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William Tell

The legend of William Tell tells the story of a marksman who famously shot an apple off his son's head and later led a rebellion to secure Switzerland's independence.

Episodes:

Episode 1 The Emperor's Hat

1. The Emperor's Hat

Aired: Sep 15, 1958

Overrun by Austrians, and ruled by the evil tyrant, Landburgher Gessler, Swit...

Episode 2 The Hostages

2. The Hostages

Aired: Sep 22, 1958

Annoyed by Tell's activities, Gessler issues orders to have the archer arrest...

Episode 3 Secret Death

3. Secret Death

Aired: Sep 29, 1958

When his wife is captured by Gessler's troops and sentenced to death, Tell of...

Episode 5 The Prisoner

5. The Prisoner

Aired: Oct 13, 1958

On his way to deliver a message to William Tell, a resistance man is captured...

Episode 6 Voice in the Night

6. Voice in the Night

Aired: Oct 20, 1958

After a disagreement with Gessler, Judge Furst is thrown into a dungeon. His ...

Episode 7 The Assassins

7. The Assassins

Aired: Oct 26, 1958

Two Swiss collaborators, arrested by Gessler for murdering Prince Karl, are g...

Episode 8 The Baroness

8. The Baroness

Aired: Nov 2, 1958

When her husband is invited to visit the castle of a beautiful baroness who s...

Episode 9 The Elixir

9. The Elixir

Aired: Nov 9, 1958

A local monastery, run by Italian monks, is making a delicious brew, then don...

Episode 10 The Suspect

10. The Suspect

Aired: Nov 16, 1958

Tell must prove a young girl innocent of the charge of giving information to ...

Episode 11 The Cuckoo

11. The Cuckoo

Aired: Nov 23, 1958

Early every morning, Gessler is awakened by a cuckoo. At his wits' end, his p...

Episode 12 The Bear

12. The Bear

Aired: Nov 30, 1958

When his son joins Tell's group, and refuses to return home, the Bear, a robb...

Episode 13 The Magic Powder

13. The Magic Powder

Aired: Dec 7, 1958

Doctor Klein, a scientist working for Gessler, invents an explosive powder fo...

Episode 14 The Golden Wheel

14. The Golden Wheel

Aired: Dec 14, 1958

Having discovered where the resistance hides its funds, Gessler make plans to...

Episode 15 The Bride

15. The Bride

Aired: Dec 21, 1958

Maddelenna is being forcibly taken to Altdorf Castle as a bride for Gessler. ...

Episode 16 The Boy Slaves

16. The Boy Slaves

Aired: Dec 28, 1958

Can Tell trust the word of his enemy? He must, if he is to obtain the release...

Episode 17 The Young Widow

17. The Young Widow

Aired: Jan 4, 1959

Having escaped from Gessler 's troops, Tell and his wife are given refuge by ...

Episode 18 Landslide

18. Landslide

Aired: Jan 11, 1959

Tell comes face to face with his exact double - an Austrian imported by Gessl...

Episode 19 The Trap

19. The Trap

Aired: Jan 18, 1959

By using a traitor planted in Tell's camp, Gessler plans to smash the resista...

Episode 20 The Shrew

20. The Shrew

Aired: Jan 25, 1959

Hedda, lured away by a message that her sister is ill, finds herself an unwil...

Episode 21 The Manhunt

21. The Manhunt

Aired: Feb 1, 1959

Trapped on an island owned by Prince Erik, a man who enjoys hunting prey, Tel...

Episode 22 The Killer

22. The Killer

Aired: Feb 8, 1959

Accused of murdering a partisan helper and stealing his gold, Tell must find ...

Episode 23 The Surgeon

23. The Surgeon

Aired: Feb 15, 1959

Seriously wounded, Tell is taken to the home a Swiss surgeon. To throw Gessle...

Episode 24 The Ensign

24. The Ensign

Aired: Feb 22, 1959

When faced with conflict between duty and conscience, Fritz, a young Austrian...

Episode 26 The Avenger

26. The Avenger

Aired: Mar 15, 1959

When Tell investigates why two envoys disappeared while on their way to him t...

Episode 27 The Bandit

27. The Bandit

Aired: Mar 22, 1959

When one of his men fails to return from a mission to Rinaldo, a rival resist...

Episode 28 Gessler's Daughter

28. Gessler's Daughter

Aired: Mar 29, 1959

When his daughter Anna kidnapped and held for ransom. Gessler knows of only o...

Episode 30 The Raid

30. The Raid

Aired: Apr 12, 1959

Disguised as Austrian soldier. Tell and Hans enter the fortress at Schwartzbu...

Episode 31 Castle of Fear

31. Castle of Fear

Aired: Apr 19, 1959

Visiting Werner Castle to track down the murderer of a resistance leader, Tel...

Episode 32 The Black Brothers

32. The Black Brothers

Aired: Apr 27, 1959

Stealing arms intended for the Swiss resistance movement is crime enough, but...

Episode 33 The Lost Letter

33. The Lost Letter

Aired: May 4, 1959

So anxious is he to read a letter from Judge Furst informing William Tell of ...

Episode 34 Secret Weapon

34. Secret Weapon

Aired: May 11, 1959

The resistance leader and the Bear set out to investigate reports that Gessle...

Episode 35 The Master Spy

35. The Master Spy

Aired: May 18, 1959

Armed with a new 'secret weapon' - Mara, a beautiful, but highly dangerous sp...

Episode 36 The Traitor

36. The Traitor

Aired: May 25, 1959

Certain that no one knows their whereabouts, Tell and his wife visits a frien...

Episode 37 The Spider

37. The Spider

Aired: Jun 1, 1959

Hearing that a ruthless Austrian commander, nicknamed the Spider, has capture...

Episode 38 The Mountain People

38. The Mountain People

Aired: Jun 8, 1959

A beautiful young girl, rescued by Tell from a troop of Austrian soldiers, le...

Episode 39 Undercover

39. Undercover

Aired: Jun 15, 1959

Hearing that a close friend, an agent to the Emperor, has died, Tell enters e...

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Info about William Tell

Current Status: Ended

Network: ITV1

Production Country: United Kingdom

Genres:Adventure, Family, History