Miss MacTaggart Won’t Lie Down
Date: 1966
Director: Francis Searle
Production Company: Chairene
Stars: Barbara Mullen, Eric Woodburn, Andrew Downie
Location(s): Edinburgh, London, Perthshire
Region(s): London M-N, Scotland
Storyline:
A sparkly-eyed spinster confounds the residents of a remote Scottish village when she returns from her holiday to find that she’s been mistakenly declared dead.
Additional Information:
Screen captures by Phil Wilkinson
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- Capture 1
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A bus arrives from Glasgow, bringing Miss MacTaggart home from a visit. The Square in Kenmore, Perthshire.
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Walking through the village, Jeannie MacTaggart (Barbara Mullen) is puzzled by the reaction when she wishes Mrs. McGregor and her Neighbour "good morning." Kenmore also features in ‘Let’s Be Happy’.
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Reaching the church, the spinster is surprised when two Workmen run away from her until she reads her name on the gravestone that they are erecting. This is the graveyard surrounding Kenmore Parish Church.
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Miss MacTaggart makes her way to the police station where Sergeant MacLeod helps to solve the mystery of why she is being treated in such a way. The Reading Room in Kenmore.
- Capture 5
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After being told by John Morrison that the record of her death cannot be changed, the stuffy official opens his bedroom window when Jeannie plays the bagpipes outside his house in the middle of the night.
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Deciding to steal a tiara from a visiting princess in order to get arrested, Miss MacTaggart makes her way to the castle. The Kenmore Gate entrance to Taymouth Castle with the tower of Kenmore Parish Church in the distance.
- Capture 7
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Returning home, Jeannie hides the tiara in a copper bed warmer. These properties stand on The Square in Kenmore.
- Capture 8
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In the grounds of the castle, Sergeant MacLeod (Andrew Downie) finds Miss MacTaggart's handkerchief while looking for clues. Taymouth Castle to the north-east on Kenmore in Perthshire.
- Capture 9
- 26 Mar 2024
Following a string of misdemeanours, Miss MacTaggart leaves Edinburgh after the Lord Provost advises that the law cannot be altered. Looking up at Edinburgh Castle from the west.
It was a cloudier day when Antony Blair captured this view of the castle 58 years on.
- Capture 10
- 13 Apr 2022
Leaving court in London when told that nothing can be done, Jeannie heads to the office of the Attorney General. Looking towards the Royal Courts of Justice on Strand WC2.
Paul Lincoln graciously yielded his Feb 22 shot for mine to include the rather ornate lamp-post to the right. SJ
- Capture 11
- 11 Feb 2022
Walking near the Houses of Parliament, Miss MacTaggart has an idea that will get her noticed and recorded as being alive. The base of the statue of Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, in Parliament Square SW1.
And the leaning forward statue on the left is that of Jan Christian Smuts. SJ
- Capture 12
- 31 Jan 2022
Jeannie makes her way to an appointment with the Minister for Scottish affairs. St. Margaret Street running along the east side of Parliament Square.
The shot couldn't be taken further back due to the clutter of barriers that are now considered a necessary addition to the already adequate security measures. (PW)
- Capture 13
- 31 Jan 2022
At the gates to the Houses of Parliament, Miss MacTaggart asks a Policeman (Frank Sieman) if it's alright to take her bag into the building. The gateway to New Palace Yard at the corner of St. Margaret Street and Bridge Street.
The gate is firmly closed. (PW)
- Capture 14
- 31 Jan 2022
When news beaks that a bomb has been planted in the House of Commons, Jeannie buys a paper from a Vendor (Joe Ritchie). Outside South Block on Great George Street SW1 with the Clock Tower of the Houses of Parliament in the right distance.
A difficult shot to replicate with a phone box directly behind me. (PW)
- Capture 15
- 31 Jan 2022
After being told by the Prime Minister how to proceed in order to change her status to that of being alive, Jeannie leaves number 10. Facing 10 Downing Street in SW1.
The gates were firmly closed when Mary E. was there. (SJ)
- Capture 16
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Jeannie MacTaggart returns home. Looking across Loch Tay towards Kenmore in Perthshire.