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Social History with Billy Kay

Billy Kay introduces a fascinating selection of social history programmes including stories from Kintyre, Nairn, Lossiemouth, Shetland, Barra, St Kilda and Knoydart.

5 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Wed 27 Oct 2010 00:30

Chapters

  • Fishermen of Kintyre

    Documentary about the ring-net method of fishing which originated off the coast of Kintyre and spread throughout the West of Scotland.

    Duration: 45:26

  • The Fisher Lassies

    Profiling the daughters of herring fishermen who followed the fleet from port to port, gutting and packing the fish for transport to Russia and Germany.

    Duration: 47:52

  • Off the Isle of May

    Colourful stories from the lives of the fisher folk who lived on the shores of the Firth of Forth.

    Duration: 44:27

  • Da Merrie Boys

    Documenting the social and sometimes controversial history of the Shetland whaling industry.

    Duration: 45:27

  • Clan Neil of Barra

    Stories of conquests, battles, inter-clan feuding, land ownership, beheadings, religion and the clearances.

    Duration: 46:53

  • St Kilda

    An elegy for the island on the edge of the world, first broadcast in 1980 on the 50th anniversary of the evacuation of the island.

    Duration: 47:24

  • The Seven Men of Knoydart

    Stories from the remote peninsula on Scotland鈥檚 West Coast whose history is bound up in land-raiding, crafting and a controversial Nazi sympathiser.

    Duration: 46:55

Broadcasts

  • Wed 20 Oct 2010 00:30
  • Wed 27 Oct 2010 00:30