{"product_id":"hamish-macbeth-jonathan-melville-9780993321528","title":"Hamish Macbeth: The Making of a BBC TV Classic","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWelcome to the Wild West of Scotland\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1995, BBC One's Hamish Macbeth broke all the rules of Sunday night TV. Set in the picture-postcard Highlands of Scotland, this genre-defying drama brought cannibalism and ceilidhs, marijuana and murder, love triangles and lobster tanks to millions of viewers each week.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith Robert Carlyle starring as the laid-back lawman who preferred poaching to paperwork, producers transformed the tiny village of Plockton into the fictional Lochdubh. While they attempted to evade BBC bureaucracy, they couldn't escape the tourists who soon flocked to see Hamish's home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on dozens of new interviews with cast, crew and local residents, this book reveals how they crafted a vision of Highland life that was part Western, part modern fable and wholly original. Discover the battle over Wee Jock's fate, the mystery of the 'lost' musical episode and how the real-world return of the Stone of Destiny forced last-minute rewrites of the epic series finale.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJonathan Melville, author of A Kind of Magic: Making the Original Highlander and Local Hero: Making a Scottish Classic, blends oral history and archive material into the definitive account of how this subversive series became a timeless classic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jonathan Melville\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0993321526\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780993321528\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fountainbridge Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/26\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 332\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.72lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.74d","brand":"Jonathan Melville","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46867291799807,"sku":"9780993321528","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_17506d0c-6818-4a61-bed1-920af3a2d061.jpg?v=1747454389","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/hamish-macbeth-jonathan-melville-9780993321528","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}