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Great British Train Journeys from Above Season 1 Episode 1
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00:00The North Yorkshire Moors, the Highlands of Scotland, the rolling hills of Somerset, and Snowdonia, known today as Errerie.
00:14Our trains are time travellers, transporting us back to the Golden Age of Steam,
00:25to unravel the truth about Britain's Great Railway Revolution.
00:36Sit back, soak up the scenery, and enjoy all the romance and the thrill of a steam train journey, like you've never seen it before.
00:55The Highlands of Scotland are a land of mystery and magic.
01:05A world of ancient mountains and lochs, of myth and legend, and through its heartland runs a railway that's been voted the greatest in the world.
01:31It's called the Jacobite Railway.
01:49And it starts in Fort William.
01:52But the steam train is also known as the Hogwarts Express.
02:05And has become world famous, thanks to its starring role in the Harry Potter movies.
02:11As the train waits in the station, we're about to embark on an unforgettable adventure
02:22that will take us back three centuries
02:26to uncover a dramatic chapter of Scottish history.
02:31The train is about to set off on a 42-mile journey through the Scottish Highlands from Fort William to Malag.
03:01The train passes the most iconic landmarks of the Jacobite Rebellion.
03:11At the world-renowned Glenfinnan Viaduct, we'll discover the exact spot
03:16where Bonnie Prince Charlie united Highland clansmen against the crown.
03:22And on our way to Malag, we'll pass the loch that will reveal if the rebellion was a success.
03:30As the train inches its way out of the station,
03:46the Jacobite Railway is about to become a front row seat
03:52to the bloodiest chapter in Scottish history, the Jacobite Rebellion.
03:58We'll find out who they were and why the rebellion took place,
04:05and more importantly, how the outcome would shape Scotland forever.
04:10On the outskirts of Fort William, the train picks up speed through the foothills of the highest mountain in Britain.
04:31Once a vast volcano, Ben Nevis is all that remains after a cataclysmic explosion millions of years ago.
04:43The train journey has begun in its shadow.
04:47Fort William, as its name implies, was originally a fort built as a garrison
04:56to protect the English crown from the Scottish clans.
05:04They had never accepted rule by an English king.
05:08As the train leaves Fort William and its journey through the mountains begins,
05:20it's about to pass a remarkable example of the challenge of building a railway in this environment.
05:30The train crosses the Caledonian Canal, which runs north to Inverness.
05:45But to create the canal, in the foothills of the mountains, engineers had to form Neptune's Staircase.
05:53Built more than 200 years ago, it's the longest staircase lock in Britain.
06:05And it raises canal boats 60 feet.
06:08Two miles out from Fort William, the landscape opens and the train begins to leave civilization behind.
06:30We've reached Loch Eel, where the Jacobite Railway starts its journey through the mystery and enchantment of the highway.
06:38We've reached Loch Eel, where the Jacobite Railway starts to leave.
06:40We've reached Loch Eel, where the Jacobite Railway starts to leave.
06:50Whilst the track is flat and straight, it's an opportunity for passengers to enjoy the thrill of the golden age of travel.
06:59As the steam engine picks up speed and races along with stunning views.
07:08The railway has entered clan country.
07:18For centuries, this landscape was dominated by one of Scotland's most ancient clans, the Camerons.
07:27Historically, the highlands were divided into territories ruled over by different clans.
07:32Loch Eel was the ancestral home of the Camerons clan.
07:41And today, the chief of the clan still carries the name, Camerons of Loch Eel.
07:46As the track weaves along Loch Eel, voices of the past echo through the empty landscape, from a time three centuries ago.
08:00It was in these hills that the Camerons gathered with clans from throughout the highlands.
08:17The clansmen were supporters of James II, a Scottish king who for four years also held the English throne.
08:25But he was overthrown and replaced with a new king with a radically reduced role chosen by the English.
08:37The Jacobites, named after Jacobus, the Latin name for James, wanted to return James II to the throne and make him king of England and Scotland again.
08:50But, as the largest ever mass rising of Scottish forces gathered in these hills, could they take the English crown?
