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Episode 16: Fèin-aithne na h-Alba/Wha's Like Us

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Fèin-aithne na h-Alba/Wha's Like Us

BBC ALBA - Trusadh, Series 6, Fèin-aithne na h-Alba/Wha's Like Us

A look at the modern Scottish identity of today.

Documentary examining the modern day Scottish identity, in the year where Scotland decides its destiny in September's independence referendum.

Leis an referendum mu neo-eisimeileachd air fàire, tha sinn a' faighneachd - cò iad, sliochd na h-Alba? Cluinnidh sinn mu faireachdainn mhuinntir na dùthcha air fèin-aithne, agus gheibh sinn an tuilleadh a-mach mu na chuidich gus dreach fèin-aithne na h-Alba san là an-diugh a chruthachadh. 

September 2014 marks an historic date in the Scottish constitutional calendar. For the first time in 300 years the Scottish people will decide their country's destiny in a referendum on independence. Amidst the many questions posed at this time, perhaps one of the most significant is that of identity- who are you, Scotsman or woman?

Trusadh - Wha's Like Us takes a sample of the nation's identity pulse in 2014 before the big vote. We meet people on the identity spectrum ranging from patriotically Scottish, to almost 100% British, and those who consider themselves as much European as anything else.

We meet musicians, linguists, journalists, historians, professors and business people to get a flavour of the sheer complexity of the modern Scottish identity, and how it has ebbed and flowed over time. We also discover the historical, political and cultural forces that have helped forge the modern Scottish identity into what it is today.

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