The Adventures of Black Beauty (London Weekend Television 1972 – 1974)

Roderick Shaw - Kevin Gordon
Stacy Dorning - Jenny Gordon
Michael Culver - Squire Armstrong
Tony Maiden - Albert
Stephen Garlick - Ned Lewis
Alastair Mackenzie - Robbie
Mike Pratt - Simey
Kenneth Gilbert - Carter
Geoffrey Bayldon - Professor Miles
Leigh Lawson - Peter Stockman
Hazel Coppen - Mrs. Allingham
Martin Gordon - Dykes
Derek Newark - Bellowes
Michael Brennan - Comber
Mark Moss - Shanks
Michael Turner - Waggs
Jack Le White - 1st Man
Derek Martin	- Beadle
Christopher Benjamin - Hewitt
Kenneth Watson - Mr. Jones
John Gatrell	- Butler
Kim Smith - Bri
Tina Heath - Rosie Jones
Martin Boddey	-  Auction Manager
Cyril Cross - Farmer
John Carson - Joshua Eglinton
Ron Pember - Alfred
Ken Wynne - Oates
John Nettles - Edwin Palgrave
Patrick Westwood - Bob Hall
John Moreno - Andy Walker
George Waring - Alf
Sean Lynch - McPhee
John White - Ted Harvey
Stuart Knee - Alexis
Brent Oldfield - William
Saeed Jaffrey - Rana
Glynn Edwards - Brown
Derek Smith - Patrick Flook
Bill Stewart - John Bates
David Butler - Taylor
Ray Barrett - T. Otis Waygood
John Thaw - Jack Desmond
Tony Selby - Moss
Bernard Archard - Bulov
John Ringham - Henry Bullivant
Paul Angelis - Samson Ryder
Alan Guy - Billy Foster
Joanna Andrews - Susan Oldfield
Ian Pigot - Colin
Melvyn Hayes - Amos
Robert Coleby - Harry
Godfrey James - Hollis
Lesley Roach - Mary
Martin Reynolds - Stan Groat
Shane Shelton - Albert Wingrave
John Nettleton - Mr. Collins
Jonathan Newth - Grant
John Quentin - Francis
George Murcell - Mr. John Abbott 
Barry Linehan - Mr. Oldfield
Bill Gavin -  Joss
Neil McCarthy - Gates
Mervyn Johns - Silas Surtees
Mark Eden - Major Watkins
John Welsh - Woolgar
Eileen Way - Maggie
William Moore - Ben Garner
John Sanderson - Sammy
Glenn Williams - Weekes
Lesley Dunlop - Dolly
Graham Crowden - Mr. Crevace
Jim Norton - Michael Sullivan
Len Jones -  Dan
Fiona Walker - Beth Hewitt
John Malcolm - Harker
Ken Jones - Fox
Meadows White - Sam Crick
Jack Shepherd - Mr. Joskins
Stuart Damon - Mr. Duncan
Norman Bird - Rundle
John Stratton - Lawyer Weems
Blain Fairman - Dr. Phelps
Paul Humpoletz - Selby
Mark Rogers - Charles Armstrong
Chris Courtland - Frank Ellis
Alfie Bass - Wilf
Eddie Byrne - Grainger 
Reg Lye - George
Jack Woolgar - Old Man
Peter Firth - David Abbott
Tony Doyle - Jim O'Toole 
Archie Duncan - McNeish
Harold Goodwin - Fred Brownlow
David Andrews - Ted Hewitt
Herbert Ramskill - Old Dan
Norma Vogan - Mrs. Honeywood
Elizabeth Counsell - Elizabeth
Kenneth Cope - Henry Thackeray
John Hallam - Roger Carlisle
Jennie Linden - Lady Faulkner
Deddie Davies - Mrs. Hudson
Frank Forsyth - Old Tom
John Moore - Jed
Roy Herrick - John Danby
Brian Hayes - Mr. Maxwell
Phillip Ross - Jessop
Margaret Boyd - Mrs. Fuller
Christopher Wray - Landlord
John Rhys-Davies - Alfred Kidney
George Innes - Jake
Glyn Owen - Bridges
Robert Raglan - Mr. Sheridan 
Frederick Bennett - Mr. Coomb
Geoffrey Russell - Mr. Bazeley
Michael Sheard - Jackson
Noel Coleman - General Syme
Peter Davidson - Stepan
Barry Jackson - Ben Potter
Victor Maddern - Michael Groat
John Comer - Mr. Binns
Larry Martyn - Groom
Gretchen Franklin - Mrs. Rodgers
Lucy Appleby - Jill Hudson
Dave Carter - Driver
Patrick Magee - Cpl. Donovan
John Junkin - Teapot
Gerald Flood - Josiah Hempel
Max Faulkner - Jennings
Wendy Gifford - Edith Eglinton
Gaynor Hodgson - Frances Bazeley
Maxine Audley - Grand Duchess Sophia
Jean Anderson - The Hon. Mrs. Jameson
Iain Cuthbertson - Sgt. Mjr. Fletcher
Ray Smith - Willie
Richardson Morgan - Wagoner 
Kristen Jane Drinkwater - Baby
Annabelle Lanyon - Alice
Stanley Meadows - Caleb Skinner
Griffith Davies - Mr. Briggs
Ken Buckle - Smith
Leslie French - Widgery
Andrew McCulloch - Tim
Leo Dolan - Jenks
Ruth Dunning - Henrietta Eglinton
Dan Meaden - Olroyd1 episode, 1974 
Keith Chegwin - Tom Honeywood 
Denis Carey - Mr. Ryder
Peter Williams - Lord Eddington 
Frederick Hall - Foreman
Arthur White - Tom
Gwyneth Strong - Cicely Eglinton
Michael Ripper - Auctioneer
George Fisher - Mr. Higgley
Vernon Morris - Paxton
Michael Stainton - Police Constable
Jon Mattocks - 2nd Man
Brian Oulton - Mr. Liveridge 
John Garrie - Ned Harker
Mike Savage - Harris
David Pugh - Bill
Iain Sinclair - Rev. Grout
Larry Tayer - Joe
Alastair Meldrum - Gray 
Peter Bowles - Duffield 
Mick Dillon - Cabby
Peter Salli - Policeman (uncredited) 
Harry Fielder - Workman (uncredited)
Patrick Jordan - Huntsman (uncredited)



The Adventures of Black Beauty was a children's period drama from London Weekend Television which ran for three series between 1972 and 1974. All episodes exist in the archives of ITV.

 

The show featured Dr James Gordon, a widower who went to live in the country in a village called Five Oaks, with his family, and setting up a practice there. He is presented with a black stallion which they called Black Beauty, after saving the life of its owner.

Much of the storylines in the show feature the horse and how it helped the family resolve issues with others, especially people doing bad deeds.

The show is very loosely based on the books of Anna Sewell

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