Over 40 years after it first aired, Scots are still gripped by the goings-on in Glendarroch, as Take the High Road has been revealed as one of STV Player’s most-streamed dramas of 2021. 📺💙
The iconic soap, which aired its final episode in 2003, has won a legion of new followers – and delighted existing fans – since dropping on STV’s free streaming service two years ago. 🎥
Daily streams reached a peak on November 12, as viewers sought to rewatch the memorable performances of one of the series’ most treasured stars - Gwyneth Guthrie (Mrs Mack) - in the wake of her death. ❤️
The top three dramas of 2021 on STV Player included two British soaps and one British crime thriller. 🇬🇧
1. Coronation Street 📺
2. Emmerdale 📺
3. The Bay 📺
4. The Bridge 📺
5. Take the High Road 📺
6. Marcella 📺
7. Thorne 📺
8. Taggart 📺
9. Finding Alice 📺
10. The Firm 📺
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The Queen met Lilibet for first time at the palace as Harry and Meghan reunite with royals for the Platinum Jubilee
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The Queen has finally met her great-granddaughter Lilibet for the first time, two days before her birthday, as her mum and dad, Prince Harry and Meghan reunited with the Royal Family on Jubilee weekend.
Royal commentator Omid Scobie, one of the authors of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s biography Finding Freedom, shared details of the low-key introduction during a TV appearance this morning. #PlatinumJubilee
The Mona Lisa was left shaken but unharmed when a visitor to the Louvre tried to smash the glass protecting the world's most famous painting before smearing cream across its surface in an apparent climate-related publicity stunt 🧁 🌍 #MonaLisa
The perpetrator was a man disguised as an old lady who jumped out of a wheelchair before attacking the glass on Sunday. 👵 🍰
Celebrity watchers are bracing themselves as the jury is set to bring a verdict on Johnny Depp versus Amber Heard's explosive defamation trial in the coming days. 👀 #JohnnyDeppvAmberHeard
Jurors deliberating the duelling claims of abuse from actors Johnny Depp and Amber Heard adjourned on Friday without delivering verdicts. ⚖️
Closing remarks ended with both sides urging jurors to think about other victims of domestic abuse, as proceedings were wrapped up after six long weeks. 🗓️ #JohnnyDeppVsAmberHeard
Closing arguments kicked off today after six weeks of trial proceedings.
👩⚖️Mr Depp is suing his Ms Heard over a 2018 article she wrote in The Washington Post, which was titled 'I spoke up against sexual violence — and faced our culture’s wrath. That has to change'.
Ms Heard has filed a $100 million defamation countersuit against Mr Depp.
Here's a thread on Prince William paying an Oasis-inspired tribute to the victims and Manchester bombing bereaved 🧵
A new memorial has opened to the 22 people murdered in a terrorist attack after an Ariana Grande concert at Manchester Arena on May 22, 2017. #manchesterbombing
Prince William - the Duke of Cambridge - gave a deeply personal tribute to the still grieving loved ones of the 22 people murdered in the Manchester Arena terror bombing.