List of Take the High Road characters
This is a list of characters who appeared in the Scottish soap opera Take the High Road, broadcast from 1980 to 2003.
Series 1 (1980)
The first episode was broadcast by Scottish Television on 19 February 1980 and the series of 30 was broadcast two episodes per week till 28 May 1980.[1]
First episode
In credits order:[2]
- Elizabeth Cunningham (Edith MacArthur)
- Alan McIntyre (Martin Cochrane)
- Kay Grant (Vivien Heilbron)
- Max Langemann (Frederick Jaeger)
- Dougal Lachlan (Alec Monteath)
- Grace Lachlan (Marjorie Thomson)
- Amy Lachlan (Julie Ann Fullarton)
- Isabel Blair (Eileen McCallum)
- Jimmy Blair (Jimmy Chisholm)
- Ken Calder (Bill Henderson)
- Maggie Ferguson (Irene Sunters)
- Lorna Seton (Joan Alcorn)
- Fiona Cunningham (Caroline Ashley)
Other debut appearances in Series 1
- "Mrs Archie" (Anne Downie) – episode 9
- David Blair (Derek Anders) – episode 3
- George Carradine (Leon Sinden) – episode 22 only
- Rev. Gordon Cockburn (Roy Boutcher) – episode 4
- John Crawford (Andrew Downie) – episode 9
- Peter Cunningham (Donald Douglas) – episode 17
- Eric Duff (Hugh Evans) – episode 3; last seen in episode 7
- Ian Duff (Gregor Fisher) – episode 3; last seen in episode 7
- Willi von Haupt (Ian Patrick) – episode 8 only
- Donald Lachlan (Master Alan Dunbar) – episode 3
- Alice McEwan (Muriel Romanes) – episode 8
- Leslie Maxwell (Andrew Robertson) – episode 6
- Archie Menzies (Paul Kermack) – episode 9
- Andy Semple (Alexander Morton) – episode 13; absconds in episode 14
- Jane Steedman (Ingrid Hafner) – episode 14
- Bob Taylor (Iain Agnew) – episode 5
- 'Sorry' Watson (Ron Paterson) – episode 25
- Mr Wedderburn (Willie Joss) – episode 13 only
- sheep rustlers (Ricky Don and Bill MacFarlane) – episodes 16 & 18 only
Departing characters who make return appearances
- Andy Semple
Final appearances
- John Crawford
- Eric Duff
- Ian Duff
- Amy Lachlan (died in episode 2)
- Max Langemann
- Leslie Maxwell
Series 2 (1980)
The second series had 26 episodes (nos. 31–56) broadcast from 14 October 1980 to 7 January 1981.[3]
Debut appearances in Series 2
- Brian Blair (Kenneth Watson)
- Dr Wallace (Michael Elder)
Final appearances
- "Mrs Archie"
- Kay Grant
- Alan McIntyre
Series 3 (1981)
The third series had 26 episodes (nos. 57–82) broadcast from 7 April 1981 to 2 July 1981.[4][5][6]
Debut appearances in Series 3
- Lucy Armstrong (Marjorie Dalziel)
- Helen Blair (Bridget Biagi)
- Douglas Dunbar (Clive Graham)
- Kirsty Forsyth (Anna Davidson)
- Alison Lambert (Carol Ann Crawford)
- Hamish McNeil (William Armour)
- Morag Stewart (Jeannie Fisher)
- Lady Strathmorris (Ellen McIntosh)
- Lord Andrew Strathmorris (Bernard Gallagher)
- Malky Wilson (Freddie Boardley)
Final appearances
- Jane Steedman
- Malky Wilson
Series 4 (1981–1982)
The fourth series had 44 episodes (nos. 83–126) broadcast from 6 October 1981 to 18 March 1982.[7][8][9][10]
Debut appearances in Series 4
- Tom Clifton (Jonathan Battersby)
- Peter Craig (Jay Smith)
- Robert Forsyth (Ian Wallace)
- Sojer Johnny (Chic Murray)
Departing characters
Series 5 (1982)
The fifth series had 36 episodes (nos. 127–162) broadcast from 24 August 1982 to 23 December 1982.[11][12]
