The Borderers - Season 2

First aired: 1/6/1970 13 episodes

Episodes

1. The Siege of Cocklaws

Aired: 1/6/1970

The 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.

2. Survival Day

Aired: 1/13/1970

The 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.

3. Snatch

Aired: 1/20/1970

The 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

4. What a Vengeance Upon England

Aired: 1/27/1970

Cessford 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

5. Among the Eagles

Aired: 2/3/1970

Cessford'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.

6. Plot Counterplot

Aired: 2/10/1970

With 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.

7. The Quacksalver

Aired: 2/17/1970

The 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.

8. To the Gallows Tree

Aired: 2/24/1970

Gavin Ker defends his bonded tenant against torture and a monstrous charge.

9. A Woman or an Epitaph

Aired: 3/3/1970

The 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.

10. Hostage

Aired: 3/10/1970

To 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.

11. Where the White Lilies Grow

Aired: 3/17/1970

When 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.

12. The Terror of the March

Aired: 3/24/1970

Cessford 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.

13. The Sea-Cole Man

Aired: 3/31/1970

To 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.