Andrew Marr's Great Scots: The Writers Who Shaped a Nation

2014
Andrew Marr's Great Scots: The Writers Who Shaped a Nation

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EP1 James Boswell Aug 16, 2014

Andrew has loved James Boswell ever since his mother gave him a copy of his diaries as he grew up. He attempts to follow Boswell’s journey from his privileged childhood in Ayrshire, to the streets of London and the wilderness of the Western Isles.

EP2 Walter Scott Aug 23, 2014

Andrew examines poet and writer Sir Walter Scott, who is less well known for his time as a political fixer for Scotland then he is for his writing.

EP3 Hugh MacDiarmid Aug 30, 2014

Andrew Marr looks at the career of Hugh MacDiarmid, one of Scotland's most bothersome poets who reinvented Scottish as a serious writing language.
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Released: 16 August 2014 Ended
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Official Website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04fh0yd
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Andrew Marr explores the lives and works of the Scottish writers who helped define a national identity over the last three centuries.

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