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A History of Scotland

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Runtime: 60m episodes
Genre: Documentary
Origin: GB

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Presented by Neil Oliver, A History of Scotland is a television series first broadcast in November 2008 on BBC One Scotland and later shown UK-wide on BBC Two during January 2009. The second series began on BBC One Scotland in early November 2009, with transmission at a later point on network BBC Two. Along with the series, BBC Scotland planned a range of radio programmes, a new website, an interactive game, and concerts. The Open University, in collaboration with the BBC, also created a series of audio walks around historic locations in Scotland, with narration from Oliver. In Australia, series one aired on SBS One Sundays at 7:30pm from 6 December 2009 to 3 January 2010. Series two commenced on 24 October 2010 running until 21 November in the same Sunday night Lost Worlds strand. It has since been repeated.

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Status: Ended
First aired: Nov 9, 2008
Network: BBC One Scotland
Studio: BBC Scotland

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10 hrs

10 episodes. About 2 weeks at an hour a night.

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Neil Oliver

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SERIES

A History of Scotland

20082 Seasons60m episodes8.5

Documentary

TMDB8.5

Votes6

Your rating

Runtime: 60m episodes
Genre: Documentary
Origin: GB

About

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Not available to stream in United States yet.

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E1 · Airs Nov 9, 2008 · 1h 0m
The Last of the Free
At the dawn of the first millennia, there was no Scotland or England. In the first episode of this landmark series, Neil Oliver reveals the mystery of how the Gaelic Scottish Kingdom - Alba - was born, and why its role in one of the greatest battles ever fought on British soil defined the shape of Britain in the modern era.
E2 · Airs Nov 16, 2008 · 1h 0m
The Hammers of the Scots
Neil Oliver charts the 13th century story of the two ruthless men who helped transform the Gaelic kingdom of Alba into the Scotland we recognise today. While Alexander II forged Scotland in blood and violence, William Wallace's resistance to the nation-breaking King Edward I of England hammered national consciousness into the Scots.
E3 · Airs Nov 24, 2008 · 1h 0m
Bishop Makes King
Robert Bruce's 22-year struggle to secure the Scots' independence is one of the most important chapters in Scotland's story. Neil Oliver explores the crucial role the Scottish church played in promoting the cause of Robert Bruce, how they launched repeated propaganda campaigns, both at home and abroad, and how the famous 1320 Declaration of Arbroath ultimately persuaded the Pope to finally recognise Scotland as an independent nation.
E4 · Airs Dec 1, 2008 · 1h 0m
Language is Power
At one time, Gaelic Scotland - the people and the language - was central to the collective identity of Scots. But as Neil Oliver reveals, Scotland's infamous Highland/Lowland divide was the result of a family struggle that divided the kingdom. This is the story of how the centralising policies of the Stewart royal family in the 15th century led to the Gaels being perceived as rebels and outsiders.
E5 · Airs Dec 8, 2008 · 1h 0m
Project Britain
Neil Oliver describes how the ambitions of two of Scotland's Stuart monarchs were the driving force that united two ancient enemies, and set them on the road to the Great Britain we know today. While Mary Queen of Scots plotted to usurp Elizabeth I and seize the throne of England, her son James dreamt of a more radical future: a Protestant Great Britain.

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Status: Ended
First aired: Nov 9, 2008
Network: BBC One Scotland
Studio: BBC Scotland

Time to finish

10 hrs

10 episodes. About 2 weeks at an hour a night.

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Cast

Neil Oliver

Self — Presenter

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