0:01:46 > 0:01:49- NARRATOR:- 'In the early years of last century,
0:01:49 > 0:01:52'people of the Highlands of Scotland were brutally evicted
0:01:52 > 0:01:54'from their small farms or crofts
0:01:54 > 0:01:59'by landlords who found they could make more money out of sheep.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03'Their ancient homes in the glens were destroyed
0:02:03 > 0:02:08'and the crofters were driven to the barren seashores.
0:02:08 > 0:02:12'On the these wild, rock-bound coasts,
0:02:12 > 0:02:17'they had to turn for a living to a new and treacherous element.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19'The sea.
0:02:19 > 0:02:22'Many were the perils they encountered,
0:02:22 > 0:02:25'from the press gang that hunted them
0:02:25 > 0:02:28'to the cholera that swept their land.
0:02:28 > 0:02:32'But their spirit was indomitable.
0:02:33 > 0:02:35'Through storm and loss,
0:02:35 > 0:02:38'with humour and grim power,
0:02:38 > 0:02:41'they fought on.'
0:02:46 > 0:02:48LAUGHTER
0:02:49 > 0:02:52Look! There's your mother, Finn!
0:02:59 > 0:03:03Whee! Whee! Whoa!
0:03:03 > 0:03:05What have you got there, Tormad?
0:03:06 > 0:03:08It's our first catch! Ha-ha!
0:03:09 > 0:03:12Maybe it won't be our last, eh?
0:03:12 > 0:03:14Mother will let you out, Finn.
0:03:14 > 0:03:17No, you'll not let my luck out of the net! Come on, son!
0:03:19 > 0:03:21LAUGHTER
0:03:28 > 0:03:30Tormad! >
0:03:30 > 0:03:32We are waiting! >
0:03:37 > 0:03:39That's Angus. I'll need to be going.
0:03:40 > 0:03:42I'll have to go, Catrine.
0:03:42 > 0:03:43All right, then.
0:03:45 > 0:03:47Very well, that's fine.
0:03:49 > 0:03:50Why don't you go?
0:03:50 > 0:03:53- Catrine, won't you give me your blessing?- Why don't you go?
0:03:53 > 0:03:55- Catrine...- Go! Go, I tell you.
0:03:55 > 0:03:58Catrine, listen to me. There is nothing here.
0:03:58 > 0:04:02Nothing in this barren piece of land for us.
0:04:03 > 0:04:05We must get food, my own one. You know that.
0:04:05 > 0:04:07I'm frightened, Tormad.
0:04:07 > 0:04:10I have a terrible fear the sea's going to take you.
0:04:10 > 0:04:12Oh, nonsense, Catrine.
0:04:12 > 0:04:15That's because you saw two men swept off the rock.
0:04:15 > 0:04:20But we don't have to fish from the rock now. I have a boat.
0:04:20 > 0:04:21I am so afraid.
0:04:21 > 0:04:24Hey, Tormad, come on! >
0:04:24 > 0:04:27Come, now. I have to go.
0:04:27 > 0:04:29Tormad, don't go!
0:04:29 > 0:04:31Why are you behaving like this?
0:04:32 > 0:04:33Father?
0:04:33 > 0:04:35Can I go with you, Father?
0:04:35 > 0:04:37You'll not go with him.
0:04:37 > 0:04:39The sea shall never get you.
0:04:50 > 0:04:53- You're the lucky one, Tormad.- Lucky?
0:04:53 > 0:04:56To have such a woman to come back to.
0:04:56 > 0:04:59Why don't you find one yourself?
0:04:59 > 0:05:01Find me a woman like Catrine?
0:05:05 > 0:05:07What are we waiting for? Angus, come on.
0:05:41 > 0:05:43BIRDS CRY
0:05:58 > 0:06:00Look, there's Finn!
0:06:17 > 0:06:19Father!
0:06:21 > 0:06:24A seaman told me the fish would take with the turn of the tide
0:06:24 > 0:06:25and the grey of the morning.
0:06:26 > 0:06:28It's grey enough now.
0:06:28 > 0:06:31Aye, and my stomach's turning, let alone the tide.
0:06:31 > 0:06:33- The buoy, look! - Think you it's herring?
0:06:33 > 0:06:36It is! What else? Herring!
0:06:36 > 0:06:39Herring! Yes, it's a silver one!
0:06:39 > 0:06:42- Ha-ha!- We've done it!
0:06:43 > 0:06:44Pull in, pull in!
0:06:46 > 0:06:47Ha-ha!
0:06:48 > 0:06:49Quickly, quickly!
0:06:49 > 0:06:52- Pull it in, pull it in! - Both hands or we'll be in the sea!
0:06:52 > 0:06:54Look!
0:06:54 > 0:06:56A ship.
0:06:56 > 0:06:58A man o' war.
0:06:58 > 0:06:59Good! Get the net in.
0:06:59 > 0:07:01- Maybe they'll buy the herring.- Fire!
0:07:01 > 0:07:03CANNON IS FIRED
0:07:03 > 0:07:06That doesn't sound like buying fish.
0:07:08 > 0:07:10- A boat is coming this way. - Let them come.
0:07:10 > 0:07:14Ahoy, there!
0:07:14 > 0:07:17Pay no attention. The sea belongs to no man.
0:07:17 > 0:07:19Ahoy, there!
0:07:19 > 0:07:23They threw us off the land, but they can't throw us off the sea.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26In the King's name, I command you
0:07:26 > 0:07:29to come alongside His Majesty's ship of war
0:07:29 > 0:07:33and present yourselves to the commander.
0:07:33 > 0:07:35I'll give him "present yourself"!
0:07:35 > 0:07:37Steady, Angus, steady.
0:08:16 > 0:08:17Out oars!
0:08:19 > 0:08:22Make way together!
0:08:44 > 0:08:45A boat!
0:08:46 > 0:08:48It's Tormad's.
0:08:48 > 0:08:49It's empty.
0:08:49 > 0:08:53- What has happened? - Maybe it was the press-gang.
0:08:53 > 0:08:57- How long will they be gone? - It may be 10 years.
0:08:57 > 0:08:58It may be 20.
0:08:58 > 0:09:00We'll never see them again.
0:09:19 > 0:09:21I'm going away.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23I can't bear it any longer.
0:09:23 > 0:09:25Everything reminds me of Tormad.
0:09:25 > 0:09:27But where will you go?
0:09:27 > 0:09:29To Aunt Kirsty's.
0:09:29 > 0:09:32What will happen to my son's croft?
0:09:34 > 0:09:35And to the little one?
0:09:38 > 0:09:41It's many a long, weary mile to Dunster.
0:09:41 > 0:09:44I'll leave Finn here for a while.
0:09:44 > 0:09:47Maybe, one fine day, Tormad will come back from the sea
0:09:47 > 0:09:50and what if you're not here waiting for him?
0:09:51 > 0:09:55Listen to me, Catrine. Stay here a while longer.
0:09:55 > 0:09:57No, no. Really, believe me, I can't.
0:09:59 > 0:10:01Oh, well.
0:10:01 > 0:10:06Each of us must take our own lonely road.
0:11:10 > 0:11:12Argh!
0:11:24 > 0:11:26Wait! Hey!
0:11:26 > 0:11:28Wait, I tell you!
0:11:33 > 0:11:35Wait!
0:11:35 > 0:11:36I'll not eat you!
0:11:44 > 0:11:45Ha-ha, ha-ha!
0:11:45 > 0:11:47Ha-ha, ha-ha!
