Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} Murder Under Trust The Massacre at Glencoe by Adrian Bean Saturday Drama Episodes Episode guide. Karen's heart is set on some magic red shoes that she cannot resist, whatever the cost. A Christmas Carol. Charles Dickens's classic story, adapted for actors, singers and orchestra by Neil Brand. The Havana Quartet by Leonardo Padura. Leonardo Padura's award-winning Cuban detective series featuring Lieutenant Mario Conde. The Boy from Aleppo Who Painted the War. The Syrian conflict seen through the eyes of a teenage boy with Asperger's. Lanark. Adaptation of Alasdair Gray's cult novel, telling the stories of Duncan Thaw and Lanark. Under Milk Wood. Richard Burton, Matthew Rhys, Ruth Jones star in Dylan Thomas's classic 'play for voices'. Jonathan Myerson - Reykjavik. Rollercoaster drama about the surprise Reagan-Gorbachev summit in 1986. Alan Bennett - Denmark Hill. Idiosyncratic take on Hamlet seen largely through the eyes of a 15-year old-girl. Murder Under Trust: The Massacre at Glencoe. Adrian Bean's play dramatises events leading up to the infamous Highland massacre in 1692. Peter Brough - His Master's Voice. Rob Brydon is Peter Brough the ventriloquist, in the true story behind Educating Archie. Red Velvet. By Lolita Chakrabarti. Award-winning drama starring Adrian Lester as actor Ira Aldridge. Nick Stafford - The Real Trial of Oscar Wilde. Oscar Wilde's courtroom battle with the Marquess of Queensbury. If Only. David Edgar's tongue-in-cheek drama about the rise, and possible fall, of the Coalition. On Her Majesty's Secret Service. Martin Jarvis directs his fourth Ian Fleming for Radio 4. Toby Stephens returns as 007. CS Forester's London Noir. Psychological thrillers based on novels by the author famous for his Hornblower series. Adrian Bean Radio Plays. Exile. 2020 Drama by Adrian Bean, in ten 15m episodes, beginning 6 Jan 2020. The series marks the 400-year anniversary of the sailing of the Mayflower. A story about a family's journey into the unknown. Sarah doesn't share her husband's desire to join the Puritan exiles, but when their son Benjamin is arrested on a trumped-up charge they have little choice but to go. They decide to head for America. They sail on the Mayflower. Sarah Hargreaves - Louise Brealey, Matthew Hargreaves - Trystan Gravelle , Ben - Joel MacCormack, Elizabeth - Megan McInerney, Reverend Kerswell - Marc Danbury. Producer: John Norton. BBC Wales. Prime Cut,Episode 1. 2017 11 Sep 2017. By Alan Carter, ad. Adrian Bean. Senior police officer Cato Kwong was involved in a police frame-up. Now he is given a chance to recover his reputation. The Great Southern Ocean washes up a headless torso. Cato is called in to investigate. This story was shortlisted for the 2010 Crime Writers Association Debut Dagger Award. It is the first in a series of Cato Kwong mysteries. Part 2 broadcast on the following day. Cato Kwong . Andrew Leung, Tess Maguire . Christine Stephen-Daly, Mick Hutchens . Richard Dillane, Jim Buckley . Steffan Rhodri, Keith Stevenson . Mark Little, Grace Fisher . Rio Holland, Billy Mathers . Philip Fox, Pam the Waitress . Kerry Gooderson, Justin Woodward . Leo Wan, Producer: Helen Perry. BBC Wales. First broadcast in 2013. Murder under Trust: the Massacre at Glencoe. 2014 By Adrian Bean. 16 Aug 2014. Saturday Play. The 1692 massacre of Glencoe saw soldiers billeted in the homes of the powerful MacDonald clan rise up and murder their hosts. Drawing on contemporary documents and historian John Prebble's book Glencoe. The play explores the motive behind the killings. Narrator: Tamara Kennedy, John Hay, the Marquis of Tweedale - John Buick, Col. John Hill - Brian Pettifer, Lt. Col. James Hamilton - Jordan Young, Robert Campbell - Matthew Zajac, with Paul Young, Martin McBride, Julie Duncanson, Iain Robertson, Anne Lacey, Stewart Campbell. Producer - Bruce Young. summarised from Ade's website: . this was a follow-up to Ade's original drama CRY FOR ME: THE BATTLE OF GOOSE GREEN. This new 45min play explores the seige of Musa Qala in Afghanistan . as experienced by three Taliban fighters. It was produced by James Robinson; their second collaboration in the BBC Radio 4 series KNOW YOUR ENEMY. (see entry for 2012, further down the page) summarised from Ade's website: Ade's 60m dramatisation of Mark McShane's novel; Robert Glemister and Caroline Strong played Bill and Myra Savage, roles made famous by Richard Attenborough and Kim Stanley in Brian Forbes' classic 1964 film version. Classic Serial - The Butterfly. 2013 By James Cain, ad. Adrian Bean. 8 Dec 2013. Jess Tyler, a middle-aged farmer, has spent 20 years alone since his marriage broke down. One day he gets a surprise visitor; a young girl, whom he does not recognise. John Chancer, Ashleigh Haddad, Solomon Mousley, Jess Mash, Martin Sherman. Producer Kate McAll. 28 May: Afternoon Drama - Cry for Me: The Battle of Goose Green. 2012 By Adrian Bean. 28 May 2012.To mark the 30th anniversary of the Battle of Goose Green, this drama-documentary looks at the events of the 28th - 29th May 1982 from the Argentinian perspective. The drama tells the story of two fictional Argentine conscripts. Luis is looking forward to graduating and becoming a famous writer. Diego is praying for a swift Argentine victory (in the forthcoming World Cup). Neither chose to live under a military dictatorship. Nor did they choose to become soldiers. And they certainly didn't choose to take on the might of the British army for the sake of 'the Malvinas'. Luis . Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Diego . Michael Socha, Sergeant Hernandez . Alun Raglan, Piaggi . Sam Dale, Narrator . Eiry Thomas. Produced by James Robinson. BBC Wales. Bullitt. 2011 By R.L.Pike dram. Adrian Bean. 3 Jun 2011. One-off Friday Play. Detective story set in New York. The Living and the Dead. 2007 8 Sep 2007;Saturday Play. Adrian Bean's dramatisation of the novel which inspired Hitchcock's Vertigo; by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac. Jacques Flavieres is a troubled and complex soul with a devastating fear of heights; rejected from the army on medical grounds. An old friend asks him to take on a private assignment which leads to fatal obsession. Jacque Flavieres - Michael Maloney, Madeleine/Renee - Sarah Smart, Paul Gevigne - Robert Pickavance, Dr Ballard - Seamus O'Neill, Leriche - Chris Jack, Old Concierge - Daryl Fishwick. Produced by Pauline Harris. Genevieve. 2001 By William Rose, adapted for radio by Adrian Bean. 16 Apr 01. From William Rose's original screenplay of the classic 1953 film about two couples who lightheartedly decide to race each other home after the annual London to Brighton car run. With Michael Maloney, Amanda Root, Robert Bathurst and Samantha Bond. Produced by Tracey Neale. (90 min play for Easter Monday.) 