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The north-east woman who has worked on everything from Sunset Song to Midsomer Murders

The north-east woman who has worked on everything from Sunset Song to Midsomer Murders © Supplied Moira Armstrong has been speaking about spending a life through a lens. When Moira Armstrong was growing up in the north-east of Scotland in the 1930s, she quickly realised how important the different aspects of local history, heritage and language were to the people around her. She went swimming at Stonehaven’s art deco open air pool, learned to speak Doric, cycled from Aberdeen to such sites as Dunnottar Castle, took an interest in the advancing technology of television…and eventually became one of the most highly-regarded figures in the industry, directing a litany of award-winning programmes.

Sunset Song: Classic novel set in the Mearns became the first BBC drama series shot in colour

Updated: January 21, 2021, 4:53 pm © DCT Media John Grieve, Jean Fitzpatrick and Alex McAvoy during filming of Sunset Song which appeared on the BBC in 1971. Sign up for our newsletter and let our nostalgia team take you on a trip back in time Thank you for signing up to our Nostalgia newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Sunset Song was filmed on location in the Mearns and still casts a spell over audiences after being broadcast 50 years ago. And it was directed by a Scottish woman, who has been acclaimed by BAFTA and honoured by the BFI, yet remains unheralded among most of her compatriots.

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