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鈥業t feels like the edge of the world鈥� 鈥� when Jackie Bird was banished to the Shetland Islands on Hogmanay

29 December 2017

This year she’s – perhaps a wee glass of fizz in hand – welcoming in 2018 in the company of Phil Cunningham and Aly Bain, among other top musical talent.

But 18 years ago, while we were celebrating the arrival of the new millennium, was put the the test when she was dispatched to Britain’s most northerly inhabited island, Unst.

Millennium Hogmanay from Unst

Jackie Bird braves the weather to broadcast from the edge of the UK.

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