William
Tell
THE ADVENTURES OF WILLIAM TELL 1958 CLASSIC! COMPLETE
starred Conrad Phillips in the title role, with Jennifer Jayne as Hedda
Tell, Nigel Green as Tell's burly pal Fertog (The Bear) and
Willoughby Goddard as the evil Landburgher Gessler. Richard
Rogers played Tell's son Walter. This was a tights and arrows epic,
set in fourteenth century Switzerland in a town called Altdorf. Tell's
legendary act of marksmanship, shooting an apple off his son's
head, was relived in episode one. Willoughby Goddard played the
thoroughly perfidious and corpulent Austrian Governor who, to
capture and kill Tell, used every dirty trick conceivable, including
assassins disguised as resistance heroes and kidnapping Tell's
wife, Hedda. Gessler never got his man, and as solace ate vast
amounts of food. Scene after scene saw him stuffing his face with
meat.The series was partly filmed in Snowdonia.

1 The Emperor's Hat
2 The Hostages
3 The Secret Death
4 The Gauntlet of St. Gerhardt
5 The Prisoner
6 Voice in the Night
7 The rats who died
8 The Baroness
9 The Elixir
10 The Suspect
11 The Cuckoo
12 The Bear
13 The Magic Powder
14 The Golden Wheel
15 The Bride
16 The Boy Slaves
17 The Young Widow
18 Landslide
19 The Trap
20 The Shrew
21 The Manhunt
22 The Killer
23 The Surgeon
24 The Ensign
25 The Unwelcome Stranger
26 The Avenger
27 The Bandit
28 Gessler's Daughter
29 The General's Daughter
30 The Raid
31 Castle of Fear
32 The Black Brothers
33 The Lost Letter
34 Secret Weapon
35 The Master Spy
36 The Traitor
37 The Spider
38 The Mountain People
39 Undercover