0:00:09 > 0:00:11# Katie Morag
0:00:11 > 0:00:13# Run away across the ocean
0:00:13 > 0:00:15# Katie Morag
0:00:15 > 0:00:17# Over the sea to Struay
0:00:17 > 0:00:20# Katie Morag
0:00:20 > 0:00:22# Run away across the ocean
0:00:22 > 0:00:24# Katie Morag
0:00:24 > 0:00:26# Over the sea to Struay #
0:00:33 > 0:00:37'My name is Katie Morag McColl and I live on the island of Struay.
0:00:37 > 0:00:41'I suppose it's quite wee but it's ginormous to me
0:00:41 > 0:00:42'and everyone looks out for me
0:00:42 > 0:00:46'when I'm out and about having my adventures.'
0:00:46 > 0:00:48This is where I live with my family.
0:00:48 > 0:00:51My mum and dad run the shop and post office.
0:00:51 > 0:00:55This is the bedroom I share with my brother, Liam.
0:00:55 > 0:00:58My mum says it's an absolute midden.
0:00:58 > 0:01:01This is the croft where Grannie Island lives
0:01:01 > 0:01:03with her animals and hens.
0:01:03 > 0:01:08This is the village where Neilly Beag lives!
0:01:08 > 0:01:10Hello! How're you doing?
0:01:10 > 0:01:13'And I think it's the best place in the whole entire world
0:01:13 > 0:01:16'and I wouldn't want to live anywhere else.'
0:01:19 > 0:01:21# Katie Morag. #
0:01:22 > 0:01:26'I reckon balloons must be the greatest invention, ever.
0:01:26 > 0:01:30'You can play with them, use them as decorations, or just blow them up...
0:01:30 > 0:01:32'and let them go.
0:01:32 > 0:01:35'So I couldn't believe it when Mum said a real-life
0:01:35 > 0:01:37'hot-air balloon with someone in it,
0:01:37 > 0:01:40'was going to be flying over Struay.
0:01:40 > 0:01:44'I figured we should send up a wee one of our own to say hello.
0:01:44 > 0:01:47'Problem is, normal balloons don't float very well.
0:01:47 > 0:01:51'You can throw them up, but they come right back down again.
0:01:51 > 0:01:54'I needed to come up with an extra specially brilliant idea.
0:01:54 > 0:01:57'And that's exactly what I did.'
0:01:57 > 0:02:00- RADIO ANNOUNCER:- 'As Hollywood superstar Candice Kennedy approaches
0:02:00 > 0:02:03'the end of her round-the-world balloon challenge,
0:02:03 > 0:02:06'she's taken a detour over the Hebridean island of Struay.'
0:02:06 > 0:02:09- See! I told you.- Isn't that something!
0:02:09 > 0:02:10She's putting Struay on the map!
0:02:10 > 0:02:15Och, Struay's already on the map! Last time I looked, anyway.
0:02:15 > 0:02:17I'm not sure about all this.
0:02:17 > 0:02:20- RADIO ANNOUNCER:- 'In her latest movie, she plays Flora MacDonald,
0:02:20 > 0:02:22'the Hebridean heroine who helped Bonnie Prince Charlie
0:02:22 > 0:02:25'avoid capture after the Battle of Culloden.
0:02:25 > 0:02:28'Miss Kennedy herself spent a summer on Struay as a child,
0:02:28 > 0:02:32'and says Scotland has always had a special place in her heart...'
0:02:32 > 0:02:36- Oh, isn't that lovely! - I've never heard of her.
0:02:36 > 0:02:39Away ye go! She's famous. Look.
0:02:44 > 0:02:48Well, surely I'd remember her, if she'd spent a summer on this island?
0:02:50 > 0:02:53- I'm really not sure about all this. - Dad?- Yes, sweetheart?
0:02:53 > 0:02:56Could I have a wee cup of bubbles so I can
0:02:56 > 0:02:58blow them into the sky to say hello?
0:02:58 > 0:03:00That's a great idea.
0:03:00 > 0:03:03Well, you better move fast, or you'll miss her!
