FOLLYFOOT

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 CHEAPEST SET OF THIS CLASSIC 70'S TV SHOW

One of the most enchanting television programmes from the 1970s was undoubtedly Yorkshire Television's Follyfoot. It was also, at that time one of the most ambitious children's series undertaken by an Independent Television company and involved the entire reconstruction of a farmhouse and its surrounding buildings on the estate of the Earl of Harewood.

Based on Monica Dickens (great grandaughter of Charles Dickens) 1963 novel 'Cobbler's Dream', Follyfoot is set in a retirement home for old or unwanted horses, invariably rescued from a cruel fate or cruel owners. The farm is run by The Colonel ( Desmond Llewellyn -familiar to filmgoers as James Bond's original gadget supplier 'Q'). In the middle of the farm stands a burnt out tree that had been struck by lightning during a storm one night and the Colonel believes that it will bloom again given enough care and attention, so everyone who passes it by is required to throw a bucket of water over its roots, making it a symbol of the work undertaken in the horse sanctuary, as well as something of a supposedly good luck charm.

In the first episode the colonel's niece, Dora ( Gillian Blake), arrives to stay when her father is offered a job in Brazil on behalf of the British government. But the teenage girl doesn't feel as though she fits in to the privileged, upper-class lifestyle she has been born into. Life at uncle George's large country house is decidedly dull compared to the stable area where the horses are kept. It is here that Dora, based on her own family situation, feels an affinity with the unwanted animals and discovers a new purpose in caring for them.

Buckingham born Gillian started riding horses when she was five-years-old. But when she landed one of the lead roles in Follyfoot she had to learn to ride all over again because she had not ridden for several years. But as eighteen-year-old Dora she easily slipped back into the saddle. At the time of making the series she lived in Portobello Road, London with two Siamese cats, a dog, and a vast collection of boots.

The ensemble cast of characters also included a former juvenile delinquent turned stable hand, Steve, played by Bradford born Steve Hodson. The actor had studied at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London playing a vast range of characters from a fifteen-year-old to an eighty-seven-year-old in 'Three Sisters'. The year before starting on Follyfoot he played Lysander in a production of 'A Midsummers Nights Dream' at the University Theatre, Manchester. Hodson was used to being around horses after staying with a family that owned a stable.

Ron Stryker ( Christian Rodska) was the joker, always ready for a quick laugh, although under the surface there was always the suggestion that away from the farm he kept questionable company. He was certainly the noisiest character in the series, riding around on a motorcycle that he proudly rebuilt for five pounds. Interviewed at the time Rodska cited his key interests as skiing, skating and painting. His Danish born father was once captain of the Royal Yacht of King Feisal of Iraq and when Christian was young he had travelled with his family all over the world.

One time stand-up comedian turned character actor Arthur English completed this ensemble as Slugger, the Colonel's ex batman and a former boxer now turned cook. He was normally there for the comic relief because, contrary to popular belief -mainly due to the series lack of repeats and unavailability on DVD- Follyfoot was not a light-hearted romp of girl meets horse, falls in love with stable-hand and they all live happily ever after. This series was aimed at older children and dealt with many issues that older children were -or about- to face. Hope, despair, jealousy, insecurity, love and mistrust -all these emotions and more were played out through the three excellent series of Follyfoot, with continuity coming from the fact that from episode one until episode thirty-nine only 3 scriptwriters were employed.

 

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