Grand Tours of Scotland

Grand Tours of Scotland

6 Episodes

Paul Murton follows in the footsteps of the first tourists to Scotland. With a Victorian guidebook in his hands, Paul travels across the country tracing the changes that have taken place since the birth of Scottish tourism 200 years ago.

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Grand Tours of Scotland
  • The Romantic Ideal

    Episode 1

    In this first journey, Paul goes in search of the romantic ideal, travelling from the Trossachs out to Iona and then the fabled Isle of Staffa - all places that enchanted and inspired visitors with the magic of Scotland's unique history and landscape.

  • The Sporting Life

    Episode 2

    In this episode, Paul discovers how 19th-century Scotland's mountains and glens were a playground for rich gentlemen eager to test themselves against the forces of nature. In the spirit of Victorian manliness, Paul makes the journey using a conveyance of the period, an original 1870s tricycle. En...

  • In Search of the Real Scotland

    Episode 3

    Paul boards the Jacobite steamtrain, and star of the Harry Potter movies, to make one of the worlds most famous railways journeys and goes 'in search of the real Scotland'.

    For centuries, outsiders had seldom visited the beautiful landscape of the west coast, but the power of steam changed every...

  • Mind, Body and Spirit

    Episode 4

    Paul Murton follows in the footsteps of the first tourists to Scotland. With a Victorian guidebook in his hands, he travels across the country tracing the changes that have taken place since the birth of Scottish tourism 200 years ago.

    In this episode, he goes in search of the stunning landscape...

  • In Search of Perfect Isolation

    Episode 5

    Paul Murton follows in the footsteps of the first tourists to Scotland. In this episode, he travels to the Northern Isles to discover how their remoteness from the mainland became a draw for tourists in search of perfect isolation. After all, Shetland is closer to the Arctic Circle than to London...

  • Wish You Were Here

    Episode 6

    Paul Murton follows in the footsteps of the first tourists to Scotland. With a Victorian guidebook in his hands, he travels across the country tracing the changes that have taken place since the birth of Scottish tourism 200 years ago.

    In the final episode of the series, Paul traces the rise of ...