Scotland's Story

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  • Premiered: Aug 1984
  • Episodes: 24
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Season 1
1x23
An End to an Auld San
Episode overview
Air date
Aug 29, 1984
Although WWII boosted Scottish industry, after 1945 coal mining, shipbuilding, and engineering continued to decline. Since the 1970s central Scotland has become an industrial graveyard, and one in six Scots is unemployed.
1x1
North Britons?
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Air date
Sep 12, 1984
Focuses on Scottish nationalism, including the stealing of the Stone of Destiny in 1950 and the Scottish National Party in the 1970s.
1x2
Few and Far Between
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Air date
Sep 13, 1984
Scotland's beginnings, including its geological formation and the geography and wildlife that shaped its history. This episode covers all of the peoples who settled the country, from its first human inhabitants on through the 11th century.
1x3
The Auld Enemy
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Sep 19, 1984
William Wallace and Robert the Bruce fight English imperialism.
1x4
Fame Then Flodden
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Sep 20, 1984
The Scots continue to fight the English for over 200 years. The Stewarts become kings when the Bruce family dies out. James IV brings fame to his kingdom, but he is defeated on the field of Flodden.
1x5
Knox and the Reformation
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Air date
Sep 26, 1984
Battles between Catholics and Protestants in Scotland from 1513 to 1560.
1x6
Mary and an End to the French Connection
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Sep 27, 1984
The reign and legacy of Mary Queen of Scots.
1x7
James and Crowns United
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Oct 03, 1984
James VI of Scotland becomes James I of England in 1603, and is succeeded by his second son Charles I. However, their reigns are marked by religious strife over the governance of Scotland's Reformed Churches.
1x8
Kirk and Covenant
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Air date
Oct 04, 1984
This episode has no summary.
1x9
Disaster at Darien
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Air date
Oct 10, 1984
Scotland experiences many sorrows during the reign of William and Mary.
1x10
Act of Union
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Air date
Oct 11, 1984
England and Scotland unite their Parliaments in 1778.
1x11
An Imperfect Match
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Oct 17, 1984
The union of Scotland and England proves difficult. Scotland and the Stewarts head toward rebellion as Queen Anne dies in 1714.
1x12
The '45 and the Aftermath
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Air date
Oct 18, 1984
Prince Charles Edward Stuart (Bonnie Prince Charlie) leads the Scots in the Jacobite rising of 1745.
1x13
Athens of the North
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Air date
Oct 24, 1984
Edinburgh's culture blossoms even as it loses its Parliament. It is home to numerous illustrious 18th- and 19th-century writers, philosophers, painters, and poets.
1x14
Of Government and Man
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Air date
Oct 25, 1984
The 18th century was a period of political unrest in Scotland.
1x15
The Improvers
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Air date
Oct 31, 1984
In the 18th century, Scottish agricultural practices underwent great changes.
1x16
The Clearances
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 01, 1984
Changes in agricultural practices brought about the notorious Highland Clearances, the forced displacement of tens of thousands of people during the 18th and 19th centuries.
1x17
Made in Scotland
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 07, 1984
Glasgow prospers from tobacco trade, shipbuilding, steel, and engineering, quickly reaching a population of more than half a million, and becoming the Empire's second city.
1x18
Communication and Disruption
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Air date
Nov 08, 1984
In the 19th century, Scotland's university-rich educational system produces men of genius who benefit Great Britain.
1x19
The Age of Victoria
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Air date
Nov 14, 1984
Queen Victoria's enthusiasm for Scotland led to English society visiting to embrace the kilt, bagpipes, and Highland Gatherings. The Victorians invented the tartans, the dances, and the Gaelic music thought of as Scottish.
1x20
The Scots Empire
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Air date
Nov 15, 1984
Scots played a vast role in exploring, winning, and administrating the huge British Empire. Many Scots of humble backgrounds made fortunes. Scots were a people who since the Middle Ages had roamed Europe, and they now travelled the world.
1x21
A Generation Lost
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Air date
Nov 21, 1984
Scottish Socialism and the Scottish Labour Party were founded in the decades before WWI. In the war, tens of thousands of Scots fought for Britain.
1x22
Lean Years
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Air date
Nov 22, 1984
Scotland experiences an economic and industrial depression after WWI.
1x24 Show finale
Yet Still the Blood Is Strong
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 29, 1984
Current-day attitudes of Scots at home and abroad. Scotland's culture is upheld proudly but some institutions -- like the Kirk, the law, and education -- often feel threatened.

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