Four Feather Falls
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
Kenneth Connor
Denise Bryer
David Graham
Seasons
E1How It Began
Feb 25, 1960
Sheriff Tex Tucker arrives in Four Feather Falls.
E2Kidnapped
Mar 3, 1960
Sheriff Tucker must solve a kidnapping.
E3Pedro Has A Plan
Mar 10, 1960
Pedro has a great idea, but will it all go wrong?
E4Pedro's Pardon
Mar 17, 1960
Pedro is pardoned by Tex.
E5A Close Shave
Mar 24, 1960
Tex Tucker has a close call.
E6Indian Attack
Mar 31, 1960
Four Feather Falls is attacked by a group of Indians.
E7Sheriff For A Day
Apr 7, 1960
Tex takes a day off, but who will be the sheriff?
E8Dusty Becomes Deputy
Apr 14, 1960
Tex promotes Dusty to the position of deputy sheriff.
E9Gun Runners
Apr 21, 1960
Tex encounters a group of gunrunners and it's his job to bring them in.
E10Trouble At Yellow Gulch
Apr 28, 1960
Tex experiences a spot of bother at Yellow Gulch.
E11Frame Up
May 5, 1960
Can Tex discover who really committed the crime?
E12Gold Diggers
May 12, 1960
Tex encounters some gold diggers.
E13Gold Is Where You Find It
May 19, 1960
Tex and the gang go looking for gold.
E14Trapped
May 26, 1960
Tex and the gang become trapped in a dangerous situation, but can they save themselves?
E15The Best Laid Plans
Jun 2, 1960
Even the best plans can go wrong.
E16Escort
Jun 9, 1960
Pedro and Fernando pose as sheriffs so they can steal a shipment of gold.
E17The Toughest Guy In The West
Jun 16, 1960
A reward is offered for the capture of Indian Jack.
E18Chance Of A Ghost
Jun 23, 1960
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.
E19Gun Play
Jun 30, 1960
Two cattle rustlers challenge Tucker to fight without his magic guns.
E20A Lawman Rides Alone
Jul 7, 1960
As Tex prepares to take a criminal to court, Big Ben plans a jail break.
E21Jail Break
Jul 14, 1960
Pedro helps Tex capture some criminals in return for the reward money.
E22A Little Bit of Luck
Jul 21, 1960
Tex is away visiting family, but in his absence crime runs out of control.
E23Land Grabbers
Jul 28, 1960
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.
E24Once a Lawman
Aug 4, 1960
With the townspeople unhappy with Tex's dealing of a spate of robberies, Tex turns in his badge.
E25Election Day
Aug 11, 1960
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.
E26Gun Fight On Main Street
Aug 18, 1960
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.
E27A Bad Name
Aug 25, 1960
Pedro and Fernando steal all of Four Feather Falls' horses and Tex is unable to pursue them until new horses arrive.
E28Horse Thieves
Sep 1, 1960
Big Ben needs Tex's help after being falsly accused of stealing cattle.
E29The Ma Jones Story
Sep 8, 1960
Ma Jones falls a scam and is almost swindled out of her shop.
E30Bandits Abroad
Sep 15, 1960
Fernando bears a striking resemblance to another master criminal, so Pedro comes up with an idea to get the reward money for capturing him.
E31A Cure for Everything
Sep 22, 1960
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.
E32Teething Troubles
Sep 29, 1960
Rocky gets toothache but won't let Doc Haggerty remove it.
E33Buffalo Rocky
Oct 6, 1960
When several horses are stolen, the only suspects seems to be a buffalo...
E34Safe As Houses
Oct 13, 1960
A stranger arrives in town claiming to be able to sell things to people they didn't even know they wanted.
E35First Train Through
Oct 20, 1960
The railroad finally comes to Four Feather Falls connecting it to Dallas, however someone keeps sabotaging the tracks.
E36Happy Birthday
Oct 27, 1960
The 'fastest and bestest in the westest' arrives in town, worrying Tex that he will attract other gunmen to the town.
E37Fancy Shooting
Nov 3, 1960
The townspeople plan a party for Tex's birthday.
E38Ambush
Nov 10, 1960
The train from Dallas is robbed of $10,000.
E39Ride 'Em Cowboy
Nov 17, 1960
Tex takes part in the rodeo against Silver City's best rider, Bart Stevens.
Storyline
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.
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