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| - Follyfoot was a television series co-produced by Yorkshire Television for ITV and the independent West German company TV Munich between 1971 and 1973, repeated for a couple of years after that and again in the late 1980s. It was originally inspired by Monica Dickens' 1963 novel "Cobbler's Dream" (republished in 1995 as "New Arrival at Follyfoot"); she later wrote four further books in conjunction with the series - "Follyfoot" in 1971, "Dora at Follyfoot" in 1972, "The Horses of Follyfoot" in 1975 and "Stranger at Follyfoot" in 1976. The series, which was filmed on the Harewood family estate, was set at a home of rest for horses. What on the surface might have appeared to be a series with limited interest to young girls with an equine interest was actually aimed squarely at the teenage market, and often had challenging things to say about the treatment of horses and animals generally in British society. The ethos of Follyfoot generally was to give another chance to both horses and people who had been rejected by the rest of society: the stance of the series was recognisably left-wing, and characters who resembled the archetypes of the Pullein-Thompson sisters et al were overwhelmingly shown in a negative light. Continuity in the series was assured by the use of mostly one writer, Tony Essex, but there were also contributions from Rosemary Anne Sisson. The series' theme song, "The Lightning Tree", written by Steven Francis and sung by The Settlers, is well-remembered, sometimes more so than the series itself. The series was also popular in Australia and Germany. The main actors were Gillian Blake as Dora, Steve Hodson as Steve, Christian Rodska as Ron Stryker, Desmond Llewelyn as the Colonel and Arthur English as Slugger. Several other famous people had minor roles, one being Pam St Clement, the others being Gretchen Franklin as the Colonel's housekeeper and Kathy Staff in two separate bit parts. But what really characterised the series was its rotation of directors, many of whom have since become revered figures in the UK film industry, including Stephen Frears, Michael Apted and even Jack Cardiff who took time out from working overseas with Kirk Douglas to direct two episodes of the series. Also, in the third season, most notably, David Hemmings took the time to appear in one episode, 'Uncle Joe' and also to direct two other episodes which took place before and after that episode: 'The Bridge Builder' and the final episode, 'Walk In The Wood'. Follifoot (note the slightly different spelling), is a small village just 3 miles from Harrogate, not far from the Yorkshire Television studios in Leeds. (en)
- Die Follyfoot-Farm war eine 39teilige englische TV-Serie. Die deutsche Erstausstrahlung begann am 2. Oktober 1973 im Vorabendprogramm des ZDF. Die Serie wurde 1971 bis 1973 in der Nähe von Leeds in North Yorkshire, England produziert. Die Geschichten basierten auf den Jugendromanen Cobbler's Dream (1963) und Follyfoot (1971) von Monica Dickens . (de)
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