Debut appearances in Series 5
- Kate Blair (Lucy Durham-Matthews)
- Sarah Cunningham (Claire Nielson)
- Bruno Rheinhardt (Tony Caunter)
- Alec Geddes (James Cosmo)
- Graeme B. Hogg (Jim Byars)
- Tom Kerr aka "Inverdarroch" (John Stahl)
- Mrs Mary Mack (Gwyneth Guthrie)
- Rev Iain McPherson (John Young)
- Mr Obidiah Arthur Murdoch (Robert Trotter)
- Sergeant Murray (James McDonald)
- Jackie Ogilvie (Hazel McBride)
- Eddie Ramsay (Robin Cameron)
- Jean Semple (Jeni Giffen)
- Jamie Stewart (James Copeland)
- Mrs Woods (Primrose Milligan)
Departing characters who make return appearances
- Maggie Ferguson – as Maggie Watson
Departing characters
Series 6 (1983–1984)
The sixth series had 88 episodes (nos. 163–250) broadcast from 7 August 1983 to 20 March 1984.[13][14]
Debut appearances in Series 6
- Jock Campbell (Iain Stewart)
- Marion Cochrane (Lizzie Radford)
- Dan Lamont (Ray Jeffries)
- Irene Lamont (Trudy Bryce) -EN's granny
- Sheila Lamont (Lesley Fitz-Simons)
- Effie MacInnes (Mary Riggans)
- Carol McKay (Terri Lally)
- John Morrison (Adrian Reynolds)
- Mr Thomson (John Shedden)
- Miss Richardson (Sheila Grier)
Characters making return appearances
- Maggie Watson
Final appearances
- Douglas Dunbar
- John Morrison
- Jackie Ogilvie
- Miss Richardson
- Mr Thomson
Series 7 (1984–1985)
The seventh series had 44 episodes (nos. 251–294) broadcast from 4 September 1984 to 7 February 1985.
Debut appearances in Series 7
- Sally Shaw (Judith Sweeney)
- Davie Sneddon (Derek Lord) Episode 237
- Willie Stewart (Walter Carr)
- Lily Taylor (Thelma Rogers)
Return guest appearances
- Maggie Watson
Departing characters who make return appearances
- Jimmy Blair
- Sally Shaw
Series 8 (1985)
The eighth series had 44 episodes (nos. 295–338) broadcast from 14 May 1985 to 3 October 1985.
Debut appearances in Series 8
- Sandra Blair (Johanna Hargreaves)
- Florence Crossan (Gwyneth Guthrie)
- Ruari Galbraith (Charles Jamieson)
- Rev Parker (Paul Young)
Return appearances
- Lily Taylor
Departing characters who make return appearances in later years
- Sandra Blair
- Florence Crossan
- Lily Taylor
Final appearances
- Ken Calder
1986
Starting on 18 March 1986, the ninth (episodes 339–415)
Debut appearances
- Joyce Cameron (Georgine Anderson)
- Willie Gillespie (Joe Mullaney)
- Mr Hendry (Gerry Slevin)
- Jim Hunter (Alan Cumming)
- Fergus Jamieson (Frank Wylie)
- Jockie McDonald (Jackie Farrell)
- Heather McNeil (Bridget McCann)
- Constable Graham McPhee (Stuart Bishop)
- Mrs Jean McTaggart (Jean Faulds)
- Harry Shaw (Lawrie McNicol)
- Oggie Wilson (Sean Scanlon)
Characters making return appearances
- Jimmy Blair
- Sally Shaw
Departing characters who will make return appearances
- Jim Hunter
- Eddie Ramsay
- Harry Shaw
- Sally Shaw
Final appearances
- Jimmy Blair
- Joyce Cameron
- Elizabeth Cunningham
- Mr Hendry
1987
Starting on 2 February 1987 (episodes 416–1517) was a continuous run till the last episode on 27 April 2003. There were some gaps in regular transmission, though storylines continued uninterrupted on each resumption. However, there was 4 month Story gap between Episode 728 - 729, but there was no gap in transmission.
