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Monarch of the Glen (TV series)
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Genre
Comedy drama
Created by
Michael Chaplin
Starring
Alastair Mackenzie
Dawn Steele
Susan Hampshire
Lloyd Owen
Richard Briers
Alexander Morton
Hamish Clark
Julian Fellowes
Lorraine Pilkington
Martin Compston
Rae Hendrie
Tom Baker
Theme music composer
Simon Brint with Kenny G
Country of origin
United Kingdom
No. of series
7
No. of episodes
64 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)
Barbara McKissack
Douglas Rae
Victoria Evans
Robert Bernstein
Gaynor Holmes
Running time
50 mins. (series 1–3)
60 mins. (series 4–7)
Release
Original network
BBC One
Original release
27 February 2000 (2000-02-27) – 23 October 2005 (2005-10-23)
External links
Website
Monarch of the Glen is a British drama television series produced by Ecosse Films for BBC Scotland and broadcast on BBC One for seven series between February 2000 and October 2005 with 64 episodes in total.
The first five series of Monarch of the Glen told the story of young restaurateur, Archie MacDonald, trying to restore his childhood home in the Scottish Highlands, starring Alastair Mackenzie, Richard Briers, Susan Hampshire, and Dawn Steele, whilst the final two series of the show focused on new Laird Paul Bowman trying to modernise the estate, primarily starring Lloyd Owen, Tom Baker, Alexander Morton, and Susan Hampshire.
The series is loosely based on Sir Compton Mackenzie's Highland Novels, which are set in the same location but in the 1930s and 1940s. The first book in that series is called The Monarch of the Glen, which was a reference to the famous painting of the same name by Landseer.
The series was created by Michael Chaplin and produced by Nick Pitt, Paddy Higson, Jeremy Gwilt, Stephen Garwood, and Rob Bullock. The show saw many directors, most notably Edward Bennett, Richard Signy, Rick Stroud, and Robert Knights; and many writers including Chaplin, Niall Leonard, John Martin Johnson, Leslie Stewart, and Jeremy Front. Filming took between six and eight months per series in the Badenoch and Strathspey area of the Scottish Highlands, in particular at Ardverikie House, which was the location for the fictional "Glenbogle House".
Contents
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1 Series synopses
1.1 Series 1
1.2 Series 2
1.3 Series 3
1.4 Series 4
1.5 Series 5
1.6 Series 6
1.7 Series 7
2 Cast
2.1 Regular cast
2.2 Recurring roles
3 Locations
4 Broadcast history
5 DVD releases
6 French and Saunders sketch
7 See also
8 References
9 External links
Series synopses[edit]
Main article: List of Monarch of the Glen episodes
Series 1[edit]
Ardverikie House depicts Glenbogle House in Monarch of the Glen.
While trying to carve a living out of the London restaurant he runs with his girlfriend Justine, Archie MacDonald is called back to his Highland home, to the bed of his dying father, Hector. When he arrives, however, he finds that the news of his dying father was just a ploy by his dotty mother, Molly, to get him to Scotland and tell him face-to-face that he has inherited his father's large estate and 'the big house', Glenbogle. Archie faces a tough decision: whether to help the debt-ridden Glenbogle, or to return to Justine in London. Archie meets the local school headteacher, Katrina Finlay, with whom he finds he is set to have a love-hate relationship. The feisty staff of Glenbogle — Lexie, Golly, and Duncan — also prove hard to handle, and Archie's eccentric parents are difficult. To please all, Archie faces the challenge to save Glenbogle.
Series 2[edit]
After his split with Justine, Archie finally knows where his future lies - at Glenbogle. With a relationship with Katrina set to bloom, Archie faces obstacles: with his new Head Ranger, Fergal MacClure who has also taken a shine to Katrina, and with Lexie, who seems to have her own eye on the Laird. Hector and Molly face problems, too, as their daughter Lizzie comes, apparently pregnant, to Glenbogle. Hector must visit an old flame, whilst Golly faces a battle with Fergal to keep Duncan as his friend and assistant. Archie once again has a challenge on his hands to save his childhood home and to please all who live there.
