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I have been trying to remember details of a kids TV series

Broadcast in the 1970s it was a historical weekly drama shown on ITV. I think it was about the Jacobite Rebellion and there were 2 orphan kids in it being looked after by a Dutch or German gunnery expert marching around the countryside as part of a rag tag army. Thats about all i can remember it was a fairly cheap production along the lines of Arthur Of the Britons etc and i think shown on early Sat nights

anyone remember it?

Andy

(The Young )Pretenders? :/

It was set about the time of the Duke of Monmouths claim to the throne, if its the series I am thinking off.



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This item was edited on Monday, 25th July 2005, 16:24

Was it a prequel to Dads Army?? :¦

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Broadcast in the 1970s it was a historical weekly drama shown on ITV. I think it was about the Jacobite Rebellion and there were 2 orphan kids in it being looked after by a Dutch or German gunnery expert marching around the countryside as part of a rag tag army. Thats about all i can remember it was a fairly cheap production along the lines of Arthur Of the Britons etc and i think shown on early Sat nights

Parts of it sound like one of Pat Troughtons second story in the 1960`s Doctor Who - The Highlanders, in which he puts on a fairly thick German accent (& dresses up as a (washer) woman for the first time, the second time being a cleaner in The Green Death).

It would meet the criteria of

Being cheap
Early Saturday nights
Jacobite (Battle of Culloden)



I quite like the Helpdesk people in a benevolent (as opposed to malevolent) way as they do some valuable work in preventing us being inundated by every halfwit who can work a phone.

Thanks Rassilon you have got it. It was called the Pretenders and was made by Harlech TV, broadcast 1972 in 13 episodes. It was set around the monmouth Rebellion as you said. Apparently John Thaw was in some episodes

Andy

Very naughty to hijack a thread I know but...

Does anyone have any info on a BBC TV series from the late 60`s called `Gold on Crow Mountain`. (I know it was called that because I have the TV spin-off book ...). Can`t find a damned thing about it on the web. I remember thinking it was really great at the time!

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Thanks Rassilon you have got it.

At times I really wish my mind could hold more useful stuff than TV trivia, so I could get through my MCSE & possibly have risen higher up the academic ladder.

Then again perhaps not. ;)



I quite like the Helpdesk people in a benevolent (as opposed to malevolent) way as they do some valuable work in preventing us being inundated by every halfwit who can work a phone.