Grand Tours of the Scottish Islands

  • Premiered: Sep 2013
  • Episodes: 24
  • Followers: 3
  • Ended
  • BBC Scotland
  • Monday at 19
  • Documentary Travel

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Shorts: Isle of Arran
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Sep 07, 2012
We accompany presenter Paul Murton, as he travels round one of Scotland's best-loved holiday destinations, the Isle of Arran. Known as 'Scotland in miniature', Paul sets off to explore .. show full overview
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Series 1 Compilations - 60 minutes: Foula and Fair Isle
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Oct 13, 2015
Paul Murton experiences island life. Here, he visits Foula and Fair Isle, and makes a nerve-wracking visit to the Sneck o' da Smallie - a pothole in the cliffs of Foula.
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Series 1 Compilations - 60 minutes: Rum, Muck and Eigg
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Oct 14, 2015
Paul Murton experiences island life. Paul sets off from Mallaig to visit a group of islands famed for their unusual names - Rum, Muck and Eigg - and he meets the real Lord Muck.
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Series 1 Compilations - 60 minutes: Firth of Forth
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Oct 15, 2015
Paul Murton explores the islands scattered in the Firth of Forth. He discovers that these seemingly peaceful islands have a dramatic history of war, from Medieval English raids on the .. show full overview
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Series 1 Compilations - 60 minutes: Gigha and Jura
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Oct 22, 2015
Paul visits two islands of the Inner Hebrides - Gigha and Jura - which are only a few miles apart but couldn't be more different. He then travels by puffer to explore a little known string of islands just off the west coast near Oban.
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Shorts: Barra
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May 05, 2016
Paul Murton is on Barra, where he witnesses some of the great spectacles of the natural world.
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Shorts: A New Island Life
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May 21, 2016
Paul visits two islands of the Inner Hebrides, Gigha and Jura, which are only a few miles apart but couldn't be more different. He begins his journey at the stunning Achamore Gardens on .. show full overview
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Shorts: MV Glenachulish
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Aug 16, 2016
Paul Murton crosses the sea to Skye on the world's only manually-operated turntable ferry.
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Shorts: The Uists and Benbecula
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Aug 29, 2016
The series where Paul visits some of the most beautiful and remote spots in Britain, meeting the people who live there and discovering more about Scotland's best-kept secrets. In this .. show full overview
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Shorts: Island Solitude
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Sep 03, 2016
Paul visits some of the most beautiful and remote spots in Britain. Crossing the Sea of the Hebrides, Paul heads to the Isle of Ewe, and onto the Summer Isles.
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Shorts: Blaven
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Oct 22, 2016
Paul Murton visits some of the most beautiful and remote spots in Britain. In this episode, he embarks on a nerve-wracking caving expedition under the summit of Blaven.
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Shorts: Treshnish Islands
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Nov 20, 2016
Paul Murton visits some of the most beautiful and remote spots in Britain. In this programme he experiences puffin therapy on the Treshnish Islands.
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Shorts: Coll
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Apr 22, 2017
Paul Murton visits Coll, where he meets local crofter Angus Kennedy, who lived and worked away but has returned to work the land of his childhood. Paul also visits Nicolas Maclean .. show full overview
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Shorts: Isle of Mull
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May 03, 2017
Paul Murton explores the Isle of Mull and its satellite islands, to discover why they have become boltholes from the hustle and bustle of the modern world.
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Shorts: Loch Lomond
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Dec 31, 2017
Paul Murton turns his back on the sea and discovers the secrets of Scotland's landlocked islands. Heading to the bonnie, bonnie banks of Loch Lomond, he begins his journey by taking a .. show full overview
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Shorts: The Shetland Isles
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Mar 07, 2018
Paul travels to the very north of the British Isles, to The Shetland Isles - islands which are as Scandinavian as they are British. During his northerly adventures, Paul lands on the .. show full overview
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Shorts: Isle of Ewe
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Jul 10, 2018
Paul Murton visits the Isle of Ewe. He meets up with Jane Grant, a local scallop farmer who skippers her own boat from the mainland as there is no public ferry to the island. Jane .. show full overview
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Shorts: Lewis and Harris
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Sep 01, 2018
Paul Murton takes a quick tour around the Scottish Islands.
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Shorts: Outer Orkney
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Mar 05, 2019
Paul Murton makes a grand tour of Outer Orkney.
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Series 3 Compilations - 60 minutes: Episode 1
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Nov 09, 2019
This episode takes Paul Murton to the largest island in Britain: the long island of Harris and Lewis, where he tries his hand at weaving Harris tweed, meets the family behind the .. show full overview
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Series 3 Compilations - 60 minutes - Episode 2
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Nov 17, 2019
Paul Murton visits some of the most beautiful and remote spots in Britain, and meeting the people who live there.
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Series 3 Compilations - 60 minutes - Episode 3
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Nov 24, 2019
Paul Murton explores the world of island life.
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Shorts: Glenelg Ferry West of Skyfall
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Jan 25, 2020
Paul Murton follows in the footsteps of the first tourists to Scotland.
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Series 4 Reversions: Outer Hebrides
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Feb 18, 2020
Paul explores a cluster of islands in the Outer Hebrides.
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Series 4 Reversions: Shetland
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Feb 25, 2020
Paul explores the eastern outposts of Shetland.
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Series 4 Reversions: Scapa Flow
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Mar 03, 2020
Paul crosses the great natural harbour of Scapa Flow to the island of Flotta.
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