Follyfoot Opening Titles

[mrmagicroundcircle]

Bet he wouldn't grab the squires hat

[Cool2BCeltic]

@mrmagicroundcircle Well Slugger comes over as a guy good at taking a joke. I never watched this but I remember the well performed theme. Was there ever an episode where the Colonel was adressing the rest of the cast and he started with the words "Now pay attention" or where he said to Ron "Oh do stop those adolescent antics"

[stevalianarbone]

Steve Hodson read Pulling No Punches by John Prescott for RNIB he is the greatest audio book reader. He has read many more too such as The Master and Margarita. I loved Follyfoot Farm when I was a child, why do things have to change?

[leerat]

sung with such passion!!!

[bobeagle007]

Is that what Q does on his day off?

[malthuswasright]

Mmmmm Gillian Blake.....

[hardyfh1]

Arthur English was a real star. He seemed to crop up everywhere and was always good value - Motley Hall, Are You Being Served?, In Sickness and in Health, everywhere. He was brilliant.

[TheMasterNo6]

YEAH! THAT MUTHER FUKIN LIGHTNING TREE! YOU GROW!!!!!!

[Squidgington]

This never fails to give me goosebumps!

[topliff12345]

Did that bloody tree EVER come back to life??

[baldiebiker]

@topliff12345 If you go to Follifoot website (the village that's near Harrogate) you will find out something very strange?

[LostMoonOfBumholle]

@vania1013

Desmond Lewelyn who played the Colonel died in 1999 from a car accident, and Arthur English died in 1995 from Emphysema.

Other than that, all are alive and well.

Stupid comment!

[vania1013]

all the cast are dead real shame

[blakes707]

@vania1013 I heard that vania1013 got struck by lightning and was killed,pity she hides behind her privicy button,stupid comments,stupid person such a shame Ah well,la la la la lightning tree.

[vania1013]

@blakes707

i heard blakes707 was a pedo and 20 years for fiddle de de

[blakes707]

@vania1013 Ya Ya Ya and the rest you brain dead,butt-lickin tart

[mrmagicroundcircle]

dora was a right miserable cow

[RadiantsUK]

what a great tune

[peterpeterxxo]

you  sang the lightning tree in assembly ?. u lucky git how come what about the usual trudge thru endless dreary hymns ?.

[graemeh2009]

We used to sing this in assembly. :')

[MsMrReason]

@graemeh2009 It sounds very much like a 'Wickerman' song - was it some sort of Druid School - all we had was 'All things Bright and Beautiful' and stuff like that. But I went back recently and they kids were sing 'Both sides Now' by Joni Mitchell - so anything is possible.

[MyLalinea]

what are the actor´s doing now?one of the actor´s was in jame´s bond movie´s? llewelyn?had he a car accident?

[Volunteer28]

"...fails to grab the hat..." -35+ years later and it still bothers me!

[bunnyleah]

I so loved Follyfoot, wonderful memories :)

[Hafdanviking37057]

Was that Q?

[1963eamonn]

Middle class Shite...

[rrrripbing]

Never keen on the programme but always liked the music. Didn't it used to be on Sunday mornings? Hard to imagine now that back in the 70s children's TV on a Sunday was almost non-existant. Which was probably a good thing.

[vania1013]

steve hodson shot him self in ther early 90's so sad

[Intercity1251]

@vania1013 l take it,it wasn't fatal as he's 63 years old and still on the go.....

[vania1013]

@Intercity1251

i heard he was dead seems prety fatal to me

[Intercity1251]

@vania1013 Check it out for yourself then,he's still alive there's photos of him online and of course there's a page on Wikipedia about him that sounds non-fatal to me......perhaps it was just a Rumor you heard.

[aussiness74]

@vania1013 he's still alive and celebrated his 63rd birthday, clever feat for a dead guy then!

[mrmagicroundcircle]

@vania1013 bullshit

[vania1013]

@mrmagicroundcircle

go eat some you pedo

[mrmagicroundcircle]

@vania1013 how do you arrive at pedo you moronic gobshite

[loverbu11]

WOW! i loved this program. Thanks for posting

[Daveglorious]

This was the most boring show for a guy. Girls and horses.

