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Four Feather Falls

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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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25th February 1960 - 17th November 1960
Producer
Gerry Anderson
Top Cast
Nicholas ParsonsKenneth ConnorDenise Bryer
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How It Began
25th February 1960

Episode 1

Sheriff Tex Tucker arrives in Four Feather Falls.

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Kidnapped
3rd March 1960

Episode 2

Sheriff Tucker must solve a kidnapping.

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Pedro Has A Plan
10th March 1960

Episode 3

Pedro has a great idea, but will it all go wrong?

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Pedro's Pardon
17th March 1960

Episode 4

Pedro is pardoned by Tex.

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A Close Shave
24th March 1960

Episode 5

Tex Tucker has a close call.

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Indian Attack
31st March 1960

Episode 6

Four Feather Falls is attacked by a group of Indians.

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Sheriff For A Day
7th April 1960

Episode 7

Tex takes a day off, but who will be the sheriff?

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Dusty Becomes Deputy
14th April 1960

Episode 8

Tex promotes Dusty to the position of deputy sheriff.

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Gun Runners
21st April 1960

Episode 9

Tex encounters a group of gunrunners and it's his job to bring them in.

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Trouble At Yellow Gulch
28th April 1960

Episode 10

Tex experiences a spot of bother at Yellow Gulch.

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Frame Up
5th May 1960

Episode 11

Can Tex discover who really committed the crime?

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Gold Diggers
12th May 1960

Episode 12

Tex encounters some gold diggers.

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Gold Is Where You Find It
19th May 1960

Episode 13

Tex and the gang go looking for gold.

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Trapped
26th May 1960

Episode 14

Tex and the gang become trapped in a dangerous situation, but can they save themselves?

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The Best Laid Plans
2nd June 1960

Episode 15

Even the best plans can go wrong.

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Escort
9th June 1960

Episode 16

Pedro and Fernando pose as sheriffs so they can steal a shipment of gold.

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The Toughest Guy In The West
16th June 1960

Episode 17

A reward is offered for the capture of Indian Jack.

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Chance Of A Ghost
23rd June 1960

Episode 18

Marvin 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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Gun Play
30th June 1960

Episode 19

Two cattle rustlers challenge Tucker to fight without his magic guns.

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A Lawman Rides Alone
7th July 1960

Episode 20

As Tex prepares to take a criminal to court, Big Ben plans a jail break.

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Jail Break
14th July 1960

Episode 21

Pedro helps Tex capture some criminals in return for the reward money.

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A Little Bit of Luck
21st July 1960

Episode 22

Tex is away visiting family, but in his absence crime runs out of control.

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Land Grabbers
28th July 1960

Episode 23

The 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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Once a Lawman
4th August 1960

Episode 24

With the townspeople unhappy with Tex's dealing of a spate of robberies, Tex turns in his badge.

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Election Day
11th August 1960

Episode 25

Usually 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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Gun Fight On Main Street
18th August 1960

Episode 26

Tex'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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A Bad Name
25th August 1960

Episode 27

Pedro and Fernando steal all of Four Feather Falls' horses and Tex is unable to pursue them until new horses arrive.

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Horse Thieves
1st September 1960

Episode 28

Big Ben needs Tex's help after being falsly accused of stealing cattle.

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The Ma Jones Story
8th September 1960

Episode 29

Ma Jones falls a scam and is almost swindled out of her shop.

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Bandits Abroad
15th September 1960

Episode 30

Fernando 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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A Cure for Everything
22nd September 1960

Episode 31

A 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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Teething Troubles
29th September 1960

Episode 32

Rocky gets toothache but won't let Doc Haggerty remove it.

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Buffalo Rocky
6th October 1960

Episode 33

When several horses are stolen, the only suspects seems to be a buffalo...

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Safe As Houses
13th October 1960

Episode 34

A stranger arrives in town claiming to be able to sell things to people they didn't even know they wanted.

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First Train Through
20th October 1960

Episode 35

The railroad finally comes to Four Feather Falls connecting it to Dallas, however someone keeps sabotaging the tracks.

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Happy Birthday
27th October 1960

Episode 36

The 'fastest and bestest in the westest' arrives in town, worrying Tex that he will attract other gunmen to the town.

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Fancy Shooting
3rd November 1960

Episode 37

The townspeople plan a party for Tex's birthday.

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Ambush
10th November 1960

Episode 38

The train from Dallas is robbed of $10,000.

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Ride 'Em Cowboy
17th November 1960

Episode 39

Tex takes part in the rodeo against Silver City's best rider, Bart Stevens.