"Monarch of the Glen (TV series) Monarch of the Glen is a British drama television series produced by Ecosse Films for BBC Scotland and broadcast on BBC One for seven series between February 2000 and October 2005 with 64 episodes in total. The first five series of ""Monarch of the Glen"" told the story of young restaurateur, Archie MacDonald, trying to restore his childhood home in the Scottish Highlands, starring Alastair Mackenzie, Richard Briers, Susan Hampshire, and Dawn Steele, whilst the final two series of the show focused on new Laird Paul Bowman trying to modernise the estate, primarily starring"
"Laggan, Badenoch Laggan (Gaelic: ""Lagan"" ) is a village in Badenoch, in the Highland region of Scotland. It is beside the River Spey, about 10 km west of Newtonmore. The A86 road passes through the village and crosses the river on a nearby bridge. It is notable as being the region in Badenoch where the Gaelic language survived the longest. Laggan is in the Cairngorms National Park and featured as the fictional village of Glenbogle in the BBC TV drama series ""Monarch of the Glen"" where many of the locals took part in playing the minor background roles. Nearby Visitor"
"attractions include: http://www.laggan.com/ Laggan, Badenoch Laggan (Gaelic: ""Lagan"" ) is a village in Badenoch, in the Highland region of Scotland. It is beside the River Spey, about 10 km west of Newtonmore. The A86 road passes through the village and crosses the river on a nearby bridge. It is notable as being the region in Badenoch where the Gaelic language survived the longest. Laggan is in the Cairngorms National Park and featured as the fictional village of Glenbogle in the BBC TV drama series ""Monarch of the Glen"" where many of the locals took part in playing the minor background"
"Highlands (TV series) Highlands is a 6-part documentary series produced by STV Productions (""then known as ""SMG Productions"""") and broadcast on STV in Northern and Central Scotland and The History Channel (UK), presented by ""Taggart"" actor John Michie. ""Highlands"" focused on the Highland Clearances of the late 18th & early 19th centuries and the political & religious events that led to the forced displacements and widespread evictions which diluted the culture of area and led to mass emigration to the Lowlands, the coast and abroad. Locations featured in the series included Culloden, Glenfinnan, Urquhart Castle, Strathcarron and Durness. The Earl"
"Take the High Road Take the High Road (renamed to High Road from 1994 to 2003) was a British soap opera produced by Scottish Television, set in the fictional village of Glendarroch (exteriors were filmed in the real-life village of Luss on the banks of Loch Lomond), which started in February 1980 as an ITV daytime soap opera, and was dropped by most stations in the 1990s, although Scottish Television, Grampian Television, Border Television and Ulster Television continued to screen the programme until the last episode. The programme has developed a cult following. ITV wished to have a Scottish soap"
"the middle eight. The theme tune was written by composer Arthur Blake, who was STV's Musical Director at the time. Another version was released on record in 1980 and was also performed by Silly Wizard. Take the High Road Take the High Road (renamed to High Road from 1994 to 2003) was a British soap opera produced by Scottish Television, set in the fictional village of Glendarroch (exteriors were filmed in the real-life village of Luss on the banks of Loch Lomond), which started in February 1980 as an ITV daytime soap opera, and was dropped by most stations in"
"the long-running hit TV show ""Glenroe"", running from 1983 until 2001, which was broadcast on RTÉ One. At its height, it had over one million viewers, making it one of the most watched programmes on Irish television. The farm on which it was based is now an open farm, which hosts festive events yearly, as well as being a popular tourist spot all year round. In more recent times, Kilcoole has been the setting for scenes in the comedy series Moone Boy and Damo and Ivor. Kilcoole Kilcoole () is a village in County Wicklow, Ireland. It is three kilometres"
"action at Gleneagles in Perthshire. This edition opens at Turnberry in Ayrshire, where Colin Montgomerie shows us round his Links Golf Academy. The oldest golf club in the world, Muirfield - home of the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers. The Scottish Golf Show The Scottish Golf Show is a Scottish television series, which aired on Scottish TV and Grampian TV (now both known as STV). ""The Scottish Golf Show"" was narrated by Iain Anderson and produced, directed & edited by Scott Brown. The series was first broadcast in 2005, and was re-aired in 2006, and again in May 2009 on"
