Hamish Macbeth (1995–1997)

Hamish Macbeth is a police constable in the small Scottish town of Lochdubh, who occasionally bends the rules when it suits him or when it can help some of his fellow eccentric townsfolk. ... See full summary »

Stars:

Robert Carlyle, Ralph Riach, Stuart McGugan

2 wins & 3 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Robert Carlyle	...	Hamish Macbeth (20 episodes, 1995-1997)
Ralph Riach	...	TV John McIver (19 episodes, 1995-1997)
Stuart McGugan	...	Barney Meldon (19 episodes, 1995-1997)
Brian Pettifer	...	Rory Campbell (19 episodes, 1995-1997)
Stuart Davids	...	Lachie McCrae Jr. (19 episodes, 1995-1997)
Anne Lacey	...	Esme Murray (18 episodes, 1995-1997)
Barbara Rafferty	...	Agnes Meldon (18 episodes, 1995-1997)
Shirley Henderson	...	Isobel Sutherland (15 episodes, 1995-1997)
Duncan Duff	...	Doc Brown (14 episodes, 1995-1997)
Billy Riddoch	...	Lachlan McCrae (13 episodes, 1996-1997)
David Ashton	...	Maj. Roddy Maclean (10 episodes, 1995-1997)

Storyline

Hamish Macbeth is a police constable in the small Scottish town of Lochdubh, who occasionally bends the rules when it suits him or when it can help some of his fellow eccentric townsfolk. Based on characters created by M.C. Beaton, from her series of mystery novels.

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Plot Keywords:

police | village | highlands | dog | small town | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English Scottish Gaelic

Release Date:

5 April 1998 (USA)

Also Known As:

Ylämaan kettu

Filming Locations:

43 Harbour Street, Plockton, Highland, Scotland, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

Zenith Entertainment, Skyline Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Simon, otherwise known as Seth to the crew, is still a gravedigger and now works as a rigger in the entertainment industry in the arenas in the North West of England and is otherwise known as Digger.

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Connections

Referenced in The Cult of...: Hamish Macbeth (2008)

User Reviews

Love, love, love this show

As someone already noted, this show has some similarities with my all time favorite TV-show, Northern Exposure. At first I thought that it was going to be just another British cop-drama, such as Wycliffe or Heartbeat, but soon I realized that it was so much more.

The people of Lochdubh are a tight group with eccentric personalities, (just like in NE) and they take the extraordinary and peculiar incidents as an everyday life. The main character, is of course the local police officer, Hamish McBeth, but the rest of the cast aren't out shined by him. Hamish tries not to draw too much attention to himself as the local law enforcer so he won't be promoted and forced to leave the town he loves. This is the reason for the low arrest rates in Lochdubh. Usually the town it self acts as the judge, the jury and in very rare cases as the executioner.

It is very difficult to decide in to which category put the series. Drama, comedy, fantasy...? It has all of those qualities and more. They are showing the shows re-runs here in Finland and when it ends once more, I'll be missing the people of Lochdubh.