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First episode date
  
15 September 1958

Network
  
ITV

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Also known as
  
'William Tell'

Final episode date
  
15 June 1959

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Starring
  
Conrad PhillipsJennifer JayneRichard RogersWilloughby Goddard

Theme music composer
  
William Tell Overture by Gioachino Rossini

Opening theme
  
Lyrics by Harold Purcell, sung by David Whitfield

Ending theme
  
Lyrics by Harold Purcell, sung by David Whitfield

Composer(s)
  
Albert ElmsSydney John Kay

Cast
  
Conrad Phillips, Willoughby Goddard, Jennifer Jayne, Nigel Green, Richard Rodgers

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The Adventures of William Tell is a British swashbuckler adventure series, first broadcast on the ITV network in 1958, and produced by ITC Entertainment. In the United States, the episodes aired on the syndicated NTA Film Network in 1958–1959.

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Cast and characters

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  • Conrad Phillips as William Tell
  • Jennifer Jayne as Hedda Tell (wife)
  • Richard Rogers as Walter Tell (son)
  • Willoughby Goddard as Landburgher Gessler
  • Nigel Green as The Bear
  • Jack Lambert as Judge Furst (Hedda's father)

    • Music

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    The series featured a long-remembered theme song, with music based on the William Tell Overture by Gioachino Rossini. For the show, the song lyrics were by Harold Purcell and were sung by David Whitfield.

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    Because this portion of Rossini's overture was the theme of The Lone Ranger in the United States, a different portion of the overture, with lyrics added, became the theme song there, titled: The Freedom Song – "Marching Behind William Tell" by Geoffrey Parsons. This is on The Network DVD episode Castle of Fear.

    Incidental music was by Albert Elms and Sydney John Kay

    Lyrics

    Verses 1, 2, 4 with the opening titles, 6, 7, 8, 9 with the closing credits.

    Episode list

    Airdate is for ATV Midlands ITV regions varied date and order.

    Conrad Phillips later went on to play William Tell's sidekick, Stefan, in the series Crossbow which ran from August 1987 till February 1989. William Tell was played by Will Lyman. The series ran for 72 thirty-minute colour episodes over three seasons, 24 each, with the third season unaired in America. Other members of the cast were Jeremy Clyde as Hermann Gessler, Valentine Pelka as Roland, Melinda Mullins as Blade and David Barry Gray as Tell's son Matthew.

    There was a third series of William Tell, produced in New Zealand and called The Legend of William Tell, which only lasted one season of 16 episodes of sixty minutes from August till December 1998. Cast were Kieren Hutchison as William Tell, Andrew Binns as Xax, Nathaniel Lees as Leon, Katrina Browne as Aruna, Ray Henwood as Kreel, Sharon Tyrell as Kalem, Beth Allen as Princess Varga and Drew Neemia as Drogo.

    DVD

    The entire series is available on a 5-disc region 2 set from Network DVD.

    The entire series is also available on a 3-disc region 1 set.

    References

    The Adventures of William Tell Wikipedia
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