Kidnapped

Mini-Series

1979 · 13 episodes · 6h 30m in all

13 episodes of this adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic story.

Episodes

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   1. Uncle Ebenezer

   7 Apr 1979 · 30 min

   Alan Breck Stewart, hero of Culloden returns in secret to Scotland. Meanwhile David Balfour returns to Edinburgh, meets a beautiful Highland girl, and encouters his suspicious Uncle Ebenezer

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   2. Captain Hoseason

   14 Apr 1979 · 30 min

   Still pursuing separate goals, Alan Breck hears fresh rumours of rebellion in the Highlands and David Balfour learns first hand how villainous his uncle really is.

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   3. The Voyage

   21 Apr 1979 · 30 min

   While Alan Breck surveys the Stewart holdings, David Balfour accompanies his uncle to see his lawyer, accepting the offer of passage there from a ship's captain. But Uncle Ebenezer has other plans for David and has arranged for a longer voyage for his nephew.

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   4. The Stranger

   28 Apr 1979 · 30 min

   Kidnapped aboard a slave ship bound for the Carolinas on the orders of his Uncle Ebenezer, David encounters Alan, shipwrecked and rescued at night, and discovers the captain's evil plot against them.

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   5. Murder

   5 May 1979 · 30 min

   With the slave ship run aground, Alan and David must make their way across the Highlands. When the latter meets King's Factor Colin "Red Fox" Campbell and witnesses a bloody crime, he must flee for his life from the Redcoat forces.

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   6. Escape

   12 May 1979 · 30 min

   An innocent witness to the murder of Red Fox, David is now a fugitive, forced to flee for his life with Alan across the wide highlands.

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   7. Over the Highlands

   19 May 1979 · 30 min

   Murder suspects Alan and David are pursued across the Scottish highlands by Redcoats. They visit Cluny in his hideout and put Catriona's life at risk.

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   8. Prestongrange

   26 May 1979 · 30 min

   Saved from the Redcoats by Alan, David has secured his inheritance in Edinburgh. He prepares to give account of the Red Fox murder to the Lord Advocate.

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   9. Suspicion

   2 Jun 1979 · 30 min

   Still a murder suspect, David is saved from the gallows by Prestongrange but Alan is still in mortal danger.

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    10. Prisoner

    9 Jun 1979 · 30 min

    With his own future in grave peril, David risks his life to help Alan escape to France. Meanwhile Catriona make a desperate bid to release her father from prison.

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    11. The Trial

    16 Jun 1979 · 30 min

    David rides through the night with evidence that could save James of the Glens. But he soon finds himself on another sea voyage with a surprising fellow passenger.

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    12. A Far Cry

    23 Jun 1979 · 30 min

    David and Catriona, united in Holland encounter difficulties when James More fails to appear. In France, Alan finds Bonnie Prince Charlie reluctant to start a new rebellion.

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    13. The Choice

    30 Jun 1979 · 30 min

    Kidnapped, shipwrecked, suspected of murder, abducted and now, free at last in Holland, David fights for the love of Catriona and to save Alan Breck.