History
Monarch of the Glen was broadcast in the United Kingdom on Sunday evenings on BBC One, usually at 20.00 GMT (repeats of the series have been shown on UKTV Drama and are currently running on ITV3). Filming took between six and eight months per series in the Badenoch and Strathspey area of the Scottish Highlands. Seven series were filmed, totalling 64 episodes (including a Hogmanay Special). The show's mixture of comedy and drama, its location, and its cast appealed to countries all over the world, including the USA (BBC America and PBS), Australia (ABC), Canada (BBC Canada), Norway, Sweden, Hong Kong, New Zealand, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Vietnam and Dubai. The series is shown to more than 100 countries on BBC Entertainment (formerly BBC Prime), the BBC's 24-hour global entertainment channel, broadcast to Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Publicity in the United States included front-page coverage in the Chicago Tribune. Monarch of the Glen was Australia's most popular BBC drama in 2002 and 2003.
British ratings in the first five series were always high, but they lowered after the departure of several of the main characters (Archie, Hector, Lexie, Duncan, and Katrina). A petition was formed by 21-year-old "Boglie" Emma Richards to ensure that lead character Archie stayed on the show, but it failed when the actor left the show midway through the fifth series. Ratings hit an all-time low in 2004, and BBC bosses axed the show, but promised that they would bring back many of the cast from earlier series for a fantastic series finale. The seventh and final series did bring back Richard Briers, Hamish Clark, and Julian Fellowes as promised by the BBC, but the reunion didn't include Archie or Lexie.
| Series | No. of Episodes | Episode Run-time | Series Premiere | Series Finale' | Average Viewers (in millions) |
Average Share (in percentage) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | 50 minutes. | 27 February 2000 | 16 April 2000 | 8.0 | 26.0 |
| 2 | 8 | Fifty minutes | 7 January 2001 | 25 February 2001 | 7.6 | 26.5 |
| 3 | 11 | 50 minutes | 28 October 2001 | 20 January 2002 | 6.9 | 25.7 |
| 4 | 10 | 60 minutes | 1 September 2002 | 3 November 2002 | 7.2 | 29.1 |
| 5 | 10 | 60 minutes | 28 September 2003 | 30 November 2003 | 7.2§ | Unknown |
| Hogmanay Special | 1 | 60 minutes | 28 December 2003 | 28 December 2003 | 6.3 | Unknown |
| 6 | 10 | 60 minutes | 19 September 2004 | 21 November 2004 | 5.3 | TBA |
| 7 | 6 | 60 minutes | 18 September 2005 | 23 October 2005 | 5.8 | TBA |
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