Biggles | |
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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 – 12 October 1960 |
Biggles was a 1960s television series based on the Biggles series of books by W.E. Johns. Neville Whiting played the title role.
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.
# | Episode Title | Aired |
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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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