Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleThe BBC series Monarch of the Glen is being revived by Channel 5, 21 years after its original run concluded. The reboot will feature a new female lead, Isla Campbell, played by Julia Brown, a lawyer who returns to the Scottish Highlands to find she has inherited a £1m debt. The cast also includes Bridgerton actor Chris Fulton and Downton Abbey’s Phyllis Logan, alongside Ewan Miller, Rishi Nair, John Gordon Sinclair and Gordon Kennedy. The new series is produced by PBS Masterpiece and Ecosse Films, with Jeremy Brock as creator and writer, alongside Stephen Greenhorn, and directed by Tom Vaughan. Monarch of the Glen is loosely based on Compton Mackenzie’s Highland Novels, which are set in the 1930s and 1940s.In fullBBC drama Monarch of the Glen to return after 20 years with gender-flipped lead roleMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
BBC series being revived with brand-new cast and female lead
Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleThe BBC series Monarch of the Glen is being revived by Channel 5, 21 years after its original run concluded. The reboot will feature a new female lead, Isla Campbell, played by Julia Brown, a lawyer who returns to the Scottish Highlands to find she has inherited a £1m debt. The cast also includes Bridgerton actor Chris Fulton and Downton Abbey’s Phyllis Logan, alongside Ewan Miller, Rishi Nair, John Gordon Sinclair and Gordon Kennedy. The new series is produced by PBS Masterpiece and Ecosse Films, with Jeremy Brock as creator and writer, alongside Stephen Greenhorn, and directed by Tom Vaughan. Monarch of the Glen is loosely based on Compton Mackenzie’s Highland Novels, which are set in the 1930s and 1940s.In fullBBC drama Monarch of the Glen to return after 20 years with gender-flipped lead roleMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
