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Take The High Road Characters
This is a list of characters who appeared in the Scottish soap opera ''Take the High Road'', broadcast from 1980 to 2003. Series 1 (1980) The first episode was broadcast by Scottish Television on 19 February 1980 and the series of 30 was broadcast two episodes per week till 28 May 1980. First episode In credits order: * Elizabeth Cunningham (Edith MacArthur) * Alan McIntyre (Martin Cochrane) * Kay Grant (Vivien Heilbron) * Max Langemann (Frederick Jaeger) * Dougal Lachlan (Alec Monteath) * Grace Lachlan (Marjorie Thomson) * Amy Lachlan (Julie Ann Fullarton) * Isabel Blair (Eileen McCallum) * Jimmy Blair (Jimmy Chisholm) * Ken Calder (Bill Henderson (Scottish actor), Bill Henderson) * Maggie Ferguson (Irene Sunters) * Lorna Seton (Joan Alcorn) * Fiona Cunningham (Caroline Ashley) Other debut appearances in Series 1 * "Mrs Archie" (Anne Downie) – ''episode 9'' * David Blair (Derek Anders) – ''episode 3'' * George Carradine (Leon Sinden) – ''episode 22 only'' * Rev. Gordon C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soap Opera
A soap opera, or ''soap'' for short, is a typically long-running radio or television serial, frequently characterized by melodrama, ensemble casts, and sentimentality. The term "soap opera" originated from radio dramas originally being sponsored by soap manufacturers.Bowles, p. 118. The term was preceded by "horse opera", a derogatory term for low-budget Westerns. BBC Radio's ''The Archers'', first broadcast in 1950, is the world's longest-running radio soap opera. The longest-running current television soap is '' Coronation Street'', which was first broadcast on ITV in 1960, with the record for the longest running soap opera in history being held by '' Guiding Light'', which began on radio in 1937, transitioned to television in 1952, and ended in 2009. A crucial element that defines the soap opera is the open-ended serial nature of the narrative, with stories spanning several episodes. One of the defining features that makes a television program a soap opera, according to Alber ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
