Take the High Road characters
This is a list of characters who appeared in the soap opera Take the High Road,
The show is noted for featuring Alan Cumming (X-Men 2), in his first acting credit, and comedian Chic Murray in one of his last television appearances as a balaclava-clad itinerant poacher, causing problems on the Glendarroch Estate.
1980
First Episode
- 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
- Maggie Ferguson - Irene Sunters
- Lorna Seton - Joan Alcorn
- Fiona Cunningham - Caroline Ashley
Other debut appearances in 1980
- "Mrs Archie" (Anne Downie)
- Brian Blair (Kenneth Watson)
- David Blair (Derek Anders)
- George Carradine (Leon Sinden)
- Ian Duff (Gregor Fisher)
- Donald Lachlan (Master Alan Dunbar)
- Leslie Maxwell (Andrew Robertson)
- Alice McEwan (Muriel Romanes)
- Archie Menzies (Paul Kermack)
- Andy Semple (Alexander Morton)
- Jane Steedman (Ingrid Haffner)
- Bob Taylor (Iain Agnew)
- Dr Wallace (Michael Elder)
- 'Sorry' Watson (Ron Paterson)
Departing characters
- "Mrs Archie"
- Kay Grant
- Amy Lachlan
- Leslie Maxwell
- Alan McIntyre
1981
Debut appearances
- Helen Blair (Bridget Biagi)
- Tom Clifton (Jonathan Battersby)
- Peter Craig (Jay Smith)
- Douglas Dunbar (Clive Graham)
- Kirsty Forsyth (Anna Davidson)
- Robert Forsyth (Ian Wallace)
- Sojer Johnny (Chic Murray)
- Alison Lambert (Carol Ann Crawford)
- Hamish McNeil (William Armour)
- Klaus Meier
- Morag Stewart (Jeannie Fisher)
- Lady Strathmorris (Ellen McIntosh)
- Lord Andrew Strathmorris (Bernard Gallagher)
1982
Debut appearances
- Kate Blair (Lucy Durham-Matthews)
- Bruno Rheinhardt (Tony Caunter)
- Alec Geddes (James Cosmo)
- Graeme B Hogg (Jim Byars)
- Tom Kerr AKA "Inverdarroch" (John Stahl)
- Mrs Mary Mack (Gwyneth Guthrie)
- Rev Iain McPherson (John Young)
- Mr Obidiah Arthur Murdoch (Robert Trotter)
- Sergeant Murray (James McDonald)
- Eddie Ramsay (Robin Cameron)
- Jean Semple (Jeni Giffen)
- Jamie Stewart (James Copeland)
Departing characters who make return appearances
- Maggie Ferguson
1983
Debut appearances:
- Jock Campbell (Iain Stewart)
- Marion Cochrane (Lizzie Radford)
- Dan Lamont (Ray Jeffries)
- Irene Lamont (Trudy Bryce)
- Sheila Lamont (Lesley Fitz-Simons)
- Effie Macinnes (Mary Riggans)
- Carol McKay (Terri Lally)
- John Morrison (Adrian Reynolds)
- Mr Thomson (John Shedden)
- Miss Richardson (Sheila Grier)
Characters making return guest appearances
- Maggie Watson
Final appearances
- Douglas Dunbar
1984
Debut appearances
- Sally Shaw (Judith Sweeney)
- Davie Sneddon (Derek Lord)
- Willie Stewart (Walter Carr)
- Lily Taylor (Thelma Rogers)
Return guest appearances
- Maggie Watson
Departing characters who make return appearances
- Jimmy Blair
- Sally Shaw
1985
Debut appearances
- Sandra Blair (Johanna Hargreaves)
- Florence Crossan (Gwyneth Guthrie)
- Ruari Galbraith (Charles Jamieson)
- Rev Parker (Paul Young)
Return appearances
- Lily Taylor
Departing characters who make return appearances in later years
- Sandra Blair
- Florence Crossan
- Lily Taylor
Final appearances
- Ken Calder
1986
Debut appearances
- Joyce Cameron (Georgine Anderson)
- Willie Gillespie (Joe Mullaney)
- Mr Hendry (Gerry Slevin)
- Jim Hunter (Alan Cumming)
- Fergus Jamieson (Frank Wylie)
- Jockie McDonald (Jackie Farrell)
- Heather McNeil (Bridget McCann)
- Constable Graham McPhee (Stuart Bishop)
- Mrs Jean McTaggart (Jean Faulds)
- Harry Shaw (Lawrie McNicol)
- Oggie Wilson (Sean Scanlon)
Characters making return appearances
- Jimmy Blair
- Sally Shaw
Departing characters who will make return appearances
- Jim Hunter
- Eddie Ramsay
- Harry Shaw
- Sally Shaw
Final appearances
- Jimmy Blair
- Joyce Cameron
- Elizabeth Cunningham
- Mr Hendry
1987
Debut appearances
- Susan Duncan (Jacqueline Gilbride)
- Lynne McNeil (Gillian McNeil)
- Mairi McNeil (Anne Myatt)
- Mark Ritchie (Peter Raffan)
- Eric Ross Gifford (Richard Greenwood)
- Joanna Ross Gifford (Tamara Kennedy)
- Sir John Ross Gifford (Michael Browning)
- Lady Margaret Ross Gifford (Jan Waters)
Return appearances
- Harry Shaw
- Sally Shaw
Character re-casting
- Willie Gillespie (Ewen Emery replaces Joe Mullaney)
- Donald Lachlan (Steven Brown takes over the role.)
