Take The High Road STV Wiki

Take The High Road
Take The High Road (known simply as High Road from 1994) is a rural serial drama produced by Scottish Television (now STV) from 19th February 1980-27th April 2003. Unusually for a half-hour serial drama, series runs were very sporadic and unpredictable until March 1986, when it began to air all year round, usually twice a week in Scotland but only once a week in the rest of the United Kingdom. It aired on the ITV network (including Grampian) until 1994, when it was dropped. Due to complaints, it was reinstated in several ITV regions, but by the show's demise in 2003 (although filming had actually concluded in 2000, due to a massive backlog of episodes), it was only airing on Grampian, Scottish, Border and UTV. UTV were the last to complete the series, in 2004. The series was available on YouTube in the 2010s but STV removed them and put them on their catch-up service, STV Player. Some episodes are also available on Britbox.

The drama is set in the fictional village of Glendarroch in Argyll & Bute. Exterior scenes were actually filmed in the real-life village of Luss. Take The High Road inherited many of its early cast members from a predecessor soap from the 1970s, called 'Garnock Way'.

In total, 1'520 episodes were produced, including 3 specials.

Title Card
The title card kept similar themes throughout the show's run, usually stock, sweeping shots of Loch Lomond and surrounding areas, as opposed to Glendarroch/Luss itself.

Theme Tune
Four versions of the theme tune existed; 1980-1982, 1982-1986, 1986-1989 and then the very familiar, rocky 1990 theme which lasted until the show's end in 2003.

Premise
COMING SOON

Past Cast
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