Banjo hits a home run

TV favourite back with a bang as he and his partner look to transform historic building

- BY RICK FULTON

BIG JOB Banjo, Ro and pet pup at Ulva House

BANJO Beale is putting down his Scots roots on the island of Ulva - and it feels like a home from home.

The Scotland's Home of the Year host is back with a new show alongside husband Rohan “Ro” Christopher as they renovate Ulva House in the Inner Hebrides - a stately home on the island known as the historical seat of Clan Macquarie.

In the six-part series for BBC Scotland, which starts tonight, the pair will be seen breathing new life into the building.

In a twist of fate, Ulva is where Lachlan Macquarie was born.

The Scot is known as the Father of Australia and established Bathurst in Queensland where Banjo was brought up.

As a child he even played near the Macquarie River, named after the British soldier and governor of New South Wales.

It has taken Banjo 10,000 miles and many different jobs to arrive on the island.

He admitted: "The connection is wild. But this is our home now and we are putting down roots.