Debut appearances
- Susan Duncan (Jacqueline Gilbride)
- Lynne McNeil (Gillian McNeil)
- Mairi McNeil (Anne Myatt)
- Mark Ritchie (Peter Raffan)
- Eric Ross-Gifford (Richard Greenwood)
- Joanna Ross-Gifford (Tamara Kennedy)
- Sir John Ross-Gifford (Michael Browning)
- Lady Margaret Ross-Gifford (Jan Waters)
Return appearances
- Harry Shaw
- Sally Shaw
Character re-casting
- Willie Gillespie (Ewen Emery replaces Joe Mullaney)
- Donald Lachlan (Steven Brown takes over the role.)
Final appearances
- Jamie Stewart (James Copeland)
- Mrs Mctavish
- Sorry Watson (Ron Paterson)
1988
Debut appearances
- Gladys Aitken (Ginni Barlow)
- Mrs Galbraith (Diana Ollson)
- Claire Kerr (Julie Miller)
- Scott Logan (Micky MacPherson)
- Tam Logan (John Murtagh)
- Joe Reilly (Ian Bleasdale)
- Moira Reilly (Anne Kidd)
- Lady William (Madeline Christie)
- Michael Ross (Gordon MacArthur)
Returning characters
- Jim Hunter
Final appearances
- Jim Hunter
- Tam Logan
- Lady Margaret Ross Gifford
1989
Debut appearances
- Emma Aitken (Amanda Whitehead)
- Colin Begg (Kern Falconer)
Character re-casting
- Alice Taylor (Barbara Rafferty replaces Muriel Romanes)
Return appearances
- Susan Duncan
- David Blair
- Harry Shaw
- Eddie Ramsay
- Jock Campbell
Final appearances
- Calsang
- Scott Logan
- Harry Shaw
- Lord Strathmorris
- Jock Campbell
1990
In March 1990, a major production change took place which resulted in a number of longer term cast members being replaced.
Debut appearances
- Paul Martin (Peter Bruce)
- Gary McDonald (Joseph McFadden)
- Sadie McDonald (Doreen Cameron)
- Trish McDonald (Natalie J. Robb)
- Jessie McKay (Wilma Duncan)
- Alun Morgan (Mike Hayward)
- Greg Ryder (Alan Hunter)
- Kenny Tosh (Alistair Galbraith)
- Tee Jay Wilson (Andrew Gillan)
- Shona (Eilidh Fraser/Alicia Devine)
Departing characters who will return later
- Claire Kerr
- Tom Kerr aka "Inverdarroch"
- Eddie Ramsay
- Mr Murdoch (returned later in year)
- Davie Sneddon (returned later in year)
Characters making return guest appearances
- Sandra Blair
- Andy Semple
- Maggie Watson
- Lily Wentworth
Final appearances
- Sandra Blair
- Brian Blair
- Archie Menzies
- Hamish McNeil
- Rev Parker
- Mark Ritchie
- Sir John Ross Gifford
- Lorna Seton
- Alice Taylor
- Bob Taylor
- Maggie Watson
- Lily Wentworth
- Lady William
1991
Debut appearances
- Sam Hagen (Briony McRoberts)
- Mr Crawford (James Bryce)
- PC Douglas Kirk (Graeme Robertson)
- Margo McGeogh (Mandy Matthews)
- Gordon Sinclair (Paul Hickey)
- Matt Sinclair (Jake D'Arcy)
- Peggy Sinclair (Donalda Samuel)
- Andrew Wilson (Bill Murdoch)
- Cathy Wilson (Jo Cameron Brown)
Characters making return guest appearances
- Florence Crossan (Gwyneth Guthrie)
- Andy Semple
Final appearances
- Florence Crossan
- Paul Martin
- Mr McPherson
- Kenny Tosh
1992
Debut appearances
- Joe Breslin (Kenneth Glenaan)
- DI Busby (Laurie Ventry)
- Leonard Carter (Robert Robertson)
- John Clark (Alan McHugh)
- Jennifer Goudie (Victoria Burton)
- Cecelia Hunter (Eiledh Fraser)
- Celia Maxwell (Annette Staines)
- Catriona McNeil (Lynsey Jane Thompson)
