Four Feather Falls

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Four Feather Falls was the third puppet TV show produced by Gerry Anderson for Granada Television. It was based on an idea by Barry Gray, who also wrote the show's music. The series was the first to use an early version of Anderson's Supermarionation puppetry. Thirty-nine 13-minute episodes were produced, broadcast by Granada from February until November 1960. The setting is the late 19th-century fictional Kansas town of Four Feather Falls, where the hero of the series, Tex Tucker, is sheriff. The four feathers of the title refers to four magical feathers given to Tex by the Indian chief Kalamakooya as a reward for saving his grandson: two allowed Tex's guns to swivel and fire without being touched whenever he was in danger, and two conferred the power of speech on Tex's horse and dog. Tex's speaking voice was provided by Nicholas Parsons, and his singing voice by Michael Holliday. The series has never been repeated on British television, but it was released on DVD in 2005.

Cast

Nicholas Parsons

Sheriff Tex Tucker (voice)

Kenneth Connor

Dusty the Dog / Rocky the Horse (voice)

Denise Bryer

Martha 'Ma' Jones / Little Jake (voice)

David Graham

Grandpa Ebenezer Twink / Fernando the Bandit (voice)

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Episodes

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How It Began

1960-02-25

Sheriff Tex Tucker arrives in Four Feather Falls.

Kidnapped

1960-03-03

Sheriff Tucker must solve a kidnapping.

Pedro Has A Plan

1960-03-10

Pedro has a great idea, but will it all go wrong?

Pedro's Pardon

1960-03-17

Pedro is pardoned by Tex.

A Close Shave

1960-03-24

Tex Tucker has a close call.

Indian Attack

1960-03-31

Four Feather Falls is attacked by a group of Indians.

Sheriff For A Day

1960-04-07

Tex takes a day off, but who will be the sheriff?

Dusty Becomes Deputy

1960-04-14

Tex promotes Dusty to the position of deputy sheriff.

Gun Runners

1960-04-21

Tex encounters a group of gunrunners and it's his job to bring them in.

Trouble At Yellow Gulch

1960-04-28

Tex experiences a spot of bother at Yellow Gulch.

Frame Up

1960-05-05

Can Tex discover who really committed the crime?

Gold Diggers

1960-05-12

Tex encounters some gold diggers.

Gold Is Where You Find It

1960-05-19

Tex and the gang go looking for gold.

Trapped

1960-05-26

Tex and the gang become trapped in a dangerous situation, but can they save themselves?

The Best Laid Plans

1960-06-02

Even the best plans can go wrong.

Escort

1960-06-09

Pedro and Fernando pose as sheriffs so they can steal a shipment of gold.

The Toughest Guy In The West

1960-06-16

A reward is offered for the capture of Indian Jack.

Chance Of A Ghost

1960-06-23

Marvin Jackson is trying to sell the Eureka Silver Mine, but the main buyer, Harman, pays Pedro and Fernando to pretend to be ghosts to bring the price down.

Gun Play

1960-06-30

Two cattle rustlers challenge Tucker to fight without his magic guns.

A Lawman Rides Alone

1960-07-07

As Tex prepares to take a criminal to court, Big Ben plans a jail break.

Jail Break

1960-07-14

Pedro helps Tex capture some criminals in return for the reward money.

A Little Bit of Luck

1960-07-21

Tex is away visiting family, but in his absence crime runs out of control.

Land Grabbers

1960-07-28

The Circle Z Ranch is under siege from Morg Fenton and Big Ben, but Tex discovers it is outside his area of juristiction and cannot help defend it.

Once a Lawman

1960-08-04

With the townspeople unhappy with Tex's dealing of a spate of robberies, Tex turns in his badge.

Election Day

1960-08-11

Usually Tex is the only one to run for the post of sheriff on election days, but this time Pedro makes a bid for the position.

Gun Fight On Main Street

1960-08-18

Tex's old friend arrives in town looking for two criminals. Tex helps him, but they end up in a dangerous showdown on Main Street.

A Bad Name

1960-08-25

Pedro and Fernando steal all of Four Feather Falls' horses and Tex is unable to pursue them until new horses arrive.

Horse Thieves

1960-09-01

Big Ben needs Tex's help after being falsly accused of stealing cattle.

The Ma Jones Story

1960-09-08

Ma Jones falls a scam and is almost swindled out of her shop.

Bandits Abroad

1960-09-15

Fernando bears a striking resemblance to another master criminal, so Pedro comes up with an idea to get the reward money for capturing him.

A Cure for Everything

1960-09-22

A medicine man arrives in town claiming to have a cure for everything and almost puts Doc Haggerty out of business before he discovers the true source of the medicines.