0:00:22 > 0:00:24There's a brand new stand
0:00:24 > 0:00:27on the Castle esplanade,
0:00:27 > 0:00:28but like Edinburgh's famous trams,
0:00:28 > 0:00:31they haven't quite finished the job in time.
0:00:33 > 0:00:35CHEERING
0:01:45 > 0:01:47A Typhoon fighter from 6 Squadron,
0:01:47 > 0:01:49based at RAF Leuchars,
0:01:49 > 0:01:51and the fanfare, Salute to the Stands,
0:01:51 > 0:01:55mark the opening of the 2011 Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo.
0:01:55 > 0:01:59CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:02:05 > 0:02:08Now, the massed pipes and drums cross the drawbridge
0:02:08 > 0:02:11to the tune "The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo",
0:02:11 > 0:02:13written by Captain Steven Small,
0:02:13 > 0:02:16Director of Army Bagpipe Music and Highland Drumming.
0:02:25 > 0:02:29This year, the bands featured are: The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards,
0:02:29 > 0:02:33The First Battalion Scots Guards, The Royal Scots Borderers,
0:02:33 > 0:02:35The Royal Highland Fusiliers,
0:02:35 > 0:02:38First and Second Battalions of The Royal Regiment of Scotland,
0:02:38 > 0:02:41First Battalion of The Royal Irish Regiment,
0:02:41 > 0:02:44First and Second Battalions, The Royal Ghurkha Rifles,
0:02:44 > 0:02:45and The Royal Air Force.
0:02:45 > 0:02:49From overseas, The Royal Caledonian Society
0:02:49 > 0:02:50of South Australia,
0:02:50 > 0:02:52The Royal Army of Oman
0:02:52 > 0:02:54and The Crossed Swords,
0:02:54 > 0:02:55from Germany.
0:03:01 > 0:03:03The March of the Cameron Men gives way
0:03:03 > 0:03:05to the slow march, Rhu Vaternish...
0:03:23 > 0:03:25In the Garb of Old Gaul...
0:04:01 > 0:04:04The Gallowa' Hills...
0:04:40 > 0:04:43Dark Lowers the Night...
0:05:11 > 0:05:15..and to end this set, Kelsey's Wee Reel...
0:05:33 > 0:05:36CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:05:39 > 0:05:42HE ISSUES BAND COMMANDS
0:05:45 > 0:05:47Drum Major, Brian Alexander,
0:05:47 > 0:05:50the senior drum major in the British Army,
0:05:50 > 0:05:52in his last Tattoo, gives the command
0:05:52 > 0:05:55for the massed pipes and drums to continue with a march,
0:05:55 > 0:05:56written to mark this,
0:05:56 > 0:06:00the 90th anniversary of The Royal British Legion Scotland.
0:06:19 > 0:06:21And as they form a Celtic cross,
0:06:21 > 0:06:23they play the strathspey, Monymusk...
0:06:36 > 0:06:38Fingal's Weeping...
0:07:10 > 0:07:13The drum salute, Stoke The Boiler,
0:07:13 > 0:07:16leads us aboard The Steam Train To Mallaig...
0:08:05 > 0:08:08The jig, Asturia...
0:08:20 > 0:08:22..and the Jig O' Slurs...
0:08:36 > 0:08:38The Gypsy Dance...
0:08:54 > 0:08:57CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:08:57 > 0:08:59The massed pipes and drums.
0:08:59 > 0:09:02APPLAUSE
0:09:02 > 0:09:05And now for something completely different.
0:09:10 > 0:09:14The Band of the Royal Netherlands Army Mounted Regiments
0:09:14 > 0:09:16uphold the traditions
0:09:16 > 0:09:18of the Nederlandsch Wielrijders Muziekcorps,
0:09:18 > 0:09:20the Dutch music corps of the Bicycle Regiment,
0:09:20 > 0:09:25as they take to the esplanade in replica First World War uniforms,
0:09:25 > 0:09:27bikes and instruments.
0:09:43 > 0:09:46AIR HISSING
0:09:46 > 0:09:49Oh, dear, oh, dear, oh, dear.
0:09:49 > 0:09:51And, of course, they are subject to the usual
0:09:51 > 0:09:54occupational hazards associated with the bicycle.
0:09:55 > 0:09:58In a cycle-friendly country like theirs,
0:09:58 > 0:10:00where there are more bikes than people,
0:10:00 > 0:10:02they've had a bicycle regiment since 1894.
0:10:02 > 0:10:07The first music bicycle corps was founded in 1917.
0:10:09 > 0:10:13Help is at hand, from the pump major.
