High Living
High Living was the first soap opera to be produced in Scotland, and was produced by STV. The series was created and written by Jack Gerson (who would later create The Omega Factor)[1]
History
High Living featured the Crombie family (Andy, Kate and their children) who in the first episode moved into a new apartment in a high-rise apartment block in Glasgow called Caulton Court (the exterior shots in the opening credits were filmed in Wyndford in Glasgow).
A spin-off series entitled A Place of Her Own was first broadcast on October 21, 1971 and featured a newly widowed Kate Crombie (it ran for 13 episodes). Was also shown on Grampian Television shortly afterwards and HTV during the summer 1972.
Series
The first episode was broadcast on December 5, 1968. Originally episodes were 15 minutes long, broadcasting three times a week, by March 1969 this changed to 30min format broadcast on Thursday, with about 200 episodes being produced. All episodes of High Living are believed to have been wiped, destroyed or lost. The last episode was broadcast on 19 August 1971 on Scottish Television.
A number of other ITV companies did broadcast the series:
- Grampian Television All episodes, 1969 - 1971.
- Border Television All episodes, 1969 - 1971.
- HTV From 1969 until mid 1970
- ATV and Southern Television: 6 January - July 1969, before being dropped.
Cast
- Tommy Crombie – John Buick
- Kate Crombie – Clare Richards
- Andy Crombie – Ken Henderson
- Chrissie Crombie – Jennifer Angus
- Kipper Lynch - Phil McCall
- Nora Murdoch - Bobbie Willis
References
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