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

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

2014 1 Seasons ⭐ 9.0
Documentary

Andrew Marr explores the lives and works of the Scottish writers who helped define a national identity over the last three centuries.

Seasons

1. James Boswell

2014-08-16

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 Ayrshir…

2. Walter Scott

2014-08-23

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.

3. Hugh MacDiarmid

2014-08-30

Andrew Marr looks at the career of Hugh MacDiarmid, one of Scotland's most bothersome poets who reinvented Scottish as a serious writing language.

Top Cast

Andrew Marr
Andrew Marr

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