| ABC
| Sundays @ 7.30pm from 14 January
Iain
Glen and Paul McGann headline in Robert Louis Stevenson's classic tale,
Kidnapped showing over 3 parts on the ABC Network.
EPISODE
ONE Kidnapped chronicles the adventures of Alan Breck and Davie Balfour
as they escape murder and shipwreck on a quest for justice, all set
against the fierce social and political backdrop of 1760s Scotland. It
all began in a tiny Scottish Lowland village, where Davie Balfour (James
Anthony Pearson) is orphaned when his father Alexander is crushed by a
tree.
Just
before he dies, Alexander gives him a dagger and tells him that he must
claim his rightful inheritance of a great landed estate from an uncle he
never even knew he had. After a perilous journey, Davie arrives and
introduces himself to his reclusive and eccentric Uncle Ebenezer.
At
first he seems friendly enough but as soon as Davie mentions his
inheritance, Ebenezer tries to send him to his death. When that fails,
he has Davie kidnapped and taken away on his ship headed for slavery in
the New World.
Amidst
a crew of cut-throats and villainous slave traders, Davie feels that all
is utterly hopeless and he despairs of his future alone in the world
with no hope of return to his beloved homeland.
Then
the slave ship runs down a boat containing the notorious swashbuckling
Highland hero, Alan Breck. Despite being hopelessly outnumbered, Alan
and Davie form a pact and agree to fight their way off the ship - except
that Davie has never fought before in his life. |
