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Arran to Gretna: music used in this programme

Arran to Gretna

Map showing Arran to Gretna

MUSIC IN PROGRAMME 3 - Arran to Gretna

Story: Life on Arran
Context: Neil Oliver on ferry introducing the programme and shots from ferry
TRACK TITLE: The Pipe Tunes
TRACK NUMBER: 1
CD TITLE/NUMBER: Venus in Tweeds
PERFORMED/COMPOSED BY: Shooglenifty

Context: Aerials of Arran Mountains
TRACK TITLE: Allegretto
TRACK NUMBER: 2
CD TITLE/NUMBER: Symphony No. 8
PERFORMED/COMPOSED BY: Bernard Haitink / Concertgebouw Orchestra

Context: Aerials over cloudy mysterious water
TRACK TITLE: Southern Comfort
TRACK NUMBER: 3
CD TITLE/NUMBER: Acoustic Chill - X series
PERFORMED/COMPOSED BY: Sly Silver

Story: Ardeer - Alfred Nobel
Context: Alice Roberts walking along coastal grass and also during aerial pictures of sand dunes
TRACK TITLE: Mind Control
TRACK NUMBER: 3
CD TITLE/NUMBER: Directors Cuts - Underscores
PERFORMED/COMPOSED BY: Mel Wesson

Context: Black and white archive pictures of explosive detonator
TRACK TITLE: Imagery
TRACK NUMBER: 26
CD TITLE/NUMBER: Minimalism
PERFORMED/COMPOSED BY: Peter Howard Morris

Context: Shot of a stick of dynamite and also during Alice Roberts and John Dolan standing up and walking on sand dunes
TRACK TITLE: Circle of Life 2
TRACK NUMBER: 17
CD TITLE/NUMBER: Minimalism
PERFORMED/COMPOSED BY: Laurent Dury

Context: Black and white footage of dynamite factory
TRACK TITLE: Straight Talk (b)
TRACK NUMBER: 18
CD TITLE/NUMBER: New Directions
PERFORMED/COMPOSED BY: Dave Hewson

Context: Alice Roberts and David Pittam walking along dunes and when carrying out the explosives experiment
TRACK TITLE: Cosmic Dust
TRACK NUMBER: 15
CD TITLE/NUMBER: Minimalist Vision
PERFORMED/COMPOSED BY: Patrick Wilson & Adam Routh

Context: Black and white footage of dynamite factory site
TRACK TITLE: Mysterious
TRACK NUMBER: 40
CD TITLE/NUMBER: Zone 5 - Drama
PERFORMED/COMPOSED BY: Will Palmer & Cy Samuels

Story: Troon Golf Story
Context: Computer generated map, aerials of Royal Troon and two girls playing golf
TRACK TITLE: Gorilla Goo
TRACK NUMBER: 8
CD TITLE/NUMBER: Twisted Series - Smooth
PERFORMED/COMPOSED BY: Amour/Carroll/Johnstone

Story: Prestwick Airport
Context: Shot of Glasgow Prestwick Airport sign and Prestwick Airport shots
TRACK TITLE: Turning Leaves
TRACK NUMBER: 4
CD TITLE/NUMBER: Liftmusicvolumetwo - Lucky dip
PERFORMED/COMPOSED BY: J. Etkin-Bell

Context: Black and white picture of Elvis at door of plane waving
TRACK TITLE: Always on my Mind
TRACK NUMBER: 14
CD TITLE/NUMBER: The All Time Greatest Hits
PERFORMED/COMPOSED BY: Elvis Presley

Context: Aerial of Prestwick Airport
TRACK TITLE: November 25: morning
TRACK NUMBER: 2
CD TITLE/NUMBER: Miskima
PERFORMED/COMPOSED BY: The Kronos Quartet

Context: Plane taking off at Prestwick over the ocean
TRACK TITLE: Chill Pill
TRACK NUMBER: 2
CD TITLE/NUMBER: X-Series - Chilled Beats
PERFORMED/COMPOSED BY: Justin Scott Dixon

Story: Culzean Castle & General Eisenhower
Context: View of Arran across the water at Culzean Castle
TRACK TITLE: Moonlight Serenade
TRACK NUMBER: 1
CD TITLE/NUMBER: The Popular Recordings (1938-1942)
PERFORMED/COMPOSED BY: Glenn Miller

Story: Alisa Craig
Context: Aerial across water to Ailsa Craig
TRACK TITLE: Celtic Dawn
TRACK NUMBER: 6
CD TITLE/NUMBER: Celtica
PERFORMED/COMPOSED BY: Mark Hawkins / Paul James

