Henry McLeish, former First Minister of Scotland and Tom Brown, one of Scotland's leading political commentators, are joined by eminent psychologist Anne Ellis as they follow on from their politically provocative Scotland: The Road Divides by putting Scotland on a therapist's couch.

They asses what in our past has led to a present nation that is such a strange clamjamfry. Light and dark, brash but with a constant chip on it's shoulder, Scotland's Jekyll and Hyde nature is shown to have had led to serious social and political problems including anti-social behaviour, and borderline or real poverty.