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Weir's Way |
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The Seven Men |
Part 1
Tom visits Loch Morar and Loch Nevis, where
follows Bonnie Prince Charlie's footsteps
after Culloden on the roadless countryside.
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Part 2
Tom retraces more of the journeys of Bonnie
Prince Charlie.
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Part 3
Tom leaves Glen Morrison and goes into the
hills for a change of scenery. He tells of
the story of the Seven Men of Glen Morrison.
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Part 4
The final leg of the journey by Bonnie
Prince Charlie, before he left Scotland
never to return.
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Leadhills |
Part 1
Tom Weir visits Crawford, Lanarkshire, to
locate the source of the river Clyde.
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Part 2
Tom discovers an "extraordinary wee library"
in Leadhills, near Crawford, in which he
looks up a memorable character.
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Part 3
Tom tells us of the legend of John Taylor,
who lived in Leadhills until he was 137
years old!
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Part 4
Tom concludes his visit to Leadhills by
visiting the William Symington Memorial.
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Loch Torridon |
Part 1
Tom Weir visits Inner Loch Torridon to
discover the history behind the road built
between Shieldaig and Loch Torridon in 1963.
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Part 2
Tom talks to the inhabitants of Applecross
to find out about life in the secluded North
West Scottish Highlands.
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Ospreys |
Part 1
Tom remembers when the osprey was believed
to have been extinct and visits Loch Garten
where he saw his first osprey in 1958.
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Part 2
Tom learns about the protection of the
ospreys and meets the 1 millionth visitor to
Loch Garten's birds.
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Bass Rock |
Part 1
A fishing boat blocking the harbour exit
means that Tom has a chance to view North
Berwick and its surrounding area from the
volcanic hill North Berwick Law.
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Part 2
Tom visits the town of North Berwick
including the site of the witch trials, then
finally heads out to Bass Rock from the
natural stone harbour.
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Part 3
Reaching Bass Rock, Tom explores the
lighthouse and fortress as well as meeting
the resident gannets and cormorants.
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The Prince in the Hebrides |
Part 1
In this classic episode, Tom Weir visits
Benbecula: where Bonnie Prince Charlie fled
after Culloden in 1746.
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Part 2
Tom Weir talks to Dr. Alasdair Maclean about
the Prince and Flora MacDonald.
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Part 3
In this final part Tom Weir finds out about
the life and death of Flora MacDonald.
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40 Miles to Skye |
Part 1
Tom Weir journeys along the West Highland
Railway
In '40 Miles of Skye', Tom continues through
Glen Finnan heading west. From the long
running stv programme 'Weir's Way', first
broadcast in 1985.
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Part 2
Tom Weir uncovers the jacobite history of
the Arisaig coast
Through the Jacobite lands of the West,
Weir's Way locates the point where Bonnie
Prince Charlie fled from Scotland.
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Part 3
Tom outlines the rail system employed on the
West Highland Line between Arisaig and Morar.
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Part 4
Tom meets the coastline and gateway to the
Hebrides at the port of Mallaig.
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Noss Island |
Part 1
Tom Weir visits Lerwick and Noss Island Tom
Weir explores Scotland's most northerly
town: Lerwick on the Shetland Isles. This
episode was first broadcast in 1988.
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Part 2
Tom finds out about the Shetland language.
Tom interviews Shetland poet, Rhoda Bulter,
on the state of the Shetland language.
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Part 3
Tom finds out about the conservation of the
hundreds of thousands of sea birds that
inhabit Noss Island.
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Part 4
Tom inspects the five-hundred foot cliffs at
Noss that provide habitation for hundreds of
thousands of sea birds, including gulls and
puffins.
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Dunnotar Castle |
Part 1
Tom explores the extraordinary fort of
Dunnotar on the Grampian coastline.
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Part 2
Tom delves deeper into the history of
Dunnotar, from William Wallace to Oliver
Cromwell.
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The Best of Weir's Way |
Part 1
Tom Weir looks back at his first ever
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Part 2
In this second part Tom travels too
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Arthur's Seat |
Part 1
Weir's Way tours Arthur's Seat in Edinburgh.
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Part 2
Tom discovers the geological significance of
Arthur's Seat, the volcanic deposit that
presides over the city of Edinburgh. This
episode, was first broadcast in 1981.
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Royal Deeside |
Part 1
Learn about Royal Deeside with Tom Weir
Taken from the series 'Weir's Way', we
concentrate on Royal Deeside and its most
famous inhabitant, Balmoral Castle.
Introduced by Tom Weir. First broadcast in
1989.
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Part 2
Tom Weir's history of Balmoral Castle
Tom explores the Balmoral estate with the
aid of Martin Leslie, the resident Factor,
expanding on the history and legend of
Balmoral.
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Part 3
Tom Weir investigates Queen Victoria's
relationship with John Brown
Weir's Way takes a look at Balmoral's most
famous resident, Queen Victoria.
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Part 4
The surrounding areas of Royal Deeside on
Weir's Way
Tom takes a drink from the Falls of Pananich
and explores Balleter in the final leg of
his journey in Royal Deeside.
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Glen Affric |
Part 1
Tom visits a snow-covered Glen Affric. Tom
visits Glen Affric in the central Highlands
of Scotland to discover how such an expanse
of remote land is managed. Originally
broadcast by STV in 1979.
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Part 2
Finlay McRae, the district's conservation
officer, takes Tom deep into Glen Affric Tom
is given a tour of the western encalve of
Glen Affric, which stretches as far as
Kintail in the west.
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Part 3
Former deer-stalkers describe the changes in
gamekeeping. In this final segment, Tom
learns more about how changes in modern
society have altered Glen Affric.
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