A look at the Highland Clearances, the historical period which involved the forced displacements of the population of the Scottish Highlands in the 18th century, and the preceding religious and political events.
Hvor man kan se Highlands • Sæson 1
6 episoder
Episode 01
E1
Episode 01Taggart and Coronation Street star John Michie begins his journey at the Highland Folk Museum in the Cairngorms and visits Castle Urquhart on the banks of Scotland's famous Loch Ness.
Episode 02
E2
Episode 02John Michie is in Fort William, continuing his journey through the history of the Scottish Highlands and talks of the complex wrangling with the monarchy in the second half of the 17th century.
Episode 03
E3
Episode 03John visits Braemar Castle, near the site of the raising of the standard in support of James Stuart and later arrives at Glenfinnan, where Bonnie Prince Charlie landed to regain the throne.
Episode 04
E4
Episode 04John's journey begins at Fort George just outside Nairn and continues up the stunning west coast to Ullapool where he finds out about the people who left the area in 1773, bound for Canada.
Episode 05
E5
Episode 05John starts in Bettyhill on the most northerly coast of Britain, visiting the Strathnaver Museum then heads to Criock Church, where people sheltered following the Massacre of the Rosses in 1854.
Episode 06
E6
Episode 06John Michie begins at Dunrobin Castle; the clan seat of the Sutherlands in the 19th century, a symbol of the wealth generated by the new economic changes sweeping the Highlands at that time.
