Follyfoot | |
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Created by | Based on an idea by Monica Dickens |
Starring | Gillian Blake Steve Hodson Christian Rodska Desmond Llewelyn Arthur English |
Country of origin | United Kingdom West Germany |
No. of series | 3 |
No. of episodes | 39 (list of episodes) Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox television with "list_episodes" parameter using self-link. See Infobox instructions and MOS:INFOBOXPURPOSE. |
Production | |
Camera setup | Single camera |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | Yorkshire Television for ITV |
Release | 28 June 1971 15 September 1973 | –
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Follyfoot is a children's television series co-produced by the majority-partner British television company Yorkshire Television (for transmission on ITV) and the independent West German company TV München (for transmission on the ZDF channel). It aired in the United Kingdom between 1971 and 1973, repeated for two years after that and again in the late 1980s. The series starred Gillian Blake in the lead role. Notable people connected with the series were actors Desmond Llewelyn and Arthur English and directors Jack Cardiff, Stephen Frears, Michael Apted and David Hemmings.
It was originally inspired by Monica Dickens' 1963 novel Cobbler's Dream (republished in 1995 as New Arrival at Follyfoot); she later wrote four further books in conjunction with the series—Follyfoot in 1971, Dora at Follyfoot in 1972, The Horses of Follyfoot in 1975, and Stranger at Follyfoot in 1976.[1]