The Island That Refused to Die
1971
20 min
English
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80 year-old Gaelic speaker Donald MacDonald takes us on a brief tour of his lifelong home, Gigha - a tiny island off the West coast of Scotland. He explains how Gigha has been able to fend off the threat of depopulation, which has afflicted so many other small Scottish islands, to become a place of beauty and prosperity.
- Status
- Released
- Production
- BBC Scotland
Top Cast
Donald MacDonald as Narrator
Sir James Nockells Horlick as Self
Joan Isabel MacGill as Self
Top Crew
Donald M Maclean · Director
Louis Miller · Editor
Bridget Winter · Executive Producer
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