[VinnyMonster1]

@Daveglorious Yeah, but Gillain Blake was very easy on the eye

[chevyvictor]

im gonna buy the TV Series DVD set now ;) i was only 7 in NZ when this aired, now 41. will buy it for my kids. Better than American sex sleave& violence thats on after skool now

[szorial1]

My childhood days...lovely dear friend... :))

[chanctonbury63]

God I fancied Gillian Blake!!

[Aussiemarco]

I've never seen this before, and never even heard of it. But Q as a country gent? This had to be great!

[anorak64]

Gilian Blake was a very attractive young woman ( I was only about 8 when I got those feelings). The theme song, 'The Lightning Tree' was a small hit for The Settlers, heavily influenced by Bach methinks...Nice memories, thanks for posting it.

[chiselset]

Brings back my childhood memories thanks

[z30soulbrother]

classic!

[hink32]

go Q!!

[proff180]

Yes, I most certainly remembered this from my childhood, I also got the DVD, the thing that always fascinated me back then was the way they disappeared in front of the tree at the start, the story lines themselves escaped me at the time, too young I suppose :).

[valarmanwe]

seems like a million years ago to me.

[moonboots69]

there's a village called Follifoot.. near Harrogate. Full of horsey type millionaires, at least it was when i was there 20yr ago...

[andysm1964]

@moonboots69 ..going through that area 6 years ago,the place you refer is still there...probably the son` and daughters of those millionaires.

[stevalianarbone]

I loved this programme. Not sure what actors are doing these days but Steve Hodson is fabulous book narrator / reader.

[lynnie37]

awesome lol

[Ericvanparys]

I loved follyfoot. The serie inspired me to engage myself in the social sector.

Greatings to all the fans, actors and all people involved in the making of the serie

[latte123]

Dora was **hot!**

[bja58]

Thank you for reviving memories; I was soooo in love with Dora as a young teenager in the early 70s! My hormones went crazy every time the show came on. I'm now watching the DVDs with my young grandchildren and I still secretly love Dora.

[Tesiay]

Loved this opening. And Dora sure was a fox.

[lovesmehorse]

Will never forget this theme song, brings back great memories of summer holidays etc. And of course, it made most little girls want their own horse...for me that came true...thanks xx

[steve6607]

God i loved this and,Gillian Blake of course.For some sad reason i suddenly remember that a group called swingle two sang the theme tune.They were regular guests on the two ronnies as well.

[mikee1554]

I loved her.......... shame I was 12 then

[Professor6871]

Goodness there's Q from Bond.

[Scruttock5]

Thanks, bought the memories flooding back - First programme I ever saw in colour (about 1973!)

[Widmerpool99]

I wonder, is there any Ron/Slugger slash fiction?

[Wombat1965]

Even after all these decades this song still pops into my head now and then. I even remember the final episode where the girl who had been watering the tree all that time finds a green shoot on it.

[Glenn1967ful]

now I never knew Q was in this.

[mikefranky]

@Glenn1967ful ...Yeah same here,its shame he passed away.

[rubinoos1]

Good theme song.

[srboath]

this brings back childhood memories

[HotSummerof1976]

I seen her been interviewed bafk in the 90s,she said she never got a chance to enjoy her fame because they were so busy filming..Great TV show.

[TheHarecat]

0.08s freeze frame....Is that a massive dildo growing out the lightning tree? Go on judge for yourselves...dreams come true if you want them to.

[Tysonthebeerhound]

Great memories of this. Can it really be that long ago?

[SuperSamharvey]

really used to love this show i had a big crush on steve ,ive still got a follyfoot annual brings back happy memories of my childhood

[andysm1964]

Started of researching something else,then what happens,found this site by accident.Reading through the various outporings,thinking,where have the years gone?seems like yesterday.Yes,we all had a crush on `Dora`,such a pity a bidding young actress disappeared from site...what haappened to her?

[444retep1]

@andysm1964 Gillian Blake sadly retired from acting many years ago. It's rumoured she now lives a private life somewhere in Norfolk, England. There's more info on the Follyfoot website.

