Biggles was a 1960s television series based on the Biggles series of books by W.E. Johns. Neville Whiting played the title role.
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Plot
There were 44 black and white episodes of 30 minutes (including adverts), which were made by Granada Television and ran from 1 April till 12 October 1960. Biggles was a Detective Air Inspector attached to Scotland Yard. Helping him was Ginger (John Leyton) and Bertie (David Drummond) and they fought against villains like von Stalhein (Carl Duering). Aimed at a younger audience there was plenty of action, excitement, death traps and even some flying with each adventure ending in a cliff hanger with the viewers told to tune in next week for more daring adventures.
Cast
Neville Whiting as James 'Biggles' Bigglesworth
John Leyton as Ginger
David Drummond as Bertie
Carl Duering as von Stalhein
Bill Croasdale as Guide/Purser
Arthur Lovegrove as Ernie Pybus
Barry Shawzin as Cordera
Peter Madden as Hara
Walter Gotell as Ronbach
Francis Matthews as Captain Haziri
Roger Delgado as Dr. Ahmed Zakar
William Mervyn as Alan Harding
Norman Bowler as Ian Manton
Jerold Wells as Brooks
Robert Ayres as General Meeker
Lloyd Lamble as General Bassett
Richard Shaw as Kurt Johannis
Harold Goldblatt as Colonel Ford