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Madame Ecosse on BBC ALBA

Madame Ecosse our intimate but hard-hitting film about Winnie Ewing will be broadcast on BBC ALBA on Monday 13 April at 9pm on Tuesday 14th April at 10pm which is available on Sky channel 168 and on Freesat channel 110.for BBC ALBA. The film reveals exclusive footage of Winnie Ewing pre-Hamilton era and her unseen personal photographic archive.

After five decades in politics spent in three parliaments, Westminster, Europe where she earned her nickname Madame Ecosse and the Scottish Parliament, Winnie has been hailed as a nationalist heroine who is loved by some and loathed by others.

So how did this lawyer become the Grand Dame of Scottish politics and why are we still coming to terms with the effects of her win at Hamilton?

‘Madame Ecosse’ is produced by Ishbel MacIver and Morag Stewart and directed by Ishbel MacIver.