License To Kilt: Taking In Scotland’s Highlands And Lowlands

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Event Date(s): 07/14/2012 | Event Location(s): Kingston, United Kingdom, Loch Ness, United Kingdom, Pitlochry, United Kingdom | Description: EXT DAY SCOTLAND, UNITED KINGDOM NBC’s Ben Fogle reports EXT DAY EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND WS: City skyline. MS: Panning shot down of buildings to Fogle walking down a street. 2 MS: Fogle walks down a sidewalk past a bagpipe player who is wearing a traditional outfit. MS: Fogle walks up the steps to Joey D store. INT EDINBURGH IN JOEY D MS: Fogle shakes hands with owner Joey Deacon. BRIEF CUTS: Fogle alone and with Deacon looks at clothes on display and tries on a top hat. MS: In interview Deacon says “Braveheart makes Mad Max.” MS: Fogle looks at clothes on a rack. MS: Fogle says “Definitely want something that-- that stands out” and Deacon replies “Just got the thing for you, Ben.” EXT DAY EDINBURGH MS: Fogle walks out of Joey D’s carrying a shopping bag. EXT DAY SCOTLAND MS: Car drives down road with hills seen in the background. MS: Fogle drives the car. MS: Rolling shot of a lake with nearby hill. MS: At sunset silhouetted hills and lake. BRIEF CUTS: Beauty shots of a hill and a waterfall. MS: Fogle stands with man near a lake and fishes. MS: Fogle’s car drives down road near lake in the Western Isles area. MS: Panning shot of the exterior of a castle. EXT DAY KINGSTON, SCOTLAND MS: Exterior of Fenton Tower. MS: Fogle interviews a couple outside Fenton Tower and asks “Is this as romantic as we all imagined?” and the woman replies “Well, we got engaged here last night” as Fogle shakes hands with the man. EXT DAY LOCH NESS, SCOTLAND MS: Fogle rides in a boat through the loch. MS: Fogle and others in the boat seen. MS: Fogle, wearing swimming trunks, walks on the shore to the edge of the loch and waves to an unseen wild swimmer Helen Beverage (ph). MS: Beverage, lying in the water, waves and yells “Come on in, the water is lovely.” MS: Fogle walks into the 40 degree water. MS: Fogle and Beverage in the water. MS: In interview while swimming in the water Fogle asks “So what is it about wild swimming that you like?,” Beverage replies “I like the peace, the solitude,” Fogle asks “Not worried about a monster coming up and grabbing you?,” Beverage replies “You never know when you might see Nessie,” and Fogle says “I am more worried about the cold than the monster.” MS: Rear shot of Fogle and Beverage swimming in the loch with a silhouetted hill seen nearby. EXT DAY PITLOCHRY, SCOTLAND MS: Long shot of Fogle walking on a walkway towards the entrance of Blair Castle. INT PITLOCHRY MS: Fogle walks inside a room in Blair Castle. MS: Framed painting of a man wearing a kilt seen. EXT DAY PITLOCHRY MS: Fogle and former caber champion John Robertson, both wearing kilts, stand outside Blair Castle as Robertson says “I don’t think so” when asked if he’d wear Fogle’s kilt. MS: Fogle (faces unseen) shows off the Joey D kilt he’s wearing which has a horn attached to it and three belts. MS: Fogle turns around and shows the back of his jacket to Robertson and points out his jacket has his (Fogle’s) number (68) on it as Robertson laughs. MS: Fogle and Robertson’s legs (faces unseen) walking. MS: Fogle and Robertson lift a caber (tree trunk) onto their shoulders. MS: Fogle and Robertson walk with the caber on their shoulders. MS: Robertson and Fogle stand the caber straight up. MS: Robertson shows Fogle how to hold his hands while tossing the caber as Fogle holds his hands around the caber. MS: Fogle (faces unseen) holds his hands around the caber. EXT DAY SCOTLAND DURING THE HIGHLAND GAMES MS: Men in ceremonial kilt costumes seen as one fires a cannon on a field. MS: Bagpipers and spectators. MS: Women wearing kilts dance on a platform under a tent. MS: Man does a weight throw during competition. BRIEF CUTS: Weight throw competitors. MS: Fogle reports on-camera near a competitor. BRIEF CUTS: Contestants do the caber toss. MS: Fogle waves as he walks onto the field in VO announcer says “Big welcome ladies and gentleman for Ben Fogle.” MS: Fogle walks past others on the field. MS: Man helps hold up a caber and says “Well, good luck chap” as Fogle gets his grip around it. MS: Fogle does his caber toss (doesn’t go very far). MS: People in the crowd say “Aww.” MS: Fogle tries to do another caber toss and drops the caber when trying to lift it. MS: Spectators watch. MS: Fogle does his third toss and throws the caber and lifts his arms up over his head as applause is heard in VO. MS: In interview Fogle asks “What do you think my chances of winning are?” and Highland Games official replies “Very slim” and laughs. MS: Announcer says (part VO) “And last in our competition, Mister Ben Fogle, number sixty-eight NBC.” MS: Fogle holds his arms up. MS: Spectators applaud.