The first Granada Television series to be filmed in colour (though initially transmitted in black and white), this popular children's adventure featured a star who is 72 feet long and painted in cheerful shades of red and yellow! She is The Flower of Gloster, a converted canal barge which over the course of the series winds her way from Wales, through the inland waterways of England to the Pool of London at Tower Bridge. When their boatyard owner father is taken ill, ten-year-old Michael, his twelve-year-old sister Elizabeth and elder brother Dick decide to deliver a narrow-boat to a buyer on his behalf. During their 220-mile trip, they make new friends but also encounter all kinds of danger and difficulties, played out against the changing pattern of the British countryside.
This Granada series brought the adventures of Capt. W.E. Johns' famous fictional airman to Britain's television screens for the very first time. Starring Nevil Whiting in the title role, Biggles features action-packed tales of derring-do and chivalry, the flying ace's exciting quests taking him the from the frozen North to the Amazon, from the Panama Canal to the Pacific. Ready to take on any assignment, Biggles finds adventure both on the ground and in the air! Actor and singer John ...
If it's action and adventure you''re seeking set sail for Rogue's Rock - a tiny independent island off the British Coast. Rogue's Rock is run by Wing Commander Rogue ( Donald Hewlett) and his loyal friends including his faithful batman Hawkins (Harold Goodwin) dodgy shopkeeper Will Polberry (Royston Tickner) and Ilse (Katya Wyeth). The adventure begins when two strange Germans arrive on the island searching for the wreck of a fabulous treasure ship. Soon everyone on the island is caught up in a huge plot to seize the world's oil rigs and battling an evil Arab government for priceless treasure buried beneath the desert sands! This DVD features all six episodes of the exciting ITV children's adventure series first shown on British television between 6th November and 11th December 1974.
The year is 1864. England is at peace - but across the Atlantic Ocean a bloody civil war is being fought between the North and the South. Untold thousands are dying on the battlefield. In Portsmouth the far distant war seems not to matter - until a humble warehouse clerk Silas Trumble (Robert James) finds himself caught up in a chilling conspiracy and jailed for a crime he did not commit. His daughter Abigail (Julia Lewis) fights to prove his innocence and enlists the help of street urchins led by Gegor (Jack Wild) and William Sedgwick (Steven Grives) a mysterious journalist with a strange secret. Together they unmask a sinister plot that could well drag Britain into the American Civil War and change the course of history... This DVD includes all six thrilling episodes of the popular ITV children's adventure series first broadcast on British television between 31st December 1979 and 4th February 1980.
Simon Gipps Kent plays Lucas Bell - a lonely boy who lives with his wicked guardian Sir Randolph Murgatroyd (William Squire) Enter Anne Marie (played by Maxine Gordon) - a wilful French girl with a hidden and secret past. Sir Randolph is killed in a devastating fire at the mansion in which they live leaving the 2 children homeless and destitute. Faced with having to survive on the desolate streets of Blastburn the two still find time to solve the mystery of the blaze at the mansion and the dark secrets of Midnight Mill.
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