Rory Bremner and the Fighting Scots (1/6)

BBC4 - 5 September 2009
The Scots have a reputation as brave, ferocious warriors. Despite a troubled history with England, history shows that more of Scotland's young men sign up to fight for the crown than anywhere else in Britain.
Rory Bremner, whose own father and great grandfather were distinguished Scottish soldiers, sets out to discover why rebel clansmen became loyal servants of the military establishment.
His story takes him to Culloden, Crimea and northern France. As the sound of the pipes floats over Scottish military camps in Afghanistan he asks if, after 250 years, the Scottish soldier's loyalty to Queen and country is running out?

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• Highland
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• Balaclava
• Rory
• Bremner
• War
• Iraq
• Afghanistan
• Crimea

[ranbrent]

scottish soldiers = bravest warriors in the world.

and thats from an englishman.

[soccerchamp0511]

@kingdomofdalriada let me guess, you've got blue "scottish" blood that runs all the way back to Ireland? I guess that make you a REAL Scot . . . RIGHT!!! You know instead of saying that people in other countries of Scottish descent are wannabes, you should be embracing us as cousins, brothers, sisters, family. We have Scottish blood too, and we can't really help where our ancestors decided to emigrate to. We can't help being American, Canadian, Australian, French, etc

[ImTheFuckinBarbs]

@soccerchamp0511 there was also no such thing as ireland or scotland back then and you also should know the gaels originaly came from france/germany not ireland so there was alot of sea crossing going on to get to this murky debate lol.

[ImTheFuckinBarbs]

@soccerchamp0511 scottish descent doesnt realy run back to ireland, only a small number of gaels [irish] crossed the sea to the west of scotland, scotland was a land full of pagan pict tribes at the time. the gael culture was far more advanced and spread to the picts when they both joined to fight an ango army. it was realy the gaelic culture that spread other than the false idea that the irish crossed the sea and spread over the whole of scotland.

[LR93uk]

@thebunsterooo but your SNP are happy to be controlled by the EU ahaha makes no sense.

[DangRockets]

The relief carving at the start is from the Stone at Dunnichen that records the battle of Nechtansmere against the romans in the 8th Century A.D.

[1984LizardKing]

@soccerchamp0511 well said!! trust me,anyone who has scottish blood IS like a brother or sister to nearly all scots.all over the world we have emmigrated to,its part of our history so anyone with scottish blood ive met in america say,have always obviously got on amazingly with.dont mind that tadger!! peace :D

[thebunsterooo]

scottish never british , never .

[ScottMcK9]

@Islandretreat Well there's no real evidence to say the Scotti came from Ireland, they may well have been indigenous to the land itself, just living on a different part of what is now Scotland to the Picts. As for American Scots, in my view and opinion, they have every right to call themselves as much Scots through ancestry and have every right to be proud of our land and their heritage.

[BHALT0S]

the further north you go, the more there is of deep seated bitterness over culloden, I know, as culloden moor was once just 5mins walk from where I lived for 7 years, and I am a highlander, as was stated, many turncoats on our own side sold us out, (other scots) is why we ARE different from even lowland scots.

I was born here, I work here, I holiday here, I spend my money here, and by fuck i'll die here, the highlands is more than my home, it's my essence.

[Islandretreat]

We're being taught a false history and being lied to about the reasons these wars (Crimean War etc) were fought. Can't trust TV controlled by the Knights of Malta. For the real history I highly recommend the book Vatican Assassins by E. Phelps.

[andrewniles1]

Hail cousins from Clan Little!