George IV's Visit to Edinburgh in 1822 by Lord Kinross
[Starring] Norman Shelley
with Andrew Cruickshank and Walter Hudd

In this programme Lord Kinross recalls George IV's visit to Edinburgh, the first visit of a British king to Scotland since the coronation of Charles II, and one of the most spectacular events of George IV's career thanks to the magnificent stage-management of Sir Walter Scott. Under the comedy this visit had an undeniable political importance which was of lasting value. Scotland henceforth officially forgot Jacobitism which she had in fact renounced long before. George IV's visit allowed her to quit the unhappy past without a sense of humiliation but with a sense of acting rightly and proudly.
(To be repeated on Wednesday)