7 Aug Killer Conquest . 1998 By Guy Fithen. 7 Aug 98. Christopher Cazenove stars as 1930s sleuth Norman Conquest, and Bonnie Langford as his crime-solving partner, Pixie, in their greatest adventure yet - proving the Gay Desperado's innocence. With Richard Davies and Colin Spaull. Producer: Adrian Bean. Rpt. Miss Dynamite. 1998 21 Jul 98. Christopher Cazenove stars as thirties sleuth Norman Conquest and Bonnie Langford is his partner, Pixie, in another crime-solving thriller peppered with blonde bombshells and glamorous villains. Producer Adrian Bean. Rpt. Blonde for Danger. 1998 12 May 98. Adapted by Guy Fithen from the book by Berkely Gray. Christopher Cazenove stars as Norman Conquest, the `Gay Desperado', and Bonnie Langford as his resourceful partner, Pixie. With Richard Davies, Colin Spaull and Bill Nighy. Producer Adrian Bean. The Massacre of Glencoe. At five o’clock in the morning on the 13th of February 1692, as a blizzard howled down from the rugged peaks of the Aonach Eagach, redcoat soldiers from the Duke of Argyll’s regiment awoke, dressed and began an indiscriminate slaughter of their hosts, the MacDonalds of Glencoe. Up and down the glen shots rang out in the darkness; some where killed in their beds, others while fleeing from the carnage, while others still would be lost among the mountains and die of exposure. It was sudden, unexpected and swift. In the morning 38 men, women and children lay dead in the snow; among them the chief of the clan, Alasdair MacIain and his wife. The massacre bore all the hallmarks of a clan vendetta, part of the long standing feud between the MacDonalds and the Campbells. This is what the government wanted people to believe, this was the official line; but, the truth ran much deeper and the causes and blames reached to the highest offices in the land. The Massacre of Glencoe came against the backdrop of civil war in the British Isles. Two rival dynasties vied for the throne in far off London; but the fighting, the repercussions and the bloodshed would be felt most in the heart of the Scottish Highlands. King James VII of Scotland and II of England was a poor king by any standard: hot-headed, naïve, politically callous and worst of all for many, an adherent to the Catholic faith. When in 1688 his wife gave birth to a son, assuring the Catholic succession he was ousted in a bloodless coup by the English establishment. Parliament then offered the English throne to his nephew (and son-in-law), William of Orange, the Stadholder of Holland. James fled to France and William landed and was proclaimed without resistance. In Scotland the situation was more complicated. James was a Stuart, the native dynasty of Scotland and both he and his family enjoyed far more support here. The Scottish Parliament was split, but in 1689 it also agreed to exile James and invite William to be king of Scotland as well. Many, both inside the chamber and in the country at large were aghast. A rival faction emerged in Edinburgh and rode north to garner support for the Stuarts and take arms in rebellion against William. Taking their name from the Latin for James, Iacómus, they called themselves the ‘Jacobites’, and were led by the charismatic John Graham of Claverhouse, Viscount of Dundee. Claverhouse, immortalized as ‘Bonnie Dundee’, was a maverick genius who knew exactly how to get the best out of his men, and where to find those men – the Scottish Highlands. The Highland clans, with their chiefs, captains, loyalty and martial heritage were the perfect breeding-ground for the kind of militia Dundee needed; and they supported, for the most part, the exiled king. On the 27th of July 1689, while defending the strategically important Blair Castle in Highland Perthshire, the Jacobites won a stunning victory over the Government forces at the Pass of Killiecrankie. However, as he rode out over a scene of unimaginable glory Claverhouse was shot from his horse, and died a few hours later. With the death of their leader the cause became rudderless and collapsed a fortnight later at the Battle of Dunkeld. Support for James went underground. William of Orange’s main concern in life was fighting the French in the Low Countries, and the last thing he need was to spend money, time and soldiers keeping the peace in the Highlands. The new regime was determined to control the north and bring the clan chiefs to heel. The king turned to his Secretary of State for Scotland, John Dalrymple of Stair, to solve the ‘Highland problem’. Dalrymple was typical of the Lowland gentry of the day, he hated the Highlanders, and wanted with a passion to destroy the clan system; and now the king was giving him freedom to realize these ambitions. He consulted a number of pro-government lairds in the Highlands, including the duplicitous and crafty Earl of Breadalbane, who basically told the Secretary that a show of strength was the only language the chiefs understood; and come down hard on one, and the rest will follow. Neither man could have foreseen just how much events would play into their hands. The Government drafted an ‘Oath of Allegiance’ to William, and demanded that each Highland chief sign it, or expect the full force of the law to come thundering down upon their heads. A deadline was placed on the signing – 31st December 1691. Dalrymple did not expect every clan to sign, and indeed hoped not. The loyal chiefs signed straight away, but the Jacobites didn’t want to sign until their exiled king gave them permission to do so. Thus, a letter was sent to Paris where the Stuart court was living asking for that permission. If James was anything he was a dither. He hummed and hawed over the summer and through the autumn of 1691, with the deadline looming. Finally, he agreed that the chiefs could sign for their own safety, and a letter was dispatched. It arrived into Scotland on the 15th December, leaving a mere 16 days for the information to travel around the Highlands – in mid winter. Alasdair MacIain, MacDonald of Glencoe received the news on the 30th, and he immediately saddled his horse and made his way to Fort William. He was taken in to see the Governor of the Fort, Colonel Hill. Sympathetic to the situation, Hill told Glencoe that he couldn’t take the oath as it had to be signed before the Sherriff of Argyll in Inveraray, over sixty miles away. However, he did provide the chief with a covering letter to explain the mistake. Despite being 70 years old, the MacDonald got back on his horse and rode for Inveraray. He arrived too late. The Sheriff, Campbell of Ardkinglas was gone for the New Year holiday and wouldn’t be back until the 5th of January. MacIain had no choice but to wait, and so bunked down in the town. After much pleading Glencoe was able to persuade Ardkinglas to have