''Kidnapped'', also known as ''The Adventures of David Balfour'', was a 1978 TV miniseries, based on

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's novel '' Kidnapped'', with some elements taken from his novel ''

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''. It was a French - West German co-production.

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was the producer and scriptwriter. The cast included: *

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as Alan Breck * Ekkehardt Belle as David Balfour * Jutta Speidel as Barbara Grant * John Carson as James More *

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as Beggar * Bill Simpson as James of the Glens * Patrick Magee as Ebenezer Balfour *

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as Prince Charlie * Aude Landry as Catriona Drummond

David's Song (Who'll Come With Me)

The

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was written by

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and the

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, "David's Song (Who'll Come With Me)", by Cosma and Dan Kelly, patriarch of

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. The song was the band's breakthrough hit when released as a single in 1979, reaching #1 in the

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, #3 in the

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for

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,Kelly Family – David's Song (Who'll Come With Me)
ultratop.be and #15 in Germany where it charted for 20 weeks. In 1982, a

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by Irish band

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reached number 13 in Ireland.

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* Television series based on works by Robert Louis Stevenson 1978 in television French adventure television series German adventure television series Works based on Kidnapped (novel) {{Germany-tv-prog-stub