0:10:13 > 0:10:16And this is The Bicycle Song.
0:10:16 > 0:10:20SOLDIERS SING IN DUTCH
0:10:23 > 0:10:26'Sometimes we bike one hour or ten,
0:10:26 > 0:10:28'On silken tyres so slick,
0:10:28 > 0:10:32'Of all the mounted military men,
0:10:32 > 0:10:34'We are the ones who are quick.'
0:10:52 > 0:10:54CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:10:56 > 0:11:00OFFICER ISSUES COMMANDS
0:11:18 > 0:11:21Whoops! That close-up was maybe a wee bit too close.
0:11:23 > 0:11:28The Musickorps last appeared in Edinburgh in 2002
0:11:28 > 0:11:31and are back in formation with that perennial favourite,
0:11:31 > 0:11:33Tulips From Amsterdam...
0:12:06 > 0:12:10And now they're on the high road to Loch Lomond...
0:12:19 > 0:12:20It may be safer on the low road.
0:12:29 > 0:12:32CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:12:34 > 0:12:37It's a dangerous game, this musical cycling.
0:12:37 > 0:12:39Emergency treatment required.
0:12:39 > 0:12:43AMBULANCE SIREN WAILS
0:12:48 > 0:12:50LAUGHTER
0:12:50 > 0:12:53Well, they'll soon have that one back on the road again.
0:12:53 > 0:12:55AMBULANCE SIREN WAILS
0:12:57 > 0:12:59And this one?
0:12:59 > 0:13:03He's hitching a lift on a bicycle that's suddenly built for two.
0:13:03 > 0:13:06CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:13:12 > 0:13:15The Banda Dos Fuzileiros Navais Brazil,
0:13:15 > 0:13:18The Brazilian Marine Corps Martial Band,
0:13:18 > 0:13:21whose motto is 'Adsumus' - 'Here we are' -
0:13:21 > 0:13:24and, indeed, here they are!
0:13:54 > 0:13:58The first commander of the Brazilian Navy in the 19th century was a Scot.
0:13:58 > 0:14:03Their Highland bagpipes, however, were only presented in 1951,
0:14:03 > 0:14:07by a former British ship, which was integrated into the Brazilian Navy.
0:15:53 > 0:15:56CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:16:13 > 0:16:19As they perform the familiar tune Aquarela, or Watercolour Of Brazil,
0:16:19 > 0:16:21they break ranks for a little samba.
0:16:30 > 0:16:34Coming from Rio De Janeiro, they're probably not used to dancing
0:16:34 > 0:16:37in the tropical heat of a Scottish summer(!)
0:16:37 > 0:16:40Still, it's one way to keep warm.
0:17:13 > 0:17:17The Brazilian Marine Corps Martial Band spell it out.
0:17:17 > 0:17:18CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:17:18 > 0:17:22The Royal Navy is the lead service at this year's Tattoo.
0:17:22 > 0:17:26The oldest ship in Scotland, HMS Unicorn, is berthed in Dundee,
0:17:26 > 0:17:30but her figurehead takes pride of place, here on the esplanade.
0:17:30 > 0:17:32When she was launched in 1824,
0:17:32 > 0:17:36Unicorn, a sailing frigate, was fast and heavily armed,
0:17:36 > 0:17:39with 46 guns.
0:17:40 > 0:17:41EXPLOSION
0:17:41 > 0:17:44A Royal Navy 18-pounder gun was powerful,
0:17:44 > 0:17:47able to punch a hole in three feet of solid oak.
0:17:47 > 0:17:51APPLAUSE
0:17:56 > 0:17:58The famous Royal Navy
0:17:58 > 0:18:01field gun display first took place at the Royal Tournament
0:18:01 > 0:18:02in 1907
0:18:02 > 0:18:05and has been a popular naval spectacle ever since,
0:18:05 > 0:18:09encouraging inter-ship and inter-port competition.
0:18:09 > 0:18:13CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:18:13 > 0:18:16Crews from HMS Neptune, based in Faslane,
0:18:16 > 0:18:21and HMS Raleigh, based in Plymouth, will now compete in this display.
0:18:29 > 0:18:34Dating back to the Boer War in 1900, the Gun Run, as it became known,
0:18:34 > 0:18:37commemorates the actions of a Naval Brigade, who dragged
0:18:37 > 0:18:41specially-adapted guns overland, to relieve the Siege of Ladysmith.
0:18:47 > 0:18:52This version of the display has been adapted to suit this location.
