Four Feather Falls (1960)
Four Feather Falls was the third puppet TV show produced by Gerry Anderson for Granada Television. It was based on an idea by Barry Gray, who also wrote the show's music. The series was the first to use an early version of Anderson's Supermarionation puppetry. Thirty-nine 13-minute episodes were produced, broadcast by Granada from February until November 1960. The setting is the late 19th-century fictional Kansas town of Four Feather Falls, where the hero of the series, Tex Tucker, is sheriff. The four feathers of the title refers to four magical feathers given to Tex by the Indian chief Kalamakooya as a reward for saving his grandson: two allowed Tex's guns to swivel and fire without being touched whenever he was in danger, and two conferred the power of speech on Tex's horse and dog. Tex's speaking voice was provided by Nicholas Parsons, and his singing voice by Michael Holliday. The series has never been repeated on British television, but it was released on DVD in 2005.
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Episode 1 - How It Began
Release Date: 1960-02-25Sheriff Tex Tucker arrives in Four Feather Falls.
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Episode 2 - Kidnapped
Release Date: 1960-03-03Sheriff Tucker must solve a kidnapping.
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Episode 3 - Pedro Has A Plan
Release Date: 1960-03-10Pedro has a great idea, but will it all go wrong?
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Episode 4 - Pedro's Pardon
Release Date: 1960-03-17Pedro is pardoned by Tex.
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Episode 5 - A Close Shave
Release Date: 1960-03-24Tex Tucker has a close call.
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Episode 6 - Indian Attack
Release Date: 1960-03-31Four Feather Falls is attacked by a group of Indians.
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Episode 7 - Sheriff For A Day
Release Date: 1960-04-07Tex takes a day off, but who will be the sheriff?
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Episode 8 - Dusty Becomes Deputy
Release Date: 1960-04-14Tex promotes Dusty to the position of deputy sheriff.
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Episode 9 - Gunrunners
Release Date: 1960-04-21Tex encounters a group of gunrunners and it's his job to bring them in.
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Episode 10 - Trouble At Yellow Gulch
Release Date: 1960-04-28Tex experiences a spot of bother at Yellow Gulch.
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Episode 11 - Frame Up
Release Date: 1960-05-05Can Tex discover who really committed the crime?
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Episode 12 - Gold Diggers
Release Date: 1960-05-12Tex encounters some gold diggers.
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Episode 13 - Gold Is Where You Find It
Release Date: 1960-05-19Tex and the gang go looking for gold.
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Episode 14 - Trapped
Release Date: 1960-05-26Tex and the gang become trapped in a dangerous situation, but can they save themselves?
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Episode 15 - The Best Laid Plans
Release Date: 1960-06-02Even the best plans can go wrong.
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Episode 16 - Escort
Release Date: 1960-06-09Pedro and Fernando pose as sheriffs so they can steal a shipment of gold.
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Episode 17 - The Toughest Guy In The West
Release Date: 1960-06-16A reward is offered for the capture of Indian Jack.
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Episode 18 - Ghost of a Chance
Release Date: 1960-06-23Marvin Jackson is trying to sell the Eureka Silver Mine, but the main buyer, Harman, pays Pedro and Fernando to pretend to be ghosts to bring the price down.
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Episode 19 - Gunplay
Release Date: 1960-06-30Two cattle rustlers challenge Tucker to fight without his magic guns.
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Episode 20 - A Lawman Rides Alone
Release Date: 1960-07-07As Tex prepares to take a criminal to court, Big Ben plans a jail break.
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Episode 21 - Jailbreak
Release Date: 1960-07-14Pedro helps Tex capture some criminals in return for the reward money.
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Episode 22 - A Little Bit of Luck
Release Date: 1960-07-21Tex is away visiting family, but in his absence crime runs out of control.
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Episode 23 - Land Grabbers
Release Date: 1960-07-28The Circle Z Ranch is under siege from Morg Fenton and Big Ben, but Tex discovers it is outside his area of juristiction and cannot help defend it.
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Episode 24 - Once a Lawman
Release Date: 1960-08-04With the townspeople unhappy with Tex's dealing of a spate of robberies, Tex turns in his badge.
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Episode 25 - Election Day
Release Date: 1960-08-11Usually Tex is the only one to run for the post of sheriff on election days, but this time Pedro makes a bid for the position.
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Episode 26 - Gunfight On Main Street
Release Date: 1960-08-18Tex's old friend arrives in town looking for two criminals. Tex helps him, but they end up in a dangerous showdown on Main Street.
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Episode 27 - A Bad Name
Release Date: 1960-08-25Pedro and Fernando steal all of Four Feather Falls' horses and Tex is unable to pursue them until new horses arrive.
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Episode 28 - Horse Thieves
Release Date: 1960-09-01Big Ben needs Tex's help after being falsly accused of stealing cattle.
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Episode 29 - The Ma Jones Story
Release Date: 1960-09-08Ma Jones falls a scam and is almost swindled out of her shop.
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Episode 30 - Bandits Abroad
Release Date: 1960-09-15Fernando bears a striking resemblance to another master criminal, so Pedro comes up with an idea to get the reward money for capturing him.
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Episode 31 - A Cure for Everything
Release Date: 1960-09-22A medicine man arrives in town claiming to have a cure for everything and almost puts Doc Haggerty out of business before he discovers the true source of the medicines.
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Episode 32 - Teething Troubles
Release Date: 1960-09-29Rocky gets toothache but won't let Doc Haggerty remove it.
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Episode 33 - Buffalo Rocky
Release Date: 1960-10-06When several horses are stolen, the only suspects seems to be a buffalo...
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Episode 34 - Safe As Houses
Release Date: 1960-10-13A stranger arrives in town claiming to be able to sell things to people they didn't even know they wanted.
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Episode 35 - First Train Through
Release Date: 1960-10-20The railroad finally comes to Four Feather Falls connecting it to Dallas, however someone keeps sabotaging the tracks.
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Episode 36 - Happy Birthday
Release Date: 1960-10-27The 'fastest and bestest in the westest' arrives in town, worrying Tex that he will attract other gunmen to the town.
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Episode 37 - Fancy Shooting
Release Date: 1960-11-03The townspeople plan a party for Tex's birthday.
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Episode 38 - Ambush
Release Date: 1960-11-10The train from Dallas is robbed of $10,000.
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Episode 39 - Ride 'Em Cowboy
Release Date: 1960-11-17Tex takes part in the rodeo against Silver City's best rider, Bart Stevens.