"Hamish Macbeth" (1995)TV series 1995-1997

Directors:

Patrick Lau
Nicholas Renton

Writers:

Daniel Boyle (writer)
Dominic Minghella (writer)

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3

Release Date:

5 April 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Plot:

Hamish Macbeth is a police constable in the small Scottish town of Lochdubh, who occasionally bends...

Plot Keywords:

Village | Dog | Highlands | Police | Scotland

Awards:

2 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

Robert Carlyle	...	Hamish Macbeth (20 episodes, 1995-1997)
Anne Lacey	...	Esme Murray (20 episodes, 1995-1997)
Brian Pettifer	...	Rory Campbell (20 episodes, 1995-1997)
Stuart Davids	...	Lachie McCrae Jr. (20 episodes, 1995-1997)
Ralph Riach	...	TV John McIver (20 episodes, 1995-1997)
Barbara Rafferty	...	Agnes (20 episodes, 1995-1997)
Shirley Henderson	...	Isobel Sutherland (20 episodes, 1995-1997)
David Ashton	...	Maj. Roddy Maclean (19 episodes, 1995-1997)
Duncan Duff	...	Doc Brown (19 episodes, 1995-1997)
Anne Kristen	...	Miss Meikeljohn / ... (18 episodes, 1995-1997)
Morag Hood	...	Delores Balfour / ... (17 episodes, 1995-1997)
Campbell Morrison	...	Harry Balfour (17 episodes, 1995-1997)
Mona Bruce	...	Edie (17 episodes, 1995-1997)
Brian Alexander	...	Jubel (17 episodes, 1995-1997)
Billy Riddoch	...	Lachie McCrae Snr #2 / ... (14 episodes, 1996-1997)
Valerie Gogan	...	Alex Maclean (11 episodes, 1995-1996)

Runtime:

60 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Certification:

Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Kyle of Lochalsh, Highlands, Scotland, UK

Company:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Movie Connections:

Featured in "The Cult of...: Hamish MacBeth (#2.8)" (2008)

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.