About this season
Four Feather Falls was the third puppet TV show produced by Gerry Anderson for Granada Television. It was based on an idea by Barry Gray, who also wrote the show's music. The series was the first to use an early version of Anderson's Supermarionation puppetry. Thirty-nine 13-minute episodes were produced, broadcast by Granada from February until November 1960. The setting is the late 19th-century fictional Kansas town of Four Feather Falls, where the hero of the series, Tex Tucker, is 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. Tex's speaking voice was provided by Nicholas Parsons, and his singing voice by Michael Holliday. The series has never been repeated on British television, but it was released on DVD in 2005.
Episodes (39)
1. How It Began
7.0Aired 25 February 1960
Sheriff Tex Tucker arrives in Four Feather Falls.
2. Kidnapped
7.0Aired 3 March 1960
Sheriff Tucker must solve a kidnapping.
3. Pedro Has A Plan
7.0Aired 10 March 1960
Pedro has a great idea, but will it all go wrong?
4. Pedro's Pardon
7.0Aired 17 March 1960
Pedro is pardoned by Tex.
5. A Close Shave
7.0Aired 24 March 1960
Tex Tucker has a close call.
6. Indian Attack
7.0Aired 31 March 1960
Four Feather Falls is attacked by a group of Indians.
7. Sheriff For A Day
7.0Aired 7 April 1960
Tex takes a day off, but who will be the sheriff?
8. Dusty Becomes Deputy
Aired 14 April 1960
Tex promotes Dusty to the position of deputy sheriff.
9. Gun Runners
Aired 21 April 1960
Tex encounters a group of gunrunners and it's his job to bring them in.
10. Trouble At Yellow Gulch
Aired 28 April 1960
Tex experiences a spot of bother at Yellow Gulch.
11. Frame Up
Aired 5 May 1960
Can Tex discover who really committed the crime?
12. Gold Diggers
Aired 12 May 1960
Tex encounters some gold diggers.
13. Gold Is Where You Find It
Aired 19 May 1960
Tex and the gang go looking for gold.
14. Trapped
Aired 26 May 1960
Tex and the gang become trapped in a dangerous situation, but can they save themselves?
15. The Best Laid Plans
Aired 2 June 1960
Even the best plans can go wrong.
16. Escort
Aired 9 June 1960
Pedro and Fernando pose as sheriffs so they can steal a shipment of gold.
17. The Toughest Guy In The West
Aired 16 June 1960
A reward is offered for the capture of Indian Jack.
18. Chance Of A Ghost
Aired 23 June 1960
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.
19. Gun Play
Aired 30 June 1960
Two cattle rustlers challenge Tucker to fight without his magic guns.
20. A Lawman Rides Alone
Aired 7 July 1960
As Tex prepares to take a criminal to court, Big Ben plans a jail break.
21. Jail Break
Aired 14 July 1960
Pedro helps Tex capture some criminals in return for the reward money.
22. A Little Bit of Luck
Aired 21 July 1960
Tex is away visiting family, but in his absence crime runs out of control.
23. Land Grabbers
Aired 28 July 1960
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.
24. Once a Lawman
Aired 4 August 1960
With the townspeople unhappy with Tex's dealing of a spate of robberies, Tex turns in his badge.
25. Election Day
Aired 11 August 1960
Usually Tex is the only one to run for the post of sheriff on election days, but this time Pedro makes a bid for the position.
26. Gun Fight On Main Street
Aired 18 August 1960
Tex's old friend arrives in town looking for two criminals. Tex helps him, but they end up in a dangerous showdown on Main Street.
27. A Bad Name
Aired 25 August 1960
Pedro and Fernando steal all of Four Feather Falls' horses and Tex is unable to pursue them until new horses arrive.
28. Horse Thieves
Aired 1 September 1960
Big Ben needs Tex's help after being falsly accused of stealing cattle.
29. The Ma Jones Story
Aired 8 September 1960
Ma Jones falls a scam and is almost swindled out of her shop.
30. Bandits Abroad
Aired 15 September 1960
Fernando bears a striking resemblance to another master criminal, so Pedro comes up with an idea to get the reward money for capturing him.
31. A Cure for Everything
Aired 22 September 1960
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.
32. Teething Troubles
Aired 29 September 1960
Rocky gets toothache but won't let Doc Haggerty remove it.
33. Buffalo Rocky
Aired 6 October 1960
When several horses are stolen, the only suspects seems to be a buffalo...
34. Safe As Houses
Aired 13 October 1960
A stranger arrives in town claiming to be able to sell things to people they didn't even know they wanted.
35. First Train Through
Aired 20 October 1960
The railroad finally comes to Four Feather Falls connecting it to Dallas, however someone keeps sabotaging the tracks.
36. Happy Birthday
Aired 27 October 1960
The 'fastest and bestest in the westest' arrives in town, worrying Tex that he will attract other gunmen to the town.
37. Fancy Shooting
Aired 3 November 1960
The townspeople plan a party for Tex's birthday.
38. Ambush
Aired 10 November 1960
The train from Dallas is robbed of $10,000.
39. Ride 'Em Cowboy
Aired 17 November 1960
Tex takes part in the rodeo against Silver City's best rider, Bart Stevens.