him administer the oath on his return. The sheriff, like Hill was aware of the awkward position the chief was in, and along with the oath he also included a letter to explain why it had been taken late. Ardkinglas wished Glencoe well, and told him not to worry, everything would be alright. In fact it would be very far from alright. The oath and letters arrived at the desk of the Sheriff substitute for Argyll in Edinburgh, Colin Campbell of Dressalach. Unfortunately for the people of Glencoe, Dressalach, who had cattle stolen by the MacDonalds on several occasions, hated them. He threw the papers in the fire and reported to Dalrymple that MacDonald of Glencoe had not signed the oath in time. He was overjoyed: MacDonald of Glencoe was a small clan, and would make the perfect example to the others. Dalrymple began moving his chess pieces, and a conspiracy was woven: the Duke of Argyll’s regiment would be chosen, Argyll being the Campbell chief; and Robert Campbell of Glenlyon, a broken drunk since a MacDonald plundering a couple of years earlier was chosen to lead the detachment. The soldiers arrived into Glencoe at the beginning of February 1692 and Glenlyon asked the old chief if he could house the regiment as Fort William was full. He agreed and billeted the redcoats among the houses of his clans-people. For the next 11 days and nights the soldiers, many of them local, ate, slept, drank, gambled, danced and played with the people of Glencoe: it was a perfect example of Highland hospitality. Then on the evening of the 12th Glenlyon, who until this point was unaware of his mission, received his orders: “Sir, you are hereby ordered to fall upon the rebels, the MacDonalds of Glencoe, and put all to the sword under seventy . . . the old fox and his cubs must not escape . . . leave none alive by the name ‘MacDonald’” the rest of the order was a thinly veiled threat that if Glenlyon did not carry the order through then it would be his head on the block. The Campbell may have been a broken man, but he was as much a Highlander as any around him and was sick to his stomach at the thought of breaking the code of Highland Hospitality. With the advantage of both trust and surprise he had to rise and kill his hosts. Bad as the massacre and all its treachery was, this was the worst part: it would be ‘murder under trust’; a most heinous of crimes, but Glenlyon had no choice. At length, the order was passed up the narrow glen. The snow was now falling heavy, and icy winds swept over the village, but the men of the Argyll Regiment mustered and prepared for their awful task. At around five, Lt. Lindsay marched up to MacIain’s door. A servant awoke the chief to let him know that the soldiers were preparing to leave. MacIain instructed that a dram be taken to the young officer, while he dressed. Lindsay burst in and shot Glencoe in the back as he put on his kilt. The massacre had begun. Many of the soldiers wouldn’t betray those who’d given them shelter; others, Campbells included actually helped some to escape. But, enough was done. In the weeks that followed, errant chief after chief came forward to sign the oath to William; Stair’s plan couldn’t have possibly worked better. However, there was an outcry in both Edinburgh and London over what amounted to ethnic cleansing. Fingers were pointed in multiple directions: Stair, Breadalbane, Glenlyon and on and on. However, Stair had had the presence of mind to make sure the king himself had signed the order; and at the end of the day no-one was going to shake the throne for the want of 38 dead MacDonalds. The Massacre of Glencoe was not the bloodiest, not the most treacherous act in the history of the Highlands; but, it was murder under trust that could not be forgiven. The bond of trust, even among enemies which had helped people survive in the wild Highlands was broken for good, it was the beginning of the end; and for that all were to blame. Bruce Young radio plays and broadcasts. 2018 Fortune of War, by Patrick O'Brien 2018 Master of the Mint, by David Ashton 2018 The Trial of Joseph Knight 2014 The Giffnock Girls, by Marcella Evans 2014 Rebus: Set in Darkness 2014 The Sensitive, by Alastair Jessiman 2014 Massacre at Glencoe, by Adrian Bean 2014 Portrait of Winston, by Jonathan Smith 2014 Black & Blue, by Ian Rankin 2014 McLevy, by David Ashton 2014 Seance on a Wet Afternoon, by Mark McShane, dram. Adrian Bean 2013 Gillespie & I, by Jane Rogers 2013 Topaz, by Lucy Gannon 2013 Desolation Island, by Patrick O'Brien 2013 The Sensitive, by Alastair Jessiman 2006 Kaffir Lilies, by Sue Eckstein 2006 Christabel's Anarchist, by Pat Hannah 2006 The Passion of Plum Duff, by Alastair Jessiman 2005 The Lion of Chechnya, by Leila Aboulela 2005 Greenmantle, by John Buchan (part 2 still not broadcast) 2005 Schoenberg- a breath from other planets, by Marty Ross 2004 Night Windows, read by Jonathan Smith 2004 For the love of Willie, by Agnes Owens. Woman's Hour serial. 2004 An island between heaven and earth, by Alistair Rutherford 2004 The Master of Ballantrae, by Robert Louis Stevenson, dram. Chris Dolan 2004 Rebus - Resurrection Man, by Ian Rankin 2004 Forever Young, by Maggie Graham 2004 Me and ma gal, by Des Dillon 2004 Mission to Marseilles, by Leo Malet, dram Chris Dolan 2003 The Mystic Life, by Leila Aboulela 2003 The three hostages (Buchan), dram. Bert Coules 2003 Inspector Rebus- The Falls (Rankin), dram. Bert Coules 2003 The last bark of the bulldog , by Jonathan Smith 2002 The Translator, by Leila Aboulela 2002 The Museum, by Leila Aboulela 2002 The Laughing Policeman (Sjowal & Wahloo), dram. Bert Coules 2001 The Sea Warrior, by Leila Aboulela 2001 The thirty-nine steps, by John Buchan 2000 Cardamom, by Leila Aboulela 2000 Sabina! by Chris Dolan. NOTES ON SOME OF THE PLAYS. FORTUNE OF WAR. 2018 Another novel by Patrick O'Brian, FORTUNE OF WAR (R4, Classic Serial, 1502, beginning 18 Nov), dramatized by Roger Danes, was broadcast in November in three episodes: In 1812 Britain is at war with America and France. When Captain Jack Aubrey and surgeon Stephen Maturin are forced to abandon ship in the South Atlantic they are picked up by a Royal Navy frigate, Java, in pursuit of an American heavy frigate, Constitution. But when the ships exchange fire the enemy proves superior. This adventure is lower in action and higher in talk than the previous stories, mainly because the captain and his surgeon are locked up for a prolonged period as prisoners-of-war. Nevertheless the story is interesting throughout. Jack Aubrey was played by David Robb and Stephen by Richard Dillane, with Candida Benson, Jon Glover and Sam Dale. The producer was Bruce Young. (. ND, Diversity Website review, Dec 2018) 21 Jul: Saturday Play -Master of the Mint By David Ashton. After 30 years as a don at Cambridge, Newton is offered a new job at the Royal Mint. He is asked to investigate and put a stop to the manufacture of false coin. The penalty for those caught doing it is death because it qualifies as treason. William Gaminara as Newton, with Gunnar Cauthary, Kerry Gooderson, Nicholas Tizzard, Michael Nardone, Jonathan Forbes, Ryan Early, Lauren Cornelius, Sean Murray and Gerard McDermott. Producer: Bruce Young. 