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Red Hill

Duration: 13 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Scotland HD

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Jim is an isolated ex-miner who works as a night-shift security guard facing his last day at work before retirement. He spends the night patrolling the slag heap of a former coal mine - a remnant of Scotland's industrial past.

This award-winning film explores the intrinsic relationship of an individual to work and asks what is left when, at the end of a lifetime of labour, a man loses his purpose. Show less

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