So true. I remember this show from when I was knee high to a grasshopper. Finally enough, I was just thinking earlier today, that we now have everything and nothing.
I'm 58 now and I just got an irresistible urge to listen to this for the first time in over 40 years ....and guess what it sounds better than ever it truly does,I'm also tempted to listen to the captain Scarlett,Joe 90, Thunderbirds, stingray and other classic 1960s theme tunes to my childhood TV heroes...it's worth a mention some of these theme tunes graced the dance floor at the ICONIC WIGAN CASINO NIGHT CLUB!!!!,now that's one hell of a " NOD , THUMBS UP SEAL OF APPROVAL" .Can't for the life of me think of anything today that even comes close....so anyone of my generation or just curious music lovers of any age ....go on I dare you seek them out especially the Joe 90 theme tune..if you don't tap your feet or smile ...book an appointment with your cardiologist and get an ECG ...coz your heart is in need of immediate examination!!!!!,as always thanks for reading my post..any comments either good or not so good are always welcome and I truly respect your opinions.... thanks again!!!!
@@johnnieveight4925 i wish i could go back too BUT just stay in that era. never go forward, just live right there.. carefree summers and 3 channels no mobiles et al. i feel blessed i was there . keep well and watch your 6 in this crazy horrible mad modern world. i hate it.
I 100% agree with you. We didn’t need the internet Or mobile phones We cycled our bikes Read comics Played outside Life was fun. Kids were healthy (and slim) I’m a 70’s child. I agree with you.
Yes, I agree also. I collect comics from that era for nostalgia, Beano, Dandy, Whizzer & Chips, Beezer, Topper, Buster & Monster Fun, Cheeky, Action, to name but a few...
Our Programmes had some Great Themes back in the 60s and 70s and I recorded lots of them instead of pop songs. They 'meant something ' to us youngsters, and still do to us (now older people).
I WATCHED EVERY EPISODE, I HAD THE BIGGEST CRUSH ON GILLIAN BLAKE, AS SOON AS THE MUSIC STARTED I WAS TRANSPORTED TO HAREWOOD HOUSE WHERE FOLLYFOOT WAS FILMED IT WAS BRILLIANT, SUPERB FAR BETTER QUALITY THAN THE MUCK THEY PRODUCE NOWADAYS. THANKYOU FOR KEEPING MINE AND OTHER PEOPLES MEMORIES OF THIS BEAUTIFUL, ATMOSPHERIC PROGRAMME ALIVE.
@@minty448 Lol - I bow to your superior hairdressing knowledge. Now that you have said it, I do remember the name and popularity of the cut, to be eclipsed by the Purdey in the not too far future!! 😀
wow,as a little girl i longed to own a horse..i now own 8 and its all down to this programme...trip down memory lane...also just heard the white horses theme....trip away down to my childhood..thankyou
Fabulous programme, great mix of characters, a beautiful setting, and some surprisingly poignant messages in the story lines. This also fuelled my love of horses and taught me that they are a responsibility for life. I bought mine as a 12 year old and he made it to 27, happy and active to the end.
Wow, I would have been aged 16 when the final episode was shown. I still remember the theme tune though, and the characters that were in the programme. Thanks for posting it.
This was shown Saturday mornings between a kids show called Saturday Scene introduced by Sally James. I remember it well, especially the theme by The Settlers.
Huge,gorgeous dollops of childhood nostalgia!.....loved this,Robinson Crusoe and my all time favourite The Flashing Blade...there's a theme tune that simply can't be topped!
The children's TV program "Follyfoot" was shown on Australian TV in the early to mid 1970's & the theme song "Lightning Tree" which was sung by The Settlers was a chart hit here too. I haven't heard the song or seen images of the TV program since then. Thanks for bringing back memories.
god i loved this when i was little, i raved soooo much about it to my grown up kids they got me the whole box set 4 xmas,guess what.?? still love it.,thanx kids for making your old mum happy lol xxxxxx can i have a horse now. lolxxxx
was the first ever thing i saw on our tv when my parents bought a new black and white when i was about 8 or 9,, its haunted me ever since and i ,ve loved the theme and the series,,,superb british series,,
I've had this tune going round in the back of my mind for that last 30 years... Found out tonight is called "lightning tree" and that is from Folly Foot is TV show! Jeez... Shame kids don't have proper TV like this nowadays!
Reading some of the comments on TH-cam, seems this was filmed at Harewood house up near me here in Yorkshire! Well have to talk with them about that when im next up there....
March '24. For the wonderful Mr Christian Rodska AKA Ron Stryker in Follyfoot. Great memories of Christian,Dora, Steve, Slugger [Arthur English] and the Colonel. Christian was the loveable Happy as Larry rouge Mr Get it done, Foot in the mouth Ron. I really enjoyed Follyfoot, the theme, the settings, the whole cast. One of the best TV programmes ever. I am not 67 and actually watched many episodes in 2023. God Bless Christian Rodska May you Rest in Peace. Thank you for the many happy decades of wonderful memories.
This is wonderful! I had forgotten about this show. I remember watching this when I was 9 or so. Came to Canada when I was 10 1/2. Brings back happy memories!!!
Watched religiously then galloped across the park ( no real horse required ) to meet my best friend Gina and relive the whole program again. Wonderful.
I can never remember any of the details of the series itself beyond it being set on a farm....... but THIS 'greatest of all kids theme 'SONGS' [I specify 'song' as it is lyrical and we all know that for INSTRUMENTALS nothing will EVER beat 'Robinson Crusoe's sheer haunting power] has NEVER left me. Closely followed by Ace of Wands but I think IK'm the last person alive that can remember that!
Suppose the horse and cart were still within living memory, so, nostalgia. Even I remember the rag and bone man with his horse drawn cart back then. As a result, Champion the wonder horse, Follyfoot, White Horses, Black Beauty....
@@AndrewHalliwell Ah, White Horses! The theme song from that can reduce me to jelly at the overload of 1970s nostalgia. I know it was a rough time for many people with the oil crisis, Winter of Discontent etc. (I remember my dad complaining about the price of petrol going over a pound a gallon) - but I was a kid and I remember it as a sort of golden wonderland... funny how perspective is everything.
Marvelous. They don't make 'em like this anymore. Some of the incidental music was from the Chappel music library and one particular track also features in 'The Prisoner's' 'The Chimes of Big Ben' episode. I often watch the opening titles over and over again. Dear Arthur English as Slugger was hilarious but was only a comedy support. He deserved his own story lines. Originally watched this in the 70's when it was 1st shown but my memory of 'Randall & Hopkirk' and 'Catweazle' is earlier.
Gillian Blake! We had some beautiful "older" