
Tom Weir is regarded as one of Scotland's national treasures. His series 'Weir's Way' is one of the most popular and enduring programmes commisioned and broadcast about Scotland. Tom travels around Scotland exploring its landscape, natural history and meeting its people. In each half hour programme Tom delves into social history, physical geography and the life and times of people in the area - past and present. This is done with the charm and civility that Tom has become known for.
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Air Date: 1979-08-17
Tom visits Glen Affric in the central Highlands of Scotland to discover how such an expanse of remote land is managed...
Air Date: 1979-08-24
Tom Weir visits Inner Loch Torridon to discover the history behind the road built between Shieldaig and Loch Torridon...
Air Date: 1979-08-31
Tom continues his travels in Wester Ross as he visits Loch Maree.
Air Date: 1979-09-07
This episode looks at the remote coastline of North & South Applecross
Air Date: 1979-09-14
Climber, author and broadcaster Tom Weir explores the history of Alexander Selkirk, a real-life Robinson Crusoe, who ...
Air Date: 1979-09-21
Tom Weir visits Anstruther, part of the Royal Burgh of Kilrenny. A place where the past is always present and the lan...
Air Date: 1979-09-28
A first for Tom Weir as he brings us a show from a town, and an English one at that. Celebrating it's 500th year unde...
Air Date: 1979-10-05
In this episode Tom Weir visits Braes O'Mar on the edge of one of the biggest wilderness areas in Scotland. A place p...
Air Date: 1979-10-12
Tom visits Breadalbane - "The Heights of Alba". A country where history has been hammered out and along its course, t...
Air Date: 1979-10-19
Colliestown was noted for a special delicacy of sundried Haddock grilled in butter, and one man who was very fond of ...
Air Date: 1979-10-26
Kincardineshire is the focus of this episode. It's been called "The Fatherland of Robert Burns" because his Grandfath...
Air Date: 1979-11-02
Tom Weir tours the Oban line from Crianlarich, a renowned journey that occupies a special place in his heart as it is...
Air Date: 1979-11-09
Since Pictish times "Dunnotar" has meant "the fort in the Highland low country". In this episode, climber and author ...
Air Date: 1979-11-16
Tom Weir visits Arthur's Seat in Edinburgh, the most studied volcano in the world and where the very beginnings of ge...
Air Date: 1979-11-23
In this episode, Tom takes the 5 mile trek from the remarkable Fast Castle, built on craggs and reckoned to have been...
Air Date: 1979-11-30
Tom takes the West Coast railway line from Fort William to Mallaig, one which he describes as the most thrilling fort...
Air Date: 1979-12-07
Tom visits the Highland Wildlife Park over the A9, learning the secrets of the loneliest and highest stretch of count...
Air Date: 1979-12-14
Twenty years ago the outstandingly beautiful island of Inchcailloch was known only to a few outdoor enthusiasts, it i...
Air Date: 1979-12-21
Tom begins a trip around the Isle of Eigg, a peaceful place where taking a walk you may think this was an island wher...
Air Date: 1979-12-28
The trip around the Isle of Eigg continues. Tom meets some of the residents and explores the lifestyles adopted by cr...
Air Date: 1981-12-08
Tom Weir treads new ground with his first visit to the Island of Muck. With a total population of just 29, it is said...
Air Date: 1981-12-18
The bonniest of all the Galloway's wee towns and villages is Kirkcudbright, the capital of the Stewartry on the estua...
Air Date: 1981-12-25
Tom examines the history of the Lady of Lawers, a woman whose gift of the second-sight saw many prophecies come true ...
Air Date: 1982-01-01
Lerwick, where everything, including the language, is different welcomes Tom Weir as he continues his journey around ...
Air Date: 1982-01-08
Tom Weir speaks to the crofting community of Abriachan, overlooking Loch Ness, a hidden treasure often missed by visi...
Air Date: 1982-01-15
Tom meets the New Settlers of Kenmore, where he meets some of the talented craftsmen and women of the area and witnes...
Air Date: 1982-01-22
Tom makes his way round the North-East of Scotland in this episode, visiting the coastal village of Gardenstown befor...
Air Date: 1982-01-29
The islands of the Orkneys are occupied by owner-farmers, descendants of those who survived the bad farming times of ...
Air Date: 1982-02-05
Tom heads to Loch Garten to meet with the one millionth visitor to the Osprey Centre and to hear more about the Scott...
Air Date: 1982-02-12
Peter Buchan, poet and fisherman amongst other things, joins Tom to talk about his work and the people and places tha...
Air Date: 1982-02-19
Tom recounts the tale of Bonnie Prince Charlie's accidental landing on the Benbecula coastline after the battle of Cu...
Air Date: 1982-02-26
Author and climber Tom Weir journeys to Cramond, or Caer Amon - "The Fort in the River" - used by the Romans to recei...
Air Date: 1982-03-05
In this episode, Tom walks in the footsteps of Bonnie Prince Charlie, travelling to Culloden to take us on a tour of ...
Air Date: 1982-03-12
Queen Victoria's diaries have given us a unique record of what life was like in Royal Deeside in the second half of t...
Air Date: 1982-03-19
Tom visits Ruthwell, the home town of The Rev. Dr. Henry Duncan, the man who founded the world's first savings bank a...
Air Date: 1982-03-26
Tom begins a tour around Selkirk, a place rich in history and home of the 'Kirk O' The Forest', where William Wallace...
Air Date: 1982-04-02
Tom Weir's visit to Selkirk continues. In this episode he takes part in the local pageant, meeting the standard beare...
Air Date: 1982-04-09
Tom recounts the tale of The Seven Men of Glenmoriston, who protected Bonnie Prince Charlie from capture after the Ba...
Air Date: 1982-04-16
Skipness, "The Ship Point", is the destination for Tom Weir in this episode as he explores the small village in Kinty...
Air Date: 1982-04-23
Weir's Way takes him on a trip around the South of the Kintyre peninsula, visiting Campbeltown, Dunaverty and eventua...
Air Date: 1982-04-30
Tom spends time with Sydney Scroggie, a man who was left blind and one-legged by a mine in World War 2, who remained ...
Air Date: 1982-05-07
In this episode, Tom meets some of the residents of Tarbert in Kintyre, a small harbour village proving very popular ...
Air Date: 1988-03-01
Tom looks back on his trips to Tillicoultry, Arran and Loch Leven Castle where Mary Queen of Scots was imprisoned, be...
Air Date: 1988-03-11
Glen Torridon is said by geologists to be the oldest glen in the world. We can see in it the very beginning of geolog...
Air Date: 1988-03-18
Tom takes a stunning trip through the skies over Loch Lomond in a hot air balloon, learning all about how this method...
Air Date: 1988-03-25
Loch Maree is the largest freshwater loch North of the great glen, named after St Mael Ruba, and Tom takes a tour rou...