12 Jul 18: The Trial of Joseph Knight By May Sumbwanyambe; fact-based. In the late 1700s, Sir John Wedderburn, a plantation owner, returned to Scotland from the West Indies with an African slave, Joseph Knight. He educated Joseph and used him as a domestic servant. When the slave ran away, his escape and recapture eventually helped lead to the abolition of slavery in Britain. Joseph: Nana Amoo-Gottfried, Sir John: Ron Donachie, Annie Thomson: Anita Vettesse, Margaret Wedderburn: Helen Mackay, Sheriff Swinton: John Buick. Producer: Bruce Young. 16 Dec 2014: The Giffnock Girls By Marcella Evans. The play is about three childhood friends who reunite at a key moment in their lives. PJ returns to the family home in Giffnock (outside Glasgow) after a long time in New York to find Gail and Bianca in midlife turmoil. PJ would like to help but has his own personal problems. PJ: Matthew Pidgeon, Gail: Maureen Beattie, Bianca: Julie Austin, Barbara: Ann Scott Jones, Issy: Finlay Welsh, Colin: Steven McNicoll. Producer: Bruce Young. 5 Oct 2014: Classic Serial - Rebus: Set in Darkness By Ian Rankin; ep. 2 of 2, dram. Chris Dolan. Rebus compromises himself when he sleeps with the sister of one of the murder victims. Meanwhile, DC Clarke makes inquiuries into the death of a vagrant with �400,000 in his bank account. Rebus: Ron Donachie, Clarke: Gayanne Potter, Linford: Martin McBridge, Cafferty: Gary Lewis, Lorna: Juliet Cadzow, Wylie: Amiera Darwish, Alicia: Lesley Mackie, Watson: Douglas Russell, with Andy Clarke, John Buick and Kenny Bylth. Produced by Bruce Young. 28 Sept 2014: Classic Serial - Rebus: Set in Darkness By Ian Rankin. Crime thriller, ep. 1 of 2. Dramatised by Chris Dolan. A corpse is discovered during the construction of the new Scottish Parliament building. Whilst police try to identify it, another is found. DI Linford, the rising star of the Lothian and Borders Police, is assigned to investigate the connection between the two bodies, with John Rebus assisting. Rebus: Ron Donachie, DC Clarke: Gayanne Potter, DI Linford: Martin McBride, Lorna: Juliet Cadzow, DS Wylie: Amiera Darwish, with Julie Austin, Lesley Mackie, Douglas Russell and Gregor Powrie. Producer - Bruce Young. 26 Aug 2014: The Sensitive: The Protector By Alastair Jessiman. Thomas is asked to investigate the disappearance of a family friend, who is believed to have taken his own life. The voice in Thomas's head suggests a different explanation, but before he can solve the mystery, he is shocked by a revelation from his own past. Thomas - Robin Laing, Mother - Sheila Donald, Kat - Julie Duncanson, with Anne Downie and John Buick. Producer - Bruce Young. 16 Aug 2014: Saturday Play - Murder under Trust: the Massacre at Glencoe By Adrian Bean. The 1692 massacre of Glencoe saw soldiers billeted in the homes of the powerful MacDonald clan rise up and murder their hosts. Drawing on contemporary documents and historian John Prebble's book Glencoe . The play explores the motive behind the killings. Narrator: Tamara Kennedy, John Hay, the Marquis of Tweedale - John Buick, Col. John Hill - Brian Pettifer, Lt. Col. James Hamilton - Jordan Young, Robert Campbell - Matthew Zajac, with Paul Young, Martin McBride, Julie Duncanson, Iain Robertson, Anne Lacey, Stewart Campbell. Producer - Bruce Young. 5 Aug 2014: The Sensitive By Alastair Jessiman. 3/3. A mystery in which Thomas Soutar uses his psychic gifts to help find a music student who disappeared a year ago. Robin Laing, Anita Vitesse, Sheila Donald, James MacPherson, Cara Kelly, Juliet Cadzow, John Paul Hurley, Patricia Kavanagh. Produced by Bruce Young. 22 Jul 2014: The Sensitive By Alastair Jessiman. Offbeat thriller; police call in a psychic to help find a missing woman. Thomas Soutar is adept at solving crimes, but is his extraordinary gift a blessing or a curse? Thomas - Jimmy Chisholm, Mother - Sheila Donald, with Julie Austin, Mary Riggans, Kathryn Holden, Chris Young, James Bryce. Produced by Bruce Young. 7 May 2014: The Sensitive - Underground Man By Alastair Jessiman. Glasgow psychic Thomas Soutar helps track down a killer who is hiding in the city's underground tunnels. Part 1 of 2. Robert Laing as Thomas, with Julie Duncanson asKat, Simon Donaldson as Brodie, Finlay Welsh, Stevie Hannan, Finlay McLean, John Shedden, Ann Scott-Jones, Sharon Young. Producer Bruce Young. 4 Apr 2014: Portrait of Winston A repeat of Jonathan Smith's play about Graham Sutherland's infamous portrait of Winston Churchill. Clementine Churchill had one of the copies, which she burnt. Winston - Ben Whitrow, Clementine - Diane Fletcher, the artist - Dan Stevens, Kathleen Sutherland - Katherine Igoe. Other roles played by Gerard McDermott, James Lailey, Carl Prekopp. Producer Bruce Young. 15 Mar 2014: Saturday Play: Rebus: Black & Blue By Ian Rankin, dram. Chris Dolan. Rebus probes the death of a North Sea oil worker. The inquiry overlaps with the hunt for a serial killer. 1/2. 60m. Ron Donachie, Iain Robertson, Gayanne Potter, Simon Tait, Irene Allan, Simon Donaldson, Mark McDonnell, Natalie Bennett, John Kazek, Juliet Cadzow, Laurie Ventry. Producer Bruce Young. 18 Feb 2014: McLevy: new series By David Ashton. Victorian detective series. A turf war breaks out between rival factions of Leith's criminal underworld, and a new Chief Constable arrives. The relationship between McLevy and Jean goes a step further. Brian Cox, Siobhan Redmond, Michael perceval-Maxwell, David Ashton, Sandy Grierson, Gayanne Potter, Simon Tait, James Young, Paul Young, Finlay McLean. Producer Bruce Young. 1 Feb 2014: Saturday Play: Seance on a Wet Afternoon By Mark McShane; 1961 thriller, dramatized by Adrian Bean. Myra Savage is a medium whose audience of local followers is dwindling. She forms a plot to kidnap the daughter of a well-known businessman, then use her 'powers' to help the police locate the missing girl. But her mental state is far from stable, and problems start to appear. Caroline Strong, Robert Glenister, Carl Prekopp, Nick Underwood, Jasmine Hyde, Lizzy Watts, Gerard McDermott, Jane Whittenshaw. Producer Bruce Young. 