Take the High Road

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8x1
Episode 277
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Winter has passed and few things have changed. Jimmy is still gone, and Isabel is still down about it, and Dougal wants Donald to come and live with him.
8x2
Episode 278
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Eddie tells Sheila she can move in with him now she doesn't have a place to stay, but she is uncomfortable with that.
8x3
Episode 279
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Dougal is still trying to get Donald back to his house and tells Alice this, and Fiona wants to replace Ken already and Lorna isn't happy.
8x4
Episode 280
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Isabel wants Brian to take over Ken's job as peat cutter, and Brian and Lorna visit Ken and discover he is in a terrible way.
8x5
Episode 281
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Brian takes the peat cutting job, but isn't too happy about betraying Ken, and Mr Sneddon accuses Inverdarroch of stealing from his house.
8x6
Episode 282
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Mr Murdoch wants to change the name of the lifeboat because of Sorry Watson's behaviour.
8x7
Episode 283
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Sheila now appears to be living with Eddie, but is uncomfortable with it as they are the target of gossip, and Mr Murdoch tells Mrs Mack she may lose her job as housekeeper.
8x8
Episode 284
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Mrs Mack tries to butter up the Minister about his retirement. A mobile shop turns up in the village harming trade at Blair's Store. Sneddon and Peter Craig direct two poachers onto Glendarroch land.
8x9
Episode 285
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Fiona meets Ruari Galbraith - Sorry's business advisor - and agrees to have dinner with him. Grace tells Dougal that Donald is upset about moving back to the Croft.
8x10
Episode 286
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Mrs Mack tells Sorry that she has ideas to finance the lifeboat. Robert Forsyth tells the Minister about his replacement, Mr Parker. Fiona offers to cancel the rent on Blair's Store because of the mobile shop threat.
8x11
Episode 287
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Dougal has a word with Donald about calling Inverdarroch names then gets a letter from the school about his behaviour. Maggie has asked Mrs Woods to keep her informed about local events. Jock asks Eddie to sell his possessions.
8x12
Episode 288
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Lily has written a book and sent copies to the villagers. Elizabeth's cousin Bobby is to visit. Mrs Mack asks the estate for a cottage. Sorry concludes that someone running the mobile shop is trying to put Isabel out of business.
8x13
Episode 289
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Lily's book is causing the villagers to reflect on their own lives in a new light. Mrs Mack's rumour that Sorry has gone bust sweeps the village. Dougal reports to Fiona that the deer farm has had poachers.
8x14
Episode 290
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Brian is told to start cutting peat for Sneddon. Carol has vandalised the mobile shop. The Minister suggests that he and Mr Parker should swap one Sunday. Bob is not happy about being paired with Dougal on poacher watch.
8x15
Episode 291
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Major Bobby Groves stocks up at Blair's Stores charging it to a new account. Inverdarroch tells Dougal there has been a new raid on the deer farm.
8x16
Episode 292
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Brian quizzes Isabel about Major Groves account and selling alcohol on the Sabbath. Mr Parker puts Mrs Mack in her place, before condemning all the villagers in his sermon. Sorry has discovered the mobile shop is run by a publican.
8x17
Episode 293
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Fiona wants to address the Community Council about the mobile shop. Isabel challenges Major Groves about his account without financial success. Brian meets Mr Thomson from the DHSS looking for accommodation.
8x18
Episode 294
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8x19
Episode 295
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The Community Council boycott the mobile shop. Bob and Dougal chase the poachers and Dougal fires a shot. The church rejects the linkage. Mr Murdoch discovers the poacher's rifle. Inverdarroch lays out Sneddon at the market.
8x20
Episode 296
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Donald has been fighting in school. Mrs Mack is looking for support for her job. Major Groves settles his account to Brian's frustration. Dougal is arrested for attempted murder of the poacher he fired at.
8x21
Episode 297
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Dougal has spent the weekend in jail. Mr Thompson arrives for his holiday. Bob meets the Major contemplating the climb of Ben Darroch. Elizabeth discovers that a diamond broach has been stolen.
8x22
Episode 298
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Dougal reacts badly to his time in jail, appreciating the open countryside. Sneddon pays for his peat cutting. Mr Murdoch asks Isabel about the poachers and Bob refuses to retract his statement.
8x23
Episode 299
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Brian has an overnight stay away peat cutting at Drumshinin. Mrs Mack tells the Minister that Mr Murdoch is acting strangely. Sergeant Murray has discovered that Major Groves pawned Elizabeth's broach but she refuses to press charges.
8x24
Episode 300
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Mrs Mack is going away for a complete rest and arranges for her sister to cover. Fiona forces Elizabeth to tell the staff about the broach and throw Bobby out. Isabel tells Mr Thomson he does not need to move out with Brian away.
8x25
Episode 301
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Effie clears the Dower House but the Major's cases are still there. Mr Murdoch tries to tell the Minister about the poachers but is interrupted by Mrs Mack. A search party finds the Major at the top of the Ben.
8x26
Episode 302
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The Major died of an MI. Mr Thomson invites Isabel to a walk. Lily has returned and tells Inverdarroch to concentrate on Effie despite their letters to each other. Lily's editor mistakes Mr Thomson for Brian.
8x27
Episode 303
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Dougal is having trouble with Donald's tantrums. Elizabeth leaves for Edinburgh and Mrs Mack goes away for Rest and Recuperation.
8x28
Episode 304
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The Minister and Mr Forsyth enjoy a bottle of sherry at the Manse. Murdoch is still bothered by his conscience. Brian goes for a walk with Frances. Morag, Grace, Bob and Alice refuse to help with Donald's party.