0:11:49 > 0:11:51Ha-ha, ha-ha!
0:11:51 > 0:11:52Ha-ha!
0:12:00 > 0:12:02You seem frightened.
0:12:03 > 0:12:05I was frightened.
0:12:05 > 0:12:09- You're a stranger here. - Yes, I walked from Helmsdale.
0:12:09 > 0:12:12Walked? You'd better step along with me to my croft
0:12:12 > 0:12:14and have some food and rest.
0:12:14 > 0:12:16No, thanks. I must be getting on.
0:12:16 > 0:12:18Could I be asking where to?
0:12:18 > 0:12:22- To Kirsty Mackay's. She's my aunt.- Is she now?
0:12:22 > 0:12:25Well, I know her. I'll step back the road with you, if I may.
0:12:25 > 0:12:28Oh, no, thank you. I'll not be troubling you.
0:12:28 > 0:12:30Going your way would not be troubling me.
0:12:33 > 0:12:36HE SINGS A TUNE
0:13:06 > 0:13:08Have you been to Dunster before?
0:13:08 > 0:13:12- Yes, once.- Have you now? I don't ever remember seeing you.
0:13:12 > 0:13:14Oh, it was just for the day.
0:13:14 > 0:13:18- Ach, well, then I must've been away at sea.- I was only eight at the time.
0:13:18 > 0:13:21Well, I still think I must've been away at sea.
0:13:21 > 0:13:24HE HUMS A TUNE
0:13:24 > 0:13:27- I hear they've started the fishing at Helmsdale.- Yes.
0:13:27 > 0:13:31Wasn't it from round there that some of the lads were press-ganged?
0:13:31 > 0:13:33What is it?
0:13:33 > 0:13:36My husband was one of them.
0:13:36 > 0:13:37I'm sorry.
0:13:37 > 0:13:39It's all right.
0:13:44 > 0:13:46What place is this?
0:13:46 > 0:13:51It's an old religious place. We call it the House of Peace.
0:13:53 > 0:13:55The House of Peace.
0:14:05 > 0:14:07The House of Peace.
0:14:08 > 0:14:11- You like the name? - It's a beautiful name.
0:14:16 > 0:14:18One, two.
0:14:20 > 0:14:22HE WHISTLES THE SAME TUNE
0:14:29 > 0:14:31That's Kirsty's croft.
0:14:31 > 0:14:34Thank you.
0:14:34 > 0:14:35What's your name?
0:14:35 > 0:14:37Catrine.
0:14:37 > 0:14:39It's a beautiful name. Mine's Roddie.
0:14:39 > 0:14:41You are safe now.
0:14:41 > 0:14:43- Goodbye.- Goodbye.
0:14:45 > 0:14:47Thank you.
0:14:47 > 0:14:50RODDIE SINGS
0:15:08 > 0:15:09Is it Catrine?
0:15:10 > 0:15:13Catrine, my little one.
0:15:13 > 0:15:17Is it yourself? And come to see me.
0:15:17 > 0:15:20Oh, Kirsty!
0:15:20 > 0:15:23You remembered old Kirsty.
0:15:23 > 0:15:25My sweet one.
0:15:25 > 0:15:27Happy am I to see you this day.
0:15:28 > 0:15:31I had such a longing to come and see you.
0:15:31 > 0:15:33Indeed, and why shouldn't you?
0:15:35 > 0:15:38- And did you walk all the way?- Yes.
0:15:38 > 0:15:41And tired it is you must be.
0:15:53 > 0:15:55Ha-ha!
0:16:00 > 0:16:03Oh, it's you!
0:16:05 > 0:16:08Are you too busy to see a fellow passing?
0:16:15 > 0:16:17There's one.
0:16:17 > 0:16:19Now I know who leaves the fish on our doorstep.
0:16:19 > 0:16:22Kirsty's fond of a bit of fish.
0:16:22 > 0:16:24I'll step across with you, if I may.
0:16:24 > 0:16:26Oh, careful now.
0:16:29 > 0:16:34- Are you liking our part of the country?- Oh, yes, indeed.
0:16:34 > 0:16:36Oh, it's very nice, but...
0:16:36 > 0:16:39But you're homesick for Helmsdale?
0:16:39 > 0:16:40Is that it?
0:16:40 > 0:16:43Well, no, no. Indeed I'm not.
0:16:43 > 0:16:48- I like it here, but if only... - If only he were here.- Yes.
0:16:53 > 0:16:56I've haven't seen my little boy for three months.
0:16:56 > 0:16:58Your little boy? Where is he?
0:16:58 > 0:17:01He's with his granny in Helmsdale.
0:17:01 > 0:17:03Ach, so that's what's worrying you!
0:17:03 > 0:17:07And what if I brought him from Helmsdale one of these days?
0:17:07 > 0:17:09Oh, I'd give my life to have him here.
0:17:09 > 0:17:12Well, there's little more one can be asking of you.
0:17:14 > 0:17:17- What, you again? - Aye, me and the fish.
0:17:17 > 0:17:20- Not so good for fishing today, eh? - Not so bad.
0:17:20 > 0:17:22What have you got this time - haddocks?
0:17:22 > 0:17:25- Aye, a couple of flounders. - You know what I like.
0:17:25 > 0:17:27- Thruppence, is it? - If it's not too much.
0:17:27 > 0:17:28Well, it's a lot of money!
0:17:28 > 0:17:30Ah, just the man I want!
0:17:30 > 0:17:32Come on, man.
0:17:35 > 0:17:37Now, sit down.
0:17:37 > 0:17:41I was in Wick yesterday, great news, tremendous excitement!
0:17:41 > 0:17:44- Is Napoleon dead?- Napoleon, ha!
0:17:44 > 0:17:46We dealt with him.
0:17:47 > 0:17:50- Do you know what the government's going to do?- No.
0:17:50 > 0:17:52They're going to pass a bill through Parliament
0:17:52 > 0:17:54allowing a bounty of four shillings
0:17:54 > 0:17:56on every barrel of herring cured on the coast.
0:17:56 > 0:18:00Four shillings! RODDIE WHISTLES
0:18:00 > 0:18:02Up until now, the Dutch have had it all their own way,
0:18:02 > 0:18:05but now we'll do the fishing and the curing!
0:18:05 > 0:18:07Here's your three pence, Roddie.
0:18:07 > 0:18:10Threepence? Threepence! Get out, woman! You and your thruppence!
0:18:10 > 0:18:13Here I am telling a man how we're all going to make our fortune
0:18:13 > 0:18:15and you go blathering about thruppence.
0:18:16 > 0:18:18What, fish again? Where did you get it?
0:18:18 > 0:18:21- From Roddie Sinclair.- Mm-hm.
0:18:21 > 0:18:24Funny, for a long time we hadn't had fish
0:18:24 > 0:18:26and now we have fish every other day.
0:18:28 > 0:18:32Yesterday, I bought a boat and gear - the Morning Star.
0:18:32 > 0:18:3720 feet overall. She's lying in Wick, all ready to be taken up.
0:18:38 > 0:18:40And she's yours to skipper.
0:18:42 > 0:18:44Pick your own crew and bring her round.
0:18:44 > 0:18:47Well, what do you say to that?
0:18:47 > 0:18:48Well...
0:18:48 > 0:18:52Come on, man! Can't you say anything else but, "Well?!"
0:18:52 > 0:18:55Wake up, man! We're living in great times!
0:18:57 > 0:19:00- I'll have a word with the lads about it.- Fine!
0:19:00 > 0:19:02Now for terms.
