BBC Scotland Documentary - At the start of the 19th century, everything familiar was swept away. People fled from the countryside into the industrial towns of Scotland's central belt. Rural workers became factory workers - in some of the worst conditions in Europe. This new Scotland became a seedbed of revolution. But it wasn't just force that kept the Scottish people in their place, it was fantasy. Neil Oliver reveals how Sir Walter Scott created so powerful a myth, it haunts the Scots collective imagination to this day.
@TheRobertsontartan 4 years till we vote ...sure they said 2016 ...4 years worth of oil is am thinking thats about
evilscotsmin 6 days ago
VOTE FOR SCOTLAND IF YOU A TRUE SCOTS.
TheRobertsontartan 1 week ago
@aolser10 You can just get it on Amazon. Both on DVD and on Bluray. Search for "A history of Scotland". It's definitely worth the buy. Just finished the watching it.
Bule1976 2 weeks ago
Neil makes me feel all warm & Fuzzy! I want him to read me scottish tales til i sleep....Don't tell my wife and kids!!!
davidcrae 1 month ago
This the Scots are haunted by the curse of Presbyterianism: Robert the Bruce did drive the English before him out of Scotland like sheep, but now the Scots cannot even drive out the English sheep; no Scottish government would have allowed the destruction of its political and military backbone like the Clan system to satisfy base economic greed.
FireEyedMaidOfWar 5 months ago
@segano1 fuck you Nazi pig! death to america! Hail the union of estern christianity and scotland!
papovitch1 6 months ago
@ironmansfire You'll never have it, as your not native to Scotland, your Yanke accent is part of your heritage as a Yankee.
segano1 7 months ago
i love the scottish accent i wish i had it
ironmansfire 7 months ago
A Thompson!
pteJames 8 months ago
@scotsexile1 I wanted to see if Alan Watt was accurate when saying that the Scottish Highlanders were driving out not by the excepted reason, but because the Highlanders were a thorn in the Crown's side. They were fiercely independent and had to go so they shipped them off in old rickety boats where many drowned. I'm giving up at the :33 mark. I figured their would be a better reason than sheep, but its like the Potato famine in Ireland. The poor people were starving due to Crown policies!!!
ddarko2012 9 months ago 2