A Picture of Britain -3- Highlands and Glens

The breathtaking Highlands and Glens of Scotland Northern Ireland and parts of the Republic of Ireland are David Dimblebys destination for this episode of A Picture of Britain. From Scotland David crosses the Irish Sea to visit Sligo home of William Butler Yeats and travels north to discover the inspirational Glens of Antrim. Back in Scotland David visits Fingals Cave Iona and finally Alloway in Ayrshire birthplace of Scotlands national poet Robbie Burns. Tonights journey begins in the Highlands - Loch Lomond and Loch Katrine the setting for so many of Scotts popular adventures that drove 19th century tourists flocking to Scotland. The most famous tourist was Queen Victoria who fell in love with the Highlands building Balmoral Castle as her summer residence. Her favourite artist Edwin Landseer would come and stay with her at Balmoral creating some of his most famous paintings including the iconic Monarch of the Glen. This is the landscape that Sir Walter Scott introduced to the world in his best-selling novel Rob Roy and poems like The Lady of the Lake. Drawing on Scotlands myths and legends he created a picture of Scotland that still grips the popular imagination today - the Scotland of the Highlands tartan and bagpipes. David travels on to Edinburgh Scotlands capital city that at the turn of the 19th century was in the grip of an intellectual and social revolution. Alexander Nasmyth engineer town planner and landscape painter reflected his citys achievements in a series of majestic landscapes which emphasised Scotlands modernity. Travelling north-west David visits Glencoe the site of the infamous 1692 massacre of the MacDonalds by the Campbells. The Scottish artist Horatio McCulloch captured the bleak beauty of the valley in his huge painting of Glencoe. Travelling further west David visits the peninsula of Kintyre where William McTaggart painted in the late 19th century. David sails to Ireland where he visits Sligo childhood home to William Butler Yeats the na...

Channel: veehd Video Length: 58m 26s Date Found: Sat, Nov 06 2010 3:05 AM Category: Educational Date Produced: View Count: 0