BBC Alba Documentaries

Cinema Gadelica (2020x4)

Air date: Dec 24, 2020

Featuring some of the best clips from great movies, Cinema Gadelica reveals how film-makers have been drawn to the Highlands and Islands to shoot amid the spectacular scenery of the Gaidhealtachd. Discover James Bond’s Glencoe birthplace, as revealed in Skyfall. Join Harry Potter on his way to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry via the Glenfinnan Viaduct, and set out on Ridley Scott’s Prometheus to discover the origins of humankind – starting the mission at the Quiraing in Skye. Join Mel Gibson’s Braveheart rebellion in Glen Nevis. Did you know that Eilean Donan Castle was both the headquarters of the warlike Clan MacLeod in the cult fantasy Highlander as well as the HQ of MI6 in the Pierce Bronson Bond movie The World Is Not Enough? The great locations of great movies revealed.