The Adventures of William Tell is a British swashbuckler adventure series, first broadcast on the ITV network in the 1950s, and produced by ITC Entertainment. The one series of 39 episodes in black and white aired on ITV from 15 September 1958 till 15 June 1959. It starred Conrad Phillips in the title role, Jennifer Jayne as wife, Hedda Tell, and Richard Rogers as son, Walter Tell.

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  • The Adventures of William Tell is a British swashbuckler adventure series, first broadcast on the ITV network in the 1950s, and produced by ITC Entertainment. The one series of 39 episodes in black and white aired on ITV from 15 September 1958 till 15 June 1959. It starred Conrad Phillips in the title role, Jennifer Jayne as wife, Hedda Tell, and Richard Rogers as son, Walter Tell. Willoughby Goddard played Landburgher Gessler, Derren Nesbitt played Gessler's second in command, Frederick, for the first six episodes before being replaced by Willoughby Gray for the seventh episode, Jack Watling for the ninth episode then the character was replaced by a new second in command, Wolfgang, played by Derek Godfrey. Nesbitt appeared many times as an Austrian soldier or some such villain throughout the series. In the first, sixth, and 33rd episodes, Jack Lambert played Hedda's father and chief judge, Judge Furst who constantly fought against Gessler's unfair edicts. Fritz Fertog alias The Bear was played by Nigel Green, who joined Tell's band in the twelfth episode after Tell saved his son. Bruce Seton played General Bullinger and various other villains. The series featured a long-remembered theme song, with music based on the William Tell Overture by Rossini. For the show, the song lyrics were by Harold Purcell and were sung by David Whitfield which opened: "Come away, come away with William Tell, Come away to the land he loved so well, What a day, what a day when the apple fell, For Tell of Switzerland!" 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. The original story told in the first episode was by René Wilde and the opening titles of each episode featured an alpine horn being blown followed by Tell shooting the apple off his son's head then followed by scenes from that episode. The stunt of an apple being shot off a boy's head appears to have been done by a thread from behind the boy leading through the apple (viewers can see the hole if the picture is paused) to a shaft and beyond. The series was produced by Ralph Smart, who wrote a number of stories for the series and who also produced The Adventures of Sir Lancelot. The show was made at the National Studios in Elstree. Notable guests in the series were Sidney James in the third episode, Michael Caine in the fifth episode and 29th episode, and Patrick Troughton in the fourteenth episode. Episode 15, featured Glyn Owen as guest star and reuses two scenes where two soldiers were shot in episode 14, this time both being killed by The Contessa. Episode 16 has a young Frazer Hines speaking perfect English without the heavy Scot's accent he used in later years on TV and Darren Nesbitt is back, this time as Schulemburg, another of Gessler's officers in command. Episode 18 starred Wilfrid Brambell while Conrad Phillips played Tell and an evil double. Episode 19 featured Robert Shaw as an untrustworthy ally. Episode 21 featured Christopher Lee as the hunter. From episode 18, Frank Thornton made a number of appearances as Heinburgher, Gessler's tax collector. Episode 26 had John Le Mesurier in a small part at the end. Episode 27 featured Kenneth Cope who only spoke four words in the show. Episode 28 introduced us to Gessler's daughter, Anna. Though originally haughty, when she found out what Gessler had done to the people and how he planned to betray his bargain with William Tell, she helped Tell before going back to visit her father. The theme music to episode 31 was different from usual but was thankfully back to normal with the next episode. Episode 32 has Warren Mitchell and Roger Delgado as members of the evil Black Brothers. Episode 35 has Glyn Owen as one of Tell's men. Episode 37 had Donald Pleasance as The Spider and Deborah Watling in her usual cute little girl role. In the final episode, Tell goes to the castle of the Austrain Emperor (Derek Bond} where a contact who has been feeding the Swiss secret information, has been exposed. Tell kills the Emperor and the show ends with Tell heading back to Switzerland. The outdoor scenes were filmed around the mountains and lakes of Snowdonia in the UK. Though in some ways the same as The Adventures of Robin Hood, a brave bowman fighting against a tyrant, this was a much harder show with crossbow bolts often killing people and Tell fighting hard hand to hand battles which often resulted in the death of the bad guy. Unlike the foppish Sheriff of Nottingham, Gessler was portrayed as a pig of a man, unshaven, often eating or drinking without any hint of manners and throwing his metaphorical as well as literal weight around. Goddard proved to be very active, despite his size. The series repeated well into the 1960s. Episode 24 had Gessler at his worst as he goes to collect taxes from a peasant named Hoffman who explains it's been a dry summer to which Gessler tells him he is not interested in the weather. Gessler : I want twenty five goulden. Hoffman : But all we have is thirty goulden. Surely you wouldn't leave us with only five goulden to see us through the winter. Gessler : I shall certainly not do that since there is a fine of five goulden for refusing to pay my collector. I'll take the lot. Hoffman : But Landburgher, we'll starve. Gessler : Good. It may teach you a lesson. Gessler's men then find a small calf and Gessler tells Hoffman that for perjuring himself he will be taken to Altdorf and beheaded. When Hoffman says this will only make the Swiss firmer in their resistance, Gessler has his young son taken along for beheading too.
  • Guillaume Tell (William Tell ou The Adventures of William Tell) est une série télévisée britannique en 39 épisodes de 26 minutes, en noir et blanc, créée par Leslie Arliss d'après le héros légendaire de Guillaume Tell, diffusée entre le 15 septembre 1958 et le 15 juin 1959 sur le réseau ITV. En France, la série a été diffusée à partir du 30 juin 1962 sur la première chaîne de l'ORTF.
  • «Приключения Вильгельма Телля» — кинофильм. Детям рекомендуется просмотр совместно с родителями.
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  • The Adventures of William Tell is a British swashbuckler adventure series, first broadcast on the ITV network in the 1950s, and produced by ITC Entertainment. The one series of 39 episodes in black and white aired on ITV from 15 September 1958 till 15 June 1959. It starred Conrad Phillips in the title role, Jennifer Jayne as wife, Hedda Tell, and Richard Rogers as son, Walter Tell.
  • Guillaume Tell (William Tell ou The Adventures of William Tell) est une série télévisée britannique en 39 épisodes de 26 minutes, en noir et blanc, créée par Leslie Arliss d'après le héros légendaire de Guillaume Tell, diffusée entre le 15 septembre 1958 et le 15 juin 1959 sur le réseau ITV. En France, la série a été diffusée à partir du 30 juin 1962 sur la première chaîne de l'ORTF.
  • «Приключения Вильгельма Телля» — кинофильм. Детям рекомендуется просмотр совместно с родителями.
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  • Приключения Вильгельма Телля (фильм)
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