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Scotland: Towering Ambitions

Episode 3 of 6

David Dimbleby travels Britain to discover the buildings that have made us who we are. He visits Stirling Castle, symbol of the birth of a new Scotland.

David Dimbleby travels Britain and through 1,000 years of history to discover the buildings that have made us who we are. In Scotland he visits Stirling Castle, dramatic symbol of the birth of a new country, and the fairytale tower house of Craigevar. He travels to the crofts of the Outer Hebrides, to the castle that inspired Bram Stoker's Dracula, to the sparkling granite city of Aberdeen and to the tenements of Glasgow - home of Scotland's greatest architect, Charles Rennie Macintosh.

59 minutes

Last on

Fri 14 Feb 202000:00
BBC Four

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Music Played

  • Meditation Spa

    She Steps Lightly

Credits

PresenterDavid Dimbleby
ProducerDavid Thompson

Broadcasts

  • Sun 17 Jun 200721:00
    BBC One
  • Tue 3 Jul 200702:35
    BBC One
  • Christmas Day 200710:15
    BBC Two England, Scotland, Northern Ireland (Analogue) & Northern Ireland only
  • Fri 6 Sep 201316:15
    BBC Two except East, Wales (Analogue) & Yorkshire
  • Wed 6 Feb 201922:00
    BBC Four
  • Fri 14 Feb 202000:00
    BBC Four