[1966vonny]

Ah I so loved this series, it was the best ever!! All about my favourite.... Horses and Steve oh so sexy Steve!! Bring it back h ha

[WildPony001]

L'Oreal are gonna make a mint out of me, all these memories mean I need to cover the greys again! I used to live not far from Desmond Llewellyn, a lovely gracious man. This was statutory viewing for me, and White Horses. The world could have ended but I was in horse heaven in these programs,

[ogdroadsong]

Arthur English! And Q, don't remember this but it looks quite good.

[444retep1]

Last year I came across a YouTube video with Gillian Blake as a guest on Desmond Llewellyn's THIS IS YOUR LIFE show. But I cant find it now. Has it been deleted?

[TheCheekymonkey63]

aaaaaaaaaaaaa cute or what thx for making this video it is sooooooooooooo cute well done the video is fab!!!!!!!!!!!

i luv u

[Pook365]

"Oh my god!!! Major part of my childhood!"

Mine too...but it was mostly tying to find anything to watch but this, but there never was :(

[lyndseykramer]

Oh my god!!! Major part of my childhood!

[RavenKing00]

....and then they shot the horse.

[offrampt]

The theme tune is a good song, but it should have been the theme tune to a show called "The Lightning Tree".

[bnpdronfield]

didnt arthur english se4ll his story to the news of the world about cocaine fuelled orgies or am i thinking of someone else

[jdclover]

@bnpdronfield ur thinking of Arthur Mullard

[bnpdronfield]

i never knew arthur mullard had it in him haha

[rotamota33]

The thought of Arthur English or Arthur Mullard having drug fuelled orgies will mean I can never watch them again and not burst out laughing.

[chutchybo]

lmfao me either now hahahah

[likeymikey1]

So much for my early night. I am now down memory lane.

[Johnoco66]

@likeymikey1 LOL, that's me too!

[louisorleans]

And Lynne Frederick too.

[henrycrumm]

LOL we used to sing this in first school

[shine350]

she always came across as spoilt and stuck up to me

[ArtyEffem]

To me she always came across as needing a good shafting.

[louisorleans]

My first crush was Dora when I was a little kid. I still have the sountrack record too.

[2pikeman]

know what you mean, she was everyones first love

[rotamota33]

lol Mine too. Must have been about 7 tho lol. She is cute tho.

[GravityBoy72]

Oh my heart is sad... lost youth... this is so evocative of getting home from school and plonking yourself down in front if the telly.

Great tune.

[finerhope231]

want a come back of follyfoot

2010

[pgrimstead]

ive got this single by the settlers it got to no36 in 1971,and its the same as this but much longer

[Cool2BCeltic]

Striking and unforgettable piece of music. I never watched this but I wonder if the Colonel said to any of the characters "Now pay attention" or "Stop those adolescent antics".

[Glenn1967ful]

Seemed to be around at the same time as Black Beauty.

[TheSham75]

dora was hot

[finerhope231]

its Q out of the  007

[dali366]

It was Gillian Bailey who starred in the double deckers. She then played Callie in Folyfot. Gillian Blake was Dora. Check out the Follyft website for the info and join its forum 4 a chat with lik-minded follifans. Look 4ward to it's40th in2011!

[camerawork1]

This song has been rolling around in my head since I last heard it in 1971. It's strange to hear it again after all these years.

[Rho1963]

i know steve does radio work was on the radio cast for dark materials played the polar bear lol

[67havik1]

does anyone know more bout steve? my mum loved this programme when she was 7 - steve was her first crush apparently!!

[davidwatson]

Gillian Blake, you're not by any chance free this evening? Are you?

[midnightcaller200]

Did she star in the Double Decker show?

[DavidNorman]

Thank You very Much for Uploading this wonderfull melody! "Follyfoot" was my first Serie I can remember, and Dora Slugger (Gillian Blake) my First Gilrlfriend ... im my Dreams ;-)

[gillan5]

Very British for me as a German. I fell in love with the main actress. Wonderfull melody. Brings back memories of my childhood.

[ChrisHinchley]

Steve - wow my first (gay) crush! LOL!

[newall7]

not the last either with a name like christopher

[ChrisHinchley]

well it's Chris actually lol - butch-er enough? ;)

[Mond1961]

So wonderful memorys in my childhood i saw this series never forget Steve Ron Dora Slugger and the Colonel Thanks for loading up

[schebbeli]

I loved this series! And I never forgot the opening melody. Thanks for posting this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[buddle31]

I used to think Steve was real hot!

