Freewheelers (TV series)

The Freewheelers (original title Freewheelers) is a British television series about three teenagers who face all sorts of criminals and spies. In England, the series was broadcast by ITV. Southern Television produced eight seasons for this British commercial channel. A total of 104 episodes were made of 30 minutes. The series was broadcast in England between 1968 and 1973. In Netherlands, the first episode screened on 29 september 1968 by the NTS.

The title tune is ' Teenage Carnival ' of the non-credited Keith Mansfield. The final tune is by Laurie Johnson (best known for the theme for the Avengers (The Avengers) called ' Private Eye '.



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[hide] *1 Story  ==Story[ Edit] == The Freewheelers are a groups of teenagers (two boys and a girl) who are recruited by a Colonel of the British secret service. The Group runs constantly against all kinds of conspiracies to. In the first three series be that particular plots of the ex-naziGeneral Von Gelb, played by Geoffrey Toone. Von Gelb, which, incidentally, extremely correct English speaks, seems constantly trying to bring to England under a nazi regime. (His name also seems to refer to the operational plan Fall Gelb, of nazi Germany for the attack on Western Europe in may 1940). Von Gelb has a private army and works with all kinds of inventions for example, if a sleeping gas. Its headquarters is on the ship "Brunhilde" (in reality the ship The Southerner by Southern TV).
 * 2 Production
 * 3 main roles
 * 4 employees
 * 5 Books

Later in the series disappears Von Gelb more into the background, and take other rogues take his place. ==Production[ Edit] == The series was written by writer/producer Chris McMaster. As he said in an interview, each set had to start with a "very unlikely exciting situation", which during the story in a logical and realistic way was elaborated. A technique that also at the series 'The Avengers' (' the Avengers ') was applied.

McMaster wanted the protagonists were young people but no children. The original heroes were Bill Cowan (Tom Owen), Terry Driver (Mary Maude) and Chris Kely (Gregory Phil lips).

In the third episode of the first season the heroes meet someone who has a fixed role would play in the whole series: MI6 agent Colonel Buchanan, played by Ronald-Leigh Hunt. The producer made good use of its proximity to the naval base in Southampton. The Navy lent regular helicopters or a submarine out for often recorded live video recordings. Also the ITV report ship The Southerner was deployed. Both sides were painted in other colors so that the boat could play a double role-depending on which side was filmed.

The Freewheelers is included from the fourth season in color (april 1970). Some of the young protagonists were changed. Chittell had left and was replaced by Adrian Wright in his role as Mike and Wendy Padbury as Sue. (Wendy is better known as Zoe in a series of Dr Who).

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">When the series was sold to Germany, Von Gelb had to clean up the field as a primary antagonist. The actor was disappointed: he had just bought a new car under the assumption his role to continue. Take place in other criminals, such as the female Colonel Aristides, professor Nero and the stoethaspelige crooks and Ryan Burke.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The series looks like a James Bond movie and is filled with a lot of action (chases, fights and explosions) and relied heavily on television series such as The Avengers (the Avengers) and The Man from Uncle, which were intended for a more adult audience. The producers focused in particular on the age group 9-13 and tried to appeal to both boys and girls by two boys and a girl to let it occur. The plots are what implausible but that allowed the audience little care. The series became very popular in both England and in other European countries. A small part of season 6 was filmed in Netherlands (Amsterdam), many around Cornwall and Jersey.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The series ended in 1973 after seven seasons. It was then not look very carefully with the Visual material and there are a lot of lost episodes. Despite the popularity gave Southern TV right to erase the command first five seasons because they saw potential little repetition. However, the film editor Michael Womersley film prints of the first season and the first episode of the second season saved. Seasons 3 through 5 are still being missed. Seasons 6 to 8 have now been released on dvd by Reknown Productions in 2009. ==Leading Roles<span class="mw-editsection" len="346" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ==Employees<span class="mw-editsection" len="346" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ==Books<span class="mw-editsection" len="341" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==
 * Jill Rowles- Caroline Ellis
 * Colonel Buchan- Ronald leigh-Hunt
 * Bill Cowan- Tom Owen
 * Terry Driver- Mary Maude
 * Von Gelb- Geoffry Toone
 * Chris Kelly- Gregory Phil Lambert
 * Nick Carter- Chris Chittell
 * Mike- Adrian Wright
 * Steve- Leonard Gregory
 * Sue- Wendy Padbury
 * professor Nero- Jerome Willes
 * Richard Shaw -Ryan
 * Burke- Michael Ripper
 * Cameraman-Stanley Brehaut
 * Recording Director – John Biddle
 * Editor-Michael Womersley
 * Producer-Chris McMaster
 * Music- Keith Mansfield, Laurie Johnson, Richard Wagner
 * The Sign of the Beaver-Piccolo Alan Fennell, publication/TV Times