Garry Halliday

infobox Television
show_name = Garry Halliday


caption =
format = Drama
runtime = 25mins
creator =
starring = Terence Longdon
Terence Alexander
Elwyn Brook-Jones
Bill Kerr
Maurice Kaufmann
country = UK
network = BBC1
first_aired = 1959
last_aired = 1962
num_episodes = 50
list_episodes =
imdb_id = 0162080

Garry Halliday was a British television series for children that ran on the BBC from 1959 to 1962. The show starred Terence Longdon as airman Garry Halliday. The episodes were closely based on the books by Justin Blake.

Plot

Halliday was a pilot for a commercial airline company "The Halliday Charter Company." having much in common with counter part "Biggles," Halliday flew to his various adventures in an aircraft with the callsign Golf – Alpha Oboe Roger George, assisted by co-pilot Bill Dodds, played by Terence Alexander who was later better known for his role of Charlie in "Bergerac." [ [http://tv.cream.org/a-z/g/index.htm Tv Cream: The Gaffer To Gilligan'S Island ] ] The Airline's control base station was Lima Foxtrot. [ [http://www.whirligig-tv.co.uk/tv/adults/other/garryhalliday.htm Garry Halliday ] ]

Their arch-enemy was a character known as The Voice, played by Elwyn Brook-Jones, so called because he was never seen, so that at the end of each series he could escape, and reappear in the next. Never seen by his own gang, 'The Voice' always shone a powerful light in their faces to disguise his identity thereby remaining anonymous.

Production

Based on the books by Justin Blake, one trailer special and two series were produced. Each epsidoe lasted 25minutes:
*Garry Halliday - 1episode
*Garry Halliday and the Gun-Runners - 16episodes
*Garry Halliday and the Secret of Omar Khayyam - 33episodes

Series three hit various difficulties, as actor Bill Kerr playing co-pilot Eddie Robbins replaced Terence Alexander; while Brook-Jones died half way through filming, and was replaced (without his scenes being re filmed) with a different actor who looked and sounded rather different. Maurice Kaufmann played one of The Voice's henchmen in series three.

Filming was undertaken at Ferryfield Airport in Lydd, Kent, with the offices and planes of real airline Silver City Airways transformed for all three series of the productions.

Rotated in the schedule by the first run of "Doctor Who," and as Science Fiction interest grew with the flight of Sputnik, never returned due to the Doctor's resultant popularity. There is only one episode in existence in the BBC Archives, as the BBC of the day had the money-saving practice of wiping tape once the programme was considered too old. [ [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0162080 "Garry Halliday" (1959) ] ]

References

External links

* [http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/series/26854 "Garry Halliday" at BFI Film & TV Database]
*imdb title|id=0162080|title=Garry Halliday