60m. 14 Oct 2013: 15 Minute Drama - Gillespie and I, 1/10 By Jane Harris. A Victorian gothic mystery. In 1888, Harriet Baxter, an art-loving Englishwoman, arrives in Glasgow for the city's International Exhibition. She meets the Scottish painter, Ned Gillespie, and his wife, Annie - but tragedy is about to strike the Gillespies. Harriet - Phyllis Logan; Ned - Liam Brennan; Annie - Kate Dickie; Elspeth - Ann Scott-Jones; Sybil - Helen Mackay; Ramsay - Paul Young; Christina - Sarah McCardie; McPhail - Jimmy Chisholm; Caskie - Steven McNicoll; Judge - Finlay Welsh; Stirling - Robert Jack; Student - Robert Jack; Esther Watson - Ann Scott-Jones; Juror - Robert Jack; Director/Producer - Bruce Young ; Adaptor - Chris Dolan ; Author - Jane Harris. 26 Oct 2013: Saturday Drama: Topaz Comedy drama by Lucy Gannon about the Victorian poet William Topaz McGonagall, a notoriously bad rhymester. When the play starts, he is tired of the ricicule his work has received, and devises a plot to rescue his reputation. Accompanied by his long-suffering son Billy, he walks from Dundee to Balmoral, hooping that an audience with Queen Victoria will be enough to secure him the fame and fortune his literary efforts have been unable to provide. The poet - Brian Cox, Queen Vic - Niamh Cusack, William's son - Sandy Grierson, Jean McGonagall - Maureen Beattie, with Stuart McQuarrie, Andrew Neil, Colette O'Neill, Sean Murray, Ali Craig, Amaka Okafor; producer Bruce Young. 21 July 2013: Classic Serial - Desolation Island 1 / 2. By Patrick O'Brian, ad. Roger Danes. August, 1811. Jack Aubrey sets sail for Australia in his new command, HMS Leopard. His mission - to transport a group of convicts to Botany Bay, including a woman, Louisa Wogan, who has been spying for the Americans. Stephen Maturin joins Jack once again as ship's surgeon - but his real job is to watch Mrs Wogan. When a fever breaks out among the prisoners and crew, Jack decides to head for Recife, but he is pursued through the South Atlantic by a powerful Dutch warship. Jack Aubrey . David Robb, Stephen Maturin . Richard Dillane, Louisa Wogan . Teresa Gallagher, Michael Herapath . Samuel Barnett, Lt Pullings . David Holt, Barratt Bonden . Sam Dale, Preserved Killick . Jon Glover, Lt Grant . Jonathan Tafler, Byron . Nick Underwood, Sir Joseph Blaine . Michael Bertenshaw, Peggy Barnes . Hannah Wood, Josiah Plaice . Lloyd Thomas. Producer: Bruce Young. 25 June 2013: Afternoon Drama -The Sensitive: Terma By Alastair Jessiman. The psychic detective returns in the first of two new cases (the second is tomorrow afternoon). A journalist goes missing after building up a dossier on a powerful criminal family. Thomas is brought in by police to investigate his disappearance. Thomas Soutar . Robin Laing, DI Crawford . Simon Tait, DS Gilhoolie . David Ireland, DCI Waller . Lewis Howden, Kat . Julie Duncanson, Tyler . Alasdair Hankinson, Liz . Lucy Hollis. Other parts are played by the cast. Producer: Bruce Young. 14 Jul 2006: Kaffir Lilies By Sue Eckstein. When the dashing young Charles Middleton arrives in Nigeria in 1929, he strikes up an immediate friendship with Louisa, a married woman. Louisa begins to believe that Charles must be in love with her - but his diary entries reveal a different story. Charles . Matthew Pidgeon , Young Louisa . Candida Benson, Old Louisa . Edith Macarthur, Edward . Michael Mackenzie , Musa . Damian Lynch , Vera . Joanna Tope . Producer/director Bruce Young. 25 Feb 2006: The Saturday Play - Christabel's Anarchist By Patricia Hannah. In the summer of 1876, Prince Peter Kropotkin escaped from imprisonment in St Petersburg, and for a few weeks he rented a room in Edinburgh under a false name. But what happened when the Russian anarchist prince met his Scottish Presbyterian landlady? A play that imagines a love story with no kissing, a comedy with secret policemen, and a tragedy with tea and shortbread. Christabel . Gerda Stevenson, Kropotkin . Crawford Logan, Narrator . Gayanne Potter, Molly . Hazel Hall, Waulkmill . John Kielty, Prosecutor/Rev Tulloch . Ralph Riach, Mrs Campbell . Carol Ann Crawford, Mr Campbell . Simon Tait, Mrs Niven . Sheila Donald, Mr Rankin . James Bryce. Producer/director Bruce Young. 22 Feb 2006: The Passion of Plum Duff Alastair Jessiman's comedy about the clash of spiritual and human yearning, as an overweight Glasgow minister faces a mid-life crisis. When the 23-stone Reverend Plum Duff is suspected of having an affair with both the son and the wife of his session clerk, he turns to drink and his ukelele for support. Plum . Steven McNicoll, Colin . Nick Underwood, Janet . Eileen McCallum, Ross . John Buick, Uncle Frank . Alec Heggie, Man in park . John Paul Hurley. Producer/director Bruce Young. THE LAST BARK OF THE BULLDOG, 2003 Jonathan Smith's return to favour was marked by THE LAST BARK OF THE BULLDOG (R4, 1430, 21 Jun 03). It was about the last few years of Churchill's career, and the crisis of June 1953 when he suffered a stroke during his last period in office as Prime Minister. Benjamin Whitrow was superb as Churchill, and he was ably supported by Sian Phillips as Lady Clementine, Michael Cochrane as Anthony Eden, Christian Rodska as Lord Moran, Robert Portal as Jock Colville and Emma Callender as Winston's attractive young nurse. The director was Bruce Young. (. ND, VRPCC newsletter, Sep. 2003) This play was nominated for the Sony Award, Best Radio Play of 2003. It was repeated on April 16 2004. THE SEA WARRIOR. 2001 By Leila Aboulela. Two engineers on a North Sea oil rig are harassed by a stranger who seems to know every detail of their private lives. With Noma Dumezweni, Paul Birchard, James Bryce and Lynn Bains. Directed by Bruce Young. 21 Nov 01, 1415. THE THIRTY-NINE STEPS. 2001 John Buchan's 1915 spy thriller, dramatised in two parts by Bert Coules. 1: `The Milkman Sets out on His Travels'. When a man is murdered in Richard Hannay's flat, he goes on the run, pursued by police and a gang of German spies intent on recovering a secret notebook which could destroy the British naval fleet. With David Robb, Tom Baker, William Hope and Struan Rodger. Director: Bruce Young. RECONSTRUCTING LOUIS. 2000 By John Sessions. At Vailima, his home in Western Samoa, Robert Louis Stevenson attempts to dispel some of the romantic myths which have built up around him, as he looks back over his life. This play marks tomorrow's 150th anniversary of Stevenson's birth. With John Sessions, Phyllis Logan and Paul Young. Directed by Bruce Young. 11 Nov 00, 1430. Saturday Play. CARDAMOM. 2000 by Leila Aboulela and Sarah Phelps. A thirtysomething London couple holiday in Egypt and return with a female djinn who has been trapped for 900 years in a jar of cardamom seeds. With Adjoa Andoh and Lisa Coleman. Director: Bruce Young. 20 Jul 00, 1415. SABINA. 2000 A romantic comedy by Chris Dolan. Plain Sandra Hamilton from Glasgow bets her flatmate that she will have more luck with the opposite sex if she pretends to be the exotic Sabina Vasiliev, the raven-haired temptress from Eastern Europe. With Fiona Bell, Cara Kelly, Liam Brennan and David Nisbet. Director: Bruce Young. 