Series 3[edit]
Glenbogle has finally lost control of its debts, and the bank, Lascelles, sends Stella Moon to take over the estate as financial controller. The hard and stubborn Stella proves difficult to handle, though she has her eye on Archie, now unattached again, as Katrina has taken up the offer of a career in national politics since Stella's presence usurps her and Archie's plans to run the estate together. Duncan also faces romantic problems. Hector's and Molly's relationship goes through bad patches as Molly realises that Hector is spending more time with his chum Kilwillie than with her. Golly is reunited with his daughter after many years, and local entrepreneur Stuart McIntosh tries to take land from under the MacDonalds' feet. Despite Stella's sabotage, intended to show Glenbogle in a dim light at the Midsummer's Ball in an attempt to stay at Glenbogle for love of Archie, the bank's chair returns control of the estate to Archie, who finally realises he's in love with his faithful friend Lexie, and proposes. This causes friction between Archie and Hector, who disapproves of the match. Hector meets a tragic and sudden end just shortly before the wedding is to take place. Lexie gets cold feet on the day of the wedding, which is postponed indefinitely.
Series 4[edit]
Lexie struggles to become the new Lady of Glenbogle after her marriage to Archie, but she can't let go of some of her old duties, especially cooking. When Archie hires a new cook, Lexie becomes upset and jealous, and insists on a cook-off, the dish of which is an old, relatively unknown Scottish recipe. But she doesn't know that the new cook, Irene, had been the chef of a large Highland hotel, and this particular recipe was one of her specialties. Molly also tried to come to terms with being a widow after Hector's death and finds she has a suitor in the shape of new neighbour, Andrew. When a man, Paul suddenly turns up, Archie and his mother Molly are shocked and upset to learn that his father once had an affair, and that Paul was the child produced. Making a difficult situation worse, they discover that he is AWOL from the British Army. Molly tries very hard to be welcoming to Paul, realising that being her late husband's illegitimate son is not his fault, and that in fact, he wasn't even aware of this fact until his mother's death. Still, she feels betrayed. Golly is devastated to find that Duncan is romantically involved with new cook, Irene, but Duncan himself is horrified to find that Irene is set to have a child, the product of the marriage she has run away from. Archie must deal with his father's astronomical death duties as well as finding out that he now has competition for the Lairdship of Glenbogle, as Paul, his father's illegitimate son, is older than he.
Series 5[edit]
Glenbogle's financial problems are finally over, and Archie starts to find that he has cold feet and wonders whether his future lies in Glenbogle. Paul returns to Glenbogle to start afresh but is treated like dirt by the locals. Molly wonders whether she is in love after her relationship with Andrew starts to blossom. Golly's daughter, Jess, comes to live in Glenbogle. Duncan finds a new girlfriend in Kilwillie's niece Hermione, and Paul finds that he has some admirers in the glen. Lexie wonders whether she has what it takes to be Laird after Archie leaves Glenbogle to go mountain climbing in Nepal with his sister Lizzie in honour of their late father. After Duncan's relationship with Hermione self-destructs, he and Jess begin a friendship that leads to a more serious relationship, while nearly simultaneously, Molly and Golly's long friendship, dating to the earliest years of her marriage, starts taking a turn in a new direction.
Series 6[edit]
Paul becomes Laird of Glenbogle after Lexie and Archie move to New Zealand, but he falls in love with Lexie when she comes back to Glenbogle temporarily. Ewan sets up a pirate radio station in the glen, and forms a friendship with Archie's and Paul's uncle Donald, who comes back to his childhood home under a curfew order. Golly falls in love with new dancing teacher, Meg, but wonders whether he is too old to have a relationship. Jess tries to come to terms with Duncan's departure from the glen, as Molly's relationship with Golly comes to pieces. Paul tries to decide whom he really loves after new arrivals threaten a possible love interest - a new farmer, Isobel. New barmaid, Zoe, first appears in Glenbogle, catching Ewan's eye.
Series 7[edit]
Paul becomes close to a local shepherdess, Iona McLean, but his romantic dreams are temporarily dashed when Iona's former fiancé arrives in the glen. Ewan wonders whether to stay with girlfriend, Zoe, when he takes a shine to Paul's goddaughter, Amy. Molly becomes a mother-like figure to Golly's new son, Cameron, after the death of Meg. Jess tries to prove herself to her father when she starts to feel that Golly does not care about her. Donald wonders whether to go to a retirement home when he starts to feel his age. Glenbogle is threatened with closure after Paul realises that the financial problems that once plagued the estate are slowly returning. The village community buys Glenbogle allowing the McDonalds to remain in the house. Paul marries Iona. At the end of the show, the main characters each end up with romantic partners and they take a photograph: Paul and Iona; Molly and Golly; Jess and Duncan; Ewan and Amy; Donald and a woman from the retirement home; and Kilwillie and the female minister. Hector appears as a ghost, talks to Molly and witnesses these events.