0:18:53 > 0:18:54GUN BLAST
0:18:54 > 0:18:57The teams race down the esplanade with the gun and the limber,
0:18:57 > 0:18:59carrying the ammunition.
0:19:06 > 0:19:08They exchange limber wheels with gun wheels...
0:19:22 > 0:19:25..and fire three rounds each.
0:19:26 > 0:19:30CANNON FIRE
0:19:30 > 0:19:33CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:19:38 > 0:19:42They then head back up the esplanade and do the same thing halfway up...
0:19:42 > 0:19:45before the run home.
0:19:45 > 0:19:52The guns weigh about 1,200 lbs and each of the wheels 100 lbs.
0:19:52 > 0:19:56I just hope these guys have had their porridge!
0:19:59 > 0:20:03GUNFIRE
0:20:15 > 0:20:17EXPLOSION
0:20:17 > 0:20:20It's a home win this time for HMS Neptune
0:20:20 > 0:20:23but clearly it's the taking apart not to mention the putting together
0:20:23 > 0:20:26that counts in this race!
0:20:26 > 0:20:29And they leave to the official march of the Royal Navy -
0:20:29 > 0:20:32"Heart Of Oak" nothing more appropriate.
0:20:45 > 0:20:48It's 25 years since a German military band
0:20:48 > 0:20:50performed at the Tattoo.
0:20:50 > 0:20:53This particular band, the Gebirgsmusikkorps,
0:20:53 > 0:20:56are based in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, in the Bavarian Alps.
0:21:05 > 0:21:08They are very proud of their Bavarian traditions
0:21:08 > 0:21:11so much so they've transformed Edinburgh Castle
0:21:11 > 0:21:12into an Alpine chalet.
0:22:00 > 0:22:04That cap badge is an edelweiss.
0:22:05 > 0:22:09Military music gives way to the more traditional image
0:22:09 > 0:22:10of German folk music.
0:22:14 > 0:22:17The spoons being played on the thigh of band leader
0:22:17 > 0:22:18Major Christian Prchal.
0:22:32 > 0:22:34CHEERING
0:23:06 > 0:23:10Lederhosen, leather breeches, are still worn in Bavaria
0:23:10 > 0:23:13and are practical garments, more durable than cloth trousers.
0:23:13 > 0:23:19Ideal for everyday tasks such as dancing and thigh slapping.
0:23:19 > 0:23:23Or chopping wood as demonstrated in this Tyrolean wood-chopping display.
0:23:28 > 0:23:31Strictly Come Chopping, perhaps?
0:23:56 > 0:24:00More work as the band play the Anvil Polka.
0:24:16 > 0:24:20Accompanying the heavy metal music, some men with whips.
0:24:20 > 0:24:25The whip, or Goselschnaltzer, was traditionally used
0:24:25 > 0:24:28to generate loud sounds to waken the good spirits.
0:24:30 > 0:24:34Apparently the whip is the only musical instrument that actually
0:24:34 > 0:24:38breaks the sound barrier and was the first human invention to do so.
0:24:48 > 0:24:50CHEERING
0:24:50 > 0:24:52The German Mountain Army Band.
0:24:57 > 0:25:01Members of the Tattoo Highland Dancers and Total Dance Company
0:25:01 > 0:25:04from West Ulster take to the esplanade,
0:25:04 > 0:25:06for this display choreographed
0:25:06 > 0:25:10by former world champion dancer and Tattoo stalwart Billy Forsyth.
0:25:10 > 0:25:15The theme, celebrates Scotland's rich fishing history
0:25:15 > 0:25:16and its traditions.
0:27:45 > 0:27:50The Tattoo Highland Dancers and Total Dance Group from Ulster.
0:27:56 > 0:27:58Having ditched those pesky bikes
0:27:58 > 0:28:02and donned their historic cavalry uniforms we welcome back
0:28:02 > 0:28:06the Band of the Royal Netherlands Army Mounted Regiments.
0:28:10 > 0:28:13This musical selection takes us to the cinema,
0:28:13 > 0:28:15the castle walls becoming a movie screen,
0:28:15 > 0:28:20providing an atmospheric backdrop to some familiar and rousing tunes.
0:28:25 > 0:28:29The Theme from Harry Potter.
0:29:20 > 0:29:23Mussorgsky's "Night On The Bare Mountain"
0:29:23 > 0:29:26as featured in Disney's 1940 film Fantasia.
0:30:15 > 0:30:21Over The Rainbow giving way to music from The Wiz by Quincy Jones.
0:32:18 > 0:32:21The band of the Royal Netherlands Army Mounted Regiments.
