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The Best Episodes of The Borderers Season 2

Every episode of The Borderers Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Borderers Season 2!

The Borderers is a British television series produced by the BBC between 1968 and 1970.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The Borderers Season 2 Episode 1 - The Siege of Cocklaws
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    #1 - The Siege of Cocklaws

    S2:E1

    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.

    Director:Lennie Mayne
    Writer:Jan Read

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  2. The Borderers Season 2 Episode 2 - Survival Day
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    #2 - Survival Day

    S2:E2

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The Borderers Season 2 Episode 3 - Snatch
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    #3 - Snatch

    S2:E3

    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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The Borderers Season 2 Episode 4 - What a Vengeance Upon England
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    #4 - What a Vengeance Upon England

    S2:E4

    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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. The Borderers Season 2 Episode 5 - Among the Eagles
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    #5 - Among the Eagles

    S2:E5

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. The Borderers Season 2 Episode 6 - Plot Counterplot
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    #6 - Plot Counterplot

    S2:E6

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. The Borderers Season 2 Episode 7 - The Quacksalver
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    #7 - The Quacksalver

    S2:E7

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. The Borderers Season 2 Episode 8 - To the Gallows Tree
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    #8 - To the Gallows Tree

    S2:E8

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. The Borderers Season 2 Episode 9 - A Woman or an Epitaph
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    #9 - A Woman or an Epitaph

    S2:E9

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. The Borderers Season 2 Episode 10 - Hostage
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    #10 - Hostage

    S2:E10

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Tom Wright

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  12. The Borderers Season 2 Episode 11 - Where the White Lilies Grow
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    #11 - Where the White Lilies Grow

    S2:E11

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. The Borderers Season 2 Episode 12 - The Terror of the March
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    #12 - The Terror of the March

    S2:E12

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. The Borderers Season 2 Episode 13 - The Sea-Cole Man
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    #13 - The Sea-Cole Man

    S2:E13

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"The Siege of Cocklaws" is the best rated episode of "The Borderers" season 2. It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Lennie Mayne and written by Jan Read, it aired on 1/6/1970. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Survival Day".