0:03:06 > 0:03:10'If balloons of the best invention ever, bubbles are the second-best.
0:03:10 > 0:03:13'But blowing them isn't as easy as it looks.
0:03:15 > 0:03:17'Especially when your little brother likes bursting them
0:03:17 > 0:03:20'every bit as much as you like blowing them.'
0:03:22 > 0:03:24- Any sign?- Not yet.
0:03:27 > 0:03:30'I couldn't help wondering where all my bubbles had gone.
0:03:30 > 0:03:32'Maybe they did reach the big balloon,
0:03:32 > 0:03:36'and they're flying across the big sea with the world-famous film star.'
0:03:46 > 0:03:48I don't think she's coming.
0:03:48 > 0:03:50It wouldn't take much to blow her off course.
0:03:50 > 0:03:52Look at the way those bubbles are going!
0:03:52 > 0:03:55That's a shame. I've never seen anyone famous before.
0:03:55 > 0:03:58You see them on the telly every night, sweetheart.
0:03:58 > 0:04:01- It doesn't count either on the telly, Peter!- Can't even find us.
0:04:01 > 0:04:04Shows you how much she knows about Struay.
0:04:04 > 0:04:07- GRANNIE ISLAND SIGHS - I'm not at all sure about this.
0:04:25 > 0:04:30Now, remember to tell Uncle Matthew everybody's asking for him.
0:04:30 > 0:04:34Mum, what does famous mean?
0:04:34 > 0:04:36You know what famous means.
0:04:36 > 0:04:40- I do know that Dad's famous.- Is he?
0:04:40 > 0:04:43For being voted the best shopkeeper here in Struay.
0:04:43 > 0:04:47He's the ONLY shopkeeper here, in Struay.
0:04:47 > 0:04:51- But he has won it three years in a row.- That's true.
0:04:51 > 0:04:55And he said that you were famous for burning the porridge.
0:04:55 > 0:04:57Oh-ho-ho! Did he now?
0:04:57 > 0:05:02Though I also said I'd grown to love its unique, smoky taste.
0:05:02 > 0:05:05Hmmm. Well.
0:05:05 > 0:05:08There's famous and there's famous-famous,
0:05:08 > 0:05:13and Candice Kennedy is what you would call famous-famous.
0:05:13 > 0:05:16Right. Come on, you two! Uncle Matthew's waiting.
0:05:18 > 0:05:21I love walking to Uncle Matthew's house with Dad,
0:05:21 > 0:05:24because we always see something new.
0:05:24 > 0:05:27This time, it was holiday-makers snorkelling in the water.
0:05:35 > 0:05:38So how do people become famous-famous?
0:05:38 > 0:05:42Oh, well. Lots of different ways.
0:05:42 > 0:05:43Could be actors on the telly,
0:05:43 > 0:05:48or pop stars, or they could play shinty for Kingussie.
0:05:48 > 0:05:52But why do they become famous if they're only just doing their job?
0:05:52 > 0:05:54Good question.
0:05:54 > 0:05:59- So, who decides who becomes famous? - Well, we do, I suppose.
0:05:59 > 0:06:01Ordinary folk, like us.
0:06:01 > 0:06:03So long as we like reading about them,
0:06:03 > 0:06:05the papers will keep on writing about them.
0:06:05 > 0:06:08Would you like to be as famous as Candice Kennedy?
0:06:08 > 0:06:10Me? No way!
0:06:10 > 0:06:13'I was glad Dad wasn't famous, because that meant
0:06:13 > 0:06:15'I had him all to myself.
0:06:15 > 0:06:19'We could do the things we always did without people bothering us.
0:06:19 > 0:06:22'We could climb the hills like we always did,
0:06:22 > 0:06:25'we could walk beside loch like we always did,
0:06:25 > 0:06:29'we could cut through the muck at the bog, like we always did.
0:06:29 > 0:06:31'Thank goodness I was wearing my wellies.