0:32:25 > 0:32:28The Royal Navy has always had an important role to play,
0:32:28 > 0:32:32policing the seas around the world particularly now
0:32:32 > 0:32:35as international piracy is on the increase.
0:32:36 > 0:32:39In this naval display, Edinburgh Castle becomes a motor vessel
0:32:39 > 0:32:43in distress as pirates board and take control of her.
0:32:43 > 0:32:45ALARM WAILS 'Mayday, mayday.
0:32:45 > 0:32:48'This is MV Edinburgh Castle. We're under a pirate attack
0:32:48 > 0:32:54'in position 3 degrees, 34 North, 59 degrees, 32 East. Help. Over.'
0:32:54 > 0:32:57Modern-day pirates are very active in certain parts of the world
0:32:57 > 0:33:00disrupting trade routes, holding ships and crews to ransom.
0:33:02 > 0:33:05'Edinburgh Castle, this is British warship Montrose.
0:33:05 > 0:33:09'We're proceeding at best speed to your assistance. Over.'
0:33:09 > 0:33:12The crew from HMS Montrose, a Clyde-built frigate,
0:33:12 > 0:33:14hearing the mayday call, come to the rescue
0:33:14 > 0:33:17and the boarding team re-enact their operations.
0:33:30 > 0:33:33'Montrose, this is the boarding officer.
0:33:33 > 0:33:35'Vessel secured. Releasing the crew. Over.'
0:33:35 > 0:33:38They quickly, safely and calmly hand control of the ship
0:33:38 > 0:33:40back to a very relieved crew.
0:33:41 > 0:33:45HMS Montrose was deployed in the Indian Ocean in 2010,
0:33:45 > 0:33:50disrupting piracy in the Horn of Africa and the Somali Basin.
0:33:50 > 0:33:54APPLAUSE
0:33:58 > 0:34:01The Massed Bands of Her Majesty's Royal Marines
0:34:01 > 0:34:03from Portsmouth, Rosyth
0:34:03 > 0:34:08and the Commando Training Centre, Devon and the march By Sea, By Land,
0:34:08 > 0:34:12which celebrates the Royal Marines' motto - Per Mare, Per Terram.
0:36:43 > 0:36:46The drum corps march at the front of the band
0:36:46 > 0:36:48as they have done since 1903.
0:36:56 > 0:37:00Din Eidyn is Pictish for Edinburgh and is the title for this
0:37:00 > 0:37:04remarkable show of co-ordination, control and concentration.
0:37:54 > 0:37:58CHEERING
0:38:18 > 0:38:22CHEERING
0:38:22 > 0:38:24Great stuff and not just for show.
0:38:24 > 0:38:28Historically drums were used to communicate orders during battle.
0:38:28 > 0:38:32That display was written by corporal buglers Graham Stephenson
0:38:32 > 0:38:36and Stewart Warmington from the Corps of Drums, Royal Marine Band Scotland.
0:38:36 > 0:38:37Now a Seafarers set.
0:38:44 > 0:38:46Haul Away Joe.
0:39:36 > 0:39:39The popular tune Bobby Shafto.
0:40:34 > 0:40:38Now senior drum major James "Wiggie" Whitwham hands control
0:40:38 > 0:40:42of the bands to the Tattoo's Principal Director of Music,
0:40:42 > 0:40:46Lieutenant Colonel Nick Grace, as they finish this Seafarers set
0:40:46 > 0:40:49with the famous American folk song Shenandoah.
0:41:43 > 0:41:47APPLAUSE
0:41:53 > 0:41:57The Massed Bands of Her Majesty's Royal Marines take us back
0:41:57 > 0:42:01to the cinema now, with this suite from the 2010 fantasy film
0:42:01 > 0:42:04How To Train Your Dragon.
0:42:04 > 0:42:06The music was written by John Powell,
0:42:06 > 0:42:09and this arrangement is by Mac McDermott.
0:42:09 > 0:42:13The film score was nominated for an Oscar, and appropriately,
0:42:13 > 0:42:16the castle walls once again provide a cinematic backdrop.
0:43:22 > 0:43:24The Royal Marines are joined by
0:43:24 > 0:43:27the band of the Royal Netherlands Army Mounted Regiments,
0:43:27 > 0:43:29the German Mountain Army Band
0:43:29 > 0:43:32and The Brazilian Marine Corps Martial Band.
0:44:01 > 0:44:05Now The Band of The Royal Regiment of Scotland.
0:44:34 > 0:44:37DRAGON ROARS
0:44:37 > 0:44:41The dragon's roar greets the return of the massed pipes and drums.
