The Scottish Highlands
Clare Balding charts how incomers - a diverse group which includes Dr Johnson and an occupying English army - have changed our view of the Scottish Highlands.
Clare Balding's two-wheeled odyssey to re-discover Britain by bicycle hits the Scottish Highlands, uncovering a series of vivid human stories connected to this stunning landscape.
Clare is following the wheeltracks of compulsive cyclist and author Harold Briercliffe, whose evocative guide books of the late 1940s painted a picture of by-passed Britain - a world of unspoiled villages, cycle touring clubs and sunny B-roads.
Carrying a set of Harold's Cycling Touring Guides for company and riding his very own bicycle, Clare goes in search of the world he described and charts how a series of incomers have changed our view of the Highlands - a diverse group which includes Dr Johnson, an English army of occupation, a North American spruce tree and author Gavin Maxwell, plus otter.
And for those wondering whatever happened to TV naturalist Terry Nutkins, the answer is revealed.
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Clare Balding |
Executive Producer | Steve Bailey |
Director | Alison Pinkney |
Broadcasts
- Tue 24 Aug 2010 20:30
- Wed 25 Aug 2010 01:25
- Fri 27 Aug 2010 00:05
- Mon 30 Aug 2010 03:40
- Thu 23 Dec 2010 09:45
- Tue 1 Mar 2011 20:00
- Fri 1 Apr 2011 19:00麻豆官网首页入口 Two England
- Mon 4 Apr 2011 17:15麻豆官网首页入口 Two Northern Ireland
- Wed 6 Apr 2011 19:00麻豆官网首页入口 Two Scotland
- Sat 8 Oct 2011 17:20麻豆官网首页入口 Two Wales
- Sun 5 Jan 2014 19:00
- Tue 29 Apr 2014 01:35
- Tue 8 Jul 2014 20:00
- Wed 9 Jul 2014 01:30