Context: Nicholas Crane introduction, with Ailsa Craig in background, and meeting Hew Girvan
TRACK TITLE: The Foreign Set
TRACK NUMBER: 11
CD TITLE/NUMBER: Ae Spark O Nature's Fire
PERFORMED/COMPOSED BY: Deaf Sheppard

Context: Aerial of Ailsa Craig, introduction to curling
TRACK TITLE: Minimalism
TRACK NUMBER: 2
CD TITLE/NUMBER: Minimalism
PERFORMED/COMPOSED BY: Troy Banarzi

Context: Fishing boat travelling along coast of Ailsa Craig and black and white archive of the granite quarry
TRACK TITLE: Purple Mist
TRACK NUMBER: 6
CD TITLE/NUMBER: X-Series - Acoustic Chill
PERFORMED/COMPOSED BY: Heitor Pereira

Context: Looking up at cliffs of Ailsa Craig and seabird nesting in cliffs
TRACK TITLE: Deconstruction 1
TRACK NUMBER: 10
CD TITLE/NUMBER: Minimalism
PERFORMED/COMPOSED BY: Laurent Dury

Story: Forgotten foghorn
Context: Computer generated map and introduction to the fog horn story
TRACK TITLE: Shadowman
TRACK NUMBER: 10
CD TITLE/NUMBER: Directors Cuts - Drama
PERFORMED/COMPOSED BY: Klaus Badelt

Context: Shot over cliff of fog coming in and introduction to Robert Foulis
TRACK TITLE: Reverie
TRACK NUMBER: 15
CD TITLE/NUMBER: Classical Hits Vol 4
PERFORMED/COMPOSED BY: Claude Debussy

Context: Shot of foghorn with mist coming in, and meeting Mark Horton and David Sharp
TRACK TITLE: The Heart Asks Pleasure First / The Promise (edit)
TRACK NUMBER: 20
CD TITLE/NUMBER: The Piano
PERFORMED/COMPOSED BY: Members of the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra. John Harle (Soprano), David Roach (Soprano), Andrew Findon (tenor), Michael Nyman (Piano)

Context: Fishing boat heading out to sea to carry out the experiment
TRACK TITLE: Highland Rock
TRACK NUMBER: 2
CD TITLE/NUMBER: Celtic World
PERFORMED/COMPOSED BY: Phil Cummingham

Context: Aerial of the Mull of Galloway & lighthouse
TRACK TITLE: The Ride of the Valkyries
TRACK NUMBER: 1
CD TITLE/NUMBER: Wagner Vol 1
PERFORMED/COMPOSED BY: The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Vernon Handley

Context: Alice Roberts and Jim Oliver chat about the foghorn. This piece of music is also over close up shots of waves and Mull of Galloway
TRACK TITLE: Pride
TRACK NUMBER: 39
CD TITLE/NUMBER: Drone Zone 5 - Drama
PERFORMED/COMPOSED BY: Antonio Casali

Story: Galloway Coast - St Ninian
Context: Shots of stony beach and close up of waves on stones
TRACK TITLE: O Euchari
TRACK NUMBER: 27
CD TITLE/NUMBER: Classical Hits Volume 4
PERFORMED/COMPOSED BY: Hildegard of Bingen

Context: Close up of waves on stones and flowers, aerials of St Ninian
TRACK TITLE: Steel Drum Womb
TRACK NUMBER: 9
CD TITLE/NUMBER: liftmusicvolumeeight - Audio Pie
PERFORMED/COMPOSED BY: J. Oxborrow

Context: Cat walking along curb of pavement, shot of wicker man
TRACK TITLE: Dead Alert
TRACK NUMBER: 12
CD TITLE/NUMBER: Directors Cuts - Dark Drama
PERFORMED/COMPOSED BY: Matt Gates

Context: Film clip of people burning the wicker man
TRACK TITLE: Music from Wicker Man film clip
TRACK NUMBER:
CD TITLE/NUMBER:
PERFORMED/COMPOSED BY: Paul Giovanni Gary Carpenter (uncredited)

Context: Sunset and coastline aerial, setting alight the wicker man
TRACK TITLE: The Mist
TRACK NUMBER: 24
CD TITLE/NUMBER: Celtic Connection
PERFORMED/COMPOSED BY: Frankie Hepburn and Austin Ince

Context: Evening shots of Neil Oliver at the festival, burning the wicker man
TRACK TITLE: Midnight Creeper
TRACK NUMBER: 5
CD TITLE/NUMBER: X Series - Blues
PERFORMED/COMPOSED BY: Jefferson Parish

