Season 2
13 episodes · Jan 6, 1970
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- S2E1
The Siege of Cocklaws
Jan 6, 197050mThe 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.
- S2E2
Survival Day
Jan 13, 197050mThe 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.
- S2E3
Snatch
Jan 20, 197050mThe 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
- S2E4
What a Vengeance Upon England
Jan 27, 197050mCessford 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
- S2E5
Among the Eagles
Feb 3, 197050mCessford'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.
- S2E6
Plot Counterplot
Feb 10, 197050mWith 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.
- S2E7
The Quacksalver
Feb 17, 197050mThe Quacksalvers who trick their way into Slitrig and win the friendship and gratitude of the Kers are either to be pitied or helped, or rogues. Gavin Ker has to endure much before he finds out which.
- S2E8
To the Gallows Tree
Feb 24, 197050mGavin Ker defends his bonded tenant against torture and a monstrous charge.
- S2E9
A Woman or an Epitaph
Mar 3, 197050mThe borders in the sixteenth century were a man's world. Woman's true position was not that much higher than cattle. But one woman, 'the wee daftie', forces several men to change their opinions.
- S2E10
Hostage
Mar 10, 197050mTo win the return of his stolen beasts, Gavin Ker captures the son of the man who took them. The boy is to be hanged in three days if the beasts are not returned.
- S2E11
Where the White Lilies Grow
Mar 17, 197050mWhen Cessford's son William brings his betrothed to Cessford Castle he brings murder with him as well. But an old blind ballad singer and the clear eyes of Gavin Ker feel their way into the poisoner's mind.
- S2E12
The Terror of the March
Mar 24, 197050mCessford cannon is the H-bomb of its time, but when the cannon comes to rest at the bottom of the Slitrig Loch the outlaws of Liddesdale don't know whether to cheer or cry.
S2E13The Sea-Cole Man
Mar 31, 197050mTo prevent a blood feud between the Kers of Slitrig and the Johnstones, a wrestling match is arranged in which each family will be represented by a chosen contestant. With Cessford to gain most in the middle, and the two families fighting to win or nobble each other's champion, it is a wonder the bout ever gets into the ring. But it does, and the honour of the Kers is satisfied at a terrible cost in blood.