Take the High Road

Take the High Road
Opening titles
GenreSoap opera
Created byDon Houghton
Country of originScotland
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes1,517 (+3 specials)
Production
Producers
  • Clarke Tait (1980–1981)
  • Brian Mahoney (1981–1990)
  • Frank Cox (1991–1993)
  • John G. Temple (1994–1998)
  • Liz Lake (1998–1999)
  • Mark Grindle (1999–2003)
Running time30 minutes
(1× 45 min Hogmanay special; 2× 60 min Millennium special)
Production companyScottish Television
Original release
NetworkITV
Release19 February 1980 (1980-02-19) –
27 April 2003 (2003-04-27)
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Take the High Road (renamed High Road from 1994 to 2003) was a Scottish soap opera produced by Scottish Television, which started in February 1980 as an ITV daytime programme, and was broadcast until 2003. It was set in the fictional village of Glendarroch, and exteriors were filmed in the real-life village of Luss on the banks of Loch Lomond.

The series was dropped by most ITV stations in the 1990s – the Scottish, Grampian, Border and Ulster stations continued to screen it until the last episode. From April 2020, the entire series is being made available free to view on the STV Player app.


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