0:19:06 > 0:19:10Now, there are two ways of making our bargain.
0:19:10 > 0:19:13First, I'll own the boat and take one half of the earnings.
0:19:14 > 0:19:17The other half, you'll divide between yourself and your crew,
0:19:17 > 0:19:19taking a larger share for yourself, of course.
0:19:19 > 0:19:22- Yes, well, that's fair enough. - The second way is this.
0:19:22 > 0:19:26I'll make the boat over to you at the same price I paid for her.
0:19:28 > 0:19:32Now, a cran makes a little more than a barrel.
0:19:32 > 0:19:35I'll draw the government bounty on the barrel
0:19:35 > 0:19:38and you'll sell your catch to me at seven shillings the cran.
0:19:40 > 0:19:43Well, come on, man. Which is it to be?
0:19:45 > 0:19:47- I don't know. - Well, speak your mind, man!
0:19:47 > 0:19:50I'd like to own her.
0:19:50 > 0:19:53That's the spirit! Here, mind your dram!
0:19:53 > 0:19:56The trouble is, I haven't got enough money to pay for the boat.
0:19:56 > 0:19:59Well, pay me some now and owe me the rest.
0:19:59 > 0:20:03- I've got £7.- No.
0:20:03 > 0:20:05I'll not take the seven.
0:20:05 > 0:20:09I'll take £6.10s and you can bring it down tonight.
0:20:09 > 0:20:14This is your chance, our chance! And we're going to take it!
0:20:15 > 0:20:17Now, Roddie Sinclair,
0:20:17 > 0:20:20are you willing to take on the Morning Star on those terms,
0:20:20 > 0:20:23and use me as your curer in Dunster?
0:20:28 > 0:20:29I will.
0:20:29 > 0:20:31THEY SPIT
0:20:37 > 0:20:40The Morning Star, what a sight!
0:20:40 > 0:20:43I can smell the big money from here!
0:20:43 > 0:20:46Come on, boys, we'll put her through her paces
0:20:46 > 0:20:48all the way to Helmsdale and back.
0:20:48 > 0:20:50What's taking you to Helmsdale? A new girl?
0:20:50 > 0:20:52No, picking up a new member of the crew.
0:20:53 > 0:20:55Well, Finn, do you like being at sea?
0:20:55 > 0:20:56Yes.
0:20:56 > 0:20:59RODDIE LAUGHS
0:20:59 > 0:21:01- Quite sure you wouldn't rather be with your granny?- No.
0:21:01 > 0:21:03Oh, you wouldn't? You hear that, Rob?
0:21:03 > 0:21:05We'll have to keep a place for him in the boat.
0:21:11 > 0:21:13- Are you all right, Finn?- Yes.
0:21:14 > 0:21:15Mother!
0:21:20 > 0:21:23Oh, Finn! Oh, my Finn!
0:21:23 > 0:21:25There you are, I brought him for you.
0:21:25 > 0:21:27I've got Father's hat.
0:21:30 > 0:21:32RODDIE LAUGHS
0:21:32 > 0:21:36- How did you bring him? - We came by sea, didn't we?- Yes.
0:21:36 > 0:21:39- You brought him in a boat?! - Yes, he's a grand little sailor.
0:21:39 > 0:21:42We're going to sail together one of these days, aren't we, Finn?
0:21:42 > 0:21:44You wouldn't dare!
0:21:54 > 0:21:57Here, get these nets aboard. Where's Roddie?
0:21:57 > 0:22:00- Aren't you going to sea tonight? - Aye, we're all ready.
0:22:00 > 0:22:02The skipper will be round in good time.
0:22:07 > 0:22:10Catrine, I want to have a word with you.
0:22:17 > 0:22:19You gave me a fright. What is it?
0:22:19 > 0:22:22Well... I...
0:22:22 > 0:22:24I...
0:22:24 > 0:22:27I came to have a word with you about what happened this afternoon,
0:22:27 > 0:22:30- about young Finn.- Oh, I see.
0:22:31 > 0:22:34If I'd known that you didn't want to bring him by sea,
0:22:34 > 0:22:36I wouldn't have brought him.
0:22:36 > 0:22:40I should have thanked you before for bringing him,
0:22:40 > 0:22:42but I was so upset.
0:22:42 > 0:22:44- He's a grand little fellow.- Yes.
0:22:46 > 0:22:48I'm so happy to have him with me
0:22:48 > 0:22:51and I am very grateful to you for bringing him.
0:22:51 > 0:22:53Grateful.
0:22:53 > 0:22:56- You said you'd give your life.- Yes.
0:22:59 > 0:23:04No, you don't understand! What I meant was...
0:23:04 > 0:23:05Mother!
0:23:06 > 0:23:08I must go now.
0:23:09 > 0:23:11- Goodbye.- Goodbye.
0:23:20 > 0:23:23Finn, why don't you go to sleep?
0:23:23 > 0:23:25Thank you.
0:23:26 > 0:23:30What's her name, Roddie? Who shall we drink to?
0:23:33 > 0:23:35To the silver darlings!
0:23:35 > 0:23:37- ALL:- The silver darlings!
0:23:40 > 0:23:42We're well on the way.
0:23:42 > 0:23:44We'll make this coast the biggest herring centre in the world.
0:23:44 > 0:23:49Bigger boats, bigger stores and curing stations.
0:23:49 > 0:23:51Where's all the money coming from?
0:23:51 > 0:23:53From the landlords - who else?
0:23:53 > 0:23:55I doubt it, knowing the landlords!
0:23:55 > 0:23:57It'll be a goldmine to them.
0:23:57 > 0:24:00Think what it would mean - ten shilling on every croft rent.
0:24:00 > 0:24:02They wouldn't stop at ten shillings.
0:24:02 > 0:24:05The rents would go up and up until we couldn't pay them.
0:24:05 > 0:24:07Then we'd be turned out,
0:24:07 > 0:24:09just as our folks were turned out, BURNED out,
0:24:09 > 0:24:12when the landlords found they could make more money out of sheep.
0:24:12 > 0:24:14Not this time, Roddie.
0:24:15 > 0:24:19This time, the landlords will find it pays to build stores
0:24:19 > 0:24:23and curing yards. It will pay them if men fish.
0:24:23 > 0:24:24I don't know, I don't think so.
0:24:24 > 0:24:27- NARRATOR:- 'Today, the harbour is empty.
0:24:27 > 0:24:32'Stagnation and despondency all around.
0:24:32 > 0:24:36'The only thing that can save us is work.
0:24:36 > 0:24:38'But we will succeed.
0:24:41 > 0:24:44'We will make this coast a beehive of industry.
0:24:45 > 0:24:49'We will build bigger boats, bigger gutting stations,
0:24:49 > 0:24:53'we will get enormous quantities of herring,
0:24:53 > 0:24:56'we will salt them, pack them into barrels
0:24:56 > 0:25:00'and, by their thousands, these barrels will be shipped abroad.
0:25:00 > 0:25:03'The great herring fleet will haul wealth out of the sea.
0:25:07 > 0:25:09'A stream of silver herring out
0:25:09 > 0:25:12'and, from Hamburg, from the Baltic,
0:25:12 > 0:25:15'from Russia, from all over the world,
0:25:15 > 0:25:17'a stream of silver money back...
0:25:19 > 0:25:20'..to us.'
0:25:26 > 0:25:29Aye, it's 12 years since the first herring boat
0:25:29 > 0:25:33sailed from this port with Captain Roddie in full command.
0:25:33 > 0:25:38You, my friend, have made plenty money. No?
