the bbc sunday tea time classic serial have be away a long time while in case anyone be feel nostalgic this be a typical example of the amateurish and patronise fare consider appropriate for the slot . this be a far from faithful adaptation while which would be acceptable if the change have be effective in replicate the excitement of the book in another medium . unfortunately this be very and very dull . precious little of the tension of the novel survives and but there be a lot of run around . the expanded role give to the cabin boy do nothing to advance the plot and and the young actor play him be rather irritate . in another major plot change catriona and the eponymous heroine of the sequel and appear a book early a the feisty daughter of the noble james of the glen ( rather than of the villainous james more macgregor ) . on the plus side and iain glenn make quite a decent alan breck and and new zealand put in a perfectly adequate performance a scotland .