Scoraig is a peninsula of scattered crofts in the western Highlands of Scotland. It is a beautiful but inhospitable place reached by footpath through the hills or by sea across a loch. The soil is poor, the winters long, the landscape dark on many days under clouds that roll in from the Atlantic. The last of the highlanders abandoned it 20 years ago and a new generation of crofters began to arrive, people mainly from the cities looking for a simple life. The film tells the story of what happened to them and what they have made of it. Narrator
Stephen Thome
Violinist ROGER RAPHAEL
Photography ARTHUR SMITH Sound
JACK WILSON. DAVE BAUMBER Film editor STAN HAWKES
Assistant producer JEAN THOMPSON Written and produced by DON HAWORTH
BBC Manchester