CLYDESDALE SAVING THE GREATEST HORSE
DOCUMENTARY CHANNEL | BBC SCOTLAND
CANADA/UK CO-PRODUCTION
2019 | 78/58 mins Official Website | Documentary Channel | CBC Gem
The Clydesdale horse - famed for its white-feathered feet and for hauling Budweiser beer – is in danger of dying out.
These giant and iconic horses are on the verge of what many call the “vortex of extinction” in the very place where they were first bred – Scotland.
Once, there were thousands of Clydesdales roaming the famous Clyde Valley near Glasgow. Now, they’re all but gone. The horse was once so valuable the Scots sold them all over the world. The most sought after were the pure blacks.
Now, one woman is on a quest to save the Scottish Clydesdale. Janice Kirkpatrick is an award-winning Glaswegian designer and passionate about this horse.
Her plan is simple: Find the lost blacks and bring them home.
In an extraordinary journey from the Clyde Valley to the heart of the Canadian Prairies, Janice uncovers the true story of the Clydesdale horse, and traces a Canadian family who’ve protected the ancient black Clydesdale bloodlines for five generations.
With this discovery she unlocks the secret to reviving the Scottish herd.
In Clydesdale: Saving the Greatest Horse, join Janice as she embarks on an unprecedented and emotional two-year quest. Not only will it test her in ways she never expected, but it will also alter her life forever… and change the destiny of an entire breed.
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Written By
Dugald Maudsley
Editor
David Murray
Richard Poet
Additional Editing
Eric Wiegand
Composer
John Welsman
Director of Photography
Alan Mclaughlin
John Price
Michael Grippo
Camera
Ian Lilley
Cailean Watt
Odin Gillies
Ed Fenwick
Iain Strang
Pete Barden
Richard Cook
Jerry Kelly
Sound Recordists
Kyle Allan
Peter Elliot
Michael Kennedy
Richard Paterson
Assistant Producers
Odin Gillies
Valerie Lyon
Cailean Watt
Archive Producer
Elspeth Domville
Researchers
Marion Gruner
Eve Smith
John Pineda Thomson
Production Managers
Diane Marcotte
Maggie Mutch
Hannah Truswell
Rosie Riding
Production Coordinator
Davina Macintyre
Gillian Main
Production Assistant
Gary Hayes
Visual Effects Designer
Mark Alberts
Colourist
Igor Petrof
Post Production Supervisor/Online Editor
Eric Wiegand
Re-recording Mixer
Grant Edmonds
Sfx Editor
Marcus Gwynn Newman
Audio Editor
Patience Bradford
Mimi Scowen
Dialogue Mixer
Andy Frech
Special Thanks
Chatelherault Country Park
Marie Coyne
Clyde Vet Group
Graven
The Estate of John Zawadzki
The Highland Folk Museum
Graham Strong
Archival Material Courtesy Of
BBC Scotland
Bridgeman Images
Chronicle/Alamy Stock Photo
FCG/Pond5
IWM
Janice Kirkpatrick
Jim Miller
Library of Congress
Mccord Museum
Normstock/Pond5
Peter_elvin/Pond5
Scotland’s Moving Image Archive
Shona Harrison
The Protected Art Archive/Alamy Stock Photo
Vernon Museum and Archives Photo #5607
Whstock/Pond5
For Infield Fly Productions
Producers
Dugald Maudsley
Gillian Main
Associate Producer
Marion Gruner
Production Accountant
Rebecca Humble Mcculloch
Legal Counsel
David Steinberg
For Stream Scotland Productions
Producers
Janice Forsyth
Fiona White
Finance Director
Gary Deans
Legal Affairs
Katharine Otway
For Creative Scotland
Executive Director
Isabel Davis
Senior Screen Executive
Robbi Allen
Business Legal Manager
Mark Wilson
Legals
Neil Billard, Wiggin LLP
Commissioning Editor for BBC Scotland
David Harron
Co-executive Producer/Consultant
Janice Kirkpatrick
Executive Producer
Creative Scotland
Leslie Finlay
Director
Ian Lilley
Executive Producers
Dugald Maudsley
Jonny Young
Janice Forsyth
Fiona White
Produced with the Participation Of
The Canadian Media Fund
The Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit
Ontario Creates
Rogers Cable Network Fund
Scottish Government and the National Lottery Through Creative Scotland
Produced in Association With
documentary Channel
Senior Director
Sandra Kleinfeld
Production Executive
Jordana Ross
BBC Scotland
A Canada / United Kingdom Co-production
*© 2019 IF: Greatest Horse Productions Inc. & Greatest Horse Ltd.
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