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My History Fix

the Fun Side of History!

OUTLANDER THE SHOW

September 26, 2014

Scotland sceneryPlease indulge me. This is another Eye Candy post. It’s another tribute to my Outlander obsession…a love note really. This time it’s the television series on Starz. It’s just so beautiful—the costumes, the scenery…and well yes, the actors too! I love the attention to detail.

For those of you who are not familiar with the story, here it is in a nutshell: a woman from post-World War II Britain falls through a warp in time and finds herself in 1743. Much adventure ensues. (For more on the story, see my June post about the books!)

It has been interesting to see the translation from page to screen; lots of changes and additions in the script (some small, some not) but the essence of the story is the same.

I’ve always wanted to go to Scotland (and Ireland and England and Wales), but as I sat on my sofa, glued to the TV watching the opening minutes of episode 1, it struck me: I have to go there! It is filmed in Scotland where the action is set (unlike Vikings for instance, which is filmed in Ireland rather than Norway or Denmark), and I think that is important—the countryside is almost another player in the show!

This seems like an appropriate moment for reflection, as the big wedding episode aired this past Saturday, and the “mid-season finale” is tomorrow—don’t even get me started on the current trend of crazy-short seasons! But enough chatter, let me show you what I’m talking about!

All photos are courtesy of Starz.com, except the four wedding photos from The Outlander Podcast. Please click to enlarge–you need to see these bigger to get the full beauty!

2 Inverness '40s

3 Inverness '40s

Our heroine Claire: Hmm…I wonder what will happen if I go to a stone circle on a fire feast day?

Our heroine Claire: Hmm…I wonder what will happen if I go to a stone circle on a fire feast day?

 

Our hero Jamie. (I say, give me a dirty sark and a kilt and I am a-ok!)

Our hero Jamie. (I say, give me a dirty sark and a kilt and I am a-ok!)

 

6 Leoch

No it’s ok, keep raining…

No it’s ok, keep raining…

Dougal MacKenzie, Jamie’s uncle. (I’m kinda crushing on him.)

Dougal MacKenzie, Jamie’s uncle. (I’m kinda crushing on him.)

I love the knitwear pieces in the costumes—easily translated to 2014!

I love the knitwear pieces in the costumes—easily translated to 2014!

10 Claire & Geillis

11 at the table

12 the hall

Bloody lobsterbacks!

Bloody lobsterbacks!

The sadist: Black Jack Randall

The sadist: Black Jack Randall

100 lashes, and 100 lashes more.

100 lashes, and 100 lashes more.

16 scenery

18 Geillis at home

Geillis Duncan. (I won’t give her story away!)

19 Herself

Herself, author Diana Gabaldon, kitted out for her bit part as Iona McTavish.

 

20 Claire & Dougal

21 mountain

22 concert

23 BrideThe Bride and Groom…stunning!24 Groom

The Ceremony

The Ceremony

The Wedding Night

The Wedding Night

If you watching the show, what do you think about the scenery and costumes? Have you read the books? Have you been to Scotland? Indulge me once again—let’s discuss in the comments!

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Comments

  1. Judith says

    September 26, 2014 at 10:46 pm

    I’d love to see the process, and hear the conversations, about designing period clothing and then watch a few pieces ie the wedding gown, being constructed from start to finish. Wouldn’t it be exciting to be able to try it on for the total effect and spin around in front of a 3-way mirror?

    I’m hoping to have a similar experience of seeing period clothing as a volunteer at The Henry Ford; Greenfield Village, if selected for Holiday Nights events this upcoming season.

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  2. Linda says

    April 8, 2016 at 6:40 pm

    Beautiful pictures! I just have a few pages left to read of Outlander (which I watched on Starz) and now I’ll be seeing Dragonfly in Amber on Starz before reading it! Can’t wait to see them in Paris, the pictures that they posted on Facebook look beautiful! They were saying that the outdoor Paris scenes were actually filmed in Prague, because Paris now looks nothing like it did in the 1700s.

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