Scotland — A new six-part television series is to put the Galloway forest and the people who live and work there centre stage. The Forest is produced and directed by Jack Warrender who grew up on a farm in nearby Barr in South Ayrshire. …Filmed over the course of six months and narrated by actor Mark Bonnar it looks at all aspects of life in and around the area. Forestry workers, wildlife rangers, tree planters, astronomers and rally drivers are among those to feature. …”We are producing 600,000 tonnes of timber every year out of the Galloway forest – that’s 24,000 lorry loads of timber.” …”There’s a lot going on here and it’s not just the forestry – there are a lot of environmental programmes, tourism, recreation,” he said.