The bravest Collie to ever ford a river, get stuck on a cliff, or, yes, help get Timmy out of a well, Lassie first hit TV screens 70 years ago on September 12, 1954. Though the hero pup had ...

Nae gentle dames tho' ne'er sae fair Shall ever be my Muse's care; Their titles a' are empty show, Gie me my Highland Lassie, O. Within the glen sae bushy, O, Aboon the plain sae rashy ...