Historical Movie Making in Scotland

In this week’s episode, Jackie is off to the pictures to discover the story of Scotland on screen. Joined by Scottish film and TV critic Siobhan Synnot and the National Trust for Scotland’s Film Manager Anna Rathband, Jackie embarks on a whistlestop tour of some of the most influential Scottish films.

Along the way, she finds out which movies have had the biggest impact on Scotland and the Trust, including Skyfall, the Wicker Man, and franchises like Harry Potter and the Avengers. Anna reveals why film-makers love coming to Scotland to shoot their scenes while Siobhan gives behind-the-scenes stories from the sets of some of the biggest Scottish productions in history.

To find out more about Trust properties and sites that have been immortalised on film, click here.