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Kidnapped

7.1(10)
First Aired:April 7, 1979
Seasons:1 season
Episodes:13
Status:Ended

David McCallum stars as the rebellious Alan Breck Stewart, and this ambitious serial (a co-production between HTV and Germany's Tele-Munchen) also features a host of British character actors, including Bill Simpson, Patrick Allen, Andrew Keir, Patrick Magee and Frank Windsor. When young David Balfour arrives at his uncle's bleak Scottish house to claim his inheritance, his relative tries to murder him then has him shipped off to be sold as a slave in the colonies. Luckily for the lad, he strikes up a friendship with Alan Breck Stewart, who is on the run after Bonnie Prince Charlie's defeat at Culloden. When a ship's captain tries to kill Breck for his money, the two manage to get to land and set out for Edinburgh, dodging the ruthless Redcoats along the way.

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Cast

David McCallum

David McCallum

Alan Breck Stewart

Ekkehardt Belle

Ekkehardt Belle

David Balfour

Aude Landry

Aude Landry

Catriona

Bill Simpson

James of the Glens

Patrick Allen

Patrick Allen

Prestongrange

Jutta Speidel

Jutta Speidel

Barbara Grant

Bernhard Wicki

Bernhard Wicki

Hoseason

Arthur Brauss

Arthur Brauss

Riarch

Leonard Maguire

Leonard Maguire

Charles Stewart

Paul Grist

Brough

Seasons

13 episodes of this adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic story.

E1Uncle Ebenezer

30m

Apr 7, 1979

Alan Breck Stewart, hero of Culloden returns in secret to Scotland. Meanwhile David Balfour returns to Edinburgh, meets a beautiful Highland girl, and encouters his suspicious Uncle Ebenezer

E2Captain Hoseason

30m

Apr 14, 1979

Still pursuing separate goals, Alan Breck hears fresh rumours of rebellion in the Highlands and David Balfour learns first hand how villainous his uncle really is.

E3The Voyage

30m

Apr 21, 1979

While Alan Breck surveys the Stewart holdings, David Balfour accompanies his uncle to see his lawyer, accepting the offer of passage there from a ship's captain. But Uncle Ebenezer has other plans for David and has arranged for a longer voyage for his nephew.

E4The Stranger

30m

Apr 28, 1979

Kidnapped aboard a slave ship bound for the Carolinas on the orders of his Uncle Ebenezer, David encounters Alan, shipwrecked and rescued at night, and discovers the captain's evil plot against them.

E5Murder

30m

May 5, 1979

With the slave ship run aground, Alan and David must make their way across the Highlands. When the latter meets King's Factor Colin "Red Fox" Campbell and witnesses a bloody crime, he must flee for his life from the Redcoat forces.

E6Escape

30m

May 12, 1979

An innocent witness to the murder of Red Fox, David is now a fugitive, forced to flee for his life with Alan across the wide highlands.

E7Over the Highlands

30m

May 19, 1979

Murder suspects Alan and David are pursued across the Scottish highlands by Redcoats. They visit Cluny in his hideout and put Catriona's life at risk.

E8Prestongrange

30m

May 26, 1979

Saved from the Redcoats by Alan, David has secured his inheritance in Edinburgh. He prepares to give account of the Red Fox murder to the Lord Advocate.

E9Suspicion

30m

Jun 2, 1979

Still a murder suspect, David is saved from the gallows by Prestongrange but Alan is still in mortal danger.

E10Prisoner

30m

Jun 9, 1979

With his own future in grave peril, David risks his life to help Alan escape to France. Meanwhile Catriona make a desperate bid to release her father from prison.

E11The Trial

30m

Jun 16, 1979

David rides through the night with evidence that could save James of the Glens. But he soon finds himself on another sea voyage with a surprising fellow passenger.

E12A Far Cry

30m

Jun 23, 1979

David and Catriona, united in Holland encounter difficulties when James More fails to appear. In France, Alan finds Bonnie Prince Charlie reluctant to start a new rebellion.

E13The Choice

30m

Jun 30, 1979

Kidnapped, shipwrecked, suspected of murder, abducted and now, free at last in Holland, David fights for the love of Catriona and to save Alan Breck.

Storyline

David McCallum stars as the rebellious Alan Breck Stewart, and this ambitious serial (a co-production between HTV and Germany's Tele-Munchen) also features a host of British character actors, including Bill Simpson, Patrick Allen, Andrew Keir, Patrick Magee and Frank Windsor. When young David Balfour arrives at his uncle's bleak Scottish house to claim his inheritance, his relative tries to murder him then has him shipped off to be sold as a slave in the colonies. Luckily for the lad, he strikes up a friendship with Alan Breck Stewart, who is on the run after Bonnie Prince Charlie's defeat at Culloden. When a ship's captain tries to kill Breck for his money, the two manage to get to land and set out for Edinburgh, dodging the ruthless Redcoats along the way.

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