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When young David Balfour arrives at his uncle's to claim his inheritance, his relative tries to murder him, then has him shipped off to be sold as a slave in the colonies. Luckily for the lad, he strikes up a friendship.
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Episode 1
25 mins
Scotland in 1751 - a time when the Scottish Highlands are still treated with distrust by the government following the 1745 rebellion. Seventeen-year-old David Balfour is sent to his uncle's house near Edinburgh after his father's death. On the journey he takes the admonition of the village pastor to keep away from the Scottish highlands, the Jacobites.