In the 2000s Briers was the curmudgeonly and extravagant father Hector MacDonald in the BBC television programme Monarch of the Glen (2000-05), appearing in series 1,2,3 & 7. He appeared in other programmes, see Later Career.
(mal'Ä-Ä-bÄl) Capable of being shaped by being beaten or by pressure; a property of certain metals such as gold and silver. [L. malleus, a hammer] susceptible of being beaten out into a thin plate. malleable retractor.
Metals. Layers of atoms slide over each other when metals are bent or stretched. Metals are malleable malleable: If a material is malleable it is capable of being hammered or pressed out of shape without being likely to break or return to the original shape. - they can be bent and shaped. This is because they consist of layers of atoms [atom: All elements are made of atoms.