The Borderers

1. E1. The Siege of Cocklaws

   Jan 6, 1970 · 50m

   The Laird of Cocklaws defends his castle against an English force. Gavin Ker supports him, but knows full well that Cocklaws's motives are as big a sham as the attack itself.

2. E2. Survival Day

   Jan 13, 1970 · 50m

   The one day of the year when all the cattle are sold and all the frustrations of winter life on the Borders are washed away in the strong ale in Hawick turns grimly sour when the borderers learn enough to believe that the cattle buyer is in league with Cessford to rob them of their living.

3. E3. Snatch

   Jan 20, 1970 · 50m

   The gypsy way to win a wife was to snatch the desired lass from her home and kinfolk. When Agnes Ker catches the eye of Hector Faa, 'Lord and earl of Little Egypt', Gavin must fight Hector and Agnes herself to get her back

4. E4. What a Vengeance Upon England

   Jan 27, 1970 · 50m

   Cessford tries to marry off his troublesome ward to the son of Sir John Forster, the English Warden. The romance is complicated by a splendid Arab stallion, which nearly turns Cupid's arrows into the more lethal kind

5. E5. Among the Eagles

   Feb 3, 1970 · 50m

   Cessford's attempts to uncover a traitor at the Court of Queen Mary involve him in a charge of treason and win him an implacable enemy.

6. E6. Plot Counterplot

   Feb 10, 1970 · 50m

   With high hopes of promotion Cessford journeys to Edinburgh only to find that he has swallowed several juicy baits on his way to dismissal and disgrace.

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