Final appearances
- Jock Campbell (Ian Stewart)
- Jamie Stewart (James Copeland)
- Mrs Mctavish
1988
Debut appearances
- Gladys Aitken (Ginni Barlow)
- Mrs Galbraith (Diana Ollson)
- Claire Miller (Julie Miller)
- Scott Logan (Micky MacPherson)
- Tam Logan (John Murtagh)
- Joe Reilly (Ian Bleasdale)
- Moira Reilly (Anne Kidd)
- Lady William (Madeline Christie)
Returning characters
- Jim Hunter
Final appearances
- Jim Hunter
- Tam Logan
- Lady Margaret Ross Gifford
1989
Debut appearances
- Emma Aitken (Amanda Whitehead)
- Colin Begg (Kern Falconer)
- Michael Ross (Gordon MacArthur)
Character re-casting
- Alice Taylor (Barbara Rafferty replaces Muriel Romanes)
Return appearances
- Susan Duncan
- Jockie McDonald
- Harry Shaw
- Eddie Ramsay
Departing characters who will return
- Jockie McDonald
- Mr Murdoch
- Davie Sneddon
Final appearances
- Brian Blair
- Calsang
- Scott Logan
- Hamish McNeil
- Rev Parker
- Mark Ritchie
- Sir John Ross Gifford
- Lorna Seton
- Harry Shaw
- Lord Strathmorris
- Alice Taylor
- Bob Taylor
- Lady William
1990
Debut appearances
- Sam Hagen (Briony McRoberts)
- Paul Martin (Peter Bruce)
- Gary McDonald (Joseph McFadden)
- Sadie McDonald (Doreen Cameron)
- Trish McDonald (Natalie J. Robb)
- Jessie McKay (Wilma Duncan)
- Alun Morgan (Mike Hayward)
- Greg Ryder (Alan Hunter)
- Kenny Tosh (Alistair Galbraith)
- Tee Jay Wilson (Andrew Gillan)
- Shona (Eilidh Fraser/Alicia Devine)
Returning characters
- Mr Murdoch
- Davie Sneddon
Departing characters who will return later
- Claire Kerr
- Tom Kerr AKA Inverdarroch
- Eddie Ramsay
Characters making return guest appearances
- Sandra Blair
- Andy Semple
- Maggie Watson
- Lily Wentworth
Final appearances
- Sandra Blair
- Archie Menzies
- Maggie Watson
- Lily Wentworth
1991
Debut appearances
- Mr Crawford (James Bryce)
- PC Douglas Kirk (Graeme Robertson)
- Margo McGeogh (Mandy Matthews)
- Gordon Sinclair (Paul Hickey)
- Matt Sinclair (Jake D'Arcy)
- Peggy Sinclair (Donalda Samuel)
- Andrew Wilson (Bill Murdoch)
- Cathy Wilson (Jo Cameron Brown)
Characters making return guest appearances
- Florence Crossan (Gwyneth Guthrie)
- Andy Semple
Final appearances
- Florence Crossan
- Paul Martin
- Mr McPherson
- Kenny Tosh
1992
Debut appearances
- Joe Breslin (Kenneth Glenaan)
- DI Busby (Laurie Ventry)
- Leonard Carter (Robert Robertson)
- John Clark (Alan McHugh)
- Jennifer Goudie (Victoria Burton)
- Cecelia Hunter (Eiledh Fraser)
- Celia Maxwell (Annette Staines)
- Catriona McNeil (Lynsey Jane Thompson)
- Sandy McNeil (Rainer Ross)
- Menna Morgan (Manon Jones)
- Nick Stapleton (Stephen Hogan)
- Duncan Strachan (Ron Donachie)
- Mark Torrance (Gary Bakewell)
Characters making return appearances
- Tom Kerr
Departing characters who will make return appearances
- DI Busby
- Jennifer Goudie
- Mr Murdoch
Final appearances
- John Clark
- Donald Lachlan
- Dougal Lachlan
- Gladys Lachlan
- Jessie McKay
- Gordon Sinclair
- Mark Torrance
1993
Debut appearances
- Judith Crombie (Anne Marie Timoney)
- Iain Strathmorris (James Coombes)
Characters making return appearances
- DI Busby
- Jennifer Goudie
Departing characters who will make return appearances
- Sam Hagen
- Tom Kerr
Characters making their last regular appearances
- Grace Lachlan
- Jean McTaggart
Final appearances
- Emma Aitken
- DI Busby
- Leonard Carter
- Jennifer Goudie
- Fergus Jamieson
- Sadie McDonald
- Lynne McNeil
- Fiona Ryder
- Greg Ryder
- Nick Stapleton
- Duncan Strachan
1994
