Rob Roy

1 9 7 7 (UK)
6 x 30 minute episodes

This six-part Sunday afternoon BBC drama series followed Frank Osbaldistone (Robin Sachs, son of Leonard) as he rejected his father’s offer of a partnership in his London banking firm and was sent to Osbaldistone Hall on his uncle’s estate in Northumberland.

There he met his drunken cousins and found romance – with the attractive Diana Vernon (Jane Wymark, daughter of Patrick) and intrigue – courtesy of his youngest cousin Rashleigh (Anthony Higgins) who was the partner in crime of clan chief Rob Roy (played by Andrew Faulds, who was also the Labour MP for Warley East, near Birmingham).

Frank eventually headed for Glasgow and on to Rob Roy’s domain in the Highlands of Scotland.

The series was adapted by Tom Wright from the novel by Sir Walter Scott and produced by BBC Scotland. Shooting took place at a variety of locations, mainly in Perthshire and Stirlingshire.

Rob Roy
Andrew Faulds
Frank Osbaldistone
Robin Sachs
Diana Vernon
Jane Wymark
Morris
Jack Watson
Andrew Fairservice
Rikki Fulton
Rashleigh Osbaldistone
Anthony Higgins
Bailie Nicol Jarvie
Fulton Mackay
Owen
James Ottaway
Sir Hildebrand
Patrick Holt
Father Vaughan
Ralph Michael
Osbaldistone
David Markham
Dougal
Freddie Earlle
Dick
Gregor Fisher
Percie
David Hayman
Thorncliffe
Stuart McGugan
Jobson
Edwin Richfield
Helen MacGregor
Edith MacArthur
Major Galbraith
Derek Anders
Squire Inglewood
Leonard Maguire