▁Mac C ra es , ▁father ▁and ▁son , ▁the ▁laid - back , ▁pipe ▁sm oking ▁Doc ▁Brown ▁( D un can ▁D uff ), ▁and ▁Major ▁Per egr ine ▁Mac lean ▁( David ▁As ht on ), ▁father ▁of ▁Alex andra ▁and ▁arist ocr atic ▁p enn il ess ▁wid ower . ▁ ▁The ▁series ▁was ▁accompanied ▁by ▁the ▁G ael ic ▁music ▁of ▁John ▁L unn . ▁ ▁Production ▁The ▁series ▁was ▁fil med ▁on ▁location ▁in ▁the ▁village ▁of ▁P lock ton , ▁the ▁town ▁of ▁K yle ▁of ▁L och al sh ▁and ▁the ▁surrounding ▁area . ▁A ▁map ▁of ▁the ▁L och d ub h ▁area ▁shown ▁in ▁the ▁episode ▁" In ▁Search ▁of ▁a ▁Rose " ▁places ▁L och d ub h ▁close ▁to ▁T os ca ig , ▁just ▁to ▁the ▁north ▁of ▁K yle ▁of ▁L och al sh , ▁with ▁L och d ub h ▁Island ▁being ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁Crow lin ▁Islands . ▁ ▁The ▁series ▁was ▁directed ▁mainly ▁by ▁Nicholas ▁R ent on , ▁with ▁Mand ie ▁F let cher ▁direct ing ▁four ▁episodes ▁and ▁Jon as ▁Gr imas ▁direct ing ▁two ▁episodes ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 7 . ▁ ▁Cast ▁ ▁Robert ▁Car ly le ▁as ▁PC ▁Ham ish ▁Mac b eth ; ▁A ▁polic eman ▁in ▁the ▁village ▁of ▁L och d ub h , ▁laid - back ▁in ▁dealing ▁with ▁the ▁inhabitants ' ▁qu ir ky ▁ways . ▁He ▁works ▁to ▁avoid ▁promotion ▁or ▁transfer , ▁and