History Trivia / HamishMacbeth

* CreatorBacklash: Author M.C.Beaton was not fond of the TV adaptation for the liberties it took, in particular the handling of Hamish himself, giving him darker undertones, and having him played by Robert Carlyle, who she considered talented but miscast. She claimed to have a difficult time with the production, believing they hated the original material and snubbed her financially.

* PlayingAgainstType: A retroactive example, but since he since rose to prominence as Begby in ''Film/{{Trainspotting}}'' (which was released not long after the show began) Creator/RobertCarlyle tends to be cast either as the ViolentGlaswegian or as a rather morally ambiguous or outright villainous type. Which makes a lazy but fundamentally kind-hearted rural small-town Scottish policeman something of a departure.

* HeyItsThatGuy:
** RobertCarlyle as Hamish.
** [[Film/HarryPotter Moaning Myrtle]] as Isobel.
** Barnie the barman is Gunner [=McIntosh=] from ''Series/IItAintHalfHotMum''.

** Barnie the barman is Gunner [=McIntosh=] from ''ItAintHalfHotMum''.
* PlayingAgainstType: A retroactive example, but since he since rose to prominence as Begby in ''Film/{{Trainspotting}}'' (which was released not long after the show began) RobertCarlyle tends to be cast either as the ViolentGlaswegian or as a rather morally ambiguous or outright villainous type. Which makes a lazy but fundamentally kind-hearted rural small-town Scottish policeman something of a departure.

* PlayingAgainstType: RobertCarlyle tends to be cast either as the ViolentGlaswegian (the show began not long after he rose to prominence as Begby in ''Film/{{Trainspotting}}'') or as a similarly morally ambiguous or outright villainous type. Which makes a lazy but fundamentally kind-hearted rural small-town Scottish policeman something of a departure.

* PlayingAgainstType: RobertCarlyle tends to be cast either as the ViolentGlaswegian (the show began not long after he rose to prominence as Begby in ''Film/{{Trainspotting}}'') or as a similarly morally ambiguous or outright villainous type. Which makes a lazy-but-fundamentally kind-hearted rural small-town Scottish policeman something of a departure.

* PlayingAgainstType: RobertCarlyle tends to be cast either as the ViolentGlaswegian (the show began not long after he rose to prominence as Begby in ''Film/{{Trainspotting}}'') or as a similarly morally ambiguous or outright villainous type. Which makes a lazy-but-fundamentally kind-hearted Scottish policeman something of a departure.

* PlayingAgainstType: RobertCarlyle tends to be cast either as the ViolentGlaswegian (the show began not long after he rose to prominence as Begby in ''Film/{{Trainspotting}}'') or as a similarly morally ambiguous or outright villainous type. Which makes the lazy-but-fundamentally kind-hearted Scottish policeman that Hamish is something of a departure.