0:25:38 > 0:25:41I manage to feed the cat!
0:25:42 > 0:25:44It is these ten years I come here now
0:25:44 > 0:25:48and the herrings are like nowhere else. Wunderbar!
0:25:48 > 0:25:52So, you're 16 today. Well! This calls for a celebration!
0:25:56 > 0:26:01Ah, Roddie, man! Roddie, how are you? How are you? And you, Finn?
0:26:01 > 0:26:05Come and have a drink. Come and have a drink, here you are.
0:26:05 > 0:26:07Right on time! He's 16 today.
0:26:07 > 0:26:1116 today! We must drink to that.
0:26:11 > 0:26:13There you are, and Finn.
0:26:13 > 0:26:16- ALL:- Slainte!
0:26:18 > 0:26:20Well, you'll be going to sea soon, my boy.
0:26:20 > 0:26:24- Yes, Mr Hendry, I'd like fine to go to sea.- Ah, that's the spirit!
0:26:24 > 0:26:27Have you got a place in the boat for Finn?
0:26:27 > 0:26:29Well, it's difficult.
0:26:29 > 0:26:32- You see...- No, I don't see! Come on, speak your mind, man!
0:26:32 > 0:26:35It's Catrine. She won't hear of it.
0:26:35 > 0:26:38Roddie, man! I'm surprised at you!
0:26:38 > 0:26:41Women are always the same.
0:26:41 > 0:26:44Where would I be today if I had listened to my wife?
0:26:44 > 0:26:49Finn, my lad, let me give you a piece of good advice.
0:26:49 > 0:26:52You go your own way.
0:26:52 > 0:26:55And don't pay any heed to what the women say.
0:26:55 > 0:26:59John, come here. I want a word with you.
0:26:59 > 0:27:01I-I-I'm coming.
0:27:01 > 0:27:03I'll be back.
0:27:08 > 0:27:11Once you promised me a place in your boat. Do you remember?
0:27:11 > 0:27:15I won't forget. Let me have another word to your mother about it.
0:27:15 > 0:27:18RODDIE SINGS
0:27:18 > 0:27:21- What have you two been doing? - Celebrating Finn's birthday.
0:27:21 > 0:27:23Well, Finn doesn't seem too happy about it.
0:27:23 > 0:27:26- Oh, don't worry, he's all right. - Oh, of course I'm all right!
0:27:26 > 0:27:28He's been drinking!
0:27:28 > 0:27:30No, no, no, two or three drops to celebrate, nothing at all.
0:27:30 > 0:27:32I'm going to sea!
0:27:32 > 0:27:35- What?! - I'm old enough now and I'm going!
0:27:35 > 0:27:37You're not going to sea, do you hear me?
0:27:37 > 0:27:39If the boy wants to go, you'll never stop him!
0:27:39 > 0:27:42I will stop him! He's my son! I tell you, I'll never let you go to sea.
0:27:42 > 0:27:43- And I tell you I will go!- Finn!
0:27:43 > 0:27:46There's a place in Roddie's boat and I'm going!
0:27:52 > 0:27:54Be sensible, Catrine. You can't expect to keep him at home
0:27:54 > 0:27:56when all the other lads are going to sea.
0:27:56 > 0:27:58The other lads are not my sons, they can do as they wish,
0:27:58 > 0:28:00but Finn won't go, not if I can help it.
0:28:00 > 0:28:03- Give him your blessing and let him go.- No! Never!
0:28:03 > 0:28:06You know what the sea did to me 12 years ago.
0:28:06 > 0:28:09I've been to sea for many a long year and I've come to no harm.
0:28:09 > 0:28:11You've come to no harm!
0:28:11 > 0:28:15And every time you've sailed and the wind rose,
0:28:15 > 0:28:19I lay awake, listening, with fear in my heart.
0:28:19 > 0:28:20Don't touch me.
0:28:23 > 0:28:25You know I care for Finn...
0:28:25 > 0:28:28just as you know I love you, Catrine.
0:28:28 > 0:28:29Yes, Roddie.
0:28:31 > 0:28:36It's been a long 12 years. Why do you go on making yourself unhappy?
0:28:36 > 0:28:38Tormad will never come back.
0:28:38 > 0:28:39I don't know, I don't know!
0:28:39 > 0:28:42And the years pass - our years, yours and mine.
0:28:42 > 0:28:45Oh, Roddie... What will I do?
0:28:48 > 0:28:49Marry me, Catrine?
0:28:49 > 0:28:51I can't.
0:28:51 > 0:28:53I can't!
0:28:54 > 0:28:57It's the pack man! It's the old pack man himself!
0:28:57 > 0:29:00- Now we shall have some presents! - LAUGHTER
0:29:00 > 0:29:03Well, man, where do you come from and what's the news?
0:29:03 > 0:29:08I have come from over the Ord of Caithness.
0:29:08 > 0:29:10What, with this on your back?!
0:29:11 > 0:29:15Lord, are the people in the great south so poor
0:29:15 > 0:29:18they couldn't buy the goods in your pack?
0:29:18 > 0:29:21They have the money.
0:29:21 > 0:29:23They also have...
0:29:23 > 0:29:27a terrible and mysterious visitor.
0:29:27 > 0:29:30I have fled from before him.
0:29:30 > 0:29:33You didn't run far with that on your back!
0:29:33 > 0:29:36Tell me, who is this mysterious visitor?
0:29:37 > 0:29:38Death.
0:29:40 > 0:29:41Death?
0:29:42 > 0:29:45There's no mystery.
0:29:45 > 0:29:47This death is...
0:29:49 > 0:29:53Suddenly, you grow cold,
0:29:53 > 0:29:57you turn blue and senseless...
0:29:58 > 0:30:00..and in two days,
0:30:00 > 0:30:02you are dead.
0:30:06 > 0:30:09A report has just arrived by special messenger from the north
0:30:09 > 0:30:11that a further outbreak of cholera
0:30:11 > 0:30:14has occurred in the county of Caithness.
0:30:16 > 0:30:18You see, gentlemen...
0:30:18 > 0:30:20cholera travels fast.
0:30:22 > 0:30:24The victims of the disease
0:30:24 > 0:30:28are in the neighbourhood of 40 cases per thousand lives,
0:30:28 > 0:30:31with a death rate of 20 deaths per thousand.
0:30:33 > 0:30:35I suggest, Dr Sutherland,
0:30:35 > 0:30:38that you leave for Thurso with the night coach.
0:30:38 > 0:30:41A final word to you before you go.
0:30:41 > 0:30:44You will undoubtedly meet with a great deal of opposition
0:30:44 > 0:30:47from local prejudice and superstition.
0:30:48 > 0:30:51The people are burning infected houses.
0:30:51 > 0:30:53This must be stopped at once.
0:31:09 > 0:31:13Left to me, my lad, I'd take you, but you know what your mother says.
0:31:13 > 0:31:16- I've got to go some day, haven't I? - Well, I'm not stopping you, am I?
0:31:18 > 0:31:20Look who's here. Lucky for you, my lad, you weren't on the boat.
0:31:22 > 0:31:25- When are you putting out? - About an hour or so. Why?
0:31:25 > 0:31:27Take Finn with you.
0:31:27 > 0:31:29Did you say take Finn with me?
0:31:35 > 0:31:37On a...boat?
0:31:40 > 0:31:44- You'll go, Finn? I've brought your coat.- Yes, I'll go, I'm ready.
0:31:44 > 0:31:46Why this sudden change? What's happened?
