6.9/1011 votes#1 - Uncle Ebenezer
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 4/7/1979
Alan Breck Stewart, hero of Culloden returns in secret to Scotland. Meanwhile David Balfour returns to Edinburgh, meets a beautiful Highland girl, and encouters his suspicious Uncle Ebenezer
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/1011 votes
#2 - Captain Hoseason
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 4/14/1979
Still pursuing separate goals, Alan Breck hears fresh rumours of rebellion in the Highlands and David Balfour learns first hand how villainous his uncle really is.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/1011 votes
#3 - The Voyage
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 4/21/1979
While Alan Breck surveys the Stewart holdings, David Balfour accompanies his uncle to see his lawyer, accepting the offer of passage there from a ship's captain. But Uncle Ebenezer has other plans for David and has arranged for a longer voyage for his nephew.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1010 votes
#4 - The Stranger
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 4/28/1979
Kidnapped aboard a slave ship bound for the Carolinas on the orders of his Uncle Ebenezer, David encounters Alan, shipwrecked and rescued at night, and discovers the captain's evil plot against them.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/109 votes
#5 - Murder
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 5/5/1979
With the slave ship run aground, Alan and David must make their way across the Highlands. When the latter meets King's Factor Colin "Red Fox" Campbell and witnesses a bloody crime, he must flee for his life from the Redcoat forces.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/109 votes
#6 - Escape
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 5/12/1979
An innocent witness to the murder of Red Fox, David is now a fugitive, forced to flee for his life with Alan across the wide highlands.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/109 votes
#7 - Over the Highlands
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 5/19/1979
Murder suspects Alan and David are pursued across the Scottish highlands by Redcoats. They visit Cluny in his hideout and put Catriona's life at risk.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/109 votes
#8 - Prestongrange
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 5/26/1979
Saved from the Redcoats by Alan, David has secured his inheritance in Edinburgh. He prepares to give account of the Red Fox murder to the Lord Advocate.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/109 votes
#9 - Suspicion
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 6/2/1979
Still a murder suspect, David is saved from the gallows by Prestongrange but Alan is still in mortal danger.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/109 votes
#10 - Prisoner
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 6/9/1979
With his own future in grave peril, David risks his life to help Alan escape to France. Meanwhile Catriona make a desperate bid to release her father from prison.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.9/1010 votes
#11 - The Trial
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 6/16/1979
David rides through the night with evidence that could save James of the Glens. But he soon finds himself on another sea voyage with a surprising fellow passenger.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.5/1010 votes
#12 - A Far Cry
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 6/23/1979
David and Catriona, united in Holland encounter difficulties when James More fails to appear. In France, Alan finds Bonnie Prince Charlie reluctant to start a new rebellion.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1011 votes
#13 - The Choice
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 6/30/1979
Kidnapped, shipwrecked, suspected of murder, abducted and now, free at last in Holland, David fights for the love of Catriona and to save Alan Breck.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Kidnapped Season 1
Every episode of Kidnapped Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Kidnapped Season 1!
David McCallum stars as the rebellious Alan Breck Stewart, and this ambitious serial (a co-production between HTV and Germany's Tele-Munchen) also features a host of...
Genre:Drama
Network:ITV1
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Uncle Ebenezer" is the best rated episode of "Kidnapped" season 1. It scored 6.9/10 based on 11 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 4/7/1979. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Captain Hoseason".