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Biography Special

BBC Radio Scotland - History Zone, Biography Special

Brian Taylor introduces a selection of biographical documentaries.

Brian Taylor introduces a selection of biographical documentaries as contemporary Scots make a pilgrimage in the footsteps of their Scottish heroes and heroines.

RUNNING ORDER

Timings are approximate and given in hours and minutes from the start of the Zone.

00:00 Lisa Milne on Mary Garden.
00:28 Robbie the Pict on Calgacus.
00:56 Allan Wells on Eric Liddell.
01:23 Richard DeMarco on Eduardo Paolozzi.
01:50 Davey Scott on Billy Mackenzie.
02:18 Roddy Forsyth on DC Thomson.
02:45 Ian Wilmut on James Young Simpson.
03:12 Jermey Isaacs on Lord Reith.
03:40 Sir Tom Hunter on Andrew Carnegie.
04:06 Louise Welsh on Robert Louis Stevenson.
04:33 Phillip Kerr on Alistair MacLean.
05:00 Una McLean on Molly Weir.

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