Episodes
Countryfile: Highland Games Compilation (BBC One Sunday 8 October 2023)
Countryfile: Highland Games Compilation airs Sunday 8 October 2023 on BBC One.
What is this episode about
Highland games and other celebrations of Caledonian heritage take place every summer in communities across Scotland. Hamza Yassin goes to the Braemar Highland Gathering in Royal Deeside because he has wanted to go there for a long time. Amidst a whirlwind of nonstop competition, complete with athletics races, field events and vibrant highland dancers. Hamza meets Games Vice President Willie Meston in order to learn about the Games’ origins in the clan gatherings held deep within the Cairngorms for the past thousand years.
As the music of the pipes fills the arena, historian Jack Davidson tells Hamza about the history of the games’ most recognisable tradition: the caber toss. Hamza meets 13-year-old highland dancer Eilidh, who is competing for the title of champion in front of King Charles III. Hamza also encounters the military might that has assembled for the tug of war. In the downtime between the main events, Hamza explores the Countryfile back catalogue, watching segments such as Charlotte Smith learning to select and toss a caber and John Craven touring the site of the Battle of Killiecrankie.
When can we see the episode
Countryfile: Highland Games Compilation airs Sunday 8 October 2023 at 6:15pm on BBC One
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