0:31:46 > 0:31:49Never mind now, Roddie. Please take him and go. Go now.
0:31:49 > 0:31:50But he'll need food.
0:31:50 > 0:31:53- We'll be out for some days. - Some days?!
0:31:53 > 0:31:55That's fine.
0:31:55 > 0:31:58I've put food in the coat pocket. If you're ready now, you can go.
0:31:58 > 0:32:00There's nothing to keep you waiting, is there?
0:32:00 > 0:32:02Catrine, what is all this about?!
0:32:02 > 0:32:04You'll look after him, won't you?
0:32:05 > 0:32:07Goodbye, Finn.
0:32:09 > 0:32:10Goodbye, Roddie.
0:32:14 > 0:32:16"Goodbye, Roddie, goodbye, Finn."
0:32:16 > 0:32:18She can't get us off to sea quick enough!
0:32:18 > 0:32:20Go on, jump onboard before she changes her mind!
0:32:20 > 0:32:22THEY LAUGH
0:32:24 > 0:32:26THEY SING A SOLEMN HYMN
0:32:38 > 0:32:40There is but one thing to do now.
0:32:55 > 0:32:58HYMN CONTINUES
0:33:24 > 0:33:27Hey! Look!
0:33:32 > 0:33:36- What is it?- It's fire. Houses are burning.
0:33:37 > 0:33:40The whole coast seems to be afire.
0:33:40 > 0:33:42We'd better get back and see what it is.
0:33:42 > 0:33:44Turn around, Rob, head for home.
0:34:17 > 0:34:20So that's why your mother wanted you to go to sea.
0:34:22 > 0:34:23Come on!
0:34:27 > 0:34:29Roddie! Look!
0:34:30 > 0:34:32It's the plague!
0:34:43 > 0:34:46- You mustn't go in.- Why?- Don't you realise, the plague is in the house?
0:34:46 > 0:34:48I'm going in, I'm not afraid.
0:34:48 > 0:34:50It's locked. I'll break it in.
0:34:50 > 0:34:53No, you're not going in. If anyone must go in, I will.
0:34:53 > 0:34:59You?! Why should you go in? She's my mother! What is she to you?
0:34:59 > 0:35:00Mother!
0:35:00 > 0:35:02Go away and leave me alone, I'll be all right.
0:35:02 > 0:35:03But what can I do?
0:35:03 > 0:35:05There's nothing to do.
0:35:05 > 0:35:07We must do something!
0:35:07 > 0:35:11Listen, Finn, there is a doctor in Thurso, I'm going to get him.
0:35:11 > 0:35:14Let me go! I know the way! I'll take the pony!
0:35:14 > 0:35:16A pony!
0:35:16 > 0:35:19Right, quick, quick! Hurry!
0:35:22 > 0:35:25Catrine, open the door! Open the door, Catrine!
0:35:25 > 0:35:27Go away, Roddie!
0:35:27 > 0:35:28Stand clear of the door!
0:35:30 > 0:35:33- Catrine, are you all right?- Yes, I'm all right, but Kirsty has it.
0:35:33 > 0:35:36- Then you must come away. - Someone must look after her.
0:35:36 > 0:35:39- I can't leave her alone. I must stay with her.- I'll stay with you.- No.
0:35:39 > 0:35:42- No, Roddie, please!- All right.
0:35:42 > 0:35:45A doctor will be here before morning.
0:35:45 > 0:35:47If you need me, I'll be here outside.
0:36:04 > 0:36:06Where's Finn?
0:36:06 > 0:36:10You'll never keep that boy from the sea.
0:36:10 > 0:36:13If you wish him well, don't try.
0:36:15 > 0:36:20You'll put the boy against his nature and you'll lose him.
0:36:22 > 0:36:23Remember that.
0:36:26 > 0:36:28Remember that.
0:36:36 > 0:36:37Am I right for Thurso?
0:36:37 > 0:36:39- Where have you come from?- Dunster.
0:36:41 > 0:36:42Go back in.
0:36:50 > 0:36:53Keep right on over the hill and you'll come to Thurso.
0:37:51 > 0:37:55- Well, what is it, then?- This young man wants to see you, sir.- All right.
0:37:57 > 0:38:00- What's the matter with you? - Sir, I come from Dunster.
0:38:00 > 0:38:02My mother is in the house with my Aunt Kirsty.
0:38:02 > 0:38:05There is a plague in the house. What will we do?
0:38:09 > 0:38:10Kirsty!
0:38:13 > 0:38:15CATRINE SOBS
0:38:22 > 0:38:24Roddie said that you were the doctor
0:38:24 > 0:38:25who could help us against the trouble.
0:38:25 > 0:38:28Roddie said... Oh, yes, yes.
0:38:28 > 0:38:30Well, we'll see what we can do.
0:38:30 > 0:38:33Now, tell me, has any doctor been visiting Dunster?
0:38:33 > 0:38:36No, but there is a man who does doctors' work.
0:38:36 > 0:38:38Indeed, and who is this man?
0:38:38 > 0:38:40- The shoemaker.- Oh, the shoemaker.
0:38:42 > 0:38:45It's inside you'll need it, man, not outside.
0:38:45 > 0:38:49Well, maybe a drop of what you take yourself, mister, will not be wasted.
0:38:49 > 0:38:53This is not the time nor the place to be making frivolous remarks.
0:38:58 > 0:39:00That will take the nails out of your boots. Next!
0:39:02 > 0:39:07You go first. If you drop dead, I'll catch you.
0:39:07 > 0:39:09Come on. Open your mouth.
0:39:11 > 0:39:14Lizzie, get my bag, will you? I'm off to Dunster at once,
0:39:14 > 0:39:18before my colleague the shoemaker kills off the entire community.
0:39:18 > 0:39:19- Yes, sir.- Thank you.
0:39:55 > 0:39:57Now they've taken Kirsty away,
0:39:57 > 0:40:01there's nothing left to do but to burn the old place down.
0:40:01 > 0:40:03There must be some other way.
0:40:07 > 0:40:10Don't give in, Mother! I've brought you the doctor from Thurso!
0:40:10 > 0:40:12Finn! He's back!
0:40:12 > 0:40:14Finn, my darling!
0:40:14 > 0:40:17SHE GASPS Catrine!
0:40:17 > 0:40:20What is it? What's the matter? Catrine!
0:40:22 > 0:40:24Catrine, my darling...
0:40:24 > 0:40:25We won't have to burn the house!
0:40:27 > 0:40:28Catrine!
0:40:31 > 0:40:33Doctor...
0:40:34 > 0:40:36Where's Mother?
0:40:36 > 0:40:38- She's ill! Where's the doctor? - He's coming!
0:40:38 > 0:40:41- Doctor! Doctor! - Yes, yes, yes. Here I am.
0:40:42 > 0:40:43Thank you.
0:40:44 > 0:40:46Now, let's see.
0:40:54 > 0:40:56Is it the fever?
0:40:58 > 0:41:00I came just in time.
0:41:00 > 0:41:01But there's no need to worry.
0:41:01 > 0:41:04- I'd like some water, please.- Yes.
0:41:07 > 0:41:09- I want fresh water. - I'll get fresh water.
0:41:12 > 0:41:14- Is there anything I can do, Doctor? - No.
0:41:14 > 0:41:18She'll be as right as rain in about... Well, a few days.
0:41:21 > 0:41:22Thank you.
0:41:24 > 0:41:25That's enough.
0:41:28 > 0:41:30Take this, come on.
0:41:30 > 0:41:32Come on, all of it.
