No Going Back
20/12/2009
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio OrkneyLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio Scotland Highlands and Islands
The stories of events and times which had a permanent effect on Scottish communities.
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30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio OrkneyLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio Scotland Highlands and Islands
The stories of events and times which had a permanent effect on Scottish communities.
No Going Back explores the stories of those who fuelled the expansion of Scotland's hi-tech industrial explosion and survived its subsequent demise. Show more
Thousands of young people currently participate in over forty Feisean throughout Scotland. Ingrid Henderson tells the story of these festivals of Gaelic music, song and dance. Show more
Stewart Lee, Miles Jupp and Bruce Morton join Vladimir McTavish to explore the impact the Stand Comedy Club had on the Scottish comedy community.
The A9 was intended to open up the Highlands, but how did a major new road affect the towns nestled along the route? Craig Anderson assesses the impact of a controversial road.
Clare English takes a look back at Glasgow's year as European Capital of Culture for 1990 and its legacy.
The story of the Slurry Dogs, Leccies and Tunnel Tigers who came to Scotland from all over the world and built over 50 hydro-electric power schemes in the north of Scotland.
The people of Garelochhead have a naval base on their doorstep which stores nuclear weapons. Rob Matheson finds out how the arrival of the base changed life in the village.
Jackie O'Brien finds out how in the mid-1950s the construction of the Dounreay nuclear power plant changed the Caithness area forever.
Fourteen years ago, a new secondary school was opened in Kinlochbervie. No Going Back talks to former pupils about how the new school changed the community forever.
Spanning the Great Glen faultine, the Kessock Bridge is designed to be earthquake proof. When it opened in 1982, the socio-economic impact was felt all over Scotland.
MP Charles Kennedy looks at the aluminium industry in Lochaber, which produced over 300,000 tonnes of aluminium a year at its peak.