8x29
Episode 305
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Mrs Mack's sister Florence is a breath of fresh air. Mr Carradine questions Isabel about Peter Craig's statement in the shop about the poachers.
8x30
Episode 306
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Florence stocks up on sugar, chocolate and sherry to Isabel's amazement. Dougal tells Isabel about his thoughts of going to prison. Bob thinks Inverdarroch is going to marry Effie.
8x31
Episode 307
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Fiona goes to Glasgow to see Ruari. Peter gets short shrift about testifying from Sneddon about the poachers. Robert asks Florence to dinner at the Auchtarne.
8x32
Episode 308
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Hamish McNeil drops off his children with Grace for Donald's party which turns into a riot when Dougal is left alone. Sneddon's niece Kathleen arrives pregnant from Ireland. Murdoch questions Florence about Robert's advances.
8x33
Episode 309
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Dougal receives a letter from his solicitor. Sorry buys Jock's sports trophies at auction. Carol makes friends with Kathleen. Frances invites the Blair's to dinner but Isabel refuses.
8x34
Episode 310
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Sheila and Eddie are planning their wedding. Dougal asks Bob to take Donald back. Sneddon tries to charm Frances and storms into Eddie's to tell Kathleen to return to Letterfalloch.
8x35
Episode 311
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Robert Forsyth and Isabel think that Mr Murdoch has won over Florence. Lily persuades Effie that Inverdarroch has feelings for her. Peter Craig is worried about his citation.
8x36
Episode 312
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Peter Craig confides to Fiona who then sees a way of turning Sneddon's statement. Brian and Isabel agree to split. Inverdarroch admits he wants to marry - but it is not to Effie.
8x37
Episode 313
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Sheila's mother is not going to attend the wedding. Robert gets the impression from Florence that Murdoch is going to propose to Mrs Mack. Sneddon informs the Police about the poachers, as does Mr Murdoch.
8x38
Episode 314
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Bob finds Kathleen in labour and takes her to the Lachlan Croft. Brian and Isabel make up their differences with the help of Mr Thomson. Kathleen has twins, delivered by Robert Forsyth, but the second is still born.
8x39
Episode 315
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Carol upsets Sheila about Kathleen. Mr Mack is under the impression that he has to ask Mrs Mack for Florence's hand. Mr Forsyth is cleared of any wrong-doing regarding the twins.
8x40
Episode 316
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Kathleen's father flys over from Ireland to take her and the baby home, while Isabel and Brian seem to be back to normal.
8x41
Episode 317
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Mr Murdoch is worried Florence will tell Mrs Mack of his mistaken plans for a proposal, as she is returning today.
8x42
Episode 318
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It's the day of Eddie and Sheila's wedding. Dougal tells Bob he wants him to take Donald for good because he can't cope.
8x43
Episode 319
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Sheila and Eddie are married and the Glendarroch residents throw them a surprise reception. It's later revealed though, that Sheila and Eddie are already having marriage problems.
8x44
Episode 320
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Mrs Mack makes her feelings about the reception clear. Fiona believes she can't have any close relationships with anyone in Glendarroch especially as she's going to implement a rent rise.
8x45
Episode 321
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Both Carol and Brian believe that there's something wrong with Sheila and Eddie, and Morag seeks Alice and Bob's help to play a trick on Dougal.
8x46
Episode 322
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Bob wants to use Inverdarroch's story to play a trick on Dougal, and Eddie's not shy about letting people know that him and Sheila have problems.
8x47
Episode 323
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Bob confesses to Mrs Lachlan that they're playing a trick on Dougal, and Inverdarroch worries about the joke.
8x48
Episode 324
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Isabel is concerned with the amount of time Sandra is spending with Eddie, and a committee meeting is held about the rent rises.
8x49
Episode 325
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Mrs Mack strongly disagrees with the rent rises and Sheila confides in Carol about the problems between her and Eddie.
8x50
Episode 326
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Isabel, as head of the committee, has a meeting with Fiona regarding the rent rises and receives a full explanation for them.
8x51
Episode 327
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Isabel tries to explain her reasoning in accepting the rent increase but receives a negative reaction. David and Lorna meet despite being subject to possible gossip in Glendarroch.
8x52
Episode 328
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Bob, Inverdarroch and Morag don't make it in time to bring the joke against Dougal to an end, but when they arrive, they realise that Sneddon has done it for them unknowingly.
8x53
Episode 329
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Isabel tries to make Sandra see that it's not right that she's spending so much time with a married man but is unsuccessful.
8x54
Episode 330
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Dougal works out that Peter Craig told Sneddon about the tup. Sheila finds out that Eddie is going to the dance in Auchtarne. Mrs Mack confronts the villagers about Mr Murdoch's behaviour with Florence.
8x55
Episode 331
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Dougal is annoying everyone with his claim about the tup sale, and Sneddon is not pleased. David gets a phone call from home. Fiona is in a quandary about being gifted the estate.
8x56
Episode 332
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Eddie and Carol row about Sheila. Mr Murdoch is planning to leave the village over the rumours about him, until he hears from the Minister that Mrs Mack has no plans to marry. Fiona refuses Ruari's marriage proposal.
8x57
Episode 333
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Eddy threatens to leave Sheila, but they talk and make up. Mrs Mack has found out that she has been deceived by Mr Murdoch. Donald has gone missing and a search party fails to find him.
8x58
Episode 334
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Suspicion falls on a lone camper, but he has left. Sneddon helps Dougal in the search. Sgt. Murray finds Donald sheltering in a ruined byre. After helping the search team, Lorna accepts a lift from Sneddon.

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