0:41:34 > 0:41:36That's better.
0:41:41 > 0:41:44Give her those powders three times a day.
0:41:44 > 0:41:48The important thing is boil all clothing.
0:41:48 > 0:41:51Remove all furniture into the open air.
0:41:51 > 0:41:53Wash and scrub everything.
0:42:09 > 0:42:13I don't think he'll ever have to travel 30 miles again, eh?
0:42:13 > 0:42:15We've completely broken the scourge.
0:42:15 > 0:42:16Goodbye.
0:42:24 > 0:42:27I had a word with the schoolmaster this morning.
0:42:27 > 0:42:30He said you were always clever at your lessons.
0:42:31 > 0:42:33He could teach you Latin.
0:42:34 > 0:42:37The 40 sovereigns Kirsty left us would be enough
0:42:37 > 0:42:40to send you to the university at Aberdeen.
0:42:40 > 0:42:42That's what he said.
0:42:42 > 0:42:46He asked me to talk it over with you and let him know.
0:42:46 > 0:42:48What do you think, Finn?
0:42:50 > 0:42:51I want to be a skipper.
0:42:55 > 0:43:00All right, Finn. I'll not stand in your way, you must know that.
0:43:02 > 0:43:05The money is yours for whatever you need.
0:43:05 > 0:43:07Oh, Mother! Thanks!
0:43:07 > 0:43:09Hooray!
0:43:10 > 0:43:14From Dunster, north about, through the Pentland Firth
0:43:14 > 0:43:18and away to Stornoway. That's your course, Roddie.
0:43:18 > 0:43:23And you'll be the first boat to sail from this coast round to the west.
0:43:23 > 0:43:26It will be two months before the herring season starts here
0:43:26 > 0:43:30and if you can prove there is an early season in the west,
0:43:30 > 0:43:33then you'll double everything for all of us.
0:43:33 > 0:43:35It's into the unknown you go.
0:43:36 > 0:43:39It's a great new adventure.
0:43:39 > 0:43:41A lot depends on you, Roddie.
0:43:43 > 0:43:44I'll do my best.
0:44:01 > 0:44:02Who is it?
0:44:11 > 0:44:14Angus Macrae!
0:44:14 > 0:44:17Yes, Catrine. Angus.
0:44:17 > 0:44:21I sailed with your man, Tormad, 12 years ago.
0:44:21 > 0:44:24Tormad. Is he...?
0:44:24 > 0:44:25He'll never come back.
0:44:28 > 0:44:29He died at sea.
0:44:31 > 0:44:33He died at sea.
0:44:33 > 0:44:34Yes.
0:44:36 > 0:44:38He'll never come back.
0:44:44 > 0:44:48WIND HOWLS
0:44:54 > 0:44:58- Callum looks far through. - Pass him some water.
0:45:03 > 0:45:06- Can I have a draught? - No, Finn boy, there's none to spare.
0:45:06 > 0:45:08Let's keep the water for Callum.
0:45:08 > 0:45:11Three days we've been at sea now and still no sign of land.
0:45:15 > 0:45:16Where do you think we are?
0:45:16 > 0:45:19Seems to me we're heading straight into the Atlantic.
0:45:19 > 0:45:21Fine, were heading for America!
0:45:23 > 0:45:26There's nothing to do but... ride with weather.
0:45:29 > 0:45:30Keep on bailing!
0:45:33 > 0:45:36Come on, Finn boy, get at it! Keep on!
0:45:48 > 0:45:53It's land! Look, boys! It's land!
0:45:53 > 0:45:56Stand by! Stand by, boys, it's land!
0:46:43 > 0:46:49It's a fearsome-looking place. Maybe we'd better go away again.
0:46:50 > 0:46:52I wonder if there's any water up there.
0:46:55 > 0:46:57Let go the anchor.
0:47:02 > 0:47:04Where are we? What island is this?
0:47:04 > 0:47:06I don't know, Callum boy.
0:47:13 > 0:47:16- Sheep! There must be water up there!- Yes.
0:47:18 > 0:47:22- I could go up. - No-one is going to climb that cliff.
0:47:23 > 0:47:25If you land me, I'll climb it.
0:47:25 > 0:47:27You heard what I said.
0:47:27 > 0:47:29We must get water! You know that!
0:47:29 > 0:47:33You're not going to climb that cliff. I'm responsible for you.
0:47:33 > 0:47:35- Responsible?! Who to?! - Never mind who to!
0:47:35 > 0:47:37As long as I'm the skipper of this boat...
0:47:37 > 0:47:40- I can climb that cliff, I tell you! - Well, it's too dangerous.
0:47:42 > 0:47:44Callum needs water! You must let me go up!
0:47:44 > 0:47:45He won't last much longer!
0:47:46 > 0:47:49All right. You'd better go.
0:47:54 > 0:47:58- I'll bring her in stern first. Look out for rocks below.- I'm ready.
0:47:58 > 0:48:01Now, when she comes up, jump.
0:48:01 > 0:48:02Careful...
0:48:02 > 0:48:04Here she comes.
0:48:04 > 0:48:05Right-oh, good luck!
0:48:10 > 0:48:11The buoy!
0:48:14 > 0:48:16I'll bring you a special!
0:51:03 > 0:51:05He's done it!
0:51:20 > 0:51:25You wouldn't be hearing anything yet awhile, Catrine.
0:51:25 > 0:51:26It's a long way to Stornoway.
0:51:28 > 0:51:31I don't trust the sea.
0:51:31 > 0:51:36You trust Roddie. And don't you go worrying about Finn either.
0:51:36 > 0:51:40He's sailing under the best skipper in the north.
0:51:41 > 0:51:44Roddie will look after him like a father.
0:51:44 > 0:51:46SEABIRDS CRY
0:52:34 > 0:52:42- SHOUTS:- Hey-ho-o-o-o-o-o!
0:53:00 > 0:53:03WIND GUSTS
0:53:12 > 0:53:14There he is!
0:53:31 > 0:53:32He's lost his hold!
0:53:35 > 0:53:36I'm going up to get him.
0:53:38 > 0:53:40Get ready on the oars, Rob.
0:53:43 > 0:53:44Back her in.
0:53:47 > 0:53:49I'll hold her.
0:54:33 > 0:54:36Can you see me, Finn? I'm right above you.
0:54:36 > 0:54:38Yes!
0:54:40 > 0:54:43There's a rope coming down. Get your leg into it.
0:55:03 > 0:55:04Ready!
0:55:05 > 0:55:07Ready? All right!
0:55:19 > 0:55:21Down you go!
0:55:36 > 0:55:38- Are you all right, Finn? - Of course I'm all right.
0:55:41 > 0:55:43Didn't even break your neck or something?
0:55:43 > 0:55:46- I broke nothing, but he nearly did!- What?
0:55:46 > 0:55:50- Eggs!- Eggs?!- Yes, eggs! Here, catch.
0:55:50 > 0:55:53Go on, catch.
0:55:53 > 0:55:56THEY LAUGH
0:55:56 > 0:55:59- NARRATOR:- 'Once more they steered their little boat,
0:55:59 > 0:56:02'without chart, without compass,
0:56:02 > 0:56:06'into the grim, grey vastness of the North Atlantic Ocean,
0:56:06 > 0:56:09'west and further west,
0:56:09 > 0:56:13'towards the lonely Hebrides and Stornoway.
0:56:13 > 0:56:15'Then, at last, success.
0:56:15 > 0:56:18'They found what they wanted -
0:56:18 > 0:56:20'a second season.'
