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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
11:32The
11:34The
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.
11:50The
12:00Coming 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, there was the beginning of an even
12:26stronger rebel uprising.
12:48In the Scottish Highlands, we're tracing the journey of a steam train through some of
12:58the most famous landscape in the country, on 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.
13:29But was there a stronger rebellion to come?
13:34At the railway's most iconic spot, the answer starts to unfold.
13:44The Glenfinnan Viaduct has played such a significant role in Scottish history that it features on
14:08the £10 note, and we're about to discover why.
14:17As the train stops here, the passengers take in the beauty of their surroundings.
14:24The arched viaduct is a horseshoe curve, 100 feet above the ground, that follows the steep
14:30contours of the mountains.
14:34And looking south, reaching out towards the horizon, passengers can spot Loch Schiel, glistening
14:42like a fjord.
14:48And stretching for 17 miles, the narrow loch, surrounded by towering mountains, is a quintessential
14:56view of the highlands.
15:00But the most iconic part of the extraordinary railway vista is the monument on the shore of
15:07the loch.
15:17The monument takes us back in time over 300 years.
15:31To one of the most dramatic scenes in Scottish history.
15:41In the early hours of the 19th of August 1745, Bonnie Prince Charlie stepped ashore here.
15:54His ambition was to put his father, the son of James II, on the throne.
16:01So he would one day inherit the throne himself, and become king.
16:11The prince was hoping to be welcomed by hundreds of clansmen.
16:17But when he arrived, there was barely a soul to be seen.
16:31But in late afternoon, the sound of bagpipes coming over the hills hailed the arrival of 1,200 clansmen
16:44who wanted to pledge their allegiance to the prince.
16:49Over half of the men were from Clan Cameron, led by their chief, Donald Cameron of Loch Hill.
17:01At the top of the monument stands the unknown Highlander.
17:06It's a tribute to the men who pledged to give their lives for the rebellion.
17:13To signal the start of the rebellion, the prince raised his standard and, together with his highland army,
17:21set out on his mission to take the English throne.
17:27But would the prince's plan to invade England be a success?
17:39Today, half a million people visit Glenfinnan every year.
17:49It's an opportunity to pay their respects to a historic moment in Scotland's history.
17:56But there's another reason why so many people come.
18:03Magic.
18:06Harry Potter fans will recognize the Great Lake in the grounds of the famous school of magic, Hogwarts.
18:15Loch Shields' size, together with its spellbinding scenery, made it the perfect spot to bring the Great Lake to life.
18:25In the second movie, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry is flying around the sky on his broomstick, playing the magical game of Quidditch.
18:36And Loch Shields' size is the backdrop to the stadium.
18:48The Glenfinnan Viaduct is the most popular spot on this magical tourist trail, because it features in so many standout scenes.
18:56But the most memorable scene is from Chamber of Secrets, when Harry and Ron are chasing the train in a flying car, swooping wildly around the viaduct because it's been placed under a curse.
19:13Thanks to one of the most watched movie franchises in Hollywood history, the Glenfinnan Viaduct has been etched into the memory of hundreds of millions of movie fans for all time.
19:28From Harry Potter to Bonnie Prince Charlie, the Glenfinnan Viaduct is of great cultural and historical importance, but it's also an engineering masterpiece.
19:48Repairs are needed, so it's being preserved for future generations to enjoy.
19:53When the railway was built over 120 years ago, the line's engineer was Robert McAlpine, who founded what is still one of Britain's large construction companies.
20:11Using the breakthrough material of the day on an industrial scale for the very first time gave him a new nickname.
20:18A new nickname.
20:21Concrete Bob.
20:25And today, stretching over 1,200 feet, the viaduct is still the longest concrete railway structure in Scotland.
20:34After Glenfinnan, Concrete Bob's railway climbs to the highest point of the entire line.
20:51As the weather closes in and the landscape appears more ominous than ever before, we'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 encapsulates why the line was one of the final challenges for Victorian railway engineers.
21:25The train carves a path through the toughest terrain imaginable.
21:28The train carves a path through the toughest terrain imaginable.
21:32A strong rock called Mykashist is everywhere.
21:37So digging out tunnels and cuttings and building embankments and bridges did not come cheap.
21:47When construction work began, the target was to build the railway in just four years.
22:02Further along the line, we'll discover how a spark of genius, this time from Concrete Bob's son, would help overcome the backbreaking challenge of digging through mile after mile of unforgiving rocks.
