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1995

Episode 6 of 10

Rewind to 1995 to relive the music, the shows and the news of the year that Mel Gibson took Scottish history to Hollywood with the release of Braveheart.

Rewind to 1995 to relive the music, the shows and the news of a year to remember.

It’s the year Mel Gibson took Scottish history to Hollywood with the release of Braveheart, along with a star-studded gala premiere in Stirling.

Pierce Brosnan makes his ‘double-oh’ debut in Goldeneye, alongside the first female ‘M’, played by Judi Dench.

The Skye Bridge opens, and on TV we meet Highland cop Hamish Macbeth for the first time. The show stars Robert Carlyle and is shot on location in Plockton and Kyle of Lochalsh.

Also on TV that year, Julie Goodyear calls time on her 25-year role as Coronation Street landlady Bet Lynch, we meet Friends for the first time and George Clooney gets his big break with the launch of E.R.

In politics, PM John Major continues to face criticism from Eurosceptic Tory backbenchers, in a bid to silence his critics he steps down as leader… and announces that he will stand for re-election in a leadership contest.

After three years of separation from Prince Charles, the Princess of Wales gives a controversial interview to Martin Bashir for Â鶹Éç One’s Panorama.

There’s bad news for Take That fans as Robbie Williams announces he is leaving the band. Also in music, former Orange Juice frontman Edwyn Collins releases his biggest solo hit, A Girl Like You.

Rangers break the transfer record by signing Paul Gascoigne for £4.3 million, and at Manchester United Eric Cantona is in trouble…

It’s a year packed full of memorable moments, Rewind to 1995 for a look back at a momentous 12 months.

28 minutes

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Fri 15 Nov 2019 19:30