8 Mar 00, R4, 1415. Overview of the Glencoe Massacre. Conflict: The Massacre at Glencoe was part of the repercussions of the Glorious Revolution of 1688. Date: The MacDonalds were attacked on the night of February 13, 1692. Pressure Building. Following the ascent of Protestant William III and Mary II to the English and Scottish thrones, many clans in the Highlands rose up in support of James II, their recently deposed Catholic king. Known as Jacobites, these Scots fought to return James to the throne but were defeated by Government troops in mid-1690. In the wake of James' defeat at the Battle of the Boyne in Ireland, the former king withdrew to France to begin his exile. On August 27, 1691, William offered the Jacobite Highland clans a pardon for their role in the uprising provided that their chiefs swore allegiance to him by the end of the year. This oath was to be given to a magistrate and those who failed to appear before the deadline were threatened with harsh repercussions from the new king. Concerned over whether to accept William's offer, the chiefs wrote to James asking his permission. Delaying over a decision as he still hoped to regain his throne, the former king finally accepted his fate and granted it late that fall. Word of his decision did not reach the Highlands until mid-December due to particularly harsh winter conditions. Upon receiving this message, the chiefs quickly moved to obey William's command. The Oath. Alastair MacIain, the chief of the MacDonalds of Glencoe, set out on December 31, 1691, for Fort William where he intended to give his oath. Arriving, he presented himself to Colonel John Hill, the governor, and stated his intentions to comply with the king's wishes. A soldier, Hill stated that he was not permitted to accept the oath and told him to see Sir Colin Campbell, the sheriff of Argyle, at Inveraray. Before the MacIain departed, Hill gave him a letter of protection and a letter explaining to Campbell that MacIain had arrived before the deadline. Riding south for three days, MacIain reached Inveraray, where he was forced to wait three more days to see Campbell. On January 6, Campbell, after some prodding, finally accepted MacIain's oath. Departing, MacIain believed that he had fully complied with the king's wishes. Campbell forwarded MacIain's oath and the letter from Hill to his superiors in Edinburgh. Here they were examined and a decision was made not to accept MacIain's oath without a special warrant from the king. The paperwork was not, however, sent on and a plot was hatched to eliminate the MacDonalds of Glencoe. The Plot. Apparently led by Secretary of State John Dalrymple, who had a hatred of the Highlanders, the plot sought to eliminate a troublesome clan while making an example for the others to see. Working with Sir Thomas Livingstone, the military commander in Scotland, Dalrymple secured the king's blessing for taking measures against those who had not given the oath in time. In late January, two companies (120 men) of the Earl of Argyle's Regiment of Foot were sent to Glencoe and billeted with the MacDonalds. These men were specifically chosen as their captain, Robert Campbell of Glenlyon, had seen his land plundered by the Glengarry and Glencoe MacDonalds after the 1689 Battle of Dunkeld. Arriving in Glencoe, Campbell and his men were warmly greeted by MacIain and his clan. It appears that Campbell was unaware of his actual mission at this point, and he and men graciously accepted MacIain's hospitality. After peacefully coexisting for two weeks, Campbell received new orders on February 12, 1692, following the arrival of Captain Thomas Drummond. "That No Man Escape" Signed by Major Robert Duncanson, the orders stated, "You are hereby ordered to fall upon the rebels, the MacDonalds of Glencoe, and put all to the sword under seventy. You are to have special care that the old fox and his sons do upon no account escape your hands. You are to secure all the avenues that no man escape." Pleased to have an opportunity to exact revenge, Campbell issued orders for his men to attack at 5:00 AM on the 13th. As dawn approached, Campbell's men fell upon the MacDonalds in their villages of Invercoe, Inverrigan, and Achacon. MacIain was killed by Lieutenant John Lindsay and Ensign John Lundie, though his wife and sons managed to escape. Through the glen, Campbell's men had mixed feelings about their orders with several warning their hosts of the coming attack. Two officers, Lieutenants Francis Farquhar, and Gilbert Kennedy refused to take part and broke their swords in protest. Despite these hesitations, Campbell's men killed 38 MacDonalds and put their villages to the torch. Those MacDonalds who survived were forced to flee the glen and an additional 40 died from exposure. Aftermath. As news of the massacre spread across Britain, an outcry rose against the king. While sources are unclear as to whether William knew the full extent of the orders he signed, he quickly moved to have the matter investigated. Appointing a commission of inquiry in early 1695, William awaited their findings. Completed June 25, 1695, the commission's report declared that the attack was murder, but exonerated the king stating that his instructions regarding repercussions did not extend to the massacre. The majority of the blame was placed on Dalrymple; however, he was never punished for his role in the affair. In the wake of the report, the Scottish Parliament requested an address to the king to be drawn up calling for the punishment of the conspirators and suggesting compensation to surviving MacDonalds. Neither occurred, though the MacDonalds of Glencoe were permitted to return to their lands where they lived in poverty due to the loss of their property in the attack. The Massacre of Glencoe. In the early hours of the 13th February 1692, 120 Scots Army soldiers of the Earl of Argyll’s Regiment of Foot, carry out the Massacre of Glencoe. The troops had been billeted with the MacDonalds of Glencoe since early February and were under the command of Captain Robert Campbell of Glenlyon. They carry out the orders that were written by Major Robert Duncanson of Argyll’s Regiment the day before: “You are hereby ordered to fall upon the rebells, the McDonalds of Glenco, and put all to the sword under seventy. you are to have a speciall care that the old Fox and his sones doe upon no account escape your hands, you are to secure all the avenues that no man escape. This you are to putt in execution attfyve of the clock precisely; and by that time, or very shortly after it, I’ll strive to be att you with a stronger party: if I doe not come to you att fyve, you are not to tarry for me, but to fall on. This is by the Kings speciall command, for the good & safety of the Country, that these miscreants