Hamish MacBeth

[JimB]

No, I did not make up that name!

While looking for something similar to Monarch of the Glen, I came across this BBC series available in DVD.
Anybody familiar with it? Is it any good?

[macwilkin]

No, I did not make up that name!

While looking for something similar to Monarch of the Glen, I came across this BBC series available in DVD.
Anybody familiar with it? Is it any good?

Is it any good?

YES.

T.

[Macman]

I think it's really good. I prefer it to MOTG myself, as it's a little more down to earth. Give it a try; if you like MOTG, you'll probably like Hamish MacBeth.

[Schultz]

It's not bad. I'll pretty much watch anything with Robert Carlyle in it, though...he has yet to make something I wouldn't watch again. The series is a bit different from the books by MC Beaton, on which the series is based, but still very enjoyable. I'm glad they're on DVD...I'll have to add them to the queue.

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

It's okay-- Robert Carlyle plays "Hamish MacBeth" a small town cop in a remote fishing village in Scotland. This could have been really good but it was generally let down by typically weak British television scripting.

[macwilkin]

It reminds me of a Scottish "Northern Exposure".

T.

[thescot]

It's okay-- Robert Carlyle plays "Hamish MacBeth" a small town cop in a remote fishing village in Scotland. This could have been really good but it was generally let down by typically weak British television scripting.

Mac is correct, I think. I really liked the series--at least the ones I got to see beforr BBC-America took it off the air--but it was a little weak in writing.

The books will never receive a Nobel for literature, but I like them a lot. Ole Hamish is a very interesting character, and his little village and the messes he gets into keep things interesting.

I'd buy one of the dvd 's.

[SFCRick]

Its pretty good, not as good as the books by Beaton

[Darkislander]

See my thread "first attempt at photo posting" and you will see a picture of Plockton where the series was filmed. Whilst on the subject on televison scripting, the words "pot" and "kettle" come to mind.

[thescot]

. . . Whilst on the subject on televison scripting, the words "pot" and "kettle" come to mind.

Touche. I can't argue with you on that point since so much formulaic garbage passes for entertainment around these parts.