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Heather Dewar visits Lewis where she draws a colour portrait of Maggie Mackenzie. Tha Fraoch Nic an De貌ir ann an Le貌dhas a鈥檇猫anamh dealbh dathte de Mhagaidh NicCoinnich.

Islay-born artist Heather Dewar combines the role of artist and interviewer, creating colour portraits of well-known Gaels while teasing out of them every little detail of their life story!

Heather travels to Point in Lewis where she meets Maggie Mackenzie, known to many as the actress who played Fiona Macaskill in the long-running soap 鈥楳achair鈥. While her real life may not be as scandalous as that of her character, it has certainly been just as interesting.

Tha an t-ealanaiche Fraoch Nic an De貌ir 脿 脤le air ais le sreath 霉r de Dhealbhan Fraoich. A鈥 tarraing is a鈥 c貌mhradh, n矛 i dealbhan dathte de Gh脿idheil air a bheil sinn e貌lach 鈥 a鈥 tarraing asda a h-uile criomag eachdraidh-beatha!

Sa phr貌gram seo tha i a鈥檚iubhal dhan Rubha ann an Le貌dhas a thachairt air Magaidh NicChoinnich. B鈥檌se an actar air an robh m貌ran e貌lach nuair a bha i a鈥檆luich Fiona NicAsgaill anns an t-sreath telebhisein 鈥淢achair鈥. Ged nach robh a beatha fh猫in faisg cho l脿n sgannail ri saoghal a鈥檆haractair, bha i da-r矛reabh a鈥檆heart cho inntinneach.

In Gaelic with English subtitles

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29 minutes

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Heather Dewar
Executive Producer Ishbel Maclennan
Production Manager Sajid Quayum
Producer Peter Macqueen
Director Faye MacLean
Editor Margaret Morrison

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