Andrew Marr's Great Scots: The Writers Who Shaped a Nation

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Exploring the life of Walter Scott, the novelist, poet and political fixer.

Documentary series exploring the lives of Scottish writers. Andrew Marr looks at Walter Scott, a prolific novelist, poet and political fixer.

As Scotland stands on the brink of a momentous decision, Andrew Marr explores the writers who have reflected, defined and challenged Scottish national identity over the last 300 years.

Andrew examines the life of Walter Scott, a prolific novelist and poet who wrote swashbuckling tales of romance and derring-do, which sold by the bucket load, both north and south of the border. But he is less well known as a political fixer who believed in a proud Scotland inside the United Kingdom. He brought King George IV to Scotland and swathed him in tartan, helping to create an enduring myth of Scotland as a land of romance populated by a brave race doing brave deeds, all clad in the kilt. An image that centuries later, Scotland is still trying to shake.

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Andrew Marr explores the lives and works of the Scottish writers who defined a nation.

Andrew Marr explores the lives and works of the Scottish writers who helped define a national identity over the last three centuries

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