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William Tell

Season 1 Episode 20: The Shrew

Hedda, lured away by a message that her sister is ill, finds herself an unwilling pawn in Gessler's latest plot to squash the resistance. Confident that this time Tell will be taken, the Austrian is in for a surprise.

Season 1 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...

Info about William Tell

Current Status: Ended

Network: ITV1

Production Country: United Kingdom

Genres:Adventure, Family, History