09:04Over 20 years after the imposition of an English king, 16,000 rebels from 26 Scottish clans marched south to confront the English forces at the Battle of Sheriff Muir.
09:25The rebels outnumbered the English forces almost three to one, but the battle was a disaster.
09:35The rising was put down and the leaders killed or exiled.
09:42It was a major setback for the rebels, but was there a more successful uprising to come?
09:5515 miles from Fort William, the train is chugging hard on the first steep climb through the highlands.
10:02But the reward will be the most spectacular spot on the entire line.
10:15So, naturally, it's the place the Harry Potter filmmakers chose to convey an enchanting world of magic and mystery on the big screen.
10:24The Glenfinnan Viaduct.
10:37The Glenfinnan Viaduct.
10:38Instantly recognisable to hundreds of millions of movie fans across the globe.
10:55The magnificent viaduct and its spellbinding Highland backdrop plays a leading role in the movies.
11:02It's the magic moment that Harry, Hermione and Ron travel into the wizard world for the start of term at Hogwarts.
11:15Even before the viaduct became a global superstar, Glenfinnan was already a celebrated location in Scottish history.
11:29The
11:35Because what unfolded here was pivotal to the fate of the rebellion.
11:42Little wonder that every day hundreds of people flock to Glenfinnan to take in this Scottish spectacle.
11:52The
11:52Coming up.
12:07As our magical mystery tour continues,
12:11we'll discover the unforgettable scene that transformed the Glenfinnan Viaduct into a cinematic icon.
12:18And how, three centuries earlier, at the same location,
12:24there was the beginning of an even stronger rebel uprising.
12:48In the Scottish Highlands, we're tracing the journey of a steam train,
12:57through some of the most famous landscape in the country,
13:01on the Jacobite Railway.
13:07Three centuries ago, this remote world of ancient mountains and lochs was clan country,
13:14where tribes of Highlanders united to overthrow the English crown.
13:21The King's forces had already put down the largest uprising in Scottish history.
13:28But was there a stronger rebellion to come?
13:33At the railway's most iconic spot, the answer starts to unfold.
13:43The Glenfinnan Viaduct has played such a significant role in Scottish history,
14:07that it features on the ten-pound note.
14:11And we're about to discover why.
14:16As the train stops here, the passengers take in the beauty of their surroundings.
14:24The arched viaduct is a horseshoe curve,
14:27100 feet above the ground, that follows the steep contours of the mountains.
14:32And looking south, reaching out towards the horizon,
14:38passengers can spot Loch Shiel, glistening like a fjord.
14:48Stretching for 17 miles, the narrow loch surrounded by towering mountains
14:55is a quintessential view of the highlands.
14:57But the most iconic part of the extraordinary railway vista
15:05is the monument on the shore of the loch.
15:17The monument takes us back in time over 300 years.
15:21To one of the most dramatic scenes in Scottish history.
15:41In the early hours of the 19th of August, 1745,
15:44Bonny Prince Charlie stepped ashore here.
15:54His ambition was to put his father, the son of James II, on the throne.
16:00So he would one day inherit the throne himself and become king.
16:05The prince was hoping to be welcomed by hundreds of clansmen.
16:17But when he arrived, there was barely a soul to be seen.
16:21But in late afternoon, the sound of bagpipes coming over the hills
16:39hailed the arrival of 1,200 clansmen who wanted to pledge their allegiance to the prince.
16:46The men who pledged to give their lives for the rebellion.
17:00At the top of the monument stands the unknown Highlander.
17:07It's a tribute to the men who pledged to give their lives for the rebellion.
