Monarch of the Glen was a Scottish television drama, produced by Ecosse Films for BBC Scotland and transmitted on the BBC One network in the UK. The series premiered in 2000, and its seventh and final season was broadcast from September 2005 until October 2005. Transmitted on Sunday evenings, each episode is one hour long. The first two seasons comprised eight episodes each, season three eleven episodes, seasons four and five ten episodes each, plus a special Hogmanay edition transmitted after the end of the fifth season, season six was ten episodes long, and the final season contained six episodes, making sixty-four episodes in total. The series is also shown abroad, running successfully on BBC America and on various PBS affiliates in the United States, ABC in Australia, and several mainland European broadcasters. Boglies - Monarch of the Glen fans from all over the world - often have gatherings at Ardverikie House during the month of May.

The series is loosely based on Compton Mackenzie's Highland Novels, which are set in the same location, but in the 1930s and 1940s. The first book in the series is called The Monarch of the Glen (with a conscious reference to the famous Landseer painting). The television drama has been heavily criticised for its "liberty-taking", particularly as MacKenzie, a co-founder of the Scottish National Party, was satirising the pretences of Scotland's thoroughly anglicised nobility.

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11:29pm - Watched an episode of "Monarch of the Glen". Now listening to more "Chapterhouse: Dune".
ccaroon (Craig N. Caroon) Tue, 22 Dec 2009 04:31:22 -0000
11:29pm - Watched an episode of "Monarch of the Glen". Now listening to more "Chapterhouse: Dune".
@ViolaMaths He was called Glen. I nicknamed him Monarch of The Glen, as he was always lowing at the top of the stairs for more ££££,s
Theodora8 (Theodora Wayte) Mon, 21 Dec 2009 22:43:21 -0000
@ViolaMaths He was called Glen. I nicknamed him Monarch of The Glen, as he was always lowing at the top of the stairs for more ££££,s
@dhewlett Hamish "Monarch of the Glen" Clark? I met him once in Sauchiehall St. Nice guy. Was awesome as Duncan.
TheFifthDoctor (Brian Gilmour) Mon, 21 Dec 2009 10:02:38 -0000
@dhewlett Hamish "Monarch of the Glen" Clark? I met him once in Sauchiehall St. Nice guy. Was awesome as Duncan.
Monarch of the Glen is Skotu Makleodenes. Alba go bragh!
dukiakiki (Kristīne Šlosberga) Sun, 20 Dec 2009 22:54:46 -0000
Monarch of the Glen is Skotu Makleodenes. Alba go bragh!
@dhewlett as "Monarch of the Glen" was a staple of my young adulthood, i am quite jealous of your chill sesh right about now.
arysani (Stacy) Sun, 20 Dec 2009 21:22:19 -0000
@dhewlett as "Monarch of the Glen" was a staple of my young adulthood, i am quite jealous of your chill sesh right about now.
@dhewlett of Monarch of the Glen fame??? Awesome! http://myloc.me/2e79w
tracyleighsw (Tracy Leigh Weimer) Sun, 20 Dec 2009 19:24:38 -0000
@dhewlett of Monarch of the Glen fame??? Awesome! http://myloc.me/2e79w

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