The Haggard Falcon (BBC Two 1974, Ian Ogilvy, Roddy McMillan)

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The Haggard Falcon is a BBC Scotland production for BBC Two. It aired in 1974 and starred Ian Ogilvy and Roddy McMillan.

In 1565 soldier of fortune Dominic Allardyce returns home to Edinburgh to wed his sweetheart only to discover that she is missing believed dead. Dominic, whom the locals are convinced has ties to the fugitive Earl of Bothwell, is convinced that foul play is afoot and sets out to uncover what is really going on.

Cast

Ian Ogilvy (Dominic Allardyce), Roddy McMillan (Gillespie), Alex McAvoy (Puddock), John Carlisle (Lethington), Anne Kristen (Kirstie), Charles Kearney (Wattie), Valerie Pfeiffer (Ewfame), Patrick Lewsley (Joseph), Paul Young (Bastien), Ian Ireland (Turnkey), Martin Heller (Randolph), Victor Carin (Moray), John Shedden (Gilles De Mere), Brian Coburn (Blackadder), George Howell (Fenwick), Martin Cochrane (Hogg), Willie Joss (Fletcher), Jake D’Arcy, Robert Trotter, Roy Hanlon, Virginia Stark (Gellie), Mary Ann Reid (Mary, Queen of Scots), Paul Kermack (Faulds), Lennox Milne, Arthur Boland, Alec Heggie (Bothwell), Harriet Buchan (Lady Janet), Hugh Evans.
Crew

Writer: Bill Craig / Designer: Walter Miller / Producer: Pharic Maclaren / Director: Mike Vardy.

Production Details

UK / BBC Scotland – BBC 2 / Number of episodes: 4 x 52 minutes / Broadcast from 17 August 1974 to 7 September 1974.

The Episodes

The Frog (17th August 1974)
Guest Cast: Victor Carin (Moray), John Shedden (Gilles De Mere), Brian Coburn (Blackadder), George Howell (Fenwick), Martin Cochrane (Hogg), Willie Joss (Fletcher), Jake D’Arcy, Robert Trotter, Roy Hanlon.

The Mermaid (24th August 1974)
Guest Cast: Victor Carin (Moray), Virginia Stark (Gellie), Mary Ann Reid (Mary, Queen of Scots), Willie Joss (Fletcher), Martin Cochrane (Hogg), Paul Kermack (Faulds), Brian Coburn (Blackadder), Lennox Milne, Arthur Boland, Roy Hanlon.

The Hare (31st August 1974)
Guest Cast: Virginia Stark (Gellie), Alec Heggie (Bothwell), George Howell (Fenwick), Martin Cochrane (Hogg), Harriet Buchan (Lady Janet), John Shedden (Gilles De Mere), Paul Kermack (Faulds), Hugh Evans, Arthur Boland.

The Tercel (7th September 1974)
Guest Cast: Virginia Stark (Gellie), Victor Carin (Moray), Mary Ann Reid (Mary, Queen of Scots), Paul Kermack (Faulds), Brian Coburn (Blackadder), Willie Joss (Fletcher), George Howell (Fenwick), Harriet Buchan (Lady Janet), John Shedden (Gilles De Mere), Alec Heggie (Bothwell).

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