The Flaxton Boys
| The Flaxton Boys | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Children's television |
| Written by | Sid Waddell Bill MacIlwraith Gerry Andrewes Gloria Tors Stuart Douglass Barry Cockcroft Jeremy Burnham Michala Crees Anthony Couch |
| Directed by | Robert D. Cardona David Goldsmith David Millard |
| Starring | Peter Firth David Bradley Victor Winding Richard Gale David Smith James Hayter Philip Maskery John Ash Alan Guy Nicholas Pennell Veronica Hurst Moultrie Kelsall |
| Theme music composer | Sergei Prokofiev |
| Opening theme | Extract from the Classical Symphony |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 52 |
| Production | |
| Producers | Jess Yates Robert D. Cardona |
| Production locations | Ripley Castle, North Yorkshire |
| Running time | 52 x 30 mins |
| Production company | Yorkshire Television |
| Original release | |
| Network | ITV |
| Release | 21 September 1969 – 17 June 1973 |
The Flaxton Boys is a British historical children's television series set in the West Riding of Yorkshire and covering a timespan of almost a century. The series was made by Yorkshire Television and was broadcast on ITV between 1969 and 1973, running for 4 series and 52 episodes, each of 30 minutes duration.
The Flaxton Boys had a number of different scriptwriters, was produced by Jess Yates and Robert D. Cardona, and directed mainly by Cardona (45 episodes). Each of the series was set in a different era, spanning the years 1854 to 1945/6.