Synopsis
Hugh Dennis and Julia Bradbury are in the Highlands of Scotland, Britain's wildest and oldest landscape. They explore a landscape built by volcanoes, earthquakes and ice.
- Programme: The Great British Countryside
- Episode: 4: Highlands
- Channel: BBC One
- Broadcast year: 2012
- Geography
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