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31/07/2011

Mark Stephen is your guide for a journey around Scotland - from the Bonnie Banks to the Misty Isle. In this week's Celtic Zone, we visit locations with a great history, and uncover their musical legacies.

5 hours, 30 minutes

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Sun 31 Jul 201100:30
BBC Radio Scotland

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Chapters

  • SONGLINES: LOCH LOMOND

    John Cavanagh takes roads both high and low to uncover the origin of one of Scotland’s most famous songs.

    Duration: 26:16

  • PAST LIVES – LOCH LOMOND AREA

    Mark Stephen tackles listeners’ local history queries, uncovering wartime secrets, and visiting Hill House in Helensburgh, designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh.

    Duration: 27:09

  • A PLACE IN MY MIND: DOUGIE MACLEAN

    The singer-songwriter takes Keith Aitken on a walk at his home in Butterstone, near Dunkeld. What’s now a recording studio was once his father’s primary school.

    Duration: 26:09

  • WALKING THROUGH HISTORY – DUNKELD

    Neil Oliver discovers that this pretty tourist town was once the scene of a violent and devastating battle; a fight which changed the course of Scottish history.

    Duration: 27:18

  • SCOTLAND’S MUSIC

    John Purser on the many songs – of rebellion, bloodshed, and comedy – inspired by the Jacobites.

    Duration: 26:23

  • SONGLINES: SORAIDH LEIS AN AIT

    The title means “Farewell to the Misty Isle”. John Cavanagh goes over the sea to Skye to uncover the history of a song which has become an anthem for the island.

    Duration: 26:09

  • WALKING THROUGH HISTORY: GLENDALE, SKYE

    Neil Oliver tells the story of the crofters who fought back, changing the relationship between landlord and workers, and leading to reforms which are still pertinent today.

    Duration: 27:40

  • HIGHLAND HIP: INGRID HENDERSON

    Sally Magnusson meets young harpist Ingrid Henderson, who has actively chosen to base her career at home in Glenfinnan rather than the big city of Glasgow.

    Duration: 13:41

  • OUT OF DOORS – THE WEST HIGHLAND RAILWAY

    Mark Stephen and Euan McIlwraith take one of one of the world’s most spectacular train journeys and explore the link to the Harry Potter films

    Duration: 48:44

  • MOUNTAIN TALES – GLENCOE

    Singer Moira Kerr tells Mark Stephen how the mountains of Glencoe inspire her music.

    Duration: 04:18

  • WALKING THROUGH HISTORY: DUNFERMLINE

    Neil Oliver follows the footsteps of King Malcolm III, legendary slayer of Macbeth.

    Duration: 25:43

  • THE REEL BLEND – ROBBIE’S RAMBLES: MELROSE

    Robbie Shepherd takes a tour of Melrose, famous for its Abbey, where Robert the Bruce’s heart is buried, and for its rugby sevens.

    Duration: 38:52

Broadcast

  • Sun 31 Jul 201100:30
    BBC Radio Scotland