Synopsis
Tony Robinson takes on a tough four-day trek through the Kintail region of the west Scottish Highlands to discover the story of the Jacobite uprisings of the early 1700s.
- Programme: Walking Through History
- Episode: 04: Battle in the Glens
- Channel: Channel 4
- Broadcast year: 2013
- History | Stuart England
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