Kidnapped (2005 TV series)

Kidnapped is a two-part BBC television adaptation of the 1886 novel of the same name by Robert Louis Stevenson. The show is directed by Brendan Maher and stars James Anthony Pearson as Davie Balfour and Iain Glen as Alan Breck.

Kidnapped
GenreDrama
Created byRobert Louis Stevenson
Written byBev Doyle
Richard Kurti
Directed byBrendan Maher
StarringIain Glen
James Anthony Pearson
Adrian Dunbar
Emily Barclay
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes3
Production
Executive producerDiana Kyle
ProducerDiana Kyle
Running time50 mins
Production companySouth Pacific Pictures
Release
Original networkBBC One
Original release27 February (2005-02-27) –
13 March 2005 (2005-03-13)

Production

On 1 December 2004, it was announced that the BBC had commissioned Kidnapped.[1]

Plot

Among the plot deviations from novel to film:

  • The film added a love interest for Davie in Catriona, the daughter of James of the Glen. This plot element is from Stevenson's sequel novel, Catriona.
  • In the novel Kidnapped, Breck and James of the Glen were never arrested by the British, but the film showed James of the Glen being falsely arrested with the threat of being hanged, to force Breck to give himself up. The arrest of James of The Glen is another feature taken from Catriona.
  • The film added the Long Mile Gang, expert trackers, to track Davie and Breck across Scotland, but the novel only had British troops.

References
  1. "BBC - Press Office - BBC ONE CBBC Winter 2005".


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