Grand Tours of Scotland's Rivers Season 2 Episode 5 - An Independent River

Airdate: 2023-Apr-17

Episode summary:

This Grand Tour follows the River Teviot through Teviotdale, once the haunt of notorious border reivers. In the town of Hawick, Paul joins the annual Common Riding - an event that recalls the border wars with England. In Jedburgh, close to the ruined medieval abbey, Paul is reminded of a crazy night flight by Nazi deputy leader Rudolf Hess.Paul then joins a paranormal researcher in an attempt to contact ghosts in Jedburgh's old jail before heading to the river's confluence with the Tweed - a location for a once-magnificent Scottish castle, and where a king went off with a bang.

About Grand Tours of Scotland's Rivers series:

Seasoned traveller Paul Murton sets off downstream to explore five rivers over six programmes from source to sea.