The Flaxton Boys
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The Flaxton Boys is a British historical children's television series set in the West Riding of Yorkshire and covering a timespan of almost a century. The series was made by Yorkshire Television and was broadcast on ITV between 1969 and 1973, running for 4 series and 52 episodes, each of 30 minutes duration.
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The Flaxton Boys | |
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Genre | Children's television |
Written by | Sid Waddell Bill MacIlwraith Gerry Andrewes Gloria Tors Stuart Douglass Barry Cockcroft Jeremy Burnham Michala Crees Anthony Couch |
Directed by | Robert D. Cardona David Goldsmith David Millard |
Starring | Peter Firth David Bradley Victor Winding Richard Gale David Smith James Hayter Philip Maskery John Ash Alan Guy Nicholas Pennell Veronica Hurst Moultrie Kelsall |
Theme music composer | Sergei Prokofiev |
Opening theme | Extract from the Classical Symphony |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 4 |
No. of episodes | 52 |
Production | |
Producers | Jess Yates Robert D. Cardona |
Production locations | Ripley Castle, North Yorkshire |
Running time | 52 x 30 mins |
Production company | Yorkshire Television |
Original release | |
Network | ITV |
Release | 21 September 1969 (1969-09-21) ā 17 June 1973 (1973-06-17) |
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The Flaxton Boys had a number of different scriptwriters, was produced by Jess Yates and Robert D. Cardona, and directed mainly by Cardona (45 episodes). Each of the series was set in a different era, spanning the years 1854 to 1945/6.[1]