Very Cool!!!

Strong and Moving!

If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

Hamish Macbeth was a fantastic show, with drama and humour. I disagree with klkoegler-1's comment about is being an imitation of Monarch, not least because Hamish PRECEDED Monarch by five years. Also, Hamish did not dwindle over the years to caricatured characters in a series that ran too long. Duncan was the real character of interest in Monarch, whereas all the characters had a central and interesting role in Hamish. Where would we be without TV John's premonitions, Lachie Jr and Snr's business dealings and attempts to help that rarely succeeded? Isobel left to become a person in her own right before she returned to the town, and man she loved. Hamish was about quality of life and the choices you make determining it. Monarch was about an eccentric family and their monetary problems - after Katrina left, where was the interest? Hamish could park his slippers under my bed any day of the week, and if not under mine I am glad they are (in TV land) under Isobel's!

In my country, Israel, there are few people who remember Haimish Macbeth series, which was on TV in about 1997. I admit I fell in love with him. I wish our channels will buy the series again, not just because of its great actor, but because of the story of the simple ones, like me. The simple people who strangle in life, each one has his own, their relationships, habits, friends, moral, love and work. Even in the Internet era, in the virtual relationships and friends in which the detached and cold atmosphere rules, we are all human beings eventually, who handle with beauty or charm, talent or life wisdom, effort and concentration, calm and smiles or all these above - our life, as Haimish. I thank you a lot for enlightening my eyes, because I didn't remember the are books this series is based on. I'll purchase and read. Thank You !

Neither is James Bond these days.And for those who find the plots far-fetched, I can assure them they're not. I grew up in the 1960s in a village just a short way up the coast from Plockton where the series were filmed, and stuff like this really did happen. One of the reasons I enjoy the series so much is that I can put a real name to every one of the major characters - they are so true to my first-hand experience.A gold medal series, for sure, and Carlyle certainly captured the essence of the highland bobby who walked a fine line between upholding the Law and being an accepted member of the community - an accomplishment my own father was unable to achieve, I've been told!

Living in the southeast US, I didn't get to see this show until it was probably already canceled in the UK. It didn't matter to me, I watched every episode, and some of them more than once!!It's a shame that it had to end, I really enjoyed it that much. There was just enough "soap" to it to make you want to keep coming back, to see how the lingering story worked out, but every week, there was some new something that came to a conclusion. That made it that much better to watch. So many night-time soap-opera style shows are just continuous dramas which is just TOO much for me.If anyone ever knows anything about this being on DVD to purchase, I sure hope they will let me know, because I would be ordering a complete set!! :)