Blood, Cattle & Honor: The True Story of Rob Roy

Born into the proscribed MacGregor clan, Rob Roy MacGregor rose from Highland drover to folk hero as he fought feuds, debt and political betrayal across early 18th-century Scotland. The episode traces his life: clan roots and skills, cattle raids and droving, clashes with powerful rivals like the Duke of Montrose, involvement in the Jacobite risings, dramatic escapes and raids, and his final years at Balquhidder. Through maps, battle scenes and eyewitness accounts, the program explains how Rob Roy's sense of honor, leadership and defiance against Lowland power made him both an outlaw and a lasting legend.