Dream Me Up, Scotty
Season 2013Episode 224Season 2013Episode 226

E225 Dream Me Up, Scotty

BBC Documentaries / Season 2013 / Episode 225

23 Dec, 2013 · 1h

 
Season 2013Episode 224Season 2013Episode 226

E225 Dream Me Up, Scotty

BBC Documentaries / Season 2013 / Episode 225

23 Dec, 2013 · 1h

 

Alex Norton discovers how showbusiness has handled the portrayal of the Scottish accent. For over 100 years audiences have struggled to understand our braw brogue: silent Harry Lauder films attempted an accent in the captions, and in Hollywood's golden era , everyone wanted to paint their tonsils tartan- but as examples from Katharine Hepburn, Orson Welles and Richard Chamberlain show, they couldnae. Then Disney made Brave and proved that it... see more

Alex Norton discovers how showbusiness has handled the portrayal of the Scottish accent. For over 100 years audiences have struggled to understand our braw brogue: silent Harry Lauder films attempted an accent in the captions, and in Hollywood's golden era , everyone wanted to paint their tonsils tartan- but as examples from Katharine Hepburn, Orson Welles and Richard Chamberlain show, they couldnae. Then Disney made Brave and proved that it... see more
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