0:06:33 > 0:06:36'And, when we finally arrived at uncle Matthew's house, we'd see him
0:06:36 > 0:06:41'smiling and waving at us, just like he always did. Except this time...'
0:06:41 > 0:06:44- Matthew!- Matthew!
0:06:44 > 0:06:45'..he didn't!'
0:06:49 > 0:06:51Matthew, we're here!
0:06:51 > 0:06:53'Everything looked a bit strange.
0:06:53 > 0:06:55'The vegetable garden was only half done,
0:06:55 > 0:06:59'and everything looked a bit of a mess, even messier than usual.
0:06:59 > 0:07:01'Strangest of all, two empty plates
0:07:01 > 0:07:06'and two glasses of elderberry fizz were sitting on the garden table.
0:07:06 > 0:07:09'Why would Uncle Matthew need two plates and two glasses?'
0:07:09 > 0:07:14- Matthew! Ah, they you are!- Hello!
0:07:14 > 0:07:17What's with the plates and...?
0:07:17 > 0:07:21I... have a visitor! Heh.
0:07:21 > 0:07:24- You never have visitors.- Except us.
0:07:24 > 0:07:25Well, I do today.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28'Matthew!'
0:07:31 > 0:07:33RADIO ANNOUNCER: 'Hollywood star, Candice Kennedy,
0:07:33 > 0:07:35'was due to arrive in Flodigarry an hour ago,
0:07:35 > 0:07:37'on the latest stage of her balloon trip.
0:07:37 > 0:07:40'But so far, there's no sign of her.
0:07:40 > 0:07:42'Miss Kennedy's support team are trying to make radio contact,
0:07:42 > 0:07:45'but say that they aren't yet concerned for her safety.'
0:07:47 > 0:07:50I bet she's gone off for an ice cream.
0:07:50 > 0:07:53Maybe she just wants some time to herself.
0:07:53 > 0:07:57- That girl did not spend a summer in Struay.- Why d'ye keep saying that?
0:07:57 > 0:08:02Because it's true! If she'd spent a summer here, we'd remember.
0:08:03 > 0:08:06I'm thinking she's not the one saying it at all.
0:08:07 > 0:08:10I'm thinking someone is making it up!
0:08:10 > 0:08:12Why would they do that?
0:08:12 > 0:08:16Because it makes a good story for the papers.
0:08:16 > 0:08:21I don't often say this, Neilly Beag, but I think you're absolutely right.
0:08:25 > 0:08:27SEAGULLS SING
0:08:30 > 0:08:32Hi!
0:08:32 > 0:08:35Oh, my goodness! It's you, isn't it?
0:08:35 > 0:08:37Last time I checked!
0:08:37 > 0:08:42- (It's her!) It's Candice Kennedy! - Do you know each other?
0:08:42 > 0:08:43It's Candice Kennedy?
0:08:44 > 0:08:49World-famous Hollywood superstar, Candice Kennedy.
0:08:49 > 0:08:51Oh. Right.
0:08:53 > 0:08:56- I don't watch much telly. - I don't blame you.
0:08:58 > 0:09:02Now, who wants some of this delicious elderberry fizz?
0:09:02 > 0:09:04- Wow. - I'd love some!
0:09:11 > 0:09:16- Do you remember that talent contest in Oban?- How could I forget it?
0:09:16 > 0:09:21- Mmm. Thought I was going to be the next Madonna!- Madonna!
0:09:21 > 0:09:25- You were better than Madonna. - Oh, I wasn't really!
0:09:25 > 0:09:27Your voice is every bit as good!
0:09:27 > 0:09:30And you were juggling with tennis balls at the same time!
0:09:30 > 0:09:36- Has Madonna ever done that? - You know, I don't think she has.
0:09:36 > 0:09:38Still didn't win, though.
0:09:38 > 0:09:42- Well, maybe if you hadn't run off, halfway through the song.- Mmm.
0:09:42 > 0:09:46- And the crying probably didn't help. - Ach.
0:09:46 > 0:09:49But apart from that, you were great!
0:09:50 > 0:09:52You've missed a bit.