"year later, aware that Ireland was still a largely rural country, and of the immense popularity of rural-based radio shows on RTÉ Radio (then called ""Radio Éireann""), notably ""The Kennedys of Castleross"" Telefís Éireann decided to create a new rural soap opera, set on a family farm. Located in Dunboyne, The Flathouse, owned by the Connolly family, was the setting for this programme. Christopher Fitz-Simons was the show's first executive producer. The drama was written by James Douglas and later Wesley Burrowes, who derived much of his inspiration from engaging with and observing the lives of the locals in Kells,"
"scenes involving the loch use Loch Laggan. The majority of the programme was filmed on and around the Ardverikie Estate situated on the South-East bank of Loch Laggan. Glenbogle Station was filmed at Broomhill Station, near Nethy Bridge. This station is the terminus of the Strathspey Railway, a restored steam railway. The River Pattack just up from the Ardverikie Estate was used several times. Glenbogle Church is the Cille Choirille Church near Roy Bridge. Lord Kilwillie's Castle is Balavil House, off the A86 road near Kingussie. Seven series were filmed, totaling 64 episodes (including a Hogmanay Special). The series was"
"the two World Wars, and in 1956 Sir John transferred the Ardverikie estate to a family company under the chairmanship of his son, Sir William Pennington-Ramsden. The company, Ardverikie Estate Limited, still owns and manages the estate today. The estate does business renting cottages and letting the property for weddings. Ardverikie House and its estate have been used as a location for filming. It is most recognisable as the Glenbogle estate in the BBC series ""Monarch of the Glen"", that ran for seven seasons from 2000 to 2005. It was also used in the films ""Mrs Brown"" (1997), ""Salmon Fishing"
"of Cromartie and author/historian Jim Hunter were amongst the featured local highlanders and historians featured. Since its original broadcast, the series has since been aired on History (UK) and released on DVD. Highlands (TV series) Highlands is a 6-part documentary series produced by STV Productions (""then known as ""SMG Productions"""") and broadcast on STV in Northern and Central Scotland and The History Channel (UK), presented by ""Taggart"" actor John Michie. ""Highlands"" focused on the Highland Clearances of the late 18th & early 19th centuries and the political & religious events that led to the forced displacements and widespread evictions which"
"including Chaplin, Niall Leonard, John Martin Johnson, Leslie Stewart, and Jeremy Front. Filming took between six and eight months per series in the Badenoch and Strathspey area of the Scottish Highlands, in particular at Ardverikie House, which was the location for the fictional ""Glenbogle House"". While trying to carve a living out of the London restaurant he runs with his girlfriend Justine, Archie MacDonald is called back to his Highland home, to the bed of his dying father, Hector. When he arrives, however, he finds that the news of his dying father was just a ploy by his dotty mother,"
"to public notice when he participated in the BBC reality show ""Castaway 2000"", which followed a group of thirty-six people marooned on the Scottish island of Taransay for a year, starting 1 January 2000. This was a social experiment aimed at creating a fully self-sufficient community within a year. Fogle is a television presenter who has worked for the BBC, ITV, Channel 5, Sky, Discovery and the National Geographic channels in the UK. He has hosted ""Crufts"", ""One Man and His Dog"", ""Countryfile"", ""Country Tracks"", ""Extreme Dreams With Ben Fogle"", ""Animal Park"", ""Wild on the West Coast"", ""Wild in Africa"","
"years"", owing to the manner in which the series is filmed. On 30 March 2017, BBC Scotland's Martel Maxwell was revealed as the new host replacing Alexander during the 21st series of the show and it was announced she would appear on screen from June. The name of the show is a slight misnomer, as commercial and industrial property also feature on the programme in addition to residential lots. Each episode of the show follows several properties bought at auction that often require refurbishment, which may be residential, commercial or simply plots of land. A presenter and local estate agent"
"brokers and professional tree surgeons. In 2015 a new road was authorized between Glenboig and Gartcosh. Glenboig Glenboig (Scottish Gaelic: An Gleann Bhog) is a village in North Lanarkshire, Scotland lying north of Coatbridge and to the south east of Kirkintilloch and is approximately 10 miles from Glasgow City Centre. According to a 2012 estimate, the population of Glenboig was 2780. Historically the settlement formed the south eastern extremity of the ancient Gaelic province of the Lennox (Scottish Gaelic: An Leamhnachd) which lay roughly within the former county of Dunbartonshire. The etymology of the name is uncertain but may mean"
