Load of rubbish!!

Excellent but underrated film

Absolutely brilliant

Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

'Take The High Road', remembered today as a bland Scottish soap opera, sailed onto STV in 1980, following the cancellation of the now forgotten 'Garnock Way' and was set in the fictional Scottish village of Glendarroch ( of which the location shooting took place in Luss ). It seems more or less to have fallen off the face of the earth. Even some of its stars have less than happy memories of appearing in it. What seems to be overlooked is how massive the show was in its time, being a hugely successful show for ratings. Allegedly, even the Queen Mother was a fan.Now, whilst it is certainly not a wonderful show, far from it, it made for light, easy viewing, rather like ATV's 'Crossroads', minus the wobbly sets. In 1993, 'Take The High Road' went down the 'Emmerdale Farm' route and shortened its title simply to 'High Road'.In the cast for a long time were future 'River City' star Eileen McCallum as shopkeeper Isabel Blair and Derek Lord as Colin Sneddon, Bill Henderson as car mechanic Ken Calder, however later episodes introduced other characters such as busybody Mary Mack ( Gwyneth Guthrie ), Peter Odell ( the late Ross Davidson, who had earlier appeared as Andy O'Brien in the early episodes of 'Eastenders' ), who had an affair with Sarah McDonald ( the gorgeous Shonagh Price ) and murdered her husband Gary ( Joseph McFadden ). The show had a large and loyal following until its cancellation in 2003.'Take The High Road', like I said, may not have been great but at least unlike modern soaps didn't resort to breaking cultural taboos in order to catch the viewers attention. Future 'Rab C. Nesbitt' star Gregor Fisher appeared in two episodes.

The whole series in now on YouTube and again shown daily on stv once more I am again watching and as I glance out my window can almost see the filming of this great show again.Yes it put us on the map for 20 years made friends with the cast especially when filming in the snow often had a few in to warm up it was underrated at the time hacked by the ITV but survived by popular demand I remember Davie sneddon addressing the supporters to continue the show it was a gentle life on the go from Scotland. It could have continued if stv had the might of Granada and central but no even border TV became English viewing.if you have the chance download it so far 245 episodes have been shown on stv and YouTube

12.30pm weedays would not be the same without my "fix" of "Take the High Road". Delighted to see (Michael, Melbourne) that the ABC has bought the whole series. When I enquired they were reluctant to say, so I hope Michael has good info! Totally charming if a tad predictable (what soapy isn't?) the scenery and the soft Highland accents would make this a worthwhile 20 minutes to spend relaxing over lunch.

High Road has be on Tv for over 20 years and what sets it a side from todays other soaps is that the format has not changed and the storyline carries on at its own gentle pace. Characters like Mrs Mack and Isabel Blair have been on the show since its launch in 1980. The storyline takes place around the village of Glendarroch in Scotland and much of the action takes place at the Glendarroch estate or Blair's Store. A gem in the afternoon Tv Schedules long may High Road continue.