Scotland The Promised Land

1h

Documentary

Three-part series exploring Scotland's social and political changes in the years following World War One

Episodes

Cast

The Birth of Modern Scotland

1. The Birth of Modern Scotland

1h

23rd Mar 2016

The decade after the Great War would have a profound social and political impact on modern Scotland. Returning troops and exhausted industrial workers were promised a land fit for heroes, but instead found widespread poverty and political discontent.

Homes for Highland Heroes

2. Homes for Highland Heroes

1h

30th Mar 2016

The second film in this series examines the grave problems facing Scotland's Highlands and Islands in the turbulent decade after the Great War.

The Cultural Revolution

3. The Cultural Revolution

1h

6th Apr 2016

In the wake of the Great War, two visions of Scotland emerged - a nationalist cultural resurgence led by a band of writers, and a popular revival that appealed to the masses.

First air date

23rd Mar 2016

Last air date

6th Apr 2016

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Original language

en

Networks