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Big Impression

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First episode dateApril 26, 2000
Also known asAlistair McGowan's Big Impression
Networks BBC One
Creators Alistair McGowan
Ronni Ancona
Jun 10, 2004
Date of Reg.
Date of Upd.
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About Big Impression


A comedy sketch show featuring Alistair McGowan and Ronni Ancona.

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Highland hermit makes surprise film festival visit

Feb 16,2020 7:03 am

A hermit who has spent 40 Years living in isolation in the Scottish Highlands has made a surprise appearance on the Red Carpet of a film festival.

Ken Smith left his cabin in Lochaber to attend the premiere in Glasgow of a documentary about his Life .

The 74-year-old normally lives without electricity or running water beside Loch Treig - the " lonely loch".

He described Glasgow as a very changed city and added: " I've never seen so many people. "

Ken, who is originally from Derbyshire, began A Life of wandering after being beaten up during a Night Out , leaving him unconscious for nearly a fortnight.

While travelling in Canada, he became interested in the Wilderness - and on his return, he sought out what he felt was the " most isolated place in Britain" and built himself a Log Cabin .

His extraordinary story has been told by Lizzie MacKenzie who spent two years filming a documentary for Bbc Scotland .

Ken had to Get Up at 04:00 so he could make the two-hour walk to the nearest road for his journey to the premiere in Glasgow.

He Said he wasn't nervous - But his first trip away from the Highlands in decades made a Big Impression on him.

" The Last Time I was in Glasgow was 30 or 40 Years Ago - it's changed so much from what it used to be, " He Said .

" I don't know any of the places or anything like that, in The Past I did.

" It's certainly a different form of Life - I've never seen so many people. From where I Am , where I live I can go weeks and never see anybody and I just carry on with my jobs. "

Lizzie first met Ken a decade Ago while she was working in a café in the Highlands, after hearing stories from deer stalkers about an old man who lived in The Forest .

" I got curious and ended up going to meet Ken and we wrote letters for years and years - and I slowly learned How To make films so I could tell his story, " She Said .

She made regular visits with her camera, recording how he lived off The Land , facing struggles as he grows older But also enjoying his close relationship with nature.

" The Most challenging one was when Ken did his 50-mile or whatever Round Trip to town and we got up at 03:00 and walked around in The Dark .

" I was trying to keep up with him with the camera and I struggled to keep up - I thought I was fit until I tried to follow Ken with a camera. "

Over The Years they have became friends, and Lizzie was able to help Ken when he needed hospital treatment after a fall.

" She was The One that kept Coming In and doing my shopping while I was in hospital. I was quite grateful for that, " he recalled.



Source of news: bbc.com

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