Back to his roots; COAST THU, BBC2,8pm.After yomping around the country, Neil Oliver Neil Oliver (born Ayr, 1971) is a Scottish archaeologist, historian, author and broadcaster, known for his distinctive voice and long black hair. He grew up in Ayr and Dumfries before attending Glasgow University to study archaeology. returns to his homeland to visit the remote, rugged Outer Hebrides. The stunning mosaic of more than 200 islands lies 150 miles North West of Glasgow. The journey begins on the deserted island of Mingulay where Neil Oliver meets up with historian Collum MacNeil to investigate why, after 2000 years of habitation HABITATION, civil law. It was the right of a person to live in the house of another without prejudice to the property. 2. It differed from a usufruct in this, that the usufructuary might have applied the house to any purpose, as, a store or manufactory; whereas , the island was dramatically abandoned in 1912. On Eriskay, Mirand Krestovnikoff investigates the truth behind the fiction of the classic Ealing comedy, Whisky Galore. A hidden treasure and golfer's dream in the form of the Old Tom Morris course is unearthed Unearthed is the name of a Triple J project to find and "dig up" (hence the name) hidden talent in regional Australia. Unearthed has had three incarnations - they first visited each region of Australia where Triple J had a transmitter - 41 regions in all. on the sandy coast at Akskermish, South Uist, and Neil admires the wealth of local wildlife that thrives on North Uist at the Balranald Nature Reserve. The team also head 40 miles west out into the open Atlantic ocean to remote St Kilda. CAPTION(S): BACK HOME... Neil Oliver |
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