17:10to signal the start of the rebellion the prince raised his standard and together with his highland
17:20army set out on his mission to take the english throne but would the prince's plan to invade
17:29england be a success today half a million people visit glenfinnan every year
17:48it's an opportunity to pay their respects to a historic moment in scotland's history
17:53but there's another reason why so many people come
18:00magic
18:04harry potter fans will recognize the great lake in the grounds of the famous school of magic
18:11hogwarts
18:12loch shiel's size together with its spellbinding scenery
18:19made it the perfect spot to bring the great lake to life
18:23in the second movie harry potter and the chamber of secrets
18:28harry is flying around the sky on his broomstick
18:33playing the magical game of quidditch
18:36and loch shiel is the backdrop to the stadium
18:39the glenfinnan viaduct is the most popular spot on this magical tourist trail
18:52because it features in so many standout scenes
18:56but the most memorable scene is from chamber of secrets
19:03when harry and ron are chasing the train in a flying car
19:07swooping wildly around the viaduct because it's been placed under a curse
19:12thanks to one of the most watched movie franchises in hollywood history
19:18the glenfinnan viaduct has been etched into the memory of hundreds of millions of movie fans
19:25for all time
19:26from harry potter to bonnie prince charlie
19:35the glenfinnan viaduct is of great cultural and historical importance
19:40but it's also an engineering masterpiece
19:44repairs are needed
19:49so it's being preserved for future generations to enjoy
19:53when the railway was built over 120 years ago
19:59the line's engineer was robert mcalpine
20:05who founded what is still one of britain's large construction companies
20:09using the breakthrough material of the day
20:14on an industrial scale for the very first time
20:17gave him a new nickname
20:19concrete bob
20:22and today stretching over 1200 feet
20:29the viaduct is still the longest concrete railway structure in scotland
20:34after glenfinnan
20:46concrete bob's railway climbs to the highest point of the entire line
20:51as the weather closes in
20:55and the landscape appears more ominous than ever before
20:59we're about to discover how ambitious or foolhardy you had to be to build a railway up here
21:07this stretch of rocky terrain after glenfinnan
21:21encapsulates why the line was one of the final challenges for victorian railway engineers
21:26the train carves a path through the toughest terrain imaginable
21:32a strong rock called micashist is everywhere
21:37so digging out tunnels and cuttings
21:44and building embankments and bridges
21:46did not come cheap
21:48when construction work began
21:53the target was to build the railway in just four years
21:57further along the line
22:04we'll discover how a spark of genius
22:07this time from concrete bob's son
22:10would help overcome the backbreaking challenge
22:13of digging through mile after mile of unforgiving rock
22:17cruising down from the line's high point
22:27we reach the shores of loch eilt
22:29where there's yet another example of a famous scene from the harry potter films
22:3422 miles from fort william it's an opportunity to relax
22:44look out the window
22:46and enjoy some of the most spectacular scenery scotland has to offer
22:52class sure
23:00with the
23:04a
23:05and
23:09and
23:10and
23:11and
23:12and
23:14The final resting place of Hogwarts headmaster Albus Dumbledore
23:37is this mystical tree-dotted island called Island Nemoina.
23:44Dumbledore's grave on Loch Ild adds to the flying car over the Glenfinnan Viaduct and wizards
23:54buzzing around over Loch Sheil, transforming the Jacobite Railway into the real Hogwarts Express.
24:09The jewel of the Highlands, the Atlantic coast, and a date with destiny for the rebels.
24:26Would Bonnie Prince Charlie's bold plan to invade England finally bring success?
24:32In the Highlands of Scotland,
25:00we're tracing the journey of a steam train on the Jacobite Railway
25:06that's transported us back three centuries
25:16to follow in the footsteps of Bonnie Prince Charlie and his army of rebels.
25:21The train is heading for the place that will reveal whether the prince was able to achieve his ultimate goal.
25:32Invading England, taking the crown, and putting his grandfather James II on the throne.
25:44As the train heads further and further west, the landscape is more isolated.
26:05than any we've seen.
26:17After leaving Loch Islet Station, we've already travelled 26 miles, but there's still 16 to go.
26:24We're heading for Loch Nanua, a place that was both the beginning of Bonnie Prince Charlie's story and reveals the outcome.
26:45As the steam engine races into view, it passes an isolated white building.
26:56This is Our Lady of the Braes' church.
27:04The last mass here was nearly 50 years ago.
27:13And today, the church standing in the empty landscape asks the question,
27:21why did all the people who called this enchanting place home leave?
27:29The answer lies with the fate of Bonnie Prince Charlie.
27:42After the prince and his rebel army left Glenfinnan to invade England,
27:47they began to march towards London with the newfound belief
27:51that they really could achieve their goal and topple the English king.
