Biggles (TV series)

1960 British TV series or programme

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)

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

## Plot

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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.

## Cast

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* Neville Whiting as James 'Biggles' Bigglesworth
* John Leyton as Ginger
* David Drummond as Bertie
* Carl Duering as von Stalhein

## Episodes

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# | 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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## References

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1. ^ IMDB Episode Listing

## External links

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* Biggles at IMDb
* NostalgiaCentral.com: Biggles

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