The New Road

Name: The New Road
Genre: Drama
Cast: Tom Watson, David Ashton, John Grieve, Maev Alexander

1 Season

Drama

EnglishEnded

1 · A Call to the North

2 · Col-of-the-Tricks

3 · A Kistful of Muskets

4 · The Big One

5 · A Balance of Accounts

Crew and Cast

Tom WatsonNinian Campbell

David AshtonAeneas Macmaster

John GrieveSandy Duncanson

Maev AlexanderJanet Campbell

Storyline

The New Road is a five-part BBC Scotland historical drama broadcast on BBC-1 in April 1973. Adapted by Clifford Hanley from Neil Munro’s 1914 novel, the series follows the building of General Wade's military roads in the Scottish Highlands in 1733 and the clash between traditional Highland life and modernization.