Filming for a new TV gameshow hosted by comedian Iain Stirling has started in St Andrews.

The Fife town’s West Sands beach is providing a backdrop for the BBC’s Race Against the Tide.

The show sees competitors build sand sculptures against the ticking clock of the incoming tide.

Photos taken by The Courier at West Sands on Monday show crews setting up huge block structures on the sand.

Crews setting up huge block structures on the beach. Image: Richard Hancox/DC Thomson

Filming will take place over the next week. Image: Richard Hancox/DC Thomson

Filming crews have set up on the beach. Image: Richard Hancox/DC Thomson

Crews preparing for filming. Image: Richard Hancox/DC Thomson

Visitors to the beach are being warned about the filming. Image: Richard Hancox/DC Thomson

Filming crews at West Sands. Image: Richard Hancox/DC Thomson

The crews have taken over a section of the beach. Image: Richard Hancox/DC Thomson

Crews set up on the beach on Monday. Image: Richard Hancox/DC Thomson

Filming is set to take place until next Tuesday (May 20) with beach visitors asked to keep dogs on leads when passing through the area.

The six-part series is hosted by Scottish comedian Stirling – best known as the narrator of Love Island – who will issue additional craft challenges throughout the show.

The sand sculptures will be judged as the tide begins to come in with a team ordered to leave the beach at the end of each episode.

Further images of the set show impressive sand sculptures on the beach created during practice sessions.

Some of the sand sculptures during a practice session. Image: Norma Lyall

One creation took the shape of a peacock. Image: Norma Lyall

Some of the sculptures at West Sands. Image: Norma Lyall

Film crews at the beach. Image: Norma Lyall

The series will be available on BBC Two, BBC Scotland and iPlayer but a release date has yet to be announced.

Meanwhile, The Courier has taken a look at five films shot in Tayside, Fife and Stirling that are set to be released.

This includes an adaptation of the novel Borges and Me, which was also partly filmed at West Sands.