Synopsis
Professor Iain Stewart reveals how Scotland's unique landscape was shaped. Here, he discovers how man made the proverbially beautiful Highlands.
- Programme: Making Scotland's Landscape
- Episode: 2: The Land
- Channel: BBC One
- Broadcast year: 2010
- Geography
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