Timewatch The Last Duel (Season 26, Episode 6)
TV Episode | Documentary, History

Timewatch

The Last Duel (Season 26, Episode 6)

TV Episode | Documentary, History

After quarreling over a bank loan, two men took part in the last fatal duel staged on Scottish soil. BBC News's James Landale retraces the steps of his ancestor, who made that final challenge. On 23 August 1826, two men met at dawn in a ...See moreAfter quarreling over a bank loan, two men took part in the last fatal duel staged on Scottish soil. BBC News's James Landale retraces the steps of his ancestor, who made that final challenge. On 23 August 1826, two men met at dawn in a field just outside Kirkcaldy in southern Fife. Only one walked away alive. One was David Landale, a linen merchant and pillar of the community. The other was George Morgan, a soldier-turned-banker with a fiery temper. The pair had quarreled over a bank loan, an argument that had led the banker to spread rumours about his client's creditworthiness. The merchant had in turn taken his accounts elsewhere and written a stiff letter of complaint to the Bank of Scotland headquarters in Edinburgh. And that is where it would have stayed had not Morgan's temper got the better of him one morning when he struck Landale about the head with an umbrella in Kirkcaldy High Street. Written by Anonymous See less

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12 cast members

Name	Known for
Brian Cox Self - Narrator Self - Narrator See fewer	Succession (2018)
Niall Greig Fulton Lt. Milne Lt. Milne See fewer	Cloud Atlas (2012)
Nick Freand Jones Reconstruction Cast Reconstruction Cast See fewer	Mark Kermode's Secrets of Cinema (2018)
Marion Kelly Reconstruction Cast Reconstruction Cast See fewer	The Uninvited (2008)
Roger Kelly Reconstruction Cast Reconstruction Cast See fewer	Timewatch (1982)
James Landale Self Self See fewer	South Today (1974)
Euan Macnaughton David Landale David Landale See fewer	Fan (I) (2016)
Dylan Matthew William Millie William Millie See fewer	Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
Robert Paterson George Morgan George Morgan See fewer	Braveheart (1995)
Duncan Rennie Reconstruction Cast Reconstruction Cast See fewer	Play On (2010)
Clunie Scott Actor Actor See fewer	Timewatch (1982)
Mike Scott Reconstruction Cast Reconstruction Cast See fewer	Timewatch (1982)