Biggles appeared in a TV series based on the books with Neville Whiting playing the title role

Biggles

"Biggles" , a pilot and adventurer, is the title character and main hero of the Biggles series of youth-oriented adventure books written by W. E. Johns....

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Plot

There were 44 B&W untitled episodes of 30 minutes, which were made by Granada

Granada Television

Granada Television is the ITV contractor for North West England. Based in Manchester since its inception, it is the only surviving original ITA franchisee from 1954 and is ITV's most successful....

 and ran from 1 April till 12 October 1960. Biggles was a Detective Air Inspector attached to Scotland Yard

Scotland Yard

Scotland Yard is a metonym for the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police Service of London, UK. It derives from the location of the original Metropolitan Police headquarters at 4 Whitehall Place, which had a rear entrance on a street called Great Scotland Yard. The Scotland Yard entrance became...

. Helping him was Ginger (John Leyton

John Leyton

John Leyton is an English actor and singer. As a singer he is best known for his hit song, "Johnny Remember Me" , which reached Number 1 in the UK Singles Chart in August 1961.-Career:Leyton went to Highgate School and after completing his national service, he...

) 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
  John Leyton
  John Leyton is an English actor and singer. As a singer he is best known for his hit song, "Johnny Remember Me" , which reached Number 1 in the UK Singles Chart in August 1961.-Career:Leyton went to Highgate School and after completing his national service, he...
  
  as Ginger
• David Drummond as Bertie
• Carl Duering as von Stalhein

Episode List

#	Episode Title	Aired
1	Biggles at the Home Front: Part 1	1 April 1960
2	Biggles at the Home Front: Part 2	8 April 1960
3	Biggles at the Home Front: Part 3	15 April 1960
4	Biggles Flies North: Part 1	22 April 1960
5	Biggles Flies North: Part 2	29 April 1960
6	Biggles Flies North: Part 3	6 May 1960
7	Biggles Flies North: Part 4	13 May 1960
8	Biggles Flies North: Part 5	20 May 1960
9	Biggles Follows On: Part 1	27 May 1960
10	Biggles Follows On: Part 2	3 June 1960
11	Biggles Follows On: Part 3	10 June 1960
12	Biggles Follows On: Part 4	17 June 1960
13	Biggles Follows On: Part 5	24 June 1960
14	Biggles Follows On: Part 6	29 June 1960
15	Biggles Takes Charge: Part 1	1 July 1960
16	Biggles Takes Charge: Part 2	6 July 1960
17	Biggles Takes Charge: Part 3	8 July 1960
18	Biggles Takes Charge: Part 4	13 July 1960
19	Biggles Takes Charge: Part 5	15 July 1960
20	Biggles Takes Charge: Part 6	20 July 1960
21	Biggles on Mystery Island: Part 1	22 July 1960
22	Biggles on Mystery Island: Part 2	27 July 1960
23	Biggles on Mystery Island: Part 3	29 July 1960
24	Biggles Baits the Trap: Part 1	3 August 1960
25	Biggles Baits the Trap: Part 2	5 August 1960
26	Biggles Baits the Trap: Part 3	10 August 1960
27	Biggles Baits the Trap: Part 4	12 August 1960
28	Biggles Baits the Trap: Part 5	17 August 1960
29	Biggles Baits the Trap: Part 6	19 August 1960
30	Biggles at World's End: Part 1	24 August 1960
31	Biggles at World's End: Part 2	26 August 1960
32	Biggles at World's End: Part 3	31 August 1960
33	Biggles Turns the Scale: Part 1	2 September 1960
34	Biggles Turns the Scale: Part 2	7 September 1960
35	Biggles Turns the Scale: Part 3	9 September 1960
36	Biggles Springs the Lock: Part 1	14 September 1960
37	Biggles Springs the Lock: Part 2	16 September 1960
38	Biggles Springs the Lock: Part 3	21 September 1960
39	Biggles in the East: Part 1	23 September 1960
40	Biggles in the East: Part 2	28 September 1960
41	Biggles in the East: Part 3	30 September 1960
42	Biggles on the Nile: Part 1	5 October 1960
43	Biggles on the Nile: Part 2	7 October 1960
44	Biggles on the Nile: Part 3	12 October 1960