Andrew Marr's Great Scots: The Writers Who Shaped a Nation

Andrew Marr explores the lives and works of the Scottish writers who helped define a national identity over the last three centuries.

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Status	Ended
Original Name	Andrew Marr's Great Scots: The Writers Who Shaped a Nation
First Air Date	August 16, 2014
Last Air Date	August 30, 2014
Seasons	1
Episodes	3
Episode Runtime	1h 0min
Language	English
Original Language	English
Production Countries	United Kingdom
Production Companies
Networks	BBC Two

S01E03

Hugh MacDiarmid

Andrew Marr looks at the career of Hugh MacDiarmid, one of Scotland's most bothersome poets who reinvented Scottish as a serious writing language.