Biggles (TV series) explained

Genre:Adventure
Country:United Kingdom
Language:English
Num Series:1
Num Episodes:44
Runtime:30 minutes
Company:Granada Television
Channel:ITV

Biggles was a 1960s television series based on the Biggles series of books by W.E. Johns. Neville Whiting played the title role.

Plot

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.

Cast

Episodes

Episode Title Aired
1Biggles at the Home Front: Part 11 April 1960
2Biggles at the Home Front: Part 28 April 1960
3Biggles at the Home Front: Part 315 April 1960
4Biggles Flies North: Part 122 April 1960
5Biggles Flies North: Part 229 April 1960
6Biggles Flies North: Part 36 May 1960
7Biggles Flies North: Part 413 May 1960
8Biggles Flies North: Part 520 May 1960
9Biggles Follows On: Part 127 May 1960
10Biggles Follows On: Part 23 June 1960
11Biggles Follows On: Part 310 June 1960
12Biggles Follows On: Part 417 June 1960
13Biggles Follows On: Part 524 June 1960
14Biggles Follows On: Part 629 June 1960
15Biggles Takes Charge: Part 11 July 1960
16Biggles Takes Charge: Part 26 July 1960
17Biggles Takes Charge: Part 38 July 1960
18Biggles Takes Charge: Part 413 July 1960
19Biggles Takes Charge: Part 515 July 1960
20Biggles Takes Charge: Part 620 July 1960
21Biggles on Mystery Island: Part 122 July 1960
22Biggles on Mystery Island: Part 227 July 1960
23Biggles on Mystery Island: Part 329 July 1960
24Biggles Baits the Trap: Part 13 August 1960
25Biggles Baits the Trap: Part 25 August 1960
26Biggles Baits the Trap: Part 310 August 1960
27Biggles Baits the Trap: Part 412 August 1960
28Biggles Baits the Trap: Part 517 August 1960
29Biggles Baits the Trap: Part 619 August 1960
30Biggles at World's End: Part 124 August 1960
31Biggles at World's End: Part 226 August 1960
32Biggles at World's End: Part 331 August 1960
33Biggles Turns the Scale: Part 12 September 1960
34Biggles Turns the Scale: Part 27 September 1960
35Biggles Turns the Scale: Part 39 September 1960
36Biggles Springs the Lock: Part 114 September 1960
37Biggles Springs the Lock: Part 216 September 1960
38Biggles Springs the Lock: Part 321 September 1960
39Biggles in the East: Part 123 September 1960
40Biggles in the East: Part 228 September 1960
41Biggles in the East: Part 330 September 1960
42Biggles on the Nile: Part 15 October 1960
43Biggles on the Nile: Part 27 October 1960
44Biggles on the Nile: Part 312 October 1960
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External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0161131/episodes IMDB Episode Listing