Story: Flounder Tramping
Context: Over computer generated map, aerial shots and introduction to flounder tramping
TRACK TITLE: Buying a blanket
TRACK NUMBER: 8
CD TITLE/NUMBER: Venus in Tweeds
PERFORMED/COMPOSED BY: Shooglenifty

Story: Solway Firth Wildlife
Context: Miranda Krestovnikoff watching Barnacle Geese at night and shots of geese
TRACK TITLE: The Deep
TRACK NUMBER: 51
CD TITLE/NUMBER: Natural World
PERFORMED/COMPOSED BY: Ian Anderson

Context: Natterjack Toad on night vision and also Miranda Krestovnikoff walking on beach
TRACK TITLE: Virgin Air
TRACK NUMBER: 2
CD TITLE/NUMBER: Directors Cut's - Light Drama
PERFORMED/COMPOSED BY: Tillman / Vedik

Context: Solway Firth sands - tide out
TRACK TITLE: All ways
TRACK NUMBER: 19
CD TITLE/NUMBER: Lo Editions - Strings & Things
PERFORMED/COMPOSED BY: Charlie March

Story: Cockle Picking
Context: Computer generated map, aerials of triangular Caerlaverock Castle, cockle pickers
TRACK TITLE: Hand in glove
TRACK NUMBER: 7
CD TITLE/NUMBER: Eclectic Underground
PERFORMED/COMPOSED BY: Billy Conrad / Sam Keaton

Context: Sign saying DANGER HIGH TIDE, Neil Oliver meets the local coastguard.
TRACK TITLE: Mensa Surge
TRACK NUMBER: 12
CD TITLE/NUMBER: Twisted Series - Smooth
PERFORMED/COMPOSED BY: Amour/Carroll/Johnstone

Context: Neil Oliver & coastguard standing on mud flats, tide out, map
TRACK TITLE: Eliminating suspects
TRACK NUMBER: 3
CD TITLE/NUMBER: Drone Zone 5 - Drama
PERFORMED/COMPOSED BY: Will Palmer / Cy Samuels

Story: TOP SECRET - First World War Munitions Factory
Context: Black and white archive pictures of canons firing
TRACK TITLE: Military power
TRACK NUMBER: 55
CD TITLE/NUMBER: Drone Zone 1 - Human Interest
PERFORMED/COMPOSED BY: Paul Golding

Context: Mark Horton introduction and looking at sales brochure of houses and property for sale in Gretna & Eastriggs
TRACK TITLE: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
TRACK NUMBER: 1
CD TITLE/NUMBER: Glass, Schnittke: ViolinKonzerte
PERFORMED/COMPOSED BY: Gordon Kremer (violin) and the Wiener Philharmoniker conducted by Christoph Von Dohnanyi

Context: B& W still of the women workforce on street, Mark Horton and Anne Dickie talking about Britain's forgotten army
TRACK TITLE: Lonely Grail
TRACK NUMBER: 13
CD TITLE/NUMBER: Directors Cut's - Dark Drama
PERFORMED/COMPOSED BY: Tillman / Vedvik

Arran to Gretna: Thursday 9 November, 8pm on BBC TWO

Coast Series 2

Dover to Isle of Wight

Holyhead to Liverpool

Arran to Gretna

Cornwall & the Isles of Scilly

Dublin to Derry

Newcastle to Hull

The Outer Hebrides

Felixstowe to Margate

See Also

Meet your Coast experts:

Neil Oliver
Alice Roberts
Mark Horton
Miranda Krestovnikoff
Nicholas Crane
Hermione Cockburn
Dick Strawbridge

On the rest of the web

The Isle of Arran
Nobel in Scotland
The Ardeer Factory
Golf in South Ayrshire
History of Prestwick Airport
Air Traffic Control Services
Curling Stones
Ailsa Craig RSPB reserve

Mull of Galloway Lighthouse
Northern Lighthouse Board
Listen to fog signal recordings
The Whithorn Trust
Historic Scotland
Filming locations for The Wickerman
Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust, Caerlaverock
Mersehead RSPB reserve

Natterjack Toads
Cockle beds of the Solway Firth

Museum of the Gretna Munitions Factory

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Programme 4 S. West England - Cornwall & the Isles of Scilly

Neil Oliver discovers the network of cables under a Porthcurno beach which wrap around the world in a tale of invention, espionage and surprise. Mark Horton visits the Isles of Scilly to meet the two football teams battling it out in Britain's smallest league and Alice Roberts paints up a storm in St Ives.

Map showing Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly



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