"Conquer the Castle Conquer the Castle is a British reality TV series filmed in Scotland, and broadcast on STV. The weekly 12-part series followed six devoted city slickers as they swapped their fast-paced metropolitan lives for a crash course in Scottish country living. With no previous experience of country life, the urbanites faced a gruelling two-week stay at Blair Castle and Atholl Estates in the Scottish Highlands. The six contestants were tested to their limits, both mentally and physically, while competing against each other in a series of arduous tasks. Stag hunting, wilderness survival, canyoning, stomach churning farm challenges and"
"and Gilmour was engaged to a member of the former clan before he had to leave. Critical reception for ""Stonemouth"" has been mostly positive. Some criticisms of the book included some of the references to modern technology being ""unauthentic"", while praise for the novel centred on the plot's mystery. An adaptation for BBC Television was announced in 2014, starring Christian Cooke as Stewart Gilmour, with Peter Mullan, Sharon Small and Gary Lewis. Location filming took place in Macduff, Aberdeenshire in November 2014. It premiered on 8 June 2015 on BBC One Scotland, and 11 June 2015 on BBC Two in"
"manor, Birkenshaw house. The park features in an episode of Scottish comedy series ""Rab C. Nesbitt"", when Rab gets a job sweeping leaves by the pond. A scene from the film ""Trainspotting"" was also filmed in Rouken Glen, and the pondside cafeteria, 'Boaters', was featured in an episode of the BBC Scotland drama series ""Sea of Souls"". Rouken Glen Park Rouken Glen Park is a public park in Giffnock, East Renfrewshire, to the south-west of Glasgow, Scotland. The lands of Rouken Glen Park originally belonged to the Scottish Crown, and then to the Earl of Eglinton, presented to Hugh Montgomerie,"
"and the Central Belt of Scotland were used in filming. Some parts were even filmed in Compston's home town of Greenock. Dunlop in East Ayrshire was also used for the police station and the home of the detective Culture Secretary, Fiona Hyslop, confirmed that the Scottish Government would be contributing £250,000 towards the production. She announced this on the opening day at the Edinburgh International Film Festival in June 2016. In Plain Sight (UK TV series) In Plain Sight is a Scottish television drama series covering the crimes committed by serial killer Peter Manuel in Lanarkshire, Scotland in the 1950s."
"Glenboig Glenboig (Scottish Gaelic: An Gleann Bhog) is a village in North Lanarkshire, Scotland lying north of Coatbridge and to the south east of Kirkintilloch and is approximately 10 miles from Glasgow City Centre. According to a 2012 estimate, the population of Glenboig was 2780. Historically the settlement formed the south eastern extremity of the ancient Gaelic province of the Lennox (Scottish Gaelic: An Leamhnachd) which lay roughly within the former county of Dunbartonshire. The etymology of the name is uncertain but may mean ""boggy or soft glen"". Some online maps refer to the area as Marnock but locals call"
"Kilcoole Kilcoole () is a village in County Wicklow, Ireland. It is three kilometres south of Greystones, 14 kilometres north of Wicklow, and about 28 kilometres south of Dublin. It was used as the set for the Irish television series ""Glenroe"", which ran through the 1980s and 1990s. The village has a large industrial estate to the south. An area of marshland runs along the coast from Kilcoole south to Wicklow town, called the ""Murragh"". This area is home to many endangered species of plant and animal. The beach in Kilcoole is the summertime home of the little tern, one"
"show is set in Emmerdale (known as Beckindale until 1994), a fictional village in the Yorkshire Dales. A farmhouse, Emmerdale Farm, was the original focal point of the show when it first broadcast in 1972. The farm was the home of the Sugden family, having been purchased by Jacob Sugden in the 1930s. Jacob ran the farm into the ground, drinking away its profits. The badly-maintained farm's future looked bleak when it was passed on to Jacob's son Jack upon the latter's death. The farmhouse was written out of the series in the early 1990s. Local public house, The Woolpack,"
"High Times (TV series) High Times is a Scottish comedy drama on STV, based around the lives of two flatmates and their neighbours in a high-rise tower block in Glasgow, in the last weeks before its closure for renovation. There are six episodes of stories interlinking the lives of a number of families. The first series of ""High Times"" won a BAFTA Scotland award in 2004 for Best Scottish television drama and was shortlisted for the 2005 Rose d'Or and Prix Italia television awards. In the same year it also won the award for Best Drama Series at the Celtic"
"hillclimb course in Scotland, and hosts a round of the British Hill Climb Championship each year. The town used to be served by Doune railway station. Doune has often been used as a filming location, most famously for ""Monty Python and the Holy Grail"" which was filmed at Doune Castle. The castle has also been used for major TV series, most notably Ivanhoe, Game of Thrones and Outlander. Doune Doune (; Gaelic: ""An Dùn"", 'the fort') is a burgh in the district of Stirling, Scotland. Doune's postal address places the town in Perthshire which is also its Registration County, although"