[muckypup7]

wow this brings back memories

[roseabeth]

Folks,in 2011 it will be the 40th anniversary of this wonderful show so with that in mind what about a celebration weekend say on or near the site where it was filmed in Yorkshire with fans,crew and dare i say it surviving members of cast.Let me know your thoughts.

[ourfatcats]

Hiya,

Please let me know if you have any interest, I live in Yorkshire and remember loving this series as a young girl, I would be interested in this celebration too!

Bye for now

JP

[argumenteren]

I watched Folyfood on the Dutch television in the early seventies.

[soniag1000]

Oh my god I fell in love with Dora and not long after this show I met a barmaid who was her double thereby fullfilling ( at least partly ) my fantasy

[darganx]

Desmond Llewelyn...

not now 007....

[3589546]

I used to watch this as a kid. Steve had real attitude issues.

[eddy7elly7]

Sorry to disaapoint but the'tree' was not real, merely a prop but thank God Dora was not.

D electible

O mnipotent

R esilient

A lluring = DORA.

Dora, the word said it all, look at her eyes on any of Leptig's postings, A real goddess.Bloody hell, over 38 years ago and I've still got it bad.

[holycoke5000]

Sends shivers up the spine . i love he theme tune. Thanks .

[Mistersafehouse]

Eastenders? It was a kids show! I know it sounds really sad, and i mean sad but I actually got Gillian's autograph. I was 11. Come on!

[1966man]

I would have nailed Gillian Blake too???

[topliff12345]

did they ever get that fucking tree to grow ?!

[rarebutgreat]

I remember this music like it was yesterday but dont remember much about the series. Good to hear it again though

[sirtinycreep]

Reminds me when I was a kid. Excellent

[lake40]

this was very popular in Australia

[clarencethecrosseyed]

Its Jojo the Lightening tree isn

[stormmine]

Follyfoot had a pilot episode, where a different actor was cast in the role of Steve. It's been long since junked unfortunately.

[dotcake]

i luuuuuv follyfoot! I wish they had made more series

[haveagoodweek]

come on own up who wouldnt have given gillian blake one round the back of the barn

[GT2TODO]

Great series great song, nuff said.

[tuggers1]

missing you kate

[gwyn180]

intro so awful its enough to make you throw up! 0:32=cringe factor unmeasurable

[EVERTONIC]

sounds like mike sammes singers who did the secret service theme tune

[eddy7elly7]

It was sung by a group called the Settlers.

[garpstube]

Yeah I remeber this, not my thing but had a family member that loved it YUCK LOL

I agree with BML8384 it was If I remember rightly a doom and gloom series :-)

[BML8384]

Literally DECADES since I heard this. Vaguely remembered the title though forgot the painted beginning. Wasn't it a pretty gloomy series? I only seem to remember heartbreak despair and problems in it. Ah, Youth..

[Widsy320]

yes..and that was just the production staff and scriptwriters!

[stuckin1968]

What you mean it was like Eastenders for the 1970s?

[04faddy06]

Hi Guys Dora belongs to me

[eddy7elly7]

It was the seventies, yes I am older/wiser/ more mature but I wII still be looking for a rope and a tree to deal with whoever/whatever creature decided to remove the other follyfoot attachments with excellenmt songs.

These people are useless,have too many hours to spare,full of their own importance and the sort of useless article you want to stick at the back of the class i.e. Nerds who spend their lives stopping everyone else having fun because plebs dont know what that is.

Anyone agree?

[aussiness74]

ABSOBLOODYLUTELY, brilliant series and a really good song, compared to shit placed on tv and called a programme today.

[newall7]

loved this

[wedrinkmountaindew]

i use to sing this theme tune to myself all the time when i was a kid

[fulcrum100]

Desmond Llewellyn... man, how daft was his death? At 85. in a car crash. Stupid waste, of an icon of British Cinema.

[kgmurray]

Brilliant tune.

[04faddy06]

Gillian, eyes so warm and deep with love for steve and love foe me (matt) have pity on that french git niko0208 he cannot help is derranged dribble bless him

[topliff12345]

did that bloody tree ever grow back ?? god i hated this, aaahhhhhhhhhhhhh !