Cast[edit]
Regular cast[edit]
Further information: Monarch of the Glen cast
The following is a list of the regular cast of Monarch of the Glen who were credited in the opening credits of the show (in appearance order).
Actor
Character
Series
Recurring
No. of Episodes (/64)
Richard Briers Hector MacDonald Series 1–3 Series 7 28
Susan Hampshire Molly MacDonald Series 1–7 59
Alastair Mackenzie Archie MacDonald Series 1–5 43
Lorraine Pilkington Katrina Finlay Series 1–2 Series 3-4 18
Alexander Morton Golly Mackenzie Series 1–7 64
Dawn Steele Lexie MacDonald Series 1–6 51
Hamish Clark Duncan McKay Series 1–6 Series 7 53
Julian Fellowes Lord Kilwillie Series 3–4 Series 1–2, 5, 7 24
Alexandra Gilbreath Stella Moon Series 3 9
Rebecca Lacey Irene Stuart Series 4 8
Lloyd Owen Paul Bowman-MacDonald Series 5–7 Series 4 28
Simone Lahbib Isobel Anderson Series 6 10
Martin Compston Ewan Brodie Series 6–7 Series 5 20
Rae Hendrie Jess Mackenzie Series 5–7 Series 3 25
Tom Baker Donald MacDonald Series 6–7 12
Kirsty Mitchell Iona McLean Series 7 6
Recurring roles[edit]
The following is a list, in order of appearance, of actors who were in three or more episodes of Monarch of the Glen as the same character but who were not credited as a regular in the opening titles of the show.
Actor
Character
Series
No. of episodes (/64)
Anna Wilson-Jones Justine Series 1–2 6
Carole Cassidy Maureen MacLean Series 1–2 4
Simon Slater Lancelot Fleming Series 1–2 3
Paul Goodwin Alan Smythe Series 1 4
Ralph Riach Geordie McCann Series 1–2 2
Jason O'Mara Fergal MacClure Series 2 6
Jenny Lee Liz Logan Series 3–5 4
Gavin Mitchell PC Callum McIntyre Series 3, 5–6 8
Angus Lennie Badger Series 4–5 4
Paul Freeman Andrew Booth Series 4–5 11
Richenda Carey Lady Dorothy Trumpington-Bonnet Series 5 5
Hermione Gulliford Hermione Trumpington-Bonnet Series 5 4
John Yule Dougal Raeburn Series 5–6 3
Sara Stewart Amanda MacLeish Series 5 3
Donald Douglas Dr. Gordon McKendrick Series 6–7 3
Kari Corbett Zoe Series 6–7 6
Karen Westwood Meg Paterson Series 6 5
Lucy Akhurst Lucy Ford Series 6 4
Anthony Head Chester Grant Series 6 4
Rhianna and Katelyn Duff Cameron Mackenzie Series 7 5
Antony Strachan Frank Series 7 4
Locations[edit]
Glenbogle station sign at Broomhill.
Balavil House which was used as Kilwillie Castle
While the fictional Glenbogle estate in Compton Mackenzie's Highland novels place the estate near Ben Nevis[1], the series is filmed in and around the Cairngorms, Badenoch and Strathspey, with Ben Nevis replaced by the fictional Ben Bogle.
Ardverikie House, designed by John Rhind in 1870 and built in the Scottish baronial style, depicts Glenbogle Castle in Monarch of the Glen, while location filming took place in Kingussie and Laggan and scenes involving the loch use Loch Laggan. The majority of the programme was filmed on and around the Ardverikie Estate situated on the South-East bank of Loch Laggan. Glenbogle Station was filmed at Broomhill Station, near Nethy Bridge. This station is the terminus of the Strathspey Railway, a restored steam railway.
