Our Working Lives
In this programme, Jamie Crawford uses remarkable aerial images to find out how the Scots have harnessed precious natural resources to power the country's industry.
In this film, Jamie Crawford uses remarkable aerial images to find out how the Scots have harnessed our precious natural resources to power the country's industry. He combines old aerial photographs with present-day drone and helicopter footage to tell a range of tales, from a remote loch near Ullapool to the Carron ironworks of Falkirk.
From the air it is clear that island of Belnahua on the west coast of Scotland has been almost entirely hollowed out. For here was a thriving slate industry. The deep quarries are now flooded by the sea.
It was not until more modern times that the central belt became the beating heart of industrial Scotland. Jamie meets a worker from Ravenscraig who talks about the harsh and dangerous working conditions they had to endure in one of the largest steel foundries in the world, and recalls the tragedy when Ravenscraig finally closed in 1992.
Jamie travels to Shetland to follow in the footsteps of his dad who went there to work during the oil boom, to witness the Herculean task of dismantling an old oil platform. And once the oil runs out, a new industry will take its place – wind power.
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | James Crawford |
Producer | Jon Morrice |
Executive Producer | Rachel Bell |
Broadcasts
- Wed 1 May 2019 21:0091Èȱ¬ One Scotland & Scotland HD only
- Tue 10 Sep 2019 20:00
- Wed 11 Sep 2019 19:00
- Fri 3 Apr 2020 20:00
- Sat 7 Nov 2020 19:4091Èȱ¬ Two except Northern Ireland & Northern Ireland HD
- Sat 7 Nov 2020 20:1091Èȱ¬ Two Northern Ireland HD & Northern Ireland only
- Mon 15 Feb 2021 20:00
- Tue 16 Feb 2021 19:00
- Wed 17 Aug 2022 20:00
- Mon 24 Jul 2023 20:00
- Wed 26 Jul 2023 19:00
- Fri 8 Mar 2024 16:15
Breathtaking panoramic 360° views of Scotland’s awe-inspiring scenery — a new perspective from drone-captured footage
Parts of Scotland you may already know, but won’t have seen like this before