Monarch of the Glen questions

**OC Richard** · 11th September 18, 07:21 PM

Offtopic I know but my understanding was that in an attempt to lessen the disruption in the lives of the people of Port Isaac the Doc Martin people agreed to shoot every other year, meaning that there is the normal several-month gap between series, plus a year.

BTW my grandmother's family comes from a village rather like Port Isaac, but on the south coast, Tywardreath.

**OC Richard** · 11th September 18, 07:25 PM

Originally Posted by EdinSteve

Is this the series with Martin Clunes as a GP in Cornwall? I don’t recognise the comparison if it is.

To me he combines all that is worst in a pompous posh London baddie and a socially clueless bullying American one.

Best of both worlds, one could say.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbSeqGjftHI

**California Highlander** · 11th September 18, 09:48 PM

Originally Posted by CollinMacD

Wish BBC would do another Scottish series like the Monarch, very entertaining.

Now with Outlander, returning in October, and they find themselves shipwrecked on the Carolina Coastline, so Jamie hits the US on or about the US Revolution, should be rather interesting.

Check out Shetland. It features great acting, writing, and scenery. A winning combo! Based on books by Ann Cleeves, which are also very good and just enough different you can read them and watch the series and still be surprised!

In the US, the first 3 series are on Netflix streaming, then I watched series 4 on BritBox. The show is signed for at least one more series.

**frank_a** · 12th September 18, 06:33 AM

While I have not watched Monarch of the Glen, as I just heard about it from one of the girls at the dentist office yesterday, I did run into a significant Scottish movie on Netflix when I was checking to see if they had Rob Roy. Netflix does not have Rob Roy, but did have "Sunset Song" as one of the titles that came up. The movie is based on a novel written in 1932 by a famous 20th century Scottish author, Lewis Grassic Gibbon. The movie was fascinating in part to me because I could not understand much of the dialogue. Even without a clear understanding of the dialogue the movie carries you along. It really struck me as a sad movie, and representative of early 20th century Europe in general. What was realistic was the amount of rain and cloudy skies! A final note is that there is some nudity in the movie, so I would not call it PG. It did keep me up way past bedtime, as I found it riveting.

Now I'm reading the book, which is much more difficult to understand, as it is written in Scottish vernacular. I have not gotten far, but once you get into it, it seems to go with the flow and one starts to understand more. When I downloaded the book, I found that it is the first of a trilogy.

Cheers,

Frank

**frank_a** · 12th September 18, 06:52 AM

Originally Posted by EdinSteve

The dialect in “Sunset Song” is locally known as “Doric” a version of Scots native to the northeast of Scotland. Even for Scots used to the language it takes a little while to tune into broad Doric and there are words specific to the area like “loon” (lad) and “quine” (lassie). This - http://www.doricdictionary.com/all-words/ - might help you understand it more.

Thank you EdinSteve. That is very helpful. I now have it on my computer, and am reading the book now.

Frank

**CollinMacD** · 12th September 18, 08:00 AM

Originally Posted by Richrail

Actually the are a total of 8 seasons for Doc Martin with a 9th in the works. We were able to watch all the Doc Martin with Amazon Prime service.

Thank you will have to check it out, I have that service....COOL.

**Tim Little** · 12th September 18, 03:31 PM

We seem to have drifted a bit from the original topic, but since she scope of this thread seems to have been broadened to BBC television shows set in Scotland, I have to put in a plug for Hamish MacBeth, the late ‘90s series.

It’s been quite a while since I watched (on DVD), and I don’t recall offhand whether any kilts make an appearance.

**rangepig** · 18th October 18, 04:56 PM

Originally Posted by Tim Little

We seem to have drifted a bit from the original topic, but since she scope of this thread seems to have been broadened to BBC television shows set in Scotland, I have to put in a plug for Hamish MacBeth, the late ‘90s series.

It’s been quite a while since I watched (on DVD), and I don’t recall offhand whether any kilts make an appearance.

I watched Hamish Macbeth in the weeks leading up to my trip to Scotland. I even made a trip to Plockton where it was filmed, a side trip on my way to Eilean Donan castle.

As far as kilts, there are many episodes where townsfolk wear them. And I think the character TV John always wears one.