1969
30m

Summary Four generations of boys have various adventures at Flaxton Hall in Yorkshire, beginning with Jonathan and his friend Archie in 1854. View more details

1969
30m

The Flaxton Boys

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Gerry Cowan Victor Winding Richard Gale Alan Guy

All cast & crew

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Genres : Adventure Mystery Family

Release date : Sep 20, 1969

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Language : English

Filming locations : Ripley Castle, Ripley, North Yorkshire, England, UK

Production companies : Yorkshire Television (YTV)

Summary Four generations of boys have various adventures at Flaxton Hall in Yorkshire, beginning with Jonathan and his friend Archie in 1854. View more details

Details

Genres : Adventure Mystery Family

Release date : Sep 20, 1969

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Language : English

Filming locations : Ripley Castle, Ripley, North Yorkshire, England, UK

Production companies : Yorkshire Television (YTV)

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Denys Peek and Victor Winding in The Flaxton Boys (1969)

Joanna Vogel and Denys Peek in The Flaxton Boys (1969)

Murray Melvin in The Flaxton Boys (1969)

Joanna Vogel, Philip Baldwin, Andrew Packett, and Daphne Green in The Flaxton Boys (1969)

Pamela Duncan, Joanna Vogel, Philip Baldwin, and Andrew Packett in The Flaxton Boys (1969)

Derek Benfield, Denys Peek, Victor Winding, Philip Baldwin, and Andrew Packett in The Flaxton Boys (1969)

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Episode 1 • Sep 20, 1969

1854: The Deserter

Set in 1854 young Jonathan Flaxton (David Smith) inherited Flaxton Hall from his great uncle, Joseph who was heartily disliked by the locals. This meant that Jonathan has only aged retainer, Nathan (James Hayter), to help him and his mother run the huge hall. In this episode he meets Archie Weekes (Peter Firth) who's apprenticed to cruel chimney sweep, Holdsworth. Jonathan's father is a Captain in the Army and is away fighting in the Crimea so, effectively, Jonathan is the Squire and he uses his position to help save Archie from Holdsworth's worst excesses and they become unlikely friends - The Flaxton Boys. In this episode they tangle with a troop of hussars looking for a deserter.

Episode 2 • Sep 27, 1969

1854: The Dog

The boys meet up with Martin, the deserter, who effects a rescue in sight of royalty.

Episode 3 • Oct 04, 1969

1854: The Ghost

Archie is now a member of the family and tries to dissuade Jonathan from pursuing a woman dressed all in black; he prefers to fish for a large trout. He thinks the woman's a 'ghoulie'; she seems to disappear but when she turns up as Flora to become the housekeeper, Jonathan doesn't know whether she's trustworthy.

Episode 4 • Oct 11, 1969

1854: The Tutor

Archie manages to keep Jonathan's spirits up after the news that his father is missing after the 'charge of the light brigade'. However, both boys' feel down after they help someone who pretends to have been mugged and he's engaged as their tutor. Flora and Archie are suspicious but Jonathan's mother is too grief-stricken to notice.

Episode 5 • Oct 18, 1969

1854: The Smugglers

Joseph Flaxton is supposed to have left a fortune and some of the locals are keen to find it. The boys and Jonathan's mother Lucy are ignorant but a local squire's factotum is intent on finding it for himself and blackmails other rogues to aid him. In this episode he persuades some smugglers, down on their luck, to search for it while they steal the valuable stores of wine and brandy.

Episode 6 • Oct 25, 1969

1854: The Seafarer

Joseph's nephew Jack is supposed to have been killed at sea but he turns up at the hall but is he real or an imposter?

Episode 7 • Nov 01, 1969

1854: The Patient

Sir Peregrine Stilgoe is a neighbour who is intent on seizing Joseph Flaxton's fortune for himself and he uses all his cunning to find it before the Flaxton household. He asks Lucy (Mrs Flaxton) if his seriously wounded nephew might stay at Flaxton Hall to recuperate; she agrees but is he really a bona fide wounded soldier? Jonathan sees through the ruse but puts himself and Archie in danger.

Episode 8 • Nov 08, 1969

1854: The Witches

The local villagers think that a woman and her mute daughter are witches. They chase the women to Flaxton Hall where they're found by the boys who don't know what to do so they seek out the local rector who gives them a lesson in logic.

Episode 9 • Nov 15, 1969

1854: The Bridge

The Crimean War is raging but at home spies and saboteurs abound. Is the artist the boys meet real or has he designs on a new secret canon that the Queen's Troop of the Royal Horse Artillery are taking to Woolwich?

Episode 10 • Nov 22, 1969

1854: The Hunt

The Stilgoe Hunt meets at Flaxton Hall and Archie wants to follow it but Jonathan is against hunting. Archie can't understand his friend's misgivings but when Jonathan decides to lay a false trail Archie is more than keen for a bit of fun; he takes the lead but the boys get lost and end up in danger.

Episode 11 • Nov 29, 1969

1854: The Island

The boys want an adventure and build a raft and they set up camp on an island in the local river but they run into three escaped convicts.

Episode 12 • Dec 06, 1969

1854: The Will

Sir Peregrine's debts have reached breaking point but lack of money has also started to feature at Flaxton Hall and now the family knows about the treasure there is a race to find it. The key is in the opening lines of Grays Elegy.

Episode 13 • Dec 13, 1969

1854: The Return

Sir Peregrine Stilgoe has given up all pretence at subtlety to find Joseph Flaxton's fortune. His factotum finds a number of ex-cons and they converge on Flaxton's Hall. Nathan tries to defend the family but is overpowered; however, help arrives from an unexpected quarter but is it enough?

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