Episode 4
Mark Bonnar narrates a series revealing the world of Galloway Forest. The programme follows three truckers as they track down, load and ferry timber to mills in the UK.
Mark Bonnar narrates a series revealing the hidden world of Galloway Forest, the country's largest afforested area. Join the amazing men and women who live and work in the place known as Scotland's 'Highlands in the Lowlands', where 600,000 tonnes of timber are produced every year.
Navigating 1,200km of forest roads are a fleet of highly skilled truckers whose job it is to track down the timber stacks, load them using cranes and ferry the valuable cargo to mills north and south of the border. Inside the cabs of Jimmy, Norman and Eric we see what life is like for the kings of the forest roads. With new harvesting sites a constant in Galloway Forest, the Forestry Commission must find 500,000 tonnes of stone to build and maintain roads every year. An explosion is planned at a forest quarry to produce rock for a new road masterminded by forestry engineer Elaine McClymont. But before it can be given the go-ahead environment officer Gareth Ventress needs to check for any pine marten activity in the area. Thankfully for Elaine, specially set-up cameras reveal no activity and the quarry explosion can go ahead. Gareth also goes to a secret location deep within the forest to check a golden eagle feeding station. At the Balloch O'Dee campsite, owner James has double-booked an old byre that he's frantically converting in time for the start of the summer season.
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Exploding 20,000 tonnes of rock in less than a second
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Narrator | Mark Bonnar |
Executive Producer | Harry Bell |
Executive Producer | David Harron |
Broadcasts
- Mon 29 Jan 2018 19:30±«Óãtv One Scotland HD & Scotland only
- Sat 12 May 2018 18:30±«Óãtv Two England & HD only
- Sat 12 May 2018 20:00±«Óãtv Two Scotland
- Sun 13 May 2018 20:30±«Óãtv Two Northern Ireland
- Fri 18 May 2018 17:00±«Óãtv Two Wales
- Wed 21 Nov 2018 17:30±«Óãtv Two Scotland
- Sat 28 Nov 2020 20:30
- Mon 8 Feb 2021 14:25
- Sat 13 Feb 2021 20:30
- Sun 30 Jan 2022 20:30
- Sat 29 Oct 2022 20:30
- Mon 19 Feb 2024 14:00
- Sat 2 Mar 2024 20:45