A special documentary aired to mark 40 years since a Luss-based soap first hit the screen.
Take the High Road was broadcast for the first time in 1980.
Scotland Loves High Road, shown on STV last Wednesday, saw broadcaster Emma Cameron taking viewers back to Luss on the banks of Loch Lomond – which, as the fictional village of Glendarroch, was where some of British TV’s most memorable moments of the 1980s and 90s took place.
In the 30-minute documentary, which follows the recent return of the series to the STV Player, Emma examines the huge impact Take the High Road had in Scotland and around the world.
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It features interviews with some of its biggest stars: Hollywood royalty Alan Cumming (who played Jim Hunter), Game of Thrones favourite John Stahl (Tom ‘Inverdarroch’ Kerr), Eileen McCallum (Isabel Blair) and Alec Monteath (Dougal Lachlan).
Alan Cumming, who went on to star in The Good Wife, said of his time on the show: “It was like being in a Hollywood film.
“I love the fact that I’ve been in Take the High Road – I had a really great laugh doing it.
“At the time I felt lucky to be in it and now I feel even luckier. It’s great to be part of a legacy like that.”
It also revisited the passionate 1993 fan campaign which saw hundreds of people descend on Glasgow’s George Square to demand a reversal of ITV’s decision to axe the soap.
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The fans’ efforts paid off – and High Road remained on screens in Scotland for a further 10 years before TV icon Mrs Mack finally hung up her hat and the show was retired in 2003.
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