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    Drama TV Shows - 1960s 2 Mins Read

    Kidnapped

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    1 9 6 3 (UK)
    12 x 25 minute episodes

    In Scotland in 1751, with the embers of the 1745 Jacobite rising still smouldering, young David Balfour (Ian Cullen) is kidnapped by Captain Hoseason (Ewan Roberts) – at the request of David’s wicked uncle, Ebenezer Balfour (Duncan Macrae) – and placed aboard the brig Covenant, destined for the Carolinas and a life of slavery.

    He meets Jacobite rebel Alan Breck (Roddy McMillan) on the ship and together the pair escape from the ship, avoid the redcoats and return to Scotland to claim David’s rightful inheritance.

    In later episodes, David attempts to gain justice for James of the Glens (Kenneth MacKintosh) but, after being reunited with Alan Breck, he is once again kidnapped and confined on the Bass Rock, an island in the Firth of Forth, until the trial is over and James is condemned to death.

    David also meets and falls in love with Catriona MacGregor Drummond (Gay Hamilton), the daughter of James More Drummond (Leonard Maguire), who is also held in prison until Catriona engineers his escape.

    David and Catriona travel to Holland, where David studies law at the University of Leyden until he learns of the death of his uncle Ebenezer, meaning he will now come into his full, substantial inheritance.

    David and Catriona eventually marry and return to Scotland to raise a family.

    This BBC series was a faithful – if plain – adaptation by Joy Harington of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic novels Kidnapped and Catriona and well-acted throughout.

    Ian Cullen died in November 2019, aged 80.

    David Balfour
    Ian Cullen
    Alan Breck
    Roddy McMillan
    Catriona
    Gay Hamilton
    James More Drummond
    Leonard Maguire
    Barbara
    Colette O’Neil
    Neil the Redhead
    James Copeland
    Prestongrange
    Moultrie Kelsall
    Simon Fraser
    Jack Lambert
    James of the Glens
    Kenneth MacKintosh
    Alison
    Margo Croan
    Mr Rankeillor
    Geoffrey Lumsden
    Ebenezer Balfour
    Duncan Macrae
    Red Fox
    John Dunbar
    Stewart
    Calum Mill
    Shuan
    Douglas Murchie
    Riach
    Bryden Murdoch
    Captain Hoseason
    Ewan Roberts

    Episodes

    The House of Shaws | The Brig Covenant | Disaster | Red Fox | The Flight in the Heather | Back to Shaws | Catriona | The Man with Red Hair | The Bass Rock | In the Hands of the Ladies | David and Catriona | The Return of Alan

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