0:56:22 > 0:56:25Herring! Herring! Herring!
0:56:25 > 0:56:28THEY LAUGH
0:56:28 > 0:56:30Come on, you beauties!
0:56:30 > 0:56:34Heave! Why, it's a sight I'd near forgotten!
0:56:36 > 0:56:38My silver darlings!
0:56:41 > 0:56:43My agent writes to tell me
0:56:43 > 0:56:46of our great success fishing on the west coast.
0:56:47 > 0:56:49This is great news indeed!
0:56:51 > 0:56:54Instead of one fishing season a year, now we have two.
0:56:56 > 0:56:58It proves what one boat can do.
0:56:58 > 0:57:03Next season, I'll send 20 boats.
0:57:03 > 0:57:05It's beautiful. It's lovely.
0:57:05 > 0:57:08- So, you did think of your mother? - You look fine.
0:57:16 > 0:57:18Aren't you going to wear it?
0:57:18 > 0:57:20Wear it?! No, it's much too pretty to wear!
0:57:27 > 0:57:30Finn... There's something I want to tell you.
0:57:30 > 0:57:32JOYFUL SINGING OUTSIDE
0:57:32 > 0:57:35While you were away, an old friend of your father's came to see me.
0:57:35 > 0:57:37You've heard me speak of Angus?
0:57:37 > 0:57:39Angus? The man who sailed with Father?
0:57:39 > 0:57:43Yes. He was with him in the boat when they were taken away.
0:57:43 > 0:57:45He was with him when he died.
0:57:51 > 0:57:52Father is dead.
0:57:59 > 0:58:01I must see this man, Angus.
0:58:04 > 0:58:07THEY SING A JAUNTY TUNE
0:58:38 > 0:58:44When we went fishing, the last glimpse your father had was of you.
0:58:44 > 0:58:48Suddenly, we saw a ship, a man o' war.
0:58:48 > 0:58:50We were taken.
0:58:59 > 0:59:00You scum!
0:59:00 > 0:59:02MEN LAUGH
0:59:10 > 0:59:14- Name?- Stand to attention when you're spoken to!
0:59:20 > 0:59:22Angus!
0:59:36 > 0:59:39- Put that man in irons!- Me?!
0:59:46 > 0:59:48THEY LAUGH
1:00:15 > 1:00:17And that's how he died.
1:00:17 > 1:00:19A fine man was Tormad.
1:00:19 > 1:00:21You can be proud of him.
1:00:23 > 1:00:25Aye. And he was my father.
1:00:25 > 1:00:28SINGING DROWNS SPEECH
1:00:37 > 1:00:41- There is Angus now, talking to Finn. - Oh, so that's Angus.
1:00:41 > 1:00:45- I'd like to have a word with him. - Oh, no, not now. Some other time.
1:00:45 > 1:00:46All right.
1:00:48 > 1:00:51Aye, it does the heart good to see the world young once more.
1:00:51 > 1:00:53Are you feeling it in your feet, Donald?
1:00:53 > 1:00:57Aye, I feel the youth of the world in my feet!
1:00:57 > 1:00:59Aye, but could you dance now?
1:00:59 > 1:01:02- I could not!- That's the spirit!
1:01:02 > 1:01:05- Have a drink! - Oh, no, I've had enough.
1:01:05 > 1:01:08- All right, give me a small one. - Small one, man?!
1:01:08 > 1:01:11Do you not understand that we're living in the midst of great doings?
1:01:11 > 1:01:15Our lads are showing an example to the rest of the world.
1:01:15 > 1:01:18THEY CHEER AND WHOOP
1:01:18 > 1:01:23- Aye, you're a bit slow!- No, it's the music that is too fast!
1:01:23 > 1:01:26SINGING, WHOOPING AND LAUGHTER
1:01:33 > 1:01:36THEY WHOOP
1:01:47 > 1:01:51Look. There is a halo around the moon.
1:01:51 > 1:01:54That means a storm.
1:01:54 > 1:01:56Och, it's nothing to be frightened of.
1:01:56 > 1:01:59I always fear when the gale is arising.
1:01:59 > 1:02:01Still being frightened!
1:02:01 > 1:02:05You know, you were being frightened the first morning I met you.
1:02:05 > 1:02:09- Do you remember that day by the old house of peace?- Yes.
1:02:09 > 1:02:13You said Catrine was a beautiful name.
1:02:14 > 1:02:15I did.
1:02:17 > 1:02:19But you've changed since then, you know.
1:02:19 > 1:02:21- Have I?- Oh, yes.
1:02:23 > 1:02:24You're more beautiful now.
1:02:29 > 1:02:32I loved you the first moment I set eyes on you.
1:02:34 > 1:02:36And I shall love you till I die.
1:02:40 > 1:02:41Will you marry me, Catrine?
1:02:43 > 1:02:46Yes, Roddie. I'll marry you.
1:03:01 > 1:03:03We'll have a wedding fit for a king and queen.
1:03:05 > 1:03:10Here's to the best skipper in the north and to his new mate!
1:03:10 > 1:03:13Hey, Finn, who is going to be best man at the wedding?
1:03:13 > 1:03:15What are you talking about?
1:03:15 > 1:03:16Roddie is a smart one.
1:03:16 > 1:03:18He picked the prettiest lassie on the coast
1:03:18 > 1:03:20and little Finn didn't know it.
1:03:20 > 1:03:23Here's to Roddie Sinclair and his best catch, sweet Catrine.
1:03:23 > 1:03:25LAUGHTER
1:03:25 > 1:03:27What are you laughing at, you fool? It's a lie!
1:03:27 > 1:03:29You don't understand, you're drunk!
1:03:29 > 1:03:31# Roddie now has got his lass
1:03:31 > 1:03:33# Catrine has her laddie-oh
1:03:33 > 1:03:35# Everyone should happy be
1:03:35 > 1:03:38- # Then there's nothing... # - Stop it, stop it!
1:03:38 > 1:03:40Hey, Finn! Take it easy!
1:03:40 > 1:03:42Keep your chin up, lad.
1:03:42 > 1:03:44It's not true, do you hear me? It's not true!
1:03:44 > 1:03:47Of course it's not true, they were just having their fun.
1:03:47 > 1:03:50- But I tell you it's not true! - Well, you'll never know.
1:03:50 > 1:03:52HE LAUGHS
1:03:52 > 1:03:54Well, if it is true,
1:03:54 > 1:03:57I'll never speak to Roddie again as long as I live.
1:03:57 > 1:04:01# Roddie now has got his lass Catrine has her laddie-oh... #
1:04:01 > 1:04:04SINGING CONTINUES
1:04:12 > 1:04:15Oh, Finn, I'm so glad you're back. I've got something to...
1:04:15 > 1:04:17What's the matter with you, Finn?
1:04:17 > 1:04:21What's the matter with me?! Nothing.
1:04:28 > 1:04:29Oh...
1:04:38 > 1:04:41Finn! Finn, I want to speak to you!
1:04:46 > 1:04:49- Eat your breakfast, Finn. - I don't want it.
1:04:56 > 1:04:58Finn, I've something to tell you.
1:04:58 > 1:05:00Roddie has asked me to marry him.
1:05:02 > 1:05:04It's nothing to me what you do.
1:05:25 > 1:05:26Hey, Finn!
1:05:45 > 1:05:48Good morning, Catrine.
1:05:48 > 1:05:50Good morning, Roddie.
1:05:50 > 1:05:53I called to see if you wanted any peat cutting.
