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01/12/2010

Jimmie Macgregor recalls some of his most memorable global journeys for the BBC which include travelling to the Arctic Circle, The Ulster Way and the Sierra Nevada mountain range.

Legendary musician and presenter Jimmie Macgregor looks back on his illustrious broadcasting career with a special Zone focusing on his many global travels for the BBC.

Among the featured adventures are a complete series called The Range Of Light where Jimmie retraces the footsteps of celebrated Scottish American conservationist who spent his life dedicated to the preservation of Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada mountain range.

Elsewhere, there is a fascinating trip that Jimmie took round the Arctic Circle taking in Norway, Iceland and Greenland and there is also a short series featuring his travels along The Ulster Way in Northern Ireland.

5 hours, 30 minutes

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Wed 1 Dec 201000:30
BBC Radio Scotland

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Chapters

  • The Range Of Light – Part 1 (Yosemite)

    Jimmie Macgregor begins his epic journey through the Sierra Nevada mountain range in the footsteps of Scottish/American conservationist John Muir.

    Duration: 28:04

  • The Range Of Light – Part 2 (Yosemite Falls)

    Jimmie Macgregor encounters the spectacular 2,500-foot Yosemite Falls and explores the high meadows of the Sierra Nevada where John Muir spent his first summer in 1869.

    Duration: 26:26

  • The Range Of Light – Part 3 (Shaping the Mountains)

    Jimmie Macgregor learns more about John Muir’s strength, determination and stamina including how he would trek for up to 100 miles a day surviving simply on bread and tea.

    Duration: 26:30

  • The Range Of Light – Part 4 (The Southern Sierras)

    Jimmie Macgregor travels to the Kings River area of the Southern Sierras, visiting The Sequoia National Forest, home of the largest trees in the world.

    Duration: 26:27

  • The Range Of Light – Part 5 (Politics)

    Jimmie Macgregor explores how John Muir turned to politics to help him achieve his aim of turning Yosemite into a national park.

    Duration: 26:31

  • The Range Of Light – Part 6 (Legacy)

    Jimmie Macgregor learns about John Muir’s passion for writing and how his work has left a lasting legacy as one of America’s greatest naturalists.

    Duration: 26:48

  • Tales Of The Ulster Way – Part 1

    Jimmie travels from Slieve Donard to Glenelly meeting local characters along the way.

    Duration: 14:34

  • Tales Of The Ulster Way – Part 2

    Jimmie Macgregor visits the Ponderosa pub and learns more about Jimmy Kennedy, the man who wrote “The Hokey Cokey” and then travels on to the Giants Causeway.

    Duration: 14:18

  • Tales Of The Ulster Way – Part 3

    Jimmie Macgregor meets Margaret Gallagher who has lived her whole life in a 200 hundred year old cottage without running water or electricity.

    Duration: 13:45

  • Tales Of The Ulster Way – Part 4

    Jimmie travels to Port Stewart and sits down with Harry Gregg, the former Manchester United Busby Babe, who recounts his memories of 6th February 1958, the fateful night of the Munich air disaster.

    Duration: 13:49

  • Macgregor’s Arctic Crossing – Part 1

    Jimmie Macgregor begins his epic journey across the Arctic Circle beginning in Svalbard the northernmost point of Norway.

    Duration: 27:28

  • Macgregor’s Arctic Crossing – Part 2

    Jimmie travels to Bear Island and the desolate, volcanic island of Jan Mayen.

    Duration: 26:25

  • Macgregor’s Arctic Crossing – Part 3

    Jimmie journeys on to Iceland and meets members of the local community who introduce him to the history of the island.

    Duration: 26:34

  • Macgregor’s Arctic Crossing – Part 4

    Jimmie visits the Greenland town of Paaimut and learns more about history of whaling in the cold waters of the Arctic.

    Duration: 27:50

Broadcast

  • Wed 1 Dec 201000:30
    BBC Radio Scotland