The Flashing Blade

The Flashing Blade (Le Chevalier Tempête) is a French television serial made in the late 1960s, which was broadcast in the UK on BBC children's television during the 1960s, with several re-runs in the 1970s. Dubbed from French into English, the action was set in 17th century France, during a period of war between France and Spain. The plot involves a besieged French garrison in a castle (Fort Casal) on the Savoie border, and the efforts of a dashing spy to engineer their rescue.

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  • TheTVDB.com Series ID 81666
  • Status Ended
  • First Aired October 1, 1967
  • Recent October 22, 1967
  • Network ORTF
  • Average Runtime 25 minutes
  • Genres Action Adventure
  • Original Country France
  • Original Language English
  • On Other Sites IMDB TheMovieDB.com
  • Episode Screenshot Format 4:3 Screencap
  • Favorited This series has been favorited by 2 people.
  • Created February 4, 2008 by
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  • Modified August 21, 2022 by
    fido6966
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Season 1 October 1967 October 1967 13
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Season 1 October 1967 12
Unassigned Episodes 1
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Unassigned Episodes 13

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Favourite Children's TV 70s UK

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A personal list of my favourite TV shown on BBC and ITV in the 1970s. Includes repeats from the 60s and 50s. I was eight years old in 1980.

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