0:09:57 > 0:10:02'Candice had wanted some peace and quiet away from all the TV cameras.
0:10:02 > 0:10:06'So, instead of passing over Struay, she decided to land here, instead.
0:10:07 > 0:10:11'Luckily, Uncle Matthew didn't know who she was.
0:10:11 > 0:10:14'So, instead of making a fuss,
0:10:14 > 0:10:17'he made her the best vegetable curry she'd ever tasted.'
0:10:19 > 0:10:22Do you like being famous?
0:10:22 > 0:10:26Sometimes. Not all the time.
0:10:26 > 0:10:31- What's good about it? - I get to do good work.
0:10:31 > 0:10:33I get to do that at school.
0:10:33 > 0:10:35I meet interesting people!
0:10:35 > 0:10:38There's LOTS of interesting people here, in Struay.
0:10:40 > 0:10:44Do you know, my real name isn't Candice Kennedy?
0:10:45 > 0:10:50- It's Wilma Whitesellen. - I like that one better.
0:10:50 > 0:10:51So do I!
0:10:54 > 0:10:57Did you really spend a summer here in Struay?
0:10:57 > 0:11:01Nah, it's just a story they made up for the papers.
0:11:01 > 0:11:04But now I've seen it, I wish I had.
0:11:07 > 0:11:11I don't think I want to be famous when I'm older.
0:11:11 > 0:11:13What DO you want to be when you grow up?
0:11:14 > 0:11:16Mmm, I think I'll just be me.
0:11:25 > 0:11:27'Candice had to get going,
0:11:27 > 0:11:29'but she said she's definitely come back to visit us again,
0:11:29 > 0:11:33'and the next time, she'd stay a whole lot longer.'
0:11:33 > 0:11:35We'd better run!
0:11:39 > 0:11:42- Thanks for everything. - Don't mention it.
0:11:42 > 0:11:44- You have a lovely family.- Aye.
0:11:48 > 0:11:51- I don't see them enough.- Why not?
0:11:51 > 0:11:54Well, the village here in Struay can get awful busy
0:11:54 > 0:11:56and I'm really not that fond of crowds.
0:11:56 > 0:11:59Where I live in Los Angeles can be busy, too.
0:11:59 > 0:12:01Does that mean you won't be able to visit me?
0:12:03 > 0:12:07Well, I could maybe start taking the odd walk down to the post office,
0:12:07 > 0:12:10try and get used to being in among the hurly-burly!
0:12:10 > 0:12:11I think that's a great idea.
0:12:11 > 0:12:13Aye, me too.
0:12:24 > 0:12:26Goodbye, Matthew.
0:12:26 > 0:12:28I'll see you again.
0:12:46 > 0:12:48- You'll never guess what happened! - Not now, Peter!
0:12:48 > 0:12:50That's Candice Kennedy up there!
0:12:50 > 0:12:52'The balloon passed low overhead,
0:12:52 > 0:12:56'and if you listened hard, you could almost hear something.'
0:12:56 > 0:12:58Hello, Isobel!
0:12:58 > 0:13:02- Ha! Did you hear that?- Hear what?
0:13:02 > 0:13:04I think she shouted my name!
0:13:04 > 0:13:07- Hi, Neilly Beag! - I certainly heard that!
0:13:07 > 0:13:10Och, she must have spent a summer in Struay right enough
0:13:10 > 0:13:13if she can recognise me from that far up!
0:13:13 > 0:13:17Bye, Peter! Bye, Katie Morag!
0:13:17 > 0:13:19Bye, Wilma Whitesellen!
0:13:19 > 0:13:22Who's "Wilma Whitesellen"?
0:13:22 > 0:13:23It's a long story.
0:13:25 > 0:13:27'Bye, Katie Morag!'
0:13:30 > 0:13:32'I don't think I'll ever be famous.
0:13:32 > 0:13:35'After all, I'm just Katie Morag McColl,
0:13:35 > 0:13:39'from the tiny wee island of Struay.
0:13:39 > 0:13:42'But I really wouldn't want it any other way.'