002 Historical Drama – Old
Greyfriars by
Ronald Frame from 2002 was a sound world I wanted to stay in. Evidently Greyfriars Bobby, the mid-19th
century Skye Terrier who patrolled the beat in Edinburgh with his master Mr
Jock Grey, was real and quite a celebrity.
I didn’t know that, though, so just enjoyed the story for what it
was. Bobby was, in this version at
least, a ratter owned by a cruel man, then let loose by a kind-hearted
soul. Bobby found his way to the garden
of the Cairncrosses, a hoity-toity upper middle class Edinburgh family. The head of the family was the rather
sardonic and severe Lachlan, while Aeneas, his younger brother, is dreamier,
devoted to Jock the gardener and Bridie the seamstress’ assistant. Bobby causes Jock to lose his job, which is
when (with no prior experience!) Jock becomes a police constable patrolling
Edinburgh’s streets. Bobby, naturally,
helps. There are grave-robberies going
on as well as a ring of thieves targeting wealthy Edinburgh houses. Crawford Logan, in the spirit of Percy
Edwards, famous for portraying dogs on radio, played Greyfriars Bobby. It was directed, like many BBC Scotland
productions, by David Ian Neville.
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