This Land Is Our Land A History of Scotland : Season 2 Episode 4
BBC One Scotland 1h 00m int(0)
Aired: November 29th, 2009 @ 9:00 PM EST on BBC One Scotland
At the start of the 19th century, everything familiar was swept away. People fled from the countryside into the industrial towns of Scotland's central belt. Rural workers became factory workers - in some of the worst conditions in Europe. This new Scotland became a seedbed of revolution. But it wasn't just force that kept the Scottish people in their place, it was fantasy. Neil Oliver reveals how Sir Walter Scott created so powerful a myth, it haunts the Scots collective imagination to this day.