Debut appearances
- Tiffany Bowles (Rachel Ogilvy)
- Callum Gilchrist (Jim Webster)
- Sarah Gilchrist (Shonagh Price)
- Phineas North (William Tapley)
Returning characters
- Sam Hagen
Departing characters who will return
- Tee Jay Wilson
1995
Debut appearances
- Chic Cherry (Andy Cameron)
- Jaffa Cherry (Rab Christie)
- Dominic Dunbar (Gary Hollywood)
- Peter Odell (Ross Davidson)
- Ewan Patterson (David McGowan)
- Cheryl Thom (Kerry Lyn Hamilton)
Return guest appearances
- Grace Lachlan
- Jean McTaggart
Final appearances
- Judith Crombie
- Grace Lachlan
- Jean McTaggart
- Tee jay Wilson
1996
Debut appearances
- Kelly Marie Cherry (Catherine Keating)
- Senga Cherry (Libby McArthur)
- Stella Greg (Anne Downie)
- Victor Kemp (Iain Andrew)
- Paul Lafferty (Simon Weir)
Returning characters
- Alun Morgan
- Menna Morgan
Final appearances
- Alun Morgan
- Michael Ross
- Susan Ross
1997
Debut appearances
- Dylan Geddes (Stephen Callaghan)
- Martin Geddes (Alex Harvey)
- Kitty McIvor (Sarah Gudgeon)
- Lachie McIvor (Alec Heggie)
- PC Tony Piacentini (Alan McHugh)
- Dr Andy Sharp (Richard Conlon)
- Sally McGann (Catriona Evans)
Return guest appearances
- Menna Morgan
Final appearances
- Tiffany Bowles
- Dylan Geddes
- Martin Geddes
- Gary McDonald
- Menna Morgan
- Peter O'Dell
- Carol Wilson
1998
Debut appearances
- Jude Burnett (Deborah McCallum)
- Maureen Gilchrist (Lesley Mackie)
- Tina Harrigan (Amanda Beveridge)
Character re-casting
- Sandy McNeil (Joel Strachan replaces Rainer Ross)
Returning characters
- Sandy McNeil
Final appearances
- Trish McDonald
1999
Debut appearances
- Ewan Logan (Gordon Brown)
- Dan Sutherland (John Havlin)
Returning characters
- Tina Harrigan
Final appearances
- Jude Burnett
- Tina Harrigan
- Sandy McNeil
2000
Debut appearances
- Siobhan Devlin (Chrissie Jo Hyde)
- Nigel Jenkins (Keith Warwick)
- Liam Peters (Garry Sweeney)
Return appearances
- Claire Miller
Departing characters who will return
- Joanna Ross-Gifford
- Kitty McIvor
2001
Departing characters
- Eric Ross-Gifford
Return guest appearances
- Claire Kerr
2002
Returning characters
- Joanna Ross-Gifford
Departing characters
- Eddie Ramsay
Characters who depart until final episode
- Is
Is abel Blair
2003
Characters who return for the final episode
- Isabel Blair
- Kitty McIvor
- Lynne McNeil
Cast list from the final episode
- Isabel Blair - Eileen McCallum
- Sheila Ramsay - Lesley Fitz Simons
- Effie McDonald - Mary Riggans
- Jockie McDonald - Jackie Farrell
- Mairi McIvor - Anne Myatt
- Lachie MacIvor - Alec Heggie
- Morag Kerr - Jeannie Fisher
- Tom Kerr - John Stahl
- Mrs Mack - Gwyneth Guthrie
- Victor Kemp - Iain Andrew
- Nigel Jenkins - Keith Warwick
- Davie Sneddon - Derek Lord
- Niall Cassidy - Barry Lord
- Alec MacGlashan - Stewart McMinn
- Sally McGann - Catriona Evans
- Sarah McDonald - Shonagh Price
- Baby Sadie McDonald - Courtney Jane McWatt
- PC Tony Piacentini - Alan McHugh
- Chic Cherry - Andy Cameron
- Paul Lafferty - Simon Weir
- Ewan Logan - Gordon Brown
- Mr Spinetti - Terry Wale
- Kitty McIvor - Sarah Gudgeon
- Lynne McNeil - Gillian McNeil
- Surveyor - Ronnie Simon
Additional Cast Lucy Ross-Gifford was played by Tiffany Walker. Coincidentally a character called Tiffany Walker appeared as a massage parlour owner in later years. Tiffany Walker was born at Vale of Leven Hospital, daughter of Caroline Walker. (TV TIMES page 29, July 1992)
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