BBC A Dream of Death 2016 1080p HDTV x265-MVGroup

AKA Bruadar a' Bhais

Before he was hanged for murder in 1831, young Hugh Macleod was paraded through the streets of Inverness in chains, jeered by a 3,000-strong crowd. He was the only defendant in Scottish legal history whose trial had admitted the evidence of second sight.

Macleod was a native of remote Assynt in Sutherland. A schoolteacher, he was driven by an obsession for fine clothes and a fondness for reckless living. When a popular travelling pedlar acquired a windfall, he became an easy target for Macleod.

This extraordinary Scottish crime story is told in full - a murder that led to the exposure of a respected member of society, an investigation where ancient rituals were carried out and a trial where the only 'dream testimony' ever known in Scots jurisprudence was admitted by the Crown.

The crime is considered from a 21st-century perspective, through expert contributors and drama reconstruction. It reveals how the people of a small Gaelic-speaking village took on a murder case themselves and discusses how today's forensics might still be challenged by it.

Technical Spec
Video Codec: x265 CABAC Main L4
Video Bitrate: CRF 21 (~1825Kbps)
Video Resolution: 1920x1080
Frame Rate: 25 FPS
Audio Codec: AAC-LC
Audio Bitrate: 128Kbps CVBR 48KHz (196Kbps peak)
Audio Channels: 2 (Gaelic)
Run-Time: 58 mins
Part Size: 813 MB
Source: HDTV (1080i/h264 3869Kbps VBR 1.73GB)
Subtitles: Embedded English