"2 Living in a castle Programme 3 Castle under siege Programme 4 A castle banquet Programme 5 A castle at leisure 2 The Highlands and Islands Programme 6 The Grampian Tour Programme 7 The Northern Tour Programme 8 The Island Tour 3 Farming Programme 9 On the farm Programme 10 The farmer’s year Spring 2007 Vikings in Scotland Programme 1 The coming of the Norse Programme 2 The success of the Norse Programme 3 The legacy of the Norse Financial capability — Treasure! Programme 4 The bounty and the budget Programme 5 Debts and doubloons Autumn 2007 Buildings of Faith"
"and Trebarwith Strand, and ""Johnny English"", part of which was filmed at St Michael's Mount. Cornwall's scenery came to particular prominence in the mid-1970s with the serialisation of ""Poldark"", based on the novels of Winston Graham. More recent success has come with ""Doc Martin"", ""Wycliffe"", ""Wild West"", ""Penmarric"" (1979 BBC TV series), ""Frenchman's Creek"" (1998 TV adaptation) and ""The Camomile Lawn"" (1992). In June 2007 it was announced that ex-""Neighbours"" star Jason Donovan is to appear with former ""EastEnders"" actress Martine McCutcheon in ITV1's upcoming soap opera about surfing in Cornwall. The former soap stars play ex-lovers in ""Echo Beach"","
"Her next appearance on 10 October attracted 6.7 million, then Thursday's 7pm episode attracted 6.9 million, the highest while 8pm's got 6.8 million. Emmerdale Emmerdale (known as Emmerdale Farm until 1989) is a British soap opera set in Emmerdale (known as Beckindale until 1994), a fictional village in the Yorkshire Dales. Created by Kevin Laffan, ""Emmerdale Farm"" was first broadcast on 16 October 1972. Produced by ITV Yorkshire, it has been filmed at their Leeds studio since its inception. The programme is broadcast in every ITV region. The series originally aired during the afternoon until 1978, when it was moved"
"Emmerdale Emmerdale (known as Emmerdale Farm until 1989) is a British soap opera set in Emmerdale (known as Beckindale until 1994), a fictional village in the Yorkshire Dales. Created by Kevin Laffan, ""Emmerdale Farm"" was first broadcast on 16 October 1972. Produced by ITV Yorkshire, it has been filmed at their Leeds studio since its inception. The programme is broadcast in every ITV region. The series originally aired during the afternoon until 1978, when it was moved to an early-evening prime time slot in most regions; London and Anglia followed during the mid-1980s. Until December 1988, ""Emmerdale"" took seasonal breaks;"
"were in the wrong place."" Broadcast 29 July 2007, the first programme looks at Scotland's North West Highlands. Rhys Jones begins his exploration in Sutherland, only marginally more populated than the Sahara, and originally occupied by Viking settlers. He spends the night in village of Tongue, prior to a snowy ascent of Ben Hope the next day. Ben Hope is a Munro, a mountain over 3,000 feet in height (of which there are 282), named after Scottish mountaineer Hugh Munro. It is a popular hobby to attempt to climb them all. Rhys Jones then visits the nearby village of Skerra,"
"Balamory Balamory is a British educational live action children's series on BBC One, BBC Two and CBeebies for pre-school children, about a fictional small island community called ""Balamory"" in Scotland. It was produced between 2002 and 2005 by BBC Scotland, with 254 episodes made (including a DVD exclusive Christmas episode). The series was created by Brian Jameson. ""Balamory"" was filmed mostly in Tobermory on the Isle of Mull, with the exception of scenes at Archie's castle filmed at Fenton Tower in North Berwick, and other scenes, such as the nursery and Camden and filmed in Glasgow. A select series of"
"Stephen McCole Stephen McCole is a Scottish actor. He is best known for starring in the dark comedy series ""High Times"", the American comedy ""Rushmore"", and for his former role in BBC Scotland soap opera ""River City"". In his best known role, ""High Times"", McCole portrays Rab, an unemployed stoner who lives with his best friend in a bleak high-rise flat in Glasgow. The series, which received the 2004 BAFTA Scotland Best Drama Award, also features McCole's older brother, Paul. McCole credits the realism of his role to growing up in similar surroundings in Glasgow's Castlemilk project. McCole also starred"
"local authority. Changes were made to the housing plan: laneways were closed and back gardens extended, and CCTV was installed in the estates. In 1993, Martine Franck, a Magnum photographer and Henri Cartier-Bresson's second wife, did a project on Darndale, showing deprived children in their environment. Since September 2014, a documentary-series about the housing estate, named aired on TV3 and also in March 2015 it featured on 'The Benefits Estate' a reality documentary-series on Channel 5 in the UK. The Irish crime film Cardboard Gangsters, 2017, was based in Darndale. Darndale Darndale ( meaning <nowiki>""daffodil""</nowiki>) is an area on the"