Hamish Macbeth: Season 2
BBC Home Video (1996)
TV Series  /  Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
In Collection
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IMDB   7.8
5 hr 0 mins USA / English
DVD  Region 1   NR (Not Rated)
Stuart McGugan Barney Meldrum
Robert Carlyle Hamish Macbeth
Shirley Henderson Isobel Sutherland
Brian Pettifer
Mona Bruce
Ralph Riach
David Ashton
Valerie Gogan Alex
Brian Alexander
Stuart Davids
Jimmy Yuill
Ralph Riach TV John McIver
Brian Pettifer Rory Campbell
Barbara Rafferty Agnes Meldon
David Ashton Maj. Roddy Maclean
Billy Riddoch Lachlan McCrae
Duncan Duff Doc Brown
Valerie Gogan Alex Maclean
Mona Bruce Edie
Stuart McGugan Barney Meldon
Morag Hood Doloris Balfour
Anne Lacey Esme Murray
Stuart Davids Lachie McCrae Jr.
Brian Alexander Jubel McBean
Director
Nicholas Renton
Mandie Fletcher
Producer Deirdre Keir
Deirdre Kier
Andrea Calderwood
Writer Daniel Boyle
Dominic Minghella
Cinematography Peter Jackson
Fred Tammes

Robert Carlyle stars as Hamish Macbeth, the lone PC in a small Scottish village called Lochdubh. The village is full of colourful characters, and Macbeth has a pretty easy time of it, but when he does solve a crime, he must pass up glory, for fear that he might be promoted to a different station.
Episodes
Disc 01
    Seen it: Yes   0 hr 50 mins    3/24/1996  1.  A Perfectly Simple Explanation
A hellfire sect leader sees the town as the new Gomorrah. Hamish's reputation is undermined and his tolerance stretched to the limit when he is denounced as the devil incarnate.
Director:  Nicholas Renton  Writer:  Daniel Boyle 
    Seen it: Yes   0 hr 50 mins    3/31/1996  2.  In Search of a Rose
Whale-spotting trips and the disappearance of a local seafarer involve Hamish in a murky underwater investigation.
Director:  Mandie Fletcher  Writer:  Stuart Hepburn 
    Seen it: Yes   0 hr 50 mins    4/7/1996  3.  Isobel Pulls It Off
Village reporter Isobel stumbles on a story that could put her in the big league. She emerges with a fresh image and a hot new boyfriend, leaving Hamish squirming with jealousy.
Director:  Mandie Fletcher  Writer:  Dominic Minghella  / Scott Meek 
Disc 02
    Seen it: Yes   0 hr 50 mins    4/14/1996  4.  Radio Lochdubh
Hamish turns a deaf ear to the local pirate radio station which is having a remarkable influence on the town. But when the radio authority sends a defector van to close down transmission, he is caught up in a conflict of loyalties.
Director:  Nicholas Renton  Writer:  Daniel Boyle 
    Seen it: Yes   0 hr 50 mins    4/21/1996  5.  No Man Is an Island
Personal crisis takes Hamish to a remote island from which he intends never to return. But he is not alone. Meanwhile, his absence from Lochdubh is keenly felt when his over-zealous replacement makes himself a nuisance.
Director:  Nicholas Renton  Writer:  Daniel Boyle 
    Seen it: Yes   0 hr 50 mins    4/28/1996  6.  The Lochdubh Deluxe
A family feud at the funeral parlour comes to a head. It is suggested that space aliens have snatched a body from the local burial ground.
Director:  Nicholas Renton  Writer:  Daniel Boyle 
Edition Details
Series Hamish Macbeth
Distributor BBC Home Video
Release Date 10/24/2006
Packaging Keep Case
Screen Ratio Fullscreen (4:3)
Subtitles English
Audio Tracks Dolby Digital Stereo [English]
Layers Single Side, Dual Layer
No. of Discs/Tapes 2

Features
Disc 01 Behind The Scenes Featurette Cast Biographies
User Defined
User Lookup 1 Hamish Macbeth