22:16Cruising down from the line's high point, we reach the shores of Loch Elt, where 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, look out the window, and enjoy some of the most spectacular scenery Scotland has to offer.
22:52It's four Siroze!
22:54Let's begin!
23:10The final resting place of Hogwarts headmaster Albus Dumbledore
23:37is this mystical tree-dotted island called Island Nemoina.
23:46Dumbledore's grave on Loch Eald adds to the flying car over the Glenfinnan Viaduct
23:52and wizards buzzing around over Loch Siel, transforming the Jacobite Railway into the real Hogwarts Express.
24:07Next, the jewel of the Highlands, the Atlantic Coast, and a date with destiny for the Rebels.
24:25Would Bonnie Prince Charlie's bold plan to invade England finally bring success?
24:32In the Highlands of Scotland,
24:35we have a great success.
24:38In the Highlands of Scotland,
24:42we have a great success.
24:45On the Jacobite Railway
24:47In 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 to 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.
25:31Invading England, taking the crown,
25:38and putting his grandfather, James II, on the throne.
25:44As the train heads further and further west,
25:54the landscape is more isolated.
25:59than any we've seen.
26:15After leaving Loch Eilert Station,
26:19we've already traveled 26 miles,
26:26but there's still 16 to go.
26:29We're heading for Loch Nanua,
26:35a place that was both the beginning of Bonnie Prince Charlie's story
26:39and reveals the outcome.
26:42As the steam engine races into view,
26:47it passes an isolated white building.
26:56This is Our Lady of the Braes' church.
27:03But the last mass here was nearly 50 years ago.
27:12And 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
27:49with the newfound belief that they really could achieve their goal
27:53and topple the English king.
27:58After support for the cause mounted
28:00with an unexpectedly one-sided victory at Preston Pans,
28:04the rebels crossed the border into England
28:07and reached Derby over half the way to London.
28:22The train is approaching the Loch
28:23that will reveal the outcome of Bonnie Prince Charlie's invasion.
28:32It's also a section of the line
28:34that illustrates the engineering challenge
28:36of carving a railway through the highlands.
28:51There are three long tunnels and three viaducts
28:54in just this short three-mile section of the line.
28:57Following in his father's footsteps,
29:06Concrete Bob's son, Malcolm McAlpine,
29:09also had an innovative approach to engineering.
29:13At the time, drilling tunnels
29:15was a notoriously difficult operation.
29:19But observing a water-powered drill used by his dentist,
29:23Malcolm had his own eureka moment.
29:27He realized that water could be the power source
29:30that would revolutionize the drilling of tunnels.
29:34It was cheaply available
29:37and brought about a four-fold increase
29:40in the speed of drilling.
29:42As it heads further west,
29:51the train arrives at Loch Nanawath.
30:00Where Bonnie Prince Charlie first set foot
30:02on the Scottish mainland
30:03with his small band of supporters.
30:05Just five months later,
30:15with the Prince's army of Highlanders camped near Derby,
30:19the crown was tantalizingly within reach.
30:23But, spooked by reports of a large number
30:26of the King's soldiers gathering nearby
30:28with superior weaponry,
30:30the rebel army retreated all the way to Scotland.
30:40Where, four months later,
30:41at the Battle of Culloden,
30:43the end came for the rebels.
30:50The Prince left his men exposed to cannon fire,
30:53and they were decimated.
30:55The old fighting ways of the Highlands
30:58were defeated by modern warfare.
31:03The Prince was to flee Scotland as a fugitive,
31:06with the equivalent today
31:08of a five million pound bounty on his head.
31:14Loch Nanawath is Gaelic for Loch of the Caves,
31:17and it's believed the Prince sheltered
31:19in one of the Loch's caves overnight
31:21before escaping to France.
31:25The Prince's army of Highlanders camped
31:27on the opposite side of the Loch to the railway
31:43lies the Ardnish Peninsula,
31:46where the empty landscape demonstrates
31:48how the defeat of the rebellion
31:50changed Scotland forever.
31:53Over the century following the defeat,
31:57the clan system collapsed,
31:59and tens of thousands of Highlanders
32:01were forced from their lands
32:03as a result of the infamous Highland clearances,
32:07creating a Scottish diaspora in North America
32:11and Australasia,
32:12where 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
32:36are an evocative reminder of a happier past.
32:45Once a flourishing place with a deep history,
32:47the ruins of Pian Menech was once a village
32:51that recorded 48 people in the 1841 census.