The River Pattack just up from the Ardverikie Estate was used several times. Glenbogle Church is the Cille Choirille Church near Roy Bridge. Lord Kilwillie's Castle is Balavil House, off the A86 road near Kingussie.[2]
Broadcast history[edit]
Seven series were filmed, totaling 64 episodes (including a Hogmanay Special). The series was broadcasting internationally USA (BBC America and PBS), Australia (ABC), Canada (BBC Canada), Norway, Sweden, Hong Kong, New Zealand, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Vietnam, and Dubai. The series is shown to more than 100 countries on BBC Entertainment (formerly BBC Prime), the BBC's 24-hour global entertainment channel, broadcast to Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Publicity in the United States included front-page coverage in the Chicago Tribune.[3] Monarch of the Glen was Australia's most popular BBC drama in 2002 and 2003.[3]
Monarch of the Glen was broadcast in the United Kingdom on Sunday evenings on BBC One, usually at 20.00 GMT. British ratings in the first five series were high, but lowered after the departure of several of the main characters (Archie, Hector, Lexie, Duncan, and Katrina). A petition was formed by 21-year-old "Boglie" Emma Richards to ensure that lead character Archie stayed on the show, but it failed when the actor left the show midway through the fifth series.[4]
Ratings hit an all-time low in 2004, and BBC bosses axed the show, but promised that they would bring back many of the cast from earlier series for a fantastic series finale. The seventh and final series did bring back Richard Briers, Hamish Clark, and Julian Fellowes[5] as promised by the BBC, but the reunion didn't include Archie or Lexie.
Series
No. of Episodes
Episode Run-time
Series Premiere
Series Finale'
Average Viewers
(in millions)
Average Share
(in percentage)
1
8 50 minutes. 27 February 2000 16 April 2000 8.0 26.0
2
8 50 minutes 7 January 2001 25 February 2001 7.6 26.5
3
11 50 minutes 28 October 2001 20 January 2002 6.9 25.7
4
10 60 minutes 1 September 2002 3 November 2002 7.2 29.1
5
10 60 minutes 28 September 2003 30 November 2003 7.2§ Unknown
Hogmanay Special
1 60 minutes 28 December 2003 28 December 2003 6.3 Unknown
6
10 60 minutes 19 September 2004 21 November 2004 5.3 TBA
7
6 60 minutes 18 September 2005 23 October 2005 5.8 TBA
§ Unconfirmed.
DVD releases[edit]
Monarch of the Glen has been released on DVD in the UK, The Netherlands, and USA only on Region 2 and 1 respectively. In the UK, series 1, 2, and 7 were released in one set, and series 3-6 in two sets - each set containing two discs. Acorn Media UK produced the original DVDs, but in 2006 a box-set featuring all seven series on 22 discs was produced by the BBC themselves. The Acorn Media UK DVDs, featured special features such as an exclusive interview with Susan Hampshire, photo galleries, production notes, and filmographies. The BBC box-set only featured a making-of show titled The Last Monarch, which was broadcast on BBC Scotland before the series finale on 23 October 2005. In The Netherlands series 4-7 were released in an edited form of 50 mins per episode instead of the UK 60 minutes.
+ Region 4 (Australia) - Series 4,5,6,7 Only available in a Compilation Boxset exclusive to the ABC Shop July 2007.
The USA Region 1 DVDs are produced by BBC Warner.
DVD Series
Release Dates
Region 2
Region 1
Region 4
Series 1 27 December 2002 16 September 2003 12 November 2003
Series 2 5 May 2003 4 May 2004 3 February 2005
Series 3 6 October 2003 17 May 2005 4 May 2006
Series 4 29 December 2003 16 May 2006 15 April 2010
Series 5 27 December 2004 24 October 2006 Box set only - see above +
Series 6 10 October 2005 15 May 2007 Box set only - see above +
Series 7 3 April 2006 23 October 2007 Box set only - see above +
Series 1-7 24 October 2006 23 October 2007 July 2007 (box set compilation only +)
French and Saunders sketch[edit]
In 2002, the series was spoofed in popular BBC television sketch series French and Saunders for their Celebrity Christmas Puddings special and was named "Monarch of the Glum". Alastair Mackenzie himself appeared in his role of Archie. Dawn French appeared as Lexie MacDonald, Jennifer Saunders as Molly MacDonald.
See also[edit]
BBC portal
References[edit]
Jump up ^ MacKenzie, Sir Compton. "Monarch of the Glen". Random House, 1 Oct., 2015 (Originally 1941). Retrieved 30 January 2016. It was the Lady of Ben Nevis among his immediate entourage who first ventured ...
Jump up ^ Scotland Movie Guide's Monarch of the Glen listing, accessed 15 October 2017
^ Jump up to: a b Monarch of the Glen returns for a sixth series on BBC ONE BBC, 21 November 2003. Retrieved 13 January 2007.
Jump up ^ BBC boggled by number of Boglies Juliette Garside, The Sunday Herald, 1 September 2002. Retrieved 12 January 2007
Jump up ^ Faces from Monarch's past BBC, 24 March 2005. Retrieved 12 January 2007.
External links[edit]
Monarch of the Glen at BBC Online
Monarch of the Glen on IMDb
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