27:56After support for the cause mounted with an unexpectedly one-sided victory at Preston Pans,
28:04the rebels crossed the border into England and reached Derby over half the way to London.
28:12The train is approaching the lock that will reveal the outcome of Bonnie Prince Charlie's invasion.
28:28It's also a section of the line that illustrates the engineering challenge of carving a railway through the Highlands.
28:39There are three long tunnels and three viaducts in just this short three-mile section of the line.
28:57Following in his father's footsteps, Concrete Bob's son, Malcolm McAlpine, also had an innovative approach to engineering.
29:12At the time, drilling tunnels was a notoriously difficult operation.
29:18But, observing a water-powered drill used by his dentist, Malcolm had his own eureka moment.
29:26He realized that water could be the power source that would revolutionize the drilling of tunnels.
29:33It was cheaply available and brought about a four-fold increase in the speed of drilling.
29:43As it heads further west, the train arrives at Loch Nanua.
29:53Where Bonnie Prince Charlie first set foot on the Scottish mainland with his small band of supporters.
30:05Just five months later, with the Prince's army of Highlanders camped near Derby, the crown was tantalizingly within reach.
30:23But, spooked by reports of a large number of the king's soldiers gathering nearby with superior weaponry,
30:30the rebel army retreated all the way to Scotland.
30:36Where, four months later, at the Battle of Culloden, the end came for the rebels.
30:46The Prince left his men exposed to cannon fire, and they were decimated.
30:55The old fighting ways of the Highlands were defeated by modern warfare.
31:01The Prince was to flee Scotland as a fugitive, with the equivalent today of a five million pound bounty on his head.
31:12Loch Nanua is Gaelic for Loch of the Caves, and it's believed the Prince sheltered in one of the Loch's caves overnight,
31:22before escaping to France.
31:25The Prince's army of Highlands camped near the Battle of Culloden.
31:41On the opposite side of the Loch to the railway lies the Ardnish Peninsula,
31:46where the empty landscape demonstrates how the defeat of the rebellion changed Scotland forever.
31:53Over the century following the defeat, the clan system collapsed,
31:59and tens of thousands of Highlanders were forced from their lands as a result of the infamous Highland Clearances.
32:07Creating a Scottish diaspora in North America and Australasia, where many of their descendants live today.
32:15An already sparsely populated land became desolate.
32:27Today, the Ardnish Peninsula is completely uninhabited.
32:33The abandoned, crofting villages along the coastline are an evocative reminder of a happier past.
32:45Once a flourishing place with a deep history, the ruins of Pjanmenich was once a village that recorded 48 people in the 1841 census.
32:55There's an Iron Age fort and the remains of a Viking boat shed on the shore.
33:07The last resident to leave the area was Nellie McQueen, who moved out of this Bothy during the Second World War, unable to survive on wartime rations.
33:19Today, the ruins, like Our Lady of the Braes Church nearby, stand as memorials to a once thriving Highland community.
33:34On the train's great journey west,
33:54the Atlantic has appeared on the horizon.
34:00And with it, the promise of one of Scotland's most dramatic coastlines.
34:06The pristine beaches of the Atlantic coast
34:10are the jewel of the Highlands.
34:16With crystal clear water that you might expect in the Caribbean,
34:22this is an unspoiled haven with mile after mile of white sand for the few people who venture here.
34:42Further along the coastline are small communities put on the map thanks to the railway.
34:48For centuries, travel into the mainland from the tiny fishing village of Arasa was slow and arduous.
35:00Before the railway opened, access to the rest of the world was by coastal steamer.
35:14Or by a mail coach that took seven and a half hours to reach Fort William.
35:22On the railway, the journey took less than two hours.
35:36As the train approaches Arasa, our journey west has arrived at the most westerly train station in Scotland.
36:04Concrete Bob and his son Malcolm had been challenged to build the railway in four years.
36:16Trains began running almost a year ahead of schedule.
36:22Arasa Station is the perfect spot to celebrate the groundbreaking engineering achievement of Concrete Bob and Malcolm.
36:34This is where the morning and afternoon services cross paths every day.
36:40A fitting tribute to the wonder and majesty of steam trains and their key role in the revitalization of the Highlands.