0:45:47 > 0:45:50The Tattoo Highland Dancers
0:45:50 > 0:45:53and Total Dance Group from Ulster join in.
0:47:06 > 0:47:11APPLAUSE
0:47:27 > 0:47:30APPLAUSE
0:47:53 > 0:47:57And the remainder of the cast begin to assemble.
0:47:57 > 0:48:02The Bagpipes from the Brazilian Marine Corps Martial Band.
0:48:02 > 0:48:05APPLAUSE
0:48:21 > 0:48:26The crew from HMS Montrose - The Royal Naval Piracy Patrol.
0:48:26 > 0:48:29APPLAUSE
0:48:29 > 0:48:34The Royal Navy Field Gun Display teams from HMS Neptune and HMS Raleigh.
0:48:34 > 0:48:37APPLAUSE
0:48:42 > 0:48:45The Dutch Bicycle Corps.
0:49:08 > 0:49:12Pony Major William Perrie leads Lance Corporal Cruachan III -
0:49:12 > 0:49:15mascot of the Royal Regiment of Scotland.
0:49:34 > 0:49:37The guard of honour - the Royal Highland Fusiliers -
0:49:37 > 0:49:40the second battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland,
0:49:40 > 0:49:45recently returned from active duty in Afghanistan's Helmand Province.
0:49:47 > 0:49:51Garrison Sergeant Major Graham White
0:49:51 > 0:49:53follows the guard down the esplanade.
0:50:14 > 0:50:17APPLAUSE
0:50:20 > 0:50:22Now, that universal song of longing for old friends
0:50:22 > 0:50:26and old times by Rabbie Burns.
0:50:26 > 0:50:32One of the Tattoo crew, Cameron Goodall, leads the company.
0:50:32 > 0:50:39# Should auld acquaintance be forgot
0:50:39 > 0:50:46# And never brought tae mind
0:50:46 > 0:50:53# Should auld acquaintance be forgot
0:50:53 > 0:51:00# And auld lang syne
0:51:00 > 0:51:07# For auld lang syne, my dear
0:51:07 > 0:51:14# For auld lang syne
0:51:14 > 0:51:21# We'll tak a cup o' kindness yet
0:51:21 > 0:51:28# For auld lang syne. #
0:51:34 > 0:51:38AUDIENCE CLAPS ALONG
0:51:46 > 0:51:51RUMBLE OF FIREWORKS
0:52:06 > 0:52:11CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:52:17 > 0:52:22The Naval Hymn, Sunset, and the lowering of the colours.
0:52:22 > 0:52:27"Oh hear us when we cry to thee for those in peril on the sea."
0:54:33 > 0:54:37High above the esplanade on the castle ramparts,
0:54:37 > 0:54:41the Lone Piper, Pipe Major Gordon Rowan, the senior pipe major
0:54:41 > 0:54:45in the British Army, with the air A Parting Glass.
0:55:34 > 0:55:38APPLAUSE
0:55:52 > 0:55:55"Land of my high endeavour,
0:55:55 > 0:55:57"Land of the shining river,
0:55:57 > 0:55:59"Land of my heart forever,
0:55:59 > 0:56:01"Scotland the brave."
0:56:01 > 0:56:06Time now to bid farewell to this talented international cast.
0:56:06 > 0:56:10It's been another memorable Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo,
0:56:10 > 0:56:13supported by the Royal Bank of Scotland,
0:56:13 > 0:56:16the first produced by Brigadier David Allfrey MBE.
0:56:16 > 0:56:19He's only the 8th producer since the Tattoo was first staged
0:56:19 > 0:56:24in 1950 in front of a total of 6,000 spectators.
0:56:24 > 0:56:26It's grown a lot since then.
0:56:26 > 0:56:31This year, over 226,000 will have seen the show from the new stands.
0:56:54 > 0:56:57The massed bands of Her Majesty's Royal Marines
0:56:57 > 0:57:01perform their Regimental Quick March - A Life on the Ocean Wave.
0:57:01 > 0:57:05AUDIENCE CLAPS ALONG
0:57:29 > 0:57:31The Black Bear, and the massed pipes and drums
0:57:31 > 0:57:34head for the Royal Mile and back to barracks.
0:57:36 > 0:57:40I hope you've enjoyed this unique and quite wonderful event.
0:57:40 > 0:57:41I'm Bill Paterson.
0:57:41 > 0:57:45Thanks for watching, wherever you are in the world,
0:57:45 > 0:57:48and until the next time, good night from Edinburgh
0:57:48 > 0:57:51and joy be with you all.