Mountain Goats BBC Cast List and Filming Locations

Cast of Mountain Goats: BBC One sitcom set and filmed in the Scottish Highlands starring Jimmy Chisholm, Sharon Rooney and Kevin Mains

Mountain Goats is a BBC sitcom that aired in 2014, set in the Scottish Highlands. The comedy follows a quirky group of mountain rescue volunteers led by Bernie, played by Jimmy Chisholm, as they balance daring rescues with eccentric village life. Featuring an offbeat humour and a rural setting, the series blends slapstick comedy with warm community storytelling.

Where was Mountain Goats filmed?

The series used filming locations in Glencoe, in the Highlands of Scotland. According to an interview with actor Jimmy Chisholm in the Evening Times, the ‘Old Goat’ featured in the show is not actually a real pub. In reality, this building is just a traditional whitewashed cottage made to look like a public house.

Apparently, the production team may have done too good a job in disguising the house, with passers by regularly stopping by in search of a nice pub lunch.

The Old Goat interior scenes though, where filmed elsewhere in front of a live studio audience.

When does Mountain Goats start on BBC1 and how many episodes will there be?

In most BBC regions, Mountain Goats will premiere just after the news at 10:35pm on Friday, the 14th of August, 2015. The number of episodes in this first series will be six, each lasting for 30 minutes.

If the programme’s characters and plot look a bit familiar to you, that’s probably because Mountain Goats is based on the one-off 2014 Comedy Playhouse sitcom ‘Miller’s Mountain’. Other than the odd change of cast member and its new title, Miller’s Mountain effectively acted as a pilot episode for this 2015 series.

 

Mountain Goats BBC Cast List

Character Name – Actor/Actress

Jimmy Miller – Jimmy Chisholm (Ivanhoe)

Jules – Sharon Rooney (My Mad Fat Diary, Kerry)

Conor – Kevin Mains (Cilla, Stonemouth)

Bernie – Kathryn Howden (Silent Witness, Forgotten)

Bill – David Ireland (Eve, Shetland)

Norma (Conor’s Mum) – Doon Mackichan (Plebs, Toast of London, Taking the Flak, Smack the Pony)

Michael the Pig Farmer – Anthony Strachan (High Times, Gary Tank Commander, Monarch of the Glen)

Malton Jennings – Clive Russell (Ripper Street, Game of Thrones, Clatterford, Mist: Sheepdog Tales)

Tina the Tour Guide – Alisa Anderson (Waterloo Road)

Edith – Ann Scott-Jones

Joan – Anne Kidd (Shetland)

Bobby – Ben Petrie (Stonemouth)

Ken – Alex Norton (Taggart, Renford Rejects, Extremely Dangerous, Waterloo Road, Shetland, Bob Servant)

Linda – Julie Duncanson (River City, Velvet Soup)

Stewart – Michael Mackenzie (Dear Green Place, Taggart, Gary Tank Commander)

 

BBC Trailer

Earlier Series News

Comedy Playhouse Sitcom ‘Miller’s Mountain’ Airs this May on BBC One

Airing on BBC One at 10:40pm on Tuesday, the 6th of May, 2014, ‘Miller’s Mountain’ is a new comedy based around the antics of a ragtag family of Mountain Rescue volunteers.

When the naive and enthusiastic Conor (Kevin Guthrie) reports for his first day of volunteering, Jimmy Miller (Jimmy Chisholm), the shambolic old rescue hand, takes it upon himself to teach him the ways of the hills.

Conor’s training starts at the ‘Busted Femur’ pub where he’s introduced to no-nonsense barmaid Jules (Sharon Rooney) and fellow rescuer Bill, who boasts somewhat questionable social skills. And if that wasn’t enough to contend with, Conor later meets Bernie (Kathryn Howden), the team’s head of operations and a woman who’s happy in her work to the point of delirium.

When it comes time for the actual mountain rescuing, though, things go from bad to worse, to even worse than that.

Preview Video: New boy Conor gets off on the wrong foot during his first rescue:

Miller’s Mountain BBC Cast List

Character – Actor/Actress

Jimmy Miller – Jimmy Chisholm

Jules – Sharon Rooney (My Mad Fat Diary)

Conor – Kevin Guthrie

Bill – David Ireland

Bernie – Kathryn Howden

Ronnie – Jonathan Watson

Also starring Benidorm actress Sheila Reid.