Freewheelers

Freewheelers is a British television series made by Southern Television for ITV between 1968 and 1973.

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British - Television - Southern Television - ITV - 1968 - 1973

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The series was a youth-oriented, gadget-packed answer to the popular spy series of the 1960's such as The Avengers and Department S with its story of three young people who were working for the British Intelligence Service, recruited by Colonel Buchan. Their main opponent was the ex-Nazi officer Von Gelb, who tried to overtake power in Great-Britain as a revenge for the German defeat. There were several series about The Freewheelers, also abroad (when the series was sold to Germany, the Von Gelb character disappeared (!) and other criminals took his place....

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1960's - The Avengers - Department S

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Well-known actors were Adrian Wright and Wendy Padbury. The part of Colonel Buchan was played by Ronald Leigh-Hunt, Von Gelb by Geoffrey Toone.

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Adrian Wright - Wendy Padbury - Ronald Leigh-Hunt - Geoffrey Toone

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