- Sandy McNeil (Rainer Ross)
- Menna Morgan (Manon Jones)
- Nick Stapleton (Stephen Hogan)
- Duncan Strachan (Ron Donachie)
- Mark Torrance (Gary Bakewell)
- Dr Benjamin Jenkins (Troy Fairclough)
Characters making return appearances
- Tom Kerr
Characters making their last regular appearances
- Mrs Woods
Departing characters who will make return appearances
- DI Busby
- Jennifer Goudie
- Mr Murdoch
Final appearances
- Mrs Anderson
- John Clark
- Donald Lachlan
- Dougal Lachlan
- Gladys Lachlan
- Jessie McKay
- Gordon Sinclair
- Mark Torrance
1993
Debut appearances
- Judith Crombie (Anne Marie Timoney)
- Iain Strathmorris (James Coombes)
Characters making return appearances
- DI Busby
- Jennifer Goudie
Departing characters who will make return appearances
- Sam Hagen
- Tom Kerr
Characters making their last regular appearances
- Grace Lachlan
- Jean McTaggart
Final appearances
- Emma Aitken
- DI Busby
- Leonard Carter
- Jennifer Goudie
- Fergus Jamieson
- Sadie McDonald
- Lynne McNeil
- Fiona Ryder
- Greg Ryder
- Nick Stapleton
- Duncan Strachan
1994
Debut appearances
- Tiffany Bowles (Rachel Ogilvy)
- Callum Gilchrist (Jim Webster)
- Sarah Gilchrist (Shonagh Price)
- Phineas North (William Tapley)
Returning characters
- Sam Hagen
- Mr Murdoch
Departing characters who will return
- Tee Jay Wilson
1995
Debut appearances
- Chic Cherry (Andy Cameron)
- Jaffa Cherry (Rab Christie)
- Dominic Dunbar (Gary Hollywood)
- Peter Odell (Ross Davidson)
- Ewan Patterson (David McGowan)
- Cheryl Thom (Kerry Lyn Hamilton)
Return guest appearances
- Mr Murdoch
- Mrs Woods
- Grace Lachlan
- Jean McTaggart
Final appearances
- Judith Crombie
- Grace Lachlan
- Jean McTaggart
- Tee Jay Wilson
1996
Debut appearances
- Kelly Marie Cherry (Catherine Keating)
- Senga Cherry (Libby McArthur)
- Stella Greg (Anne Downie)
- Victor Kemp (Iain Andrew)
- Sally McGann (Catriona Evans)
- Paul Lafferty (Simon Weir)
Returning characters
- Alun Morgan
- Menna Morgan
- Tom Kerr
- Phineas North
Final appearances
- Alun Morgan
- Michael Ross
- Susan Ross
1997
Debut appearances
- Dylan Geddes (Stephen Callaghan)
- Martin Geddes (Alex Harvey)
- Kitty McIvor (Sarah Gudgeon)
- Lachie McIvor (Alec Heggie)
- PC Tony Piacentini (Alan McHugh)
- Dr Andy Sharp (Richard Conlon)
Return guest appearances
- Menna Morgan
Final appearances
- Tiffany Bowles
- Dylan Geddes
- Martin Geddes
- Gary McDonald
- Menna Morgan
- Peter O'Dell
- Carol Wilson
1998
Debut appearances
- Jude Burnett (Deborah McCallum)
- Maureen Gilchrist (Lesley Mackie)
- Tina Harrigan (Amanda Beveridge)
Character re-casting
- Sandy McNeil (Joel Strachan replaces Rainer Ross)
Returning characters
- Sandy McNeil
1999
Debut appearances
- Ewan Logan (Gordon Brown)
- Dan Sutherland (John Havlin)
Returning characters
- Tina Harrigan
Final appearances
- Jude Burnett
- Tina Harrigan
- Trish McDonald
- Sandy McNeil
2000
Debut appearances
- Siobhan Devlin (Chrissi Jo Hyde)
- Nigel Jenkins (Keith Warwick)
- Liam Peters (Garry Sweeney)
Departing characters who will return
- Joanna Ross-Gifford
- Kitty McIvor
Final appearances
- Sam Hagen
- Dr Andy Sharp
