BBC Alba Documentaries

Scot Thomas Telford is perhaps Britain's greatest engineer, and nowhere benefited more from his genius than Highland Scotland. 250 years on from his birth, scores of his creations still stand as testament to his achievements - roads, bridges, churches and the great Caledonian canal. This film reveals and celebrates Telford's Highland legacy.

John Morrison tells the story of Neil MacEachen, a Uist Jacobite who saved Bonnie Prince Charlie from capture. He reveals how the islander's son rose to become one of Napoleon's generals and a marshal of France, while MacEachen died in exile and poverty