a tremendous pride in what they do.”