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Scotland Outdoors

Out of Doors Goes Forth

Scotland Outdoors

BBC

Nature, Society & Culture, Science

4.7709 Ratings

🗓️ 29 August 2018

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Summary

Mark and Euan follow the River Forth during the building of the Queensferry Crossing.

Transcript

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0:00.0

He tells her that she will be sent to France as a secret agent, and if she's caught, she's going to be shot.

0:09.3

I'm Helen Obalam Carter, and this is history's secret heroes, where I shine a light on extraordinary stories from World War II.

0:17.6

What they wanted was someone to get themselves arrested and sent to Auschwitz.

0:22.0

Tales of deception, an incredible acts of resistance and courage.

0:26.3

She was a born soldier.

0:27.4

She's a freedom fighter in its widest sense.

0:29.9

The brand new series of History's Secret Heroes.

0:32.8

Listen first on BBC Sounds.

0:39.4

This has to be one of the most privileged positions in Scotland

0:42.9

were 660 feet above the River Forth.

0:46.4

We're looking across to our South Naval Darkyard.

0:48.9

You can see Longanit in the distance.

0:51.1

There's Grangemouth refinery.

0:53.0

Basically, we're on the top of the world here.

0:55.1

We're in the top, the new fourth crossing.

0:57.2

How good is that?

0:58.2

It's brilliant. Absolutely superb.

1:01.1

There's a hotline.

1:09.2

And the reason is because in this edition of Out of Doors,

1:12.6

and by the way I'm Mark Stephen, he's you and McElwraith,

1:14.6

what we're going to be doing is following the route of the fourth

1:17.6

all the way down from where it begins to where we're standing now, essentially.

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