Highland History
Louise Yeoman introduces programmes about the Scottish Highlands. Meet the real MacBeth, Bonnie Prince Charlie, Hector the Hero and those who claim to have seen the elusive Loch Ness Monster.
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Macbeth - Highland King
Thanks to one William Shakespeare, Macbeth is remembered as a notorious killer. But was he all bad? Historian Fiona Watson sets out to put the record straight.
Duration: 29:21
Scotland's Music
The battles between the Hanoverians and the Jacobites inspired many songs still sung today. John Purser introduces the Jacobite Manoeuvres.
Duration: 27:00
Burns Poem
Oer the Water to Charlie, read by actress Dawn Steele, star of Monarch of the Glen.
Duration: 01:33
Past Lives - Rannoch Moor
Mark Stephen explores stories of second sight, feats of Victorian engineering, ships with a mind of their own and the tale of a vanished railway community in the middle of the Moor.
Duration: 27:25
No Going Back - Highland Hydro
In 30 years over 50 major hydro-electric power schemes were built around the North of Scotland. For highland communities and the flooded glens, there was no going back.
Duration: 29:12
The Highland Cross
Poet Aonghas Macneacail sets out on a West Highland voyage of spiritual discovery.
Duration: 27:18
Burns Poem
The Highland Widow's Lament, read by actress Annette Crosby, best known for her work on One Foot in the Grave.
Duration: 02:30
Myths in the Mist
Iain MacDonald and his guests cast a rather sceptical eye over the Late Charles Edward Stuart, better known as Bonnie Prince Charlie.
Duration: 28:24
Dead Brilliant
Actress Dolina MacLennan gets in touch with her roots in the Highland Folk Museum at Kingussie in the company of curator Ross Noble.
Duration: 16:29
Past Lives
Presenter Mark Stephen is bound for Helmsdale and the Strath of Kildonan.
Duration: 24:51
The Highland Cross – Catholics
Poet Aonghas Macneacail sets out on a West Highland voyage of spiritual discovery.
Duration: 26:55
Scotland's Music
Major General Sir Hector MacDonald of the Gordon Highlanders is now perhaps best known as the kilted soldier on the recently-altered Camp Coffee label.
Duration: 28:05
On His Royal Highness's Secret Service
On His Royal Highness's Secret Service, presenter Mark Stephen tells the daring story of the Jacobite James Bond: Neil Maceachan.
Duration: 26:25
Burns Poem
The Young Highland Rover read by actress Blythe Duff, star of Taggart.
Duration: 03:20
Myths in the Mist
Presenter Iain MacDonald investigates the industry that surrounds the most famous inhabitant of the Scottish Highlands - the Loch Ness Monster.
Duration: 28:08
Burns Poem
Highland Laddie, Bonnie Laddie read by actress Annette Crosby.
Duration: 03:04
Broadcasts
- Wed 16 Jun 2010 00:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Scotland Extra
- Wed 23 Jun 2010 00:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Scotland Extra
- Wed 3 Nov 2010 00:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Scotland
- Wed 10 Nov 2010 00:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Scotland
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