be cutt off root and branch. See that this be putt in execution without feud or favour, else you may expect to be dealt with as one not true to King nor Government, nor a man fitt to carry Commissione in the Kings service. Expecting you will not faill in the full-filling hereof, as you love your selfe, I subscribe these with my hand att Balicholis Feb: 12, 1692. For their Majesties service” The Revolution of 1688. In the so-called Glorious Revolution of 1688, the Catholic King James VII of Scotland and II of England was deposed by his Protestant son-in- law, William of Orange and his wife Mary (James’ Protestant daughter). William, the stadtholder of the Netherlands, had landed with a Dutch army at Torbay in the English West Country on 5 November 1688. He had been invited to England by a group of lords fearful of a Catholic absolute monarchy and the spectre of a succession of popish monarchs following the birth of James’ son, James Francis Edward Stuart, on 10 June 1688. William was also keen to detach England from a possible alliance with France under Louis XIV — who the Dutch were at war with — and bring English troops, ships and money to bear against the French. With his support melting away rapidly in the face of William’s advance on London, James fled to France on 23 December. The English Parliament declared that in fleeing the country James had abdicated the throne and offered the crown to William and Mary. On 4 April 1689, the Scottish Parliament ruled the same. William and Mary were invested as monarchs of England, Scotland and Ireland. In Scotland, there was still support for James among Catholics and Protestants (Episcopalians), highlanders and lowlanders (mainly the northeast). Supporters of James became known as Jacobites, derived from Jacobus, the Latin for James. In April 1689, shortly after the Scottish Parliament’s ruling, the Jacobites rose in support of King James. With men drawn predominately from the highland clans, the rising of 1689 was led by the charismatic John Graham of Claverhouse, Viscount Dundee, a relation of James Graham, Marquis of Montrose who had led the highlanders to a string of victories for the royalist cause of James’ father Charles I during the civil war of the 1640s. On 27 July 1689, Dundee’s highland army routed a Scottish government force led by William and Mary’s commander in Scotland, Major-General Hugh Mackay, at the battle of Killiecrankie . In a major blow to the Jacobite cause, Dundee was killed in the fighting. The Highlanders suffered a setback on 21 August when they were defeated at the battle of Dunkeld by a government regiment holding the town. In May 1690 at the battle of Cromdale, the Jacobites were defeated again bringing to an end the Jacobite rising of 1689. As part of the wider European war that was taking place at the time (War of the Grand Alliance 1688-97), the French landed James in Ireland in March 1689 with 4,000 French troops, opening a new front against William. The army was bolstered by large numbers of Irish Catholics but could not seize the northern Protestant stronghold of Londonderry. In 1690 William landed in Ireland, defeating James at the battle of the Boyne on 1 July. After his defeat, James returned to France. On 12 July 1691, the Jacobites were decisively beaten at the bloody battle of Aughrim, ending James’ cause in Ireland. Prelude to Massacre. The Glencoe MacDonalds were a Jacobite clan supporting the deposed King James VII/II and had fought for him at the battles of Killiecrankie and Dunkeld . The Massacre was ordered by Sir John Dalrymple, Secretary of State of Scotland, as punishment for the MacDonald’s chief, MacIain, not swearing the oath of loyalty to William and Mary, before the deadline of 31st December 1691. This was because MacIain, leaving it to the last minute, had travelled to Fort William instead of Inveraray to swear the oath. Dalrymple was keen to impress King William and to show that he was the man that could effectively deal with the troublesome highlands. The Macdonalds of Glencoe were a small and unpopular clan notorious for raiding and stealing cattle from their neighbours and presented the perfected target for Dalrymple. When MacIain arrived at Fort William on the 31st, the governor, an old Cromwellian and friend of the Glencoe MacDonalds, Englishman Colonel John Hill, explained that he could not administer the oath and that only the appointed magistrate in Inveraray, Sir Colin Campbell, could do so. Hill wrote a letter for MacIain to give to the magistrate, explaining that he had come in time, only to the wrong place. MacIain left Fort William with Colonel Hill’s letter and made the arduous journey south to Inveraray in horrendous winter conditions, his progress would have been slow. MacIain would have passed through Glencoe and his own house but probably had no time to stop. At some point along his route, he was detained by a group of government soldiers which delayed him further. It is understood that the soldiers were under the command of Captain Thomas Drummond of Argyll’s regiment. Captain Drummond would later be the one that delivered the orders for the massacre to Glenlyon. MacIain arrived at Inveraray and Sir Colin Campbell administered the oath on 6th of January. Campbell wrote back to Colonel Hill: “ I endeavoured to receive the great lost sheep, Glencoe, and he has undertaken to bring in all his friends and followers as the Privy Council shall order. I am sending to Edinburgh that Glencoe, though he was mistaken in coming to you to take the oath of allegiance, might yet be welcome. Take care that he and his followers do not suffer till the King and Council’s pleasure be known. “ When the news reached the Scottish Privy Council in Edinburgh that MacIain had taken the oath after the deadline had passed they took the Macdonalds of Glencoe off of the indemnity list. In the months leading up to the Massacre, large numbers of Scottish government troops were sent to Fort William as army commanders prepared for operations against the Jacobite clans. The orders for dealing with the MacDonalds were passed to Sir Thomas Livingstone, the commander-in-chief of the Scots Army, and then on to Colonel John Hill at Fort William. Colonel Hill was deeply troubled by the orders and it appears that he was by-passed at some stage. His subordinates, Lieutenant-Colonel James Hamilton and Major Robert Duncanson, do not appear to have had the same reservations. “ I am glad Glencoe did not come within the time prescribed. I hope what’s done there may be done in earnest, since the rest of them are in no condition to draw together to help. I think to plunder their cattle and burn their houses would only make them desperate men, who would live outside the law and rob their neighbours but I know you will agree that