| Hamish Macbeth is a comedy-drama series made by BBC Scotland and first aired in 1995. It is loosely based on a series of mystery novels by M. C. Beaton. The series concerns a local police officer, Constable Hamish Macbeth in the fictitious town of Lochdubh on the west coast of Scotland. The titular character was played by Robert Carlyle. It ran for three series from 1995 to 1997, with the first two series having six episodes and the third having eight. |
| Name | Character | Episodes |
|---|---|---|
| Robert Carlyle | Hamish Macbeth | 20 |
| Brian Pettifer | Rory Campbell | 19 |
| Stuart Davids | Lachie McCrae jr. | 19 |
| Stuart McGugan | Barney Meldrum | 19 |
| Ralph Riach | TV John McIver | 18 |
| Shirley Henderson | Isobel Sutherland | 15 |
| Barbara Rafferty | Agnes Meldon | 14 |
| Duncan Duff | Doc Brown | 14 |
| Billy Riddoch | Lachlan McCrae | 13 |
| Barbara Rafferty | Agnes Meldrum | 13 |
| Stuart McGugan | Barney Meldon | 10 |
| David Ashton | Maj. Roddy Maclean | 10 |
| Valerie Gogan | Alex Maclean | 8 |
| Jimmy Yuill | Lachlan McCrae | 6 |
| Mona Bruce | Edie | 3 |
| Ken Drury | Cameron Dicks | 2 |
| Ron Donachie | Zoot McPherrin | 2 |
| Kenny Ireland | Torquil McFarquar | 2 |
| David Ryall | Paul Jeffreys | 2 |
| Tam Dean Burn | Black Bob Roberts | 2 |
| Brendan Conroy | Cruiser Captain | 2 |
| Sheila Keith | Auntie Ella | 2 |
| Caroline Loncq | Ava Grimm | 2 |
| Michael MacKenzie | Ferdie McLopez | 2 |
| Jake D'Arcy | Scott | 2 |
| Joseph Greig | Dugal Finlay | 2 |
| Pip Torrens | Peter Peterson | 1 |
| Alex Norton | Duncan Soutar | 1 |
| Brian Pettifer | Self | 1 |
| Sharon Small | WPC Anne Peterson | 1 |
| James Faulkner | Colonel Don Maxwell | 1 |
| Philip Jackson | Malachi McBean | 1 |
| Alastair Mackenzie | Gavin Robb | 1 |
| Gary Lewis | Dave the House-Seller | 1 |
| Michael Byrne | Duncan Scott | 1 |
| Phyllida Law | Vicky Jeffreys | 1 |
| Andrew Keir | Murray McMurray | 1 |
| Meera Syal | Self - Narrator (voice) | 1 |
| Dinah Stabb | Magda Milligan | 1 |
| Gerard Kelly | PC Duggan | 1 |
| Robert Cavanah | Gary Ross | 1 |
| Annie Louise Ross | Claire Fleming | 1 |
| Ralph Riach | Self | 1 |
| Stuart McQuarrie | D.S. Cronk | 1 |
| Ken Hutchison | Harry Dobbs | 1 |
| Gilbert Martin | Abercrombie Markwell | 1 |
| Duncan Duff | Self | 1 |
| John Malcolm | Professor Svensson | 1 |
| Valerie Gogan | Self | 1 |
| Juliet Cadzow | Bethsheba McBean | 1 |
| Tom Watson | Enoch McDuff | 1 |
| Sally Dexter | Serena St Claire | 1 |
| John Warnaby | Mike Beardsall | 1 |
| Dominic Minghella | Self | 1 |
| Philip McGough | George Standish | 1 |
| Stuart Davids | Lachie McCrae Jr. | 1 |
| Robert Willox | Walker | 1 |
| David McKay | Tony McCreary | 1 |
| Caroline Paterson | Laura McDuff | 1 |
| Jimmy Chisholm | Tartan Salesman | 1 |
| Jimmy Chisholm | Christie McMurray | 1 |
| Mandie Fletcher | Self | 1 |
| Sarah Collier | Mrs. Lucinda McLorg | 1 |
| Colette O'Neil | Rhona Lindsay | 1 |
| Hugh Munro | Hector McNeil | 1 |
| Morag Hood | Doloris Balfour | 1 |
| Jake D'Arcy | Sawney Weir | 1 |
| Amanda Walker | Barbara Scott | 1 |