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Susan Morrison explores the rich and sometimes murky depths of Scotland's past.

Time Travels: Episode 1

A search for a vanished 16th century Royal Dockyard from the time of James IV of Scotland

Episode 1

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Susan Morrison goes on the trail of a vanished royal dockyard and a female slave-owner.

Susan Morrison explores the rich and sometimes murky depths of Scotland's past. She goes on the trail of a vanished royal dockyard and a female slave-owner.

Comedian and history enthusiast Susan Morrison crosses the centuries in our new Scottish History series. This week, Susan gets to grips with mud and its edibility in the search for a vanished royal dockyard from the times of James IV, she hears about how female slave owner Cecilia Douglas spent her ill-gotten gains, and talks Cumbernauld and all its glories with author and people's historian Dan Gray. Meanwhile in our World War 1 at Home strand, Louise Yeoman has been to Lenzie Academy to find out more about the Hayworth brothers who were killed at the Battle of Arras.

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