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.
Episode 1
Sheriff Tex Tucker arrives in Four Feather Falls.
Episode 2
Sheriff Tucker must solve a kidnapping.
Episode 3
Pedro has a great idea, but will it all go wrong?
Episode 4
Pedro is pardoned by Tex.
Episode 5
Tex Tucker has a close call.
Episode 6
Four Feather Falls is attacked by a group of Indians.
Episode 7
Tex takes a day off, but who will be the sheriff?
Episode 8
Tex promotes Dusty to the position of deputy sheriff.
Episode 9
Tex encounters a group of gunrunners and it's his job to bring them in.
Episode 10
Tex experiences a spot of bother at Yellow Gulch.
Episode 11
Can Tex discover who really committed the crime?
Episode 12
Tex encounters some gold diggers.
Episode 13
Tex and the gang go looking for gold.
Episode 14
Tex and the gang become trapped in a dangerous situation, but can they save themselves?
Episode 15
Even the best plans can go wrong.
Episode 16
Pedro and Fernando pose as sheriffs so they can steal a shipment of gold.
Episode 17
A reward is offered for the capture of Indian Jack.
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.
Episode 19
Two cattle rustlers challenge Tucker to fight without his magic guns.
Episode 20
As Tex prepares to take a criminal to court, Big Ben plans a jail break.
Episode 21
Pedro helps Tex capture some criminals in return for the reward money.
Episode 22
Tex is away visiting family, but in his absence crime runs out of control.
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.
Episode 24
With the townspeople unhappy with Tex's dealing of a spate of robberies, Tex turns in his badge.
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.
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.
Episode 27
Pedro and Fernando steal all of Four Feather Falls' horses and Tex is unable to pursue them until new horses arrive.
Episode 28
Big Ben needs Tex's help after being falsly accused of stealing cattle.
Episode 29
Ma Jones falls a scam and is almost swindled out of her shop.
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.
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.
Episode 32
Rocky gets toothache but won't let Doc Haggerty remove it.
Episode 33
When several horses are stolen, the only suspects seems to be a buffalo...
Episode 34
A stranger arrives in town claiming to be able to sell things to people they didn't even know they wanted.
Episode 35
The railroad finally comes to Four Feather Falls connecting it to Dallas, however someone keeps sabotaging the tracks.
Episode 36
The 'fastest and bestest in the westest' arrives in town, worrying Tex that he will attract other gunmen to the town.
Episode 37
The townspeople plan a party for Tex's birthday.
Episode 38
The train from Dallas is robbed of $10,000.
Episode 39
Tex takes part in the rodeo against Silver City's best rider, Bart Stevens.
