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Great British Train Journeys from Above e 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 Errere.
00:14Our trains are time travellers,
00:17transporting us back to the golden age of steam, to unravel the truth about Britain's Great Railway Revolution.
00:31Sit 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.
01:01The Highlands of Scotland are a land of mystery and magic.
01:14A world of ancient mountains and lochs, of myth and legend.
01:22And through its heartland, runs a railway that's been voted, the greatest in the world.
01:43It's called the Jacobite Railway.
01:46And it starts in Fort William.
01:57But the steam train is also known as the Hogwarts Express.
02:06And has become world famous, thanks to its starring role in the Harry Potter movies.
02:16As the train waits in the station, we're about to embark on an unforgettable adventure,
02:23that will take us back three centuries,
02:27to uncover a dramatic chapter of Scottish history.
02:34The greatest threat to the English throne,
02:38in the last 300 years.
02:40The train is about to set off, on a 42-mile journey,
02:55through the Scottish Highlands, from Fort William, to Maleg.
02:59The train passes the most iconic landmarks of the Jacobite Rebellion.
03:09At the world-renowned Glenfinnan Viaduct,
03:14we'll discover the exact spot where Bonnie Prince Charlie
03:19united Highland clansmen against the crown.
03:21And on our way to Maleg, we'll pass the lock that will reveal if the rebellion was a success.
03:30As the train inches its way out of the station,
03:45The Jacobite Railway is about to become a front-row seat to the bloodiest chapter in Scottish history,
03:56the Jacobite Rebellion.
04:00We'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.
04:30Once 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.
04:50Fort William, as its name implies,
04:52was originally a fort built as a garrison to protect the English crown from the Scottish clans.
05:05They had never accepted rule by an English king.
05:08As the train leaves Fort William, and its journey through the mountains begins,
05:22it's about to pass a remarkable example
05:26of the challenge of building a railway in this environment.
05:30The train crosses the Caledonian Canal, which runs north to Inverness.
05:43But to create the canal, in the foothills of the mountains,
05:49engineers had to form Neptune's Staircase.
05:52Built more than 200 years ago, it's the longest staircase lock in Britain.
06:03And it raises canal boats 60 feet.
06:07Two miles out from Fort William, the landscape opens,
06:25and the train begins to leave civilization behind.
06:28We've reached Loch Eel, where the Jacobite Railway starts its journey through the mystery and enchantment of the Highlands.
06:49Whilst the track is flat and straight,
06:52it's an opportunity for passengers to enjoy the thrill of the golden age of travel.
06:56As the steam engine picks up speed and races along with stunning views.
07:14The 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.
07:33Loch Eel was the ancestral home of the Camerons clan.
07:37And 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.
07:59It was in these hills that the Camerons gathered with clans from throughout the Highlands.
08:13The clansmen were supporters of James the second, a Scottish king who for four years also held the English throne.
08:24But 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 the second 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?
09:03Over 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.
09:23The 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?
09:53Fifteen miles from Fort William, the train is chugging hard on the first steep climb through the Highlands.
10:04But the reward will be the most spectacular spot on the entire line.
10:09So, 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.
10:38The Glenfinnan Viaduct.
10:50Instantly recognizable 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.
11:08It's the magic moment that Harry, Hermione and Ron travel into the wizard world for the star to turn at Hogwarts.
11:20Even before the viaduct became a global superstar, Glenfinnan was already a celebrated location in Scottish history.
11:35Because what unfolded here was pivotal to the fate of the rebellion.
11:40Little wonder that every day hundreds of people flock to Glenfinnan to take in this Scottish spectacle.
11:49Coming up.
12:00As our magical mystery tour continues, we'll discover the unforgettable scene that transformed the Glenfinnan Viaduct into a cinematic icon.
12:06And how, three centuries earlier, at the same location, there was the beginning of an even stronger rebel uprising.
12:27In the Scottish Highlands, we're tracing the journey of a steam train.
12:28In the Scottish Highlands, we're tracing the journey of a steam train.
12:29Through some of the most famous
12:30In the Scottish Highlands, we're tracing the journey of a steam train.
12:32Through some of the most famous
12:34landscape in the country.
12:35On the Jacobite Railway.
12:36On the Jacobite Railway.
12:37In the Scottish Highlands, we're tracing the journey of a steam train through some of the most famous landscape in the country.
13:02Three centuries ago, this remote world of ancient mountains and lochs was clan country, where tribes of Highlanders united to overthrow the English crown.
13:18The King's forces had already put down the largest uprising in Scottish history.
13:25But was there a stronger rebellion to come?
13:32At the railway's most iconic spot, the answer starts to unfold.
13:38The Glenfinnan Viaduct has played such a significant role in Scottish history.
