1963: Fyfe Robertson's Hebridean Voyage | Tonight Special | BBC Archive
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"Britain's North-Western ouposts, with nothing between them and America but 2,000 miles of blue water." Take a journey through the Inner and Outer Hebrides with Fyfe Robertson. Tonight has chartered the St. Ebba, a nineteen-ton yacht, and sent Fyfe Robertson off to report from the beautiful, remote, and almost deserted islands beyond the West coast of Scotland. He voyages to Staffa, Islay, Barra, Eriskay, Vatersay. 00:00 Introduction 02:44 The dream of the open sea 03:46 The reality of the open sea 05:05 Life on a boat 05:56 Steering the ship 07:17 Staffa Island 07:48 Fingal's Cave 09:34 Islay 10:23 Whisky making on Islay 15:00 Barra 16:23 Kitty MacPherson - Manager of Barra Airstrip 20:24 Eriskay, the grounding of the SS Politican and Whisky Galore! 24:38 Fyfe on seasickness 29:25 Vatersay, visiting the most Westerly school in Britain 37:56: Credits Clip taken from Tonight Special: The Call of the Isles, originally broadcast on BBC Television, 11 May, 1963. You have now entered the BBC Archive, a time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of TV to educate, entertain and enlighten you with classic clips from the BBC vaults. Make sure you subscribe so that you never miss a single stop on our amazing journey through the BBC Archive - https://www.youtube.com/c/BBCArchive?sub_confirmation=1 You can also dive into plenty more BBC Archive on our website - https://www.bbc.co.uk/archive
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