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A History of Scotland

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Documentary charting the birth and growth of the Scottish nation.

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A History of Scotland: Series 2

Neil Oliver

Clara Glynn

Richard Downes

Neil McDonald

A History of Scotland: Series 2: Episode 4: This Land Is Our Land

Episode 4

Episode 4: This Land Is Our Land

Series 2

This Land Is Our Land

BBC One - A History of Scotland, Series 2, This Land Is Our Land

Neil Oliver looks at how early 19th-century Scotland became a seedbed of revolution.

Neil Oliver looks at how, in the early 19th century, rural workers fled from Scotland's countryside into the industrial towns, becoming factory workforce.

At the start of the 19th century, everything familiar was swept away. People fled from the countryside into the industrial towns of Scotland's central belt. Rural workers became factory workers - in some of the worst conditions in Europe. This new Scotland became a seedbed of revolution. But it wasn't just force that kept the Scottish people in their place, it was fantasy. Neil Oliver reveals how Sir Walter Scott created so powerful a myth, it haunts the Scots collective imagination to this day.

Landmark documentary series presented by Neil Oliver.

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