This documentary reveals the story of the Scots Asian-run hillwalking group helping people from ethnic minority backgrounds explore the great outdoors.
This Our Lives documentary tells the story of Boots and Beards, a Scots Asian-run hillwalking group helping people from ethnic minority backgrounds explore the great outdoors. We join the group as it gathers once again after a year in lockdown and prepares to celebrate its landmark 100th walk.
We meet the group’s founders, Naveed Baksh and Kashif Butt, whose close friendship has been a driving force behind the success of the group. Their fortnightly hillwalks began as a way to spend more time with close friends and family, but have grown into a community event that has transformed lives.
Naveed also travels to Fort William, the small Highland town where his parents first settled when coming to the UK. There, he’s joined by Kashif for a walk up Ben Nevis, the highest mountain in the country and the pair’s greatest hillwalking challenge to date.
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Boots and Beards
Duration: 02:06
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John Tussey
Copper Serenity
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Narrator | Kiran Sonia Sawar |
| Producer | Sajid Quayum |
| Director | Faye MacLean |
Broadcasts
Wed 6 Oct 202119:30BBC One except Northern Ireland & Northern Ireland HD- Sat 9 Oct 202116:25BBC One Northern Ireland & Northern Ireland HD only
- Wed 13 Oct 202120:00
Wed 27 Oct 202101:05BBC Two except Northern Ireland & Northern Ireland HD- Sat 5 Feb 202220:30
- Sat 14 May 202220:30
- Mon 23 May 202215:00
- Mon 21 Nov 202215:00
- Sun 5 Mar 202320:30
- Wed 21 Jun 202320:30
- Mon 3 Jun 202420:30
- Wed 29 Jan 202519:30
- Saturday21:15
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