[TaMaLu08]

Ohhh.. long time agoooo...sniffff..

I used to watched in the 70´s..

It remembers me in my beautiful childhood..

It was my favorite...

[niko0208]

KISS GILLIAN

[theglitterband]

Hell, I remember this progamme. So many memories this brings back. Aww, the seventies, gone but never forgotten.

[niko0208]

THANKS GILLIAN

[04faddy06]

Dora is mine

[brittisuomessa]

Such good memories of the early 70s with this innocent programme - nostalgia's not what it used to be!

[Kimmyfriesland]

ah thanks this was always my fav show i love the tune

[turkkisydamessani]

... ... like a dream... fading away... which you try to catch... memories... deep down in your soul... you try to find it... again... and again... (thanks for these memories with this haunting melody...)

[turkkisydamessani]

Oh sorry I tried to be poetic... but maybe I just made a fool of myself now... (Sorry!.. I am blushing now...)(But I really like this music and it takes me back in time.. really nostalgy...)

[ABBAMadGirl2400]

I'm going to ride at Follyfoot farm on Thrusday it will be amazing!

[chloedabell]

I've never seen this programme (obviously because I was born in 1992) but we used to sing the theme tune to this in primary school.

[danwoodward23]

I was born in 84 and even we sang this in primary, I think the book was called come and praise

[chloedabell]

It is! I googled the book and I recognise the cover. I wish I still went to primary school we used to sing some really good but random songs.

[digitalbroadcaster]

Same here. I was a White Horses fan whereas my sister was a Follyfoot fan. Didn't realise until a couple of years ago that the tree didn't really exist and was a prop. Booooo! Who has that tree now?

[xummij]

A prop?! Why did you tell us that, you've just spoiled it!

The group singing the theme song was called The Settlers, IIRC.

[digitalbroadcaster]

I didn't know The Settlers sang it. Never even heard of them. I remember my sister always used to watch this when I got home from primary school. And imagine how 'I' felt when I read the tree was fiberglass! That was like hearing that Black Beauty was a painted Shetland Pony!!!! Noooooooo!

But where IS this tree today? The good old days of Black Beauty, FollyFoot, Flaxton Boys, the list goes on but my brain cells unfortunately don't. Good old YouTube...my pseudo-memory.

[xummij]

The Flaxton Boys? Now you're talking! The first series was by far the best but they were all good.  And do you remember Catweasle? Quirky theme!

[mansman65]

my sister loved this - I was more of a White Horses fan myself. I was classy!

[solitarywanderer]

Loved this as a kid in the early 70s. Neat tune too - thanks :o)

[Kaluthrica]

I loved the show, too, was in my early teens at the time....only recall one specific eppy, though, "Mr. She-knows", which was quite sad. I almost gave up on the show a few times, though, as it seemed to get more & more depressing as the series went on, but I stuck with it

[jonasbrosfan2k9]

Ha ha i lovethis series!!! i hav all the dvds and i love tht song ♥♥ LUVIN HORSEZ!!

[chutchybo]

grow grow the lightening tree.. thanx 4 uploading great memorys... when there was nothing to worry about lol

[global86]

Also, 'Ron' looked like a bloke that used to know around Hethersett (Norwich) in the 70/80s in a yellow Robin Reliant. The kids knew him as 'Catweazle'. He had a girlfriend who was way too glamorous for him and, naturally, she left him leaving Catweazle broken hearted and distraught. Poor Cat -- I wonder if he ever recovered ...?

[global86]

Ah yes, lightning trees ... me and Dean button used to sing this tune to a tree of said misfortune that stood in Taverham Ghost Hill Woods in the early 70s. I was in the Royal Navy with a bloke called Arthur English. He was an AB on HMS Galatea in 1984! Looked nothing like this Arthur but just as funny.

[macciexl]

It´s still romantic, beautiful and a part of childhood. Even is Dora.

[HotSummerof1976]

I facied the knickers off her!!

[sidewaysglance]

Lol I remember this as a kid. loved it

[Carlyj29]

Oh My Goodness! Happy Happy memories! I blame Dora and Steve for my passion for horses! I think I was about 14! How sad that I still remember the words!