2001
Debut appearances
- George McCracken (Malcolm Hemmings)
Departing characters
- Eric Ross-Gifford
Return guest appearances
- Claire Kerr
- George Carradine (Leon Sinden)
2002
Debut appearances
- Dr Douglas Clark (John Kazek)
- Mr Spinetti (Terry Wale)
Departing characters
- Eddie Ramsay
Characters who depart until final episode
- Isabel Blair
2003
Returning characters
- Joanna Ross-Gifford
Characters who return for the final episode
- Isabel Blair
- Kitty McIvor
- Lynne McNeil
Cast list from the final episode
- Isabel Blair (Eileen McCallum)
- Sheila Ramsay (Lesley Fitz-Simons)
- Effie McDonald (Mary Riggans)
- Jockie McDonald (Jackie Farrell)
- Mairi McIvor (Anne Myatt)
- Lachie MacIvor (Alec Heggie)
- Morag Kerr (Jeannie Fisher)
- Tom Kerr (John Stahl)
- Mrs Mack (Gwyneth Guthrie)
- Victor Kemp (Iain Andrew)
- Nigel Jenkins (Keith Warwick)
- Davie Sneddon (Derek Lord)
- Niall Cassidy (Barry Lord)
- Alec MacGlashan (Stewart McMinn)
- Sally McGann (Catriona Evans)
- Sarah McDonald (Shonagh Price)
- Baby Sadie McDonald (Courtney Jane McWatt)
- PC Tony Piacentini (Alan McHugh)
- Chic Cherry (Andy Cameron)
- Paul Lafferty (Simon Weir)
- Ewan Logan (Gordon Brown)
- Mr Spinetti (Terry Wale)
- Kitty McIvor (Sarah Gudgeon)
- Lynne McNeil (Gillian McNeil)
- Surveyor (Ronnie Simon)
- Dr Douglas Clark (John Kazek)
References
- "Episodes 1–30". Take the High Road. Glasgow: STV. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
- "Take the High Road, volume 1, episodes 1–6 [DVD]". Amazon. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
- "Episodes 31–60". Take the High Road. Glasgow: STV. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
- "TV listings". The Glasgow Herald. Glasgow: The Herald & Times Group. 7 April 1981. p. 28.
- "Episodes 31–60". Take the High Road. Glasgow: STV. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
- "Episodes 61–90". Take the High Road. Glasgow: STV. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
- "STV Highspot". Glasgow Evening Times. Glasgow: The Herald & Times Group. 6 October 1981. p. 2.
- "Episodes 61–90". Take the High Road. Glasgow: STV. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
- "Episodes 91–120". Take the High Road. Glasgow: STV. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
- "Episodes 121–150". Take the High Road. Glasgow: STV. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
- "Episodes 121–150". Take the High Road. Glasgow: STV. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
- "Episodes 151–180". Take the High Road. Glasgow: STV. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
- "Episodes 151–180". Take the High Road. Glasgow: STV. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
- "Episodes 181–205". Take the High Road. Glasgow: STV. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
Bibliography
- Elder, Michael (1990). Ten Years of Take the High Road. London: Boxtree. ISBN 978-1-85283-109-7.
- Houghton, Don (1982). Take the High Road. Edinburgh: Mainstream. ISBN 978-0-906391-34-1.
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