13:45The Glenfinnan Viaduct has played such a significant role in Scottish history.
14:06That 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.
14:23The arched viaduct is a horseshoe curve, 100 feet above the ground, that follows the steep contours of the mountains.
14:34And looking south, reaching out towards the horizon, passengers can spot Loch Shiel, glistening like a fjord.
14:48Stretching for 17 miles, the narrow loch surrounded by towering mountains is a quintessential view of the highlands.
15:00But the most iconic part of the extraordinary railway vista is the monument on the shore of the 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.
16:00So 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 who wanted to pledge their allegiance to the prince.
16:48Over 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, set out on his mission to take the English throne.
17:26But would the prince's plan to invade England be a success?
17:39Today, 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.
17:56But, 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.
18:23In the second movie, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.
18:30Harry is flying around the sky on his broomstick, playing the magical game of Quidditch.
18:35And Loch Shields' size is the backdrop to the stadium.
18:47The Glenfinnan Viaduct is the most popular spot on this magical tourist trail.
18:51Because it features in so many stand-down 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, swooping 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, the Glenfinnan Viaduct has been etched into the memory of hundreds of millions of movie fans for all time.
19:26From Harry Potter to Bonnie Prince Charlie, the Glenfinnan Viaduct is of great cultural and historical importance.
19:40But 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.
20:12Using the breakthrough material of the day on an industrial scale for the very first time, gave him a new nickname.
20:19Concrete 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 Mykashis 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.
21:58Further along the line, we'll discover how a spark of genius, this time from Concrete Bob's son, would help overcome the back-breaking challenge of digging through mile after mile of unforgiving rock.
22:17Cruising down from the line's high point, we reach the shores of Loch Hilt, where there's yet another example of a famous scene from the Harry Potter films.
22:36Twenty-two 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.
22:52The
22:57The
23:12The final resting place of Hogwarts headmaster Albus Dumbledore
23:37is this mystical tree-dotted island called Island Lemoyne.
23:42Dumbledore's grave on Loch Eald adds to the flying car over the Glenfinnan Viaduct and wizards
23:53buzzing around over Loch Shield, transforming the Jacobite Railway into the real Hogwarts
24:00Express.
24:08Next.
24:12The 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?
24:55In the Highlands of Scotland, we're tracing the journey of a steam train on the Jacobite
25:05Railway.
25:08That's transported us back three centuries to follow in the footsteps of Bonnie Prince
25:19Charlie and his army of rebels.
25:21The train is heading for the place that will reveal whether the prince was able to achieve
25:30his ultimate goal.
25:34invading England, taking the crown, and putting his grandfather James II on the throne.
25:47As the train heads further and further west, the landscape is more isolated than any we've seen.
26:02After leaving Loch Eilert Station, we've already travelled 26 miles, but there's still 16 to go.
26:27We're heading for Loch Nanua, a place that was both the beginning of Bonnie Prince Charlie's story and reveals the outcome.
26:40As the steam engine races into view, it passes an isolated white building.
26:55This is Our Lady of the Bray's church.
27:03But the last mass here was nearly 50 years ago.
27:06And today, the church standing in the empty landscape asks the question,
27:20Why did all the people who called this enchanting place home leave?
27:27The answer lies with the fate of Bonnie Prince Charlie.
27:42After the prince and his rebel army left Glenfinnan to invade England,
27:46they began to march towards London with a new-found belief that they really could achieve their goal and topple the English king.
27:58After 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 Loch that will reveal the outcome of Bonnie Prince Charlie's invasion.
28:27It's also a section of the line that illustrates the engineering challenge of carving a railway through the highlands.
28:38There are three long tunnels and three viaducts in just this short three mile section of the line.
28:56Following in his father's footsteps, Concrete Bob's son Malcolm McAlpine also had an innovative approach to engineering.
29:11At the time, drilling tunnels was a notoriously difficult operation.
29:17But, 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.
29:49As it heads further west, the train arrives at Loch Nanawa.
30:00Where 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.
30:22But, spooked by report of a large number of the king's soldiers gathering nearby with superior weaponry, the rebel army retreated all the way to Scotland.
30:39Where, four months later, at the Battle of Culloden, the end came for the rebels.
30:50The 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.
31:02The Prince was to flee Scotland as a fugitive, with the equivalent today of a five million pound bounty on his head.
31:13Loch Nanawa is Gaelic for Loch of the Caves,
31:17and it's believed the Prince sheltered in one of the Loch's caves overnight before escaping to France.
31:25On the opposite side of the Loch to the railway lies the Ardnish Peninsula,
31:45where the empty landscape demonstrates how the defeat of the rebellion changed Scotland forever.
