Biggles_(TV_series)
Biggles (TV series)
British TV series or programme
Biggles was a 1960s television series based on the Biggles series of books by W.E. Johns. Neville Whiting played the title role.
Quick Facts Biggles, Genre ...
| Biggles | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Adventure |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 44 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company | Granada Television |
| Original release | |
| Network | ITV |
| Release | 1 April (1960-04-01) – 12 October 1960 (1960-10-12) |
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There were 44 black and white episodes of 30 minutes (including adverts), which were made by Granada Television and ran from 1 April till 12 October 1960. Biggles was a Detective Air Inspector attached to Scotland Yard. Helping him was Ginger (John Leyton) and Bertie (David Drummond) and they fought against villains like von Stalhein (Carl Duering). Aimed at a younger audience there was plenty of action, excitement, death traps and even some flying with each adventure ending in a cliff hanger with the viewers told to tune in next week for more daring adventures.
- Neville Whiting as James 'Biggles' Bigglesworth
- John Leyton as Ginger
- David Drummond as Bertie
- Carl Duering as von Stalhein
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| # | Episode Title | Aired |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Biggles at the Home Front: Part 1 | 1 April 1960 |
| 2 | Biggles at the Home Front: Part 2 | 8 April 1960 |
| 3 | Biggles at the Home Front: Part 3 | 15 April 1960 |
| 4 | Biggles Flies North: Part 1 | 22 April 1960 |
| 5 | Biggles Flies North: Part 2 | 29 April 1960 |
| 6 | Biggles Flies North: Part 3 | 6 May 1960 |
| 7 | Biggles Flies North: Part 4 | 13 May 1960 |
| 8 | Biggles Flies North: Part 5 | 20 May 1960 |
| 9 | Biggles Follows On: Part 1 | 27 May 1960 |
| 10 | Biggles Follows On: Part 2 | 3 June 1960 |
| 11 | Biggles Follows On: Part 3 | 10 June 1960 |
| 12 | Biggles Follows On: Part 4 | 17 June 1960 |
| 13 | Biggles Follows On: Part 5 | 24 June 1960 |
| 14 | Biggles Follows On: Part 6 | 29 June 1960 |
| 15 | Biggles Takes Charge: Part 1 | 1 July 1960 |
| 16 | Biggles Takes Charge: Part 2 | 6 July 1960 |
| 17 | Biggles Takes Charge: Part 3 | 8 July 1960 |
| 18 | Biggles Takes Charge: Part 4 | 13 July 1960 |
| 19 | Biggles Takes Charge: Part 5 | 15 July 1960 |
| 20 | Biggles Takes Charge: Part 6 | 20 July 1960 |
| 21 | Biggles on Mystery Island: Part 1 | 22 July 1960 |
| 22 | Biggles on Mystery Island: Part 2 | 27 July 1960 |
| 23 | Biggles on Mystery Island: Part 3 | 29 July 1960 |
| 24 | Biggles Baits the Trap: Part 1 | 3 August 1960 |
| 25 | Biggles Baits the Trap: Part 2 | 5 August 1960 |
| 26 | Biggles Baits the Trap: Part 3 | 10 August 1960 |
| 27 | Biggles Baits the Trap: Part 4 | 12 August 1960 |
| 28 | Biggles Baits the Trap: Part 5 | 17 August 1960 |
| 29 | Biggles Baits the Trap: Part 6 | 19 August 1960 |
| 30 | Biggles at World's End: Part 1 | 24 August 1960 |
| 31 | Biggles at World's End: Part 2 | 26 August 1960 |
| 32 | Biggles at World's End: Part 3 | 31 August 1960 |
| 33 | Biggles Turns the Scale: Part 1 | 2 September 1960 |
| 34 | Biggles Turns the Scale: Part 2 | 7 September 1960 |
| 35 | Biggles Turns the Scale: Part 3 | 9 September 1960 |
| 36 | Biggles Springs the Lock: Part 1 | 14 September 1960 |
| 37 | Biggles Springs the Lock: Part 2 | 16 September 1960 |
| 38 | Biggles Springs the Lock: Part 3 | 21 September 1960 |
| 39 | Biggles in the East: Part 1 | 23 September 1960 |
| 40 | Biggles in the East: Part 2 | 28 September 1960 |
| 41 | Biggles in the East: Part 3 | 30 September 1960 |
| 42 | Biggles on the Nile: Part 1 | 5 October 1960 |
| 43 | Biggles on the Nile: Part 2 | 7 October 1960 |
| 44 | Biggles on the Nile: Part 3 | 12 October 1960 |
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