36:54Coming up on the last leg of our journey.
37:00We continue through this land of extremes.
37:06Past Scotland's deepest loch and its shortest river.
37:12And the boat trip to the Isle of Skye that's come to symbolize the romantic legacy of Bonnie Prince Charlie.
37:24And the boat trip to the Isle of Skye.
37:26And the boat trip to the Isle of Skye.
37:28In the Highlands of Scotland, we're following a steam train.
37:34That's come to be known as the real Hogwarts Express.
37:40And has brought to life the story of Bonnie Prince Charlie and his army of rebels.
38:04From the hope of Glenfinnan.
38:11To the despair of the devastating Highland clearances that followed.
38:20But at the turn of the 19th century, hope was on the horizon once more.
38:34Leaving Arisek Station, the train has turned north.
39:02With just seven miles left, the train has left the mountains behind.
39:09But the landscape is just as scenic.
39:19The steam train is heading towards a vast open coastline.
39:23Stretching as far as the eye can see.
39:31To the Atlantic.
39:34And the Western Isles on the horizon.
39:42On the approach to Murrah Station, we cross the Murrah River.
39:46To the east, Britain's shortest river flows for less than a mile past another gorgeous white sand beach.
40:03And to the west, Loch Morrah stretches for 12 miles.
40:15The waters of Britain's deepest loch sink down over 300 meters.
40:32Plenty of room for a mythical beast called Morrag.
40:46Morrag is considerably more shy than her more famous relative Nessie, the Loch Ness Monster.
40:53According to Highland folklore, the half-human, half-fish creature appears when the Morrah clan is defeated in battle.
41:04Which means Morrag would have been at the height of her appearance during the rebellion.
41:11During the Rebellion.
41:12The Rebellion.
41:13As the train passes, Loch Morrah, passengers can spot an island that's a final reminder of the dark days after Culloden.
41:32The Rebellion.
41:33The Rebellion.
41:37Like Bonnie Prince Charley, many rebels went into hiding.
41:43One of them, Lord Lovatt, took refuge on this isolated island, Eileen Vann.
41:53But in 1747, after he was captured by English forces, Lord Lovatt entered the history books as the last person to be publicly beheaded in Britain.
42:05On the last leg of our journey, the train hugs the rugged Atlantic coastline all the way to Mallet.
42:26Despite Lord Lovard's grisly end, his legacy lives on in the port, where he encouraged his tenants to relocate and pursue fishing.
42:39By the time of the Second World War, Mallet had established itself as the busiest herring port in Europe.
42:53But the fortunes of Mallet waxed and waned with shoals of herring that didn't always turn up where and when they were expected to.
43:07Today, steam trains have returned and brought fame back to the region.
43:16The Jacobite Railway brings in tens of thousands of people from all over the world every year.
43:31All of them eager for their own taste of the mystery and the magic of the Hogwarts Express.
43:41And there's one last tale to tell.
43:52After fleeing the mainland, the prince met Flora MacDonald.
44:02She risked her own life out of compassion for a fugitive who had staked everything on his bid to win a kingdom and lost.
44:17Flora disguised the prince as an Irish maid and helped him to escape on a boat to the safety of Skye.
44:30But Flora was arrested and jailed in the Tower of London for treason.
44:35Her act of bravery in support of the prince has come to symbolize Scotland's resistance to the English crown.
44:49The prince did eventually escape to France.
44:55But he would never be king of England.
44:58Or Scotland.
45:00As our adventure draws to a close.
45:10It's an opportunity to reflect on one of the greatest steam train journeys in the world.
45:20Through the drama of the Highlands and the history of Scotland.
45:50The prince is also a dramatic character.
45:53The prince is a very famous Spider-Man a perfect place to do.
45:54The prince is a great friend, who wanted to explore a beautiful city and the heritage of the prince.
45:59The prince did the great prince who created a huge enterprises in the South of London.
46:02The prince is the creator of the imaginary throne and the king.
46:05The prince is the chief of the king.
46:09The prince is the king.
46:11The prince is the king in the South of London.
46:13The prince is the king of the king.
46:16At the prince is the king of the prince.
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