Part 1: Rocks, Con Gillen; landscapes, Con Gillen; the Borders in prehistory, Stratford Halliday; the Romans, Lawrence Keppie; the early historic period, Chris Morris; the early medieval period in the Borders, Walter Elliot; War of Independence to the Union of the Crowns, Walter Elliot; Union of the Crowns to Union of Parliament, Walter Elliot; modern times - 18th-20th centuries, John Baldwin. Part 2: Abbeys and churches, Innes Macleod; castles and country houses, Innes Macleod; the Selkirk Papers, Walter Elliot; the discovery of the Borders - Sir Walter Scott, Claire Lamont; the burghs, towns and villages, Walter Elliot; Borders place names, Ian Fraser; dialect, James Mather; the ballads of the Borders, Roger Kendall; Borders traditions - folklore and music, Lady Judy Steel; Borders tradition - common ridings, Lady Judy Steel; the King's Own Scottish Borderers, Brigadier Frank Coutts; rugby football, Brigadier Frank Coutts; Border archives and local history, Ros Brown.
