Follyfoot
When
her parents move abroad, Dora (a perky and horsy teenage girl)
goes to stay with her uncle, The Colonel (played by Desmond
Llewellyn - Q in the Bond movies).
The eccentric Colonel is a horse lover who owns Follyfoot Farm,
a sanctuary for rescued horses. When Dora comes to stay he begins
what he calls "The Dora collection".
Early in her stay, Dora befriends Steve (pictured below) who has been
wrongfully sacked from his previous stable job. He joins her at
Follyfoot, and throughout the series there is a
certain romantic chemistry between them.
 Based on the 1963 story Cobbler's Dream by Monica Dickens (a
great great grand-child of Charles Dickens no less) Follyfoot
aired on Saturday mornings - originally after Captain Scarlet.
The
Follyfoot series was made by Yorkshire Television and was
filmed at the estate of Harewood House between Leeds and Harrogate.
The theme song Lightning Tree was sung by The Settlers and
was a moderate hit in the UK in 1971.
Down in the meadow
where the wind blows free
In the middle of a field
stands the lightning tree
It's limbs all torn
from the day it was born
For the tree was born
in a thunderstorm
Grow, grow, lightning tree
It's never too late for you and me
Grow, grow, lightning tree
Never give in too easily
EPISODES
Dora | Steve | Gypsy | Shadow | The Awakening | Stryker's Good
Deed | Charity Horse | Know All's Nag | Moonstone | One White Foot
Charlie | Fly Away Home | Standstill Horse | Birthday at Follyfoot
| Day in the Sun | Someone Somewhere | The Debt | Family of
Strangers | Present for Sandy | The Innocents | The £100 Horse |
Poor Bald Head | The Prize | Mr She-Knows | Treasure Hunt | Debt
of Honour | Out of the Blue Horse
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