The Last Stone

BBC Scotland HD

7:15 PM to 8:15 PM

Sunday 17 November

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Before skip Rhona Martin and her team took to the ice at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, curling was a quirky minority sport to the vast majority of Scots and virtually unknown to the rest of the UK. However, by the time Martin prepared to play her last stone, six million British television viewers were glued to their screens into the night. This film celebrates a sporting battle against the odds that saw Great Britain's women's curling team make sporting history and captivate the UK