''Garnock Way'' was a short-lived Scottish soap opera, produced by Scottish Television for the

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network, running from 1976 to 1979. It was replaced by '' Take the High Road'' which also featured actors Eileen McCallum, Bill Henderson,

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and John Stahl.

History

Garnock Way was set in a mining community in a town halfway between Glasgow and Edinburgh. It was deemed to be too gritty for network consumption, which resulted in only certain stations broadcasting the series. In the summer of 1979 ''Garnock Way'' was axed and replaced by '' Take the High Road'', which was a bigger budget affair and more in keeping with the 'tartan' perception of Scotland as it was deliberately set in a more beautiful part of Scotland. In 2010 it was announced that ''Garnock Way'' would be one of the STV archive programmes soon to be available on YouTube. The

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channel on the video-sharing website launched on 20 August 2010. However, just four episodes of the series are known to exist, and these are available on the

Transmissions

Only a few ITV stations broadcast the series: *

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from June 1976 until September 1977 * HTV throughout 1977 * Border Television From late 1976 until Summer 1979 * UTV From March 1977 until Summer 1979

Characters

*Jean Ross – Eileen McCallum *Alex Ross – Gerard Slevin *Tod Baxter – Bill Henderson *Mary Baxter – Terry Cavers *Louise Baxter – Harriet Buchan *Jock Nesbit –

*Willie Mclean – William Armour *Hughie Ross – Alan Watters *Sandra Cully – Dorothy Paul *Cully – Jackie Farrell *Cliff Hewitt – George Howell *Effie Murdoch –

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*Harry Murdoch – Bill McCabe *Carla the café owner - Ida Schuster *Det Sgt Golspie –

*PC Scoular – John Stahl *Georgina Munro – Jan Wilson The outside scenes depicting the characters' houses were filmed in Charles Street, Torbothie, an area of Shotts in North Lanarkshire. The still picture at the start of the programme, showing the street with the monument, is of the Mercat Cross in Airth.

References

External links

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) * The Glasgow Herald - 30 Mar 1976 P7 - https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC {{Soap operas in the United Kingdom 1970s British television soap operas 1970s Scottish television series 1976 Scottish television series debuts 1979 Scottish television series endings English-language television shows ITV soap operas Lost television shows Scottish television soap operas Take the High Road Television shows produced by Scottish Television