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Kidnapped (2005 TV series)
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Wikipedia article
'Kidnapped' is a two-part BBC television adaptation of the 1886 novel of the same name by Robert Louis Stevenson. The show is directed by Brendan Maher and stars James Anthony Pearson as Davie Balfour and Iain Glen as Alan Breck.
Production
On 1 December 2004, it was announced that the BBC had commissioned 'Kidnapped'.
Plot
Among the plot deviations from novel to film:
* The film added a love interest for Davie in Catriona, the daughter of James of the Glen. This plot element is from Stevenson's sequel novel, 'Catriona'.
* In the novel 'Kidnapped', Breck and James of the Glen were never arrested by the British, but the film showed James of the Glen being falsely arrested with the threat of being hanged, to force Breck to give himself up. The arrest of James of The Glen is another feature taken from 'Catriona'.
* The film added the Long Mile Gang, expert trackers, to track Davie and Breck across Scotland, but the novel only had British troops.
References
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