The mass shift to working from home - and closures of shops, hospitality venues and tourist attractions - hollowed out Scotland's city centres.

For much of 2020 and early 2021, they resembled ghost towns.

So what happens now?

With so many people committed to working from home for at least part of the week, will coffee shops and cafes once buzzing with office workers ever open again? What will happen to all those empty units?

Will the shift to local living actually help Scotland's towns rediscover their identity, with more focus on shopping, eating and spending leisure time closer to home?

What about cities like Edinburgh, which rely so much on overseas tourists to survive and thrive? Will more city centre shops and cafes return to residential use?

This episode examines the impact of the pandemic - as experts discuss what might come next, and we ask them: 'Is city centre working dead?'

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