1:05:53 > 1:05:57- Peat?! Well, you know we've got plenty of peat!- Oh.
1:05:57 > 1:06:00That wasn't why you called, was it?
1:06:00 > 1:06:04- No. Not exactly.- What, then?
1:06:09 > 1:06:10To give you this.
1:06:13 > 1:06:15It's real silver.
1:06:17 > 1:06:22- A silver ring!- It's very old. It was my grandmother's.
1:06:23 > 1:06:27Well...aren't you going to put it on for me?
1:06:37 > 1:06:38Now you are promised.
1:06:39 > 1:06:42- Yes.- Did you tell Finn?
1:06:43 > 1:06:46- Yes, I spoke to him this morning. - What did he say?
1:06:46 > 1:06:48He rushed out of the house without saying anything
1:06:48 > 1:06:51and slammed the door behind him.
1:06:51 > 1:06:54Oh, so that's why he passed me without a word, looking like murder.
1:06:54 > 1:06:56I can't think what's happened to him lately.
1:06:56 > 1:06:58I can't do anything with him these days.
1:06:58 > 1:07:00- He needs a man to take him in hand. - Oh, no, I couldn't bear it
1:07:00 > 1:07:03if there were any trouble between you and Finn.
1:07:03 > 1:07:05There'll be no trouble, Catrine.
1:07:06 > 1:07:08Rest your mind easy on that.
1:07:08 > 1:07:10I wonder what's keeping the skipper.
1:07:10 > 1:07:12Hey, Finn, where's Roddie?
1:07:12 > 1:07:13How should I know where he is?
1:07:25 > 1:07:29- Everything shipshape? - Everything is shipshape.
1:07:29 > 1:07:30Where's that creel?
1:07:30 > 1:07:32Hey, Finn, throw that creel down.
1:07:37 > 1:07:40- Is that the way to handle a creel? - Handle it yourself!
1:07:42 > 1:07:44Watch your step, young man.
1:07:44 > 1:07:47Looks like we're going to have a good trip to Stornoway!
1:07:56 > 1:07:59Can it be there's no more fish in the sea?
1:07:59 > 1:08:01Come on, boys, get those nets in quicker.
1:08:01 > 1:08:04Come on, come on, get them in and we'll make for Stornoway.
1:08:07 > 1:08:10- Have one yourself.- Thanks.
1:08:10 > 1:08:13- When are you leaving Stornoway, mister?- Turn of the tide.
1:08:13 > 1:08:17Glad I'll be to see the back of you, with your fights and brawls.
1:08:17 > 1:08:18Six bottles smashed last night.
1:08:18 > 1:08:21It's killing somebody you'll be, one of these days.
1:08:21 > 1:08:23Not for the first time. Have a drink?
1:08:23 > 1:08:25I don't drink with murderers.
1:08:25 > 1:08:29Well, good luck to you and a fair wind back to Helmsdale.
1:08:29 > 1:08:31The smart east-coasters(!)
1:08:31 > 1:08:35They've been out for days and what do you think they've caught?
1:08:35 > 1:08:38Nothing! Not one fish!
1:08:38 > 1:08:41LAUGHTER
1:08:57 > 1:08:59Whisky.
1:09:09 > 1:09:12It's not every day you see a skipper who can't catch fish!
1:09:12 > 1:09:14LAUGHTER
1:09:14 > 1:09:17Hey, sailor, that'll be enough from you!
1:09:17 > 1:09:19If it isn't my old friend Finn!
1:09:21 > 1:09:24Come and have a drink, my lad. Come on.
1:09:25 > 1:09:28You will be tired, pulling in no fish.
1:09:28 > 1:09:33You see, Finn, my lad, when you go after herring,
1:09:33 > 1:09:36you've got to have a skipper who knows his job.
1:09:38 > 1:09:42It's no good just sitting in a boat wearing a skipper's cap.
1:09:45 > 1:09:47That's the trouble with you east-coasters.
1:09:49 > 1:09:52You haven't got anyone who knows anything about the sea.
1:09:52 > 1:09:57When I sailed with your father, I sailed with a real skipper.
1:09:58 > 1:09:59A real skipper.
1:10:01 > 1:10:05Not one who stole their girl when better men were out of the way.
1:10:59 > 1:11:01- Stop them!- Let them fight it out.
1:11:09 > 1:11:11ANGUS GROANS
1:11:17 > 1:11:20All right, come on, all of you.
1:11:20 > 1:11:24It's the truth he was speaking and you know it!
1:11:39 > 1:11:41- CATRINE:- 'I couldn't bear it
1:11:41 > 1:11:44'if there were any trouble between you and Finn.'
1:12:11 > 1:12:13Skipper(!)
1:12:13 > 1:12:17JEERING AND LAUGHTER
1:12:23 > 1:12:28Looking bad. Glad you got back before the weather broke.
1:12:30 > 1:12:33Look at those clouds! There's a storm brewing up!
1:12:39 > 1:12:43Finn, what are you doing in that boat? Where's Roddie?
1:12:43 > 1:12:47- I left him in Stornoway. - Why did you leave the Morning Star?
1:12:47 > 1:12:49There's no room for Roddie and me in the same boat.
1:13:07 > 1:13:09Why are you behaving like this?!
1:13:11 > 1:13:14Stop behaving like a child! You're a man now!
1:13:33 > 1:13:36- It's coming up fast. - We'll never get through this storm!
1:13:40 > 1:13:42There's too much weight in the boat.
1:13:42 > 1:13:44It's herring that's weighing us down.
1:13:44 > 1:13:47That will have to go. Dump the fish.
1:13:47 > 1:13:50- But, Roddie, if the herring goes... - What did I tell you?
1:13:50 > 1:13:51Dump the fish!
1:14:01 > 1:14:02Dump the lot!
1:14:34 > 1:14:36A boat!
1:14:41 > 1:14:43FRANTIC KNOCKING
1:14:43 > 1:14:45A boat! She's in trouble!
1:14:50 > 1:14:53- SCREAMS:- Roddie!
1:15:03 > 1:15:07She's on the rocks! She's finished! Not a chance!
1:15:07 > 1:15:10- What boat is it?- The Morning Star!
1:15:28 > 1:15:33- Lower the ropes down! - It's useless, they're too far out!
1:15:37 > 1:15:39Give me the ropes, I'm going down!
1:15:39 > 1:15:41Finn, please, Finn!
1:16:00 > 1:16:03WOMEN SING A HYMN
1:17:12 > 1:17:15Don't give in, Roddie!
1:17:15 > 1:17:17I'm all right, Finn!
1:19:35 > 1:19:38LAUGHTER
1:19:38 > 1:19:41Well, well, now I'll get the other lads up.
1:19:55 > 1:19:57- Is Finn safe?- Yes, he's safe.
1:20:02 > 1:20:04There he is!
1:20:06 > 1:20:08You did well, son.
1:20:08 > 1:20:11- Och, it was nothing.- Thanks.
1:20:29 > 1:20:31- NARRATOR:- 'And so, through storm and tragedy,
1:20:31 > 1:20:36'they measured their strength and courage against the sea.
1:20:36 > 1:20:41'As season followed season, they sent out bigger boats
1:20:41 > 1:20:44'and built bigger curing stations.
1:20:44 > 1:20:48'The people once driven from the land to the sea,
1:20:48 > 1:20:50'by tenacity and hard work,
1:20:50 > 1:20:55'succeeded in making that rock-bound coast of Scotland
1:20:55 > 1:20:58'the herring mistress of the world!'