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Scotland: Towering Ambitions

David Dimbleby travels north of the border to find out how Scotland developed a style of building quite different from that in England.

Join him on a journey from the extraordinary visions of Stirling Castle to the Scottish baronial of Dunrobin; from the crofter's community of Gearrannan on the Isle of Lewis to Charles Rennie Mackintosh's masterpiece, The Glasgow School of Art; and ending up at the new Scottish Parliament building in Edinburgh.
Begins 9pm, BBC One, Sunday 17th June

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  1. The East: A New Dawn

  Beginning with the spectacular Ely Cathedral, David Dimbleby's journey embraces the Medieval experience. Location list

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  2. The Heart of England: Living It Up

  A journey through the Elizabethan England where domestic comfort and luxury replace Medieval restraint.
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  3. Scotland: Towering Ambitions

  David Dimbleby explores a thousand years of Scottish architecture ending up at the Scottish Parliament Building. Visit the BBC busLocation list

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  4. The West: Putting On The Style

  Sumptuous Georgian Britain reveals its grace and elegance as David Dimbleby enjoys a tour of western Britain.
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  5. The North: Full Steam Ahead

  The great Victorian construction boom attempts to build a way out of appalling social conditions in Britain's cities.
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  6. The South: Dreams of Tomorrow

  A journey through utopian Garden Cities, commuters' dream houses and the hi-tech City of London.
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