TV series
The Mackinnons
1977 · 1 season
A gentle, unhurried rural drama about ordinary family life and small-town professional troubles, comfortable and low-stakes.
- Created by
- Gerald Blake, Martyn Friend
- Starring
- Bill Simpson, Patrick Barr, Barry Jackson
- Overview
- The Mackinnons was a BBC Scotland drama series, which started in 1977. It starred Bill Simpson as the head of the Mackinnon family, a vet in the fictional Argyll town of Inverglen. It was seen as inhabiting similar terrain to Dr. Finlay's Casebook and Sutherland's Law, but was less successful.
- How it feels
- Measured and easy to follow.
- About
- Family, work, loyalty
- Content
- No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
- Note
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- Created by
- Gerald Blake, Martyn Friend
- Starring
- Bill Simpson, Patrick Barr, Barry Jackson