32:55There's an Iron Age fort,
32:59and the remains of a Viking boat shed on the shore.
33:03The last resident to leave the area
33:09was Nellie McQueen,
33:11who moved out of this Bothy
33:13during the Second World War,
33:15unable to survive on wartime rations.
33:19Today, the ruins, like Our Lady of the Braes' church nearby,
33:29stand as memorials to a once thriving Highland community.
33:46On the train's great journey west,
33:48the Atlantic has appeared on the horizon.
34:00And with it,
34:02the 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,
34:26with mile after mile of white sand
34:29for the few people who venture here.
34:32Further along the coastline are small communities put on the map,
34:46thanks 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,
35:12access to the rest of the world was by coastal steamer.
35:16or by a mail coach that took seven and a half hours to reach Fort William.
35:28On the railway,
35:30the journey took less than two hours.
35:32As the train approaches Arasa,
35:44our journey west has arrived at the most westerly train station in Scotland.
36:00Concrete Bob and his son Malcolm had been challenged to build the railway in four years.
36:18The trains began running almost a year ahead of schedule.
36:26Arasa Station is the perfect spot to celebrate the ground-breaking engineering achievement of Concrete Bob and Malcolm.
36:36This is where the morning and afternoon services cross paths every day.
36:42A fitting tribute to the wonder and majesty of steam trains
36:48and their key role in the revitalization of the Highlands.
36:58Coming up on the last leg of our journey.
37:02We continue through this land of extremes.
37:08Past Scotland's deepest loch and its shortest river.
37:16And the boat trip to the Isle of Skye
37:18that's come to symbolize the romantic legacy of Bonnie Prince Charlie.
37:32and his army of rebels.
37:42In the Highlands of Scotland,
37:44we're following a steam train
37:46that's come to be known as the real Hogwarts Express
37:52and has brought to life the story of Bonnie Prince Charlie
37:58and his army of rebels.
38:00from the hope of Glenfinnan
38:06to the despair of the devastating Highland clearances that followed.
38:16But at the turn of the 19th century,
38:22hope was on the horizon once more.
38:26Once more.
38:28Once more.
38:32Once more.
38:34Once more.
38:38Once more.
38:42After a well.
38:44Leaving Arisek Station, the train has turned north.
39:04With just seven miles left, the train has left the mountains behind.
39:10But the landscape is just as scenic.
39:14The steam train is heading towards a vast open coastline, stretching as far as the eye
39:29can see to the Atlantic and the Western Isles on the horizon.
39:40On 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
40:02white sand beach.
40:10And to the west, Loch Murrah stretches for 12 miles.
40:14The waters of Britain's deepest loch sink down over 300 meters.
40:32The waters of Britain's deepest loch sink down over 300 meters.
40:41Plenty of room for a mythical beast called Morag.
40:47Morag is considerably more shy than her more famous relative Nessie, the Loch Ness Monster.
40:55According to Highland folklore, the half-human, half-fish creature appears when the Murrah clan
41:02is defeated is defeated in battle.
41:06Which means Morag would have been at the height of her appearance during the Rebellion.
41:14As the train passes, Loch Morag, passengers can spot an island that's a final reminder
41:28of the dark days after Culloden.
41:32The dark days after Culloden.
41:36Like Bonnie Prince Charlie, many rebels went into hiding.
41:42One of them, Lord Lovett, took refuge on this isolated island, Eileen Ban.
41:52But in 1747, after he was captured by English forces, Lord Lovett entered the history books
42:00as 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 Lovett's grisly end, his legacy lives on in the port
42:34where he encouraged his tenants to relocate and pursue fishing.
42:46By the time of the Second World War, Malleg had established itself as the busiest herring port in Europe.
42:54But 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.
43:12The Jacobite Railway brings in tens of thousands of people from all over the world every year.
43:19All of them eager for their own taste of the mystery and the magic of the Hogwarts Express.
43:38And there's one last tale to tell.
43:57After fleeing the mainland, the prince met Flora MacDonald.
44:05She risked her own life out of compassion for a fugitive who had staked everything on his bid to win a kingdom and lost.
44:13Flora 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 or Scotland.
45:05As 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
45:26and the history of Scotland.
45:31How did you experience Scotland in England?
45:36Amen G been right.
45:50So that's right.
45:53With the beauty of England, the British flag and greatihad.
45:55The Tôi of England
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