it will be a great advantage to the nation, when that thieving tribe is rooted out and cut off. “ “When it comes the time to deal with Glencoe, let it be secret and sudden. It is better not to meddle with them at all, if it cannot be done to purpose, and better to cut off that nest of robbers who have fallen foul of the law, now, when we have both the power and the opportunity. When the full force of the King’s Justice is seen to come down upon them, that example will be as conspicuous and useful as is his clemency to others. I understand the weather is so bad that you will be unable to move f or some time but I know you will be in action as soon as possible, for these false people will not hesitate to attack you if they come to suspect you might be a threat to them. “ The Massacre of Glencoe. On 1 February the Earl of Argyll’s Regiment of Foot under the command of Major Robert Duncanson marched out from Fort William and headed south to Ballachulish. A detachment of two companies numbering 120 men under Captain Robert Campbell of Glenlyon continued on to Glencoe. They had orders for ‘free quarter’, claiming that there was no room at Fort William due to the large number of soldiers stationed there, and requested hospitality, which the MacDonalds granted. The quartering of soldiers was sometimes done as an alternative to paying land tax. Glenlyon and his men would not have been aware of what they would be later ordered to do, indeed, later testimony by soldiers involved stated that it wasn’t until the orders came through on that fateful morning did they have any idea. Glenlyon’s estates neighboured the MacDonald lands and they had been ravaged by the MacDonalds in the past, the most recent when MacDonald clansmen were returning home following the Battle of Dunkeld . However, there did not appear to be any open animosity between Glenlyon and MacIain. Glenlyon’s niece had married a MacDonald and was living in the glen at the time. The order to carry out the killings would have come as a terrible shock to Glenlyon and most of his troops. On the night of the 12-13 February, Captain Thomas Drummond of Argyll’s Regiment delivers orders for the massacre from Major Duncanson to Glenlyon. Around the same time, Lieutenant-Colonel James Hamilton leads 400 men of Colonel Hill’s regiment out of Fort William to Kinlochleven, ready to cut off the eastern end of the glen. Hamilton had ordered Duncanson to move in from the west and begin the massacre at 0500 and instructs him not to take prisoners. Duncanson then wrote his own orders to Glenlyon instructing him to fall upon the MacDonalds at 0500 and not to wait for him. Blizzard conditions were sweeping the glen when Captain Drummond arrived with the orders and getting orders to the troops scattered in the settlements through the glen would have been difficult. Glenlyon made no attempt to secure escape routes. Some accounts say the massacre began with Glenlyon’s men firing their muskets, possibly in the hope that the noise would alert their hosts, giving many time to escape. There are reports that some of the soldiers got a number of people to safety, with others shouting warnings, however, 38 MacDonald men were killed by the troops and dozens more MacDonalds, including women and children, would later perish in the freezing blizzard conditions sweeping the g len after they had fled, their houses having been set on fire. MacIain was getting out of bed to investigate the noise outside when he was shot twice and fell dead on the spot. His two sons, John and Alexander were able to escape. According to the plan, once the massacre was beginning, the remainder of Argyll’s Regiment commanded by Major Robert Duncanson was to move into the glen from Ballachulish. Hill’s Regiment under Lieutenant-Colonel Hamilton was then to move in from Kinlochleven, via what later became known as the ‘Devils Staircase’. Major Duncanson stated in his orders that he would be there to assist Glenlyon shortly after 0500, however, he failed to show up until 0700. Lieutenant-Colonel Hamilton’s force did not enter the glen until around 1100. Perhaps the delay was on purpose and the orders designed as a false reassurance to Glenlyon that he wasn’t going to be acting on his own. The delay could also have been due to the weather conditions. The total number of soldiers involved would have numbered over 900. It should be noted that the Massacre of Glencoe was not an isolated act by Scottish government forces. It took place during a campaign against Jacobite clans in the West, with military action against Clan Maclean on the Isle of Mull, Clan Cameron in Lochaber and Clan MacDonell of Glengarry, amongst others. This would explain the large number of troops that had been assembled at Fort William and the number available for use in Glencoe. Since the soldiers had committed the massacre as guests of the MacDonalds, the Massacre of Glencoe was a clear example of Murder under Trust, or ‘Slaughter under Trust’ in Scots Law. The Campbells have long been wrongly vilified for their role in the massacre. Although led by a Campbell, regimental rolls show that Campbells made up only a small number in the detachment sent to Glencoe and the Campbells in neighbouring lands gave shelter to the surviving MacDonalds. The MacDonalds of Glencoe and the Campbells of Glenlyon would later fight beside each other at the Battle of Sheriffmuir , during the 1715 Jacobite Rising. Planned and ordered by the Secretary of State of Scotland, approved by the Scottish Privy Council and carried out by elements of the Scots Army, the Massacre of Glencoe was not a clan feud, it was state policy from Edinburgh. Notes: It was not the scale but rather the manner and the treachery in which the massacre was carried out that makes it so infamous. Despite the reputation the event has retained, contemporaries seem to have viewed it less seriously. The MacDonalds of Glencoe and the Campbells of Glenlyon fought together on the Jacobite side during the Jacobite Rebellion of 1715. The claim that it was simply a Campbell-MacDonald feud appears in the mid-19th century when many were keen to absolve the government and King William from any blame. Politics in this period were complex and a simplified version is quite often presented for easier – and often incorrect – understanding. The ‘Devils Staircase’ was given its name by soldiers involved in the construction of Major William Caulfeild’s military road from Kinlochleven to Glencoe in 1752. So-called because of the difficulties of carrying the materials up the steep stretch of the road. Further Reading: The Battle of Killiecrankie: The First Jacobite Campaign, 1689-1691, (2018), Jonathan D. Oates, Helion and Company. Glencoe and the End of the Highland War, (1998), Paul Hopkins, John Donald Publishers Ltd.