31:52Over the century following the defeat, the clan system collapsed,
31:58and 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.
32:14An already sparsely populated land became desolate.
32:27Today, the Ardnish Peninsula is completely uninhabited.
32:32The abandoned, crofting villages along the coastline are an evocative reminder of a happier past.
32:44Once a flourishing place with a deep history, the ruins of Pian Menech was once a village that recorded 48 people in the 1841 census.
32:54There's an Iron Age fort and the remains of a Viking boat shed on the shore.
33:06The last resident to leave the area was Nellie McQueen, who moved out of this boffy during the Second World War, unable to survive on wartime rations.
33:18Today, the ruins, like our Lady of the Bray's church nearby, stand as memorials to a once thriving Highland community.
33:33On the train's great journey west,
33:48the Atlantic has appeared on the horizon.
33:54And 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.
34:14With crystal clear water that you might expect in the Caribbean, this is an unspoiled haven,
34:26with mile after mile of white sand for the few people who venture here.
34:31Further 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 Arrasa was slow and arduous.
34:59Before the railway opened, access to the rest of the world was by coastal steamer.
35:15Or 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.
35:29As the train approaches Arrasa,
35:31our journey took less than two hours.
35:32As the train approaches Arrasa,
35:44our journey west has arrived at the most westerly train station in Scotland.
35:47As the train approaches Arrasa,
35:51our journey west has arrived at the most westerly train station in Scotland.
35:57Concrete Bob and his son Malcolm had been challenged to build the railway in four years.
36:15Trains began running almost a year ahead of schedule.
36:22Arrasa station is the perfect spot to celebrate the groundbreaking engineering achievement of Concrete Bob and Malcolm.
36:32This is where the morning and afternoon services cross paths every day.
36:41A fitting tribute to the wonder and majesty of steam trains and their key role in the revitalization of the Highlands.
36:51Coming up on the last leg of our journey.
37:02We continue through this land of extremes.
37:07Past Scotland's deepest loch and its shortest river.
37:16And the boat trip to the Isle of Skye that's come to symbolize the romantic legacy of Bonnie Prince Charlie.
37:41In the Highlands of Scotland, we're following a steam train.
37:48That's come to be known as the real Hogwarts Express.
37:53And 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.
38:26As a young man who has indicated.
38:27The future of the night one, if a boy waselin' head or in a deciduous ole' head.
38:33The next one was hiking.
38:35The could of theils.
38:37The sea of the Georges.
38:38The boat trip to the river.
38:41The sea of the sea of thepop.
38:43The sea of the sea of the sea.
38:45The sea of the sea of the sea.
38:47The sea of the sea.
38:49Leaving Arisog 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.
39:19The steam train is heading towards a vast open coastline, stretching as far as the eye can see, to the Atlantic, and the Western Isles on the horizon.
39:42On the approach to Mora Station, we cross the Mora River.
39:49To the east, Britain's shortest river flows for less than a mile past another gorgeous white sand beach.
40:03And to the west, Loch Mora stretches for 12 miles.
40:15The waters of Britain's deepest loch sink down over 300 metres.
40:37Plenty of room for a mythical beast called Morag.
40:47Morag is considerably more shy than her more famous relative Nessie, the Loch Ness Monster.
40:53According to Highland Folklore, the half-human, half-fish creature appears when the Mora clan is defeated in battle.
41:06Which means Morag would have been at the height of her appearance during the rebellion.
41:12As the train passes, Loch Morag, passengers can spot an island that's a final reminder of the dark days after Culloden.
41:30Like Bonnie Prince Charlie, many rebels went into hiding.
41:42One of them, Lord Lovett, took refuge on this isolated island, Eileen Ban.
41:49But in 1747, after he was captured by English forces, Lord Lovett 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 Lovett's grisly end, his legacy lives on in the port, where he encouraged his tenants to relocate and pursue fishing.
42:45By the time of the Second World War, Mallet had established itself as the busiest herring port in Europe.
42:52But 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.
43:22The Jacobite Railway brings in tens of thousands of people from all over the world every year.
43:34All 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.
43:57After fleeing the mainland, the prince met Flora MacDonald.
44:03She risked her own life out of compassion for a fugitive who had staked everything on his bid to win the 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.
44:25But Flora was arrested and jailed in the Tower of London for treason.
44:36Her act of bravery in support of the prince has come to symbolize Scotland's resistance to the English crown.
44:44The prince did eventually escape to France.
44:54But he would never be king of England or Scotland.
45:08As our adventure draws to a close,
45:11it's an opportunity to reflect on one of the greatest steam train journeys in the world.
45:24Through the drama of the Highlands
45:26and the history
45:29of Scotland.
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