Follyfoot

Follyfoot was a television series produced by Yorkshire Television for ITV between 1971 and 1973, repeated for a couple of years after that and again in the late 1980s. A video release of the first three episodes in 1995 remains its only commercial appearance on video or DVD. It was originally inspired by Monica Dickens' 1963 novel "Cobbler's Dream"; 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.

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The series, which was filmed on the Harewood family estate, was set at a home of rest for horses, and often had challenging things to say about the treatment of horses and animals generally in British society. The ethos of Follyfoot was to give another chance to both horses and people who had been rejected by the rest of society. The series' theme song, "The Lightning Tree", written by Stephen Francis and sung by The Settlers, is well-remembered.

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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.

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Yorkshire Television: Yorkshire Television Limited is the ITV contractor for Yorkshire, England, and the surrounding areas. It went on air on 29 July 1968. The main studios are in Leeds and a smaller studio in Sheffield....

ITV: :This article is about the British television network. ITV (or iTV) can also mean interactive television, whilst Independent Television may also be used in reference to the i television network in the United States....

1971: 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar)....