Scottish Castles on video The Castles of Scotland BBC presented by Dr Ian Grimble

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The Castles of Scotland
NARRATED BY DR IAN GRIMBLE
FROM THE ACCLAIMED BBC SCOTLAND SERIES

A SET OF 6 VIDEOS
CELEBRATING THE GLORIOUS HISTORY OF
12 OF SCOTLAND'S MOST FAMOUS CASTLES

THE CASTLES OF SCOTLAND

From the myths and legends of Scotland's past to the realities of today, the castles of Scotland have featured at the very centre of that nation's history. These videos each feature two castles, beautifully shot on film, whose enthralling stories are told by the noted historian Dr Ian Grimble.

Choose from 6 titles available
on VHS video

CHOICE OF TITLES

The Castles of Scotland on DVD
Explore five beautiful Scottish Castles on DVD celebrating the glorious history of scotland's most famous castles.
catalogue numbers: RDVD065 (DVD)

volume 1 - Edinburgh & Stirling Castles
Scotland's most imposing royal strongholds both stand on pedestals of rock formed by extinct volcanoes. Each is approached by rising ground formed of sediment deposited by glaciers that flowed past them during the ice ages. Between them they preserve in stone the record of many of the most dramatic events in the nation's past.
catalogue numbers: RELV014 (vol1 video)

volume 2 - Glamis & Craigievar Castles
The Scots Baronial style of architecture evolved during the Middle Ages, and the castle of Glamis in Angus is perhaps its supreme masterpiece. Unlike Glamis, Craigievar Castle did not expand over a period of centuries, but was the work of a master-mason, John Bell, and remains as he completed it. Both castles have been preserved by their owners, and today even their ghosts have been happy to stay
catalogue numbers: RELV015 (vol2 video)

volume 3 - Culzean & Inveraray Castles
In the 18th century the chiefs of the ancient Kennedy and Campbell clans, both perhaps of British descent, built new castles for themselves in the Celtic west. The 9th Earl of Cassellis commissioned Robert Adam to transform his mansion on the cliffs of Culzean into one of the masterpieces of his genius. These Adams interiors now invite comparison with those of Robert Mylne at Inveraray Castle, who had won a 'prize in the highest class' in Rome in 1758, under the jealous eyes of Adam.
catalogue numbers: RELV016 (vol3 video)

volume 4 - Thirlestane & Fyvie Castles
They stand in situations whose strategic importance was recognised from time immemorial and whose structures have evolved over centuries in the interests of safety, domestic comfort and flamboyant display. Both contain outstanding portrait collections and the work of some of Scotland's greatest architects and craftsmen.
catalogue numbers: RELV017 (vol4 video)

volume 5 - Dunrobin & Floors Castles
At opposite ends of Scotland stand two ducal mansions of astonishing magnificence. Dunrobin was originally a mediaeval castle, transformed in the mid-19th century into what might be mistaken for a French chateau. Floors was originally a house of classical design by William Adam, enlarged at about the same time into a Victorian extravaganza of pepper-pot turrets and pseudo-defensive parapets.
catalogue numbers: RELV018 (vol5 video)

volume 6 - Blair & Brodie Castles
These two castles stand in old Pictland. According to legend, one takes its name from the Plain of Fotla's Ford, anglicised to Blair Atholl. Castle Blair is an Aladdin's cave of historical souvenirs and palatial furnishings, Brodie Castle with its unique collection of daffodils is a memorial to centuries of domestic happiness.
catalogue numbers: RELV019 (vol6 video)

duration: approx 1 hour per volume

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