Freewheelers (Teenage Carnival)

The Freewheelers was a popular UK children's TV series in the late 1960s, with a great theme tune!

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[Pamfino2]

Thanks to everyone who's commented and enjoys this FAB music!!! Like many kids in the 60s, I loved this series. There's not much of the black and white episodes in existence, but there seems to be a fair number of the colour ones out there. Maybe they will appear on a DVD some time, by Network DVD perhaps. I've not yet come across any of the Chris Chittell eps so far, which is a shame as I fancied him something rotten back then!!!

[disremembrance]

This version isn't quite the same as the one I've got on a '60s library music LP... This one is in stereo (mine isn't) and the ending is arranged slightly differently from mine. It's still a great piece though!

Where is your recording from, Pamfino2?

[Pamfino2]

I downloaded this recording from the site of a guy I knew on my original Pamfino channel (which got nuked for copyright reasons - swines!). Unfortunately, I've got the memory span of a gnat these days so I can't remember his name. This does seem to be the version played on the TV shows though. Double fab, isn't it!!! ;-D

[MrMusedu]

This is a piece of music that's been stored in my brain for years. It's great to hear such a good quality version! Great!

[Johnboy175]

The title of this music is "Teenage Carnival" composed by Keith Mansfield taken from an album called COLOURS IN RHYTHM published by KPM music.(KPM 1029).

[mrhomerbojangles]

@igglepickles Southern TV was the best years of TV as I can remember many of the Fantastic childrens programmes

[vanGentJeroen]

I'm still looking/searching foor the CLOSING titels !

[borgduck]

FAB isn't it? And I've hugged Wendy Padbury!

[mrhomerbojangles]

A very young Tom Owen ( Bill Owen's from Last Of The Summer Wine, son )

starred in this as did ~ A very young Eric Pollard from Emerdale also starred in this & Wendy Padbury who starred in this was married to Melvin Hayes from It Aint Half Hot Mum.

Though I cannot find any information on Ray Armstrong.who starred in this fab tv series.

[igglepickles]

i live in southampton and my dad worked at southern tv in the 70s

on sunday afternoons i would walk around the studio with him

and all the sets were left up

houseparty , runaround,out of town and heres one for you

rogues rock filmed on herm on the channel islands

[mrhomerbojangles]

@Pamfino2 In 2010, reruns of Freewheelers are being shown on the British satellite television channel Film 24

[mrhomerbojangles]

@Pamfino2 A total of 104 episodes over 8 series were made. The first five series were all wiped by Southern but film prints of the entire series 1 and a single episode from series 2 have subsequently been recovered. The final three series (6-8) exist in the Southern archives. A Region 2 DVD release of series 6 was made in April 2009