1751: Der siebzehnjährige David Balfour wird nach dem Tode seines Vaters zu seinem Onkel Ebenezer nach Schottland geschickt. Dort muss David aber um sein Leben fürchten, denn sein Onkel versucht Davids Erbschaft an sich zu bringen. Nach einem gescheiterten Mordversuch lässt er David auf ein Schiff locken, um ihn nach Amerika zu entführen. Der verzweifelte David hat keine Chance zu fliehen, bis überraschend der schottische Rebell Alan Breck an Bord auftaucht. Die beiden verbünden sich und schmieden einen Plan gegen den Kapitän Hoseason.
Die Abenteuer des David Balfour (Staffel 1)
Uncle Ebenezer (Folge 1)
Sendedatum: 1979-04-07
Laufzeit: 30 min
Übersicht: Alan Breck Stewart, hero of Culloden returns in secret to Scotland. Meanwhile David Balfour returns to Edinburgh, meets a beautiful Highland girl, and encouters his suspicious Uncle Ebenezer
Captain Hoseason (Folge 2)
Sendedatum: 1979-04-14
Laufzeit: 30 min
Übersicht: Still pursuing separate goals, Alan Breck hears fresh rumours of rebellion in the Highlands and David Balfour learns first hand how villainous his uncle really is.
The Voyage (Folge 3)
Sendedatum: 1979-04-21
Laufzeit: 30 min
Übersicht: While Alan Breck surveys the Stewart holdings, David Balfour accompanies his uncle to see his lawyer, accepting the offer of passage there from a ship's captain. But Uncle Ebenezer has other plans for David and has arranged for a longer voyage for his nephew.
The Stranger (Folge 4)
Sendedatum: 1979-04-28
Laufzeit: 30 min
Übersicht: Kidnapped aboard a slave ship bound for the Carolinas on the orders of his Uncle Ebenezer, David encounters Alan, shipwrecked and rescued at night, and discovers the captain's evil plot against them.
Murder (Folge 5)
Sendedatum: 1979-05-05
Laufzeit: 30 min
Übersicht: With the slave ship run aground, Alan and David must make their way across the Highlands. When the latter meets King's Factor Colin "Red Fox" Campbell and witnesses a bloody crime, he must flee for his life from the Redcoat forces.
Escape (Folge 6)
Sendedatum: 1979-05-12
Laufzeit: 30 min
Übersicht: An innocent witness to the murder of Red Fox, David is now a fugitive, forced to flee for his life with Alan across the wide highlands.
Over the Highlands (Folge 7)
Sendedatum: 1979-05-19
Laufzeit: 30 min
Übersicht: Murder suspects Alan and David are pursued across the Scottish highlands by Redcoats. They visit Cluny in his hideout and put Catriona's life at risk.
Prestongrange (Folge 8)
Sendedatum: 1979-05-26
Laufzeit: 30 min
Übersicht: Saved from the Redcoats by Alan, David has secured his inheritance in Edinburgh. He prepares to give account of the Red Fox murder to the Lord Advocate.
Suspicion (Folge 9)
Sendedatum: 1979-06-02
Laufzeit: 30 min
Übersicht: Still a murder suspect, David is saved from the gallows by Prestongrange but Alan is still in mortal danger.
Prisoner (Folge 10)
Sendedatum: 1979-06-09
Laufzeit: 30 min
Übersicht: With his own future in grave peril, David risks his life to help Alan escape to France. Meanwhile Catriona make a desperate bid to release her father from prison.
The Trial (Folge 11)
Sendedatum: 1979-06-16
Laufzeit: 30 min
Übersicht: David rides through the night with evidence that could save James of the Glens. But he soon finds himself on another sea voyage with a surprising fellow passenger.
A Far Cry (Folge 12)
Sendedatum: 1979-06-23
Laufzeit: 30 min
Übersicht: David and Catriona, united in Holland encounter difficulties when James More fails to appear. In France, Alan finds Bonnie Prince Charlie reluctant to start a new rebellion.
The Choice (Folge 13)
Sendedatum: 1979-06-30
Laufzeit: 30 min
Übersicht: Kidnapped, shipwrecked, suspected of murder, abducted and now, free at last in Holland, David fights for the love of Catriona and to save Alan Breck.
