Four Feather Falls

How It Began

Tex finds and shelters an Indian boy and is rewarded with four magic feathers.

Kidnapped

Pedro and Fernando take "Doc" Haggerty and hold him hostage.

Pedro Has a Plan

Pedro and Fernando plan to rid themselves of the sheriff.

Pedro's Pardon

Pedro decides to "go straight" and become respectable.

A Close Shave

Pedro and Fernando plot again to foil the sheriff.

Indian Attack

Pedro and Fernando try to steal Tex's magic feathers.

Sheriff for a Day

Tex is called away and lends his magic guns to Little Jake.

Dusty Becomes Deputy

Pedro and Fernando aim to rob the bank while Tex is away.

Gunrunners

Tex and Dusty go in search of villains selling guns to Indians.

Trouble at Yellow Gulch

Pedro and Fernando hold Four Feather Falls to ransom.

Frame Up

Tex rides off alone into the desert, unaware of a ghostly legend.

Gold Diggers

Fernando and Pedro ask to spend the night in Tex's jail.

Gold Is Where You Find It

Pedro and Fernando try to swindle the people of Four Feather Falls out of their savings.

Trapped

Little Jake and Makooya head to the creek for some fishing. Finding a cave along the way they decided on a little spelunking. They interrupt Red Scalp at work while he's manufacturing counterfeit money and he quickly seals them in.

The Best Laid Plans

Hank Frisbee arrives in town and tells Pedro and Fernando about his plan to rob the bank. Nobody knows him in Four Feather Falls, so he reckons on taking a room over the bank, then they'll be able to cut a way in. Frisbee takes the room, then goes off to the saloon where he buys drinks all round and gets music and singing going; the noise is supposed to cover up the row that Pedro and Fernando make as they cut their way into the bank. The plan works fine until Pedro gets stuck as he tries to clamber through the hole into the bank and makes an almighty row. Tex hears the noise and guesses that it's coming from the bank. Frisbee tries to stop Tex from going to investigate, He draws his firearms, but Tex and the magic guns win the fight. Pedro and Fernando hear the shooting, they grab hold of an iron box, and make a run for it. But there's nothing in the box except a collection of old iron, They decide to go back to Four Feather Falls and join Hank in jail - at least they'll be able to get something to eat there, even if they haven't got the gold.

Escort

Tex Tucker releases Pedro and Fernando from custody, but neither is keen to leave the comfort of the jail. On their way out they overhear a message from a Mister Huckenbacker requesting a Sheriff's escort into Four Feather Falls. Huckenbacker is on his way to town with a load of gold, so Pedro and Fernando decide to pose as sheriffs so they can steal all the gold. Big Ben, too, has heard this news and hits the trail to meet with the gold shipment. Can Tex deal with all the robbers?

The Toughest Guy in the West

Grandpa Twink is a teller of tales and his buddies tease him about his supposed heroics. Twink redeems himself when he captures Indian Jack, a notorious renegade.

Ghost of a Chance

Marvin Jackson is trying to sell the Eureka Silver Mine, but the main buyer, Harman, pays Pedro and Fernando to pretend to be ghosts to bring the price down.

Gunplay

Two cattle rustlers, Johnny Pasto and The Nevado Kid, challenge Tucker to fight without his magic guns.

A Lawman Rides Alone

Sheriff Tucker receives a wanted poster for Blackie and Whitey Strutt who, along with a third man robbed a Wells Fargo office. Soon the trio arrive in Four Feather Falls.

Jailbreak

Zack Morrill a bandit wanted for murder, cattle rustling, horse stealing and train robbery, has a wanted poster outside the Sheriff's office offering a reward of £500 for the capture of him. Pedro sees the poster and decides to help Tex capture a criminal in return for the reward money.

A Little Bit of Luck

Tex is away visiting family and the marshal filling in for him, Ike Burns, is hopelessly ineffective. But the sheriff's a crook and is not a real lawman and is secretly in league with Big Ben and another outlaw called Johnny.

Land Grabbers

The Circle Z Ranch is under siege from Morg Fenton and Big Ben, but Tex discovers it is outside his area of juristiction and cannot help defend it.

Once a Lawman

With the townspeople unhappy with Tex's dealing of a spate of robberies, Tex turns in his badge.

Election Day

Usually Tex is the only one to run for sheriff on election days, but this time Pedro makes a bid for the position.

Gunfight on Main Street

Tex's old friend, Cass Morgan, arrives in town looking for two men, Tobin and Billy Pinto, who he says killed his brother during a robbery. He tells Tex to stay out of it which he does until a telegram arrives telling Tex who the real killer is.

A Bad Name

Big Ben needs Tex's help after being falsely accused of stealing cattle.

Horse Thieves

Big Ben tells Pedro and Fernando that a partner of his is paying good money for horses. He persuades the banditos to steal all of the horses in Four Feather Falls, which they do including Tex's own horse Rocky.

The Ma Jones Story

Ma Jones falls for a scam by two con men and is almost swindled out of her shop.

Bandits Abroad

Fernando bears a striking resemblance to another master criminal, called Pancho Gomez, so Pedro comes up with an idea to get the $200 reward money for capturing him.

A Cure for Everything

A medicine man arrives in town claiming to have a cure for everything and almost puts Doc Haggerty out of business before he discovers the true source of the medicines.

Teething Troubles

Rocky has a toothache, but nothing anyone says can persuade him to have his tooth removed by Doc Haggerty.

Buffalo Rocky

When several horses are stolen, the only suspects seems to be a buffalo. But it is actually a clever horse thief covering his tracks by wearing false buffalo hooves.

Safe as Houses

Missouri Mike arrives in town claiming to be able to sell things to people they didn't even know they wanted including selling safes $5 each with a free bottle of brandy. But the brandy is drugged and Mike is actually a criminal planning to rob the town blind.

First Train Through

The railroad finally comes to Four Feather Falls connecting it to Dallas, however someone keeps sabotaging the tracks.

Fancy Shooting

The 'fastest and bestest in the westest' Gunman, Buck Reevers, arrives in town, worrying Tex that he will attract other gunmen to the town.

Happy Birthday

The townspeople plan a party for Tex's birthday.

Ambush

Red Scalp leads an Indian war party on a raid to ambush the train from Dallas and steal the $10,000 payroll on board, with the help of bank messenger William J. Haddon, who is apparently kidnapped during the raid to add some authenticity. But Red Scalp decides to double-cross Haddon and keep all the money for himself, until Tex recovers Haddon and the money.

Ride 'Em Cowboy

Tex takes part in the rodeo against Silver City's best rider, Bart Stevens, who decides to cheat by using Pedro and Fernando to sabotage his opponents.

United Kingdom

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Four Feather Falls was an animated puppet TV show produced by Gerry Anderson for Granada Television that aired on the ITV network in 1960.The setting is the late 19th-century fictional Kansas town of Four Feather Falls, where the hero of the series, Tex Tucker, is a sheriff. The four feathers of the title refers to four magical feathers given to Tex by the Indian chief Kalamakooya as a reward for saving his grandson: two allowed Tex's guns to swivel and fire without being touched whenever he was in danger, and two conferred the power of speech on Tex's horse and dog.

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