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The Northern Lights

A documentary first broadcast in 1969, about the work of the crew of the lighthouse relief vessel Pole Star as it services some of Scotland's most remote manned lighthouses.

Ann an 1969, chunnacas pr貌gram aithriseach air 成人快手 1 mu dheidhinn am Pole Star, soitheach a bha a' frithealaidh taighean-solais ann an ceann a tuath na h-Alba. Ged a bha B貌rd Taighean-Solais a' Chinn a Tuath air t貌iseachadh air m貌ran de na taighean-solais atharrachadh gu bhith f猫in-obrachail, bha cuid fhathast air an obrachadh le luchd-gl猫idhidh agus b' e obair chudromach is chunnartach a bha ron a' chriutha 's iad a' dol a-mach gu na taighean solais as iomallaiche an Alba. Am measg nan taighean solais air an do thadhal am Pole Star anns a' phr貌gam seo, bha Taigh-solais nan Eilean Flannach, siar air Eilean Le貌dhais, far an deach tri霉ir luchd-gl猫idhidh a dh矛th ann an suidheachadh air nach t脿inig fuasgladh riamh.

The Northern Lights was first broadcast on 成人快手 One in 1969 and followed the Pole Star, a Northern Lighthouse Board relief vessel and her crew as she serviced some of Scotland's most remote and inaccessible lighthouses. Although the Northern Lighthouse Board had begun the process of automation by then, several manned lighthouses remained and the crew of the Pole Star had the crucial role of taking relief crews and supplies to these lighthouses. The Pole Star visits the Sule Skerry and North Ronaldsay Lighthouses in Orkney, as well as the infamous Flannan Isles Lighthouse - where three keepers disappeared in mysterious circumstances in 1900.

51 minutes

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Sat 8 Mar 2025 18:00

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