Complex sentence: He was chieftain of the Lochaber Highland Games for many years, and owned a house in Glen Coe; his appearance on the final edition of "Top of the Pops" in 2006 was pre-recorded as it clashed with the games.
Split into simpler sentences: He was chieftain of the Lochaber Highland Games for many years, and owned a house in Glen Coe. His appearance on the final edition of "Top of the Pops" in 2006 was pre-recorded as it clashed with the games.