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Biggles (TV series)

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

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Plot

There were 44 B&W untitled episodes of 30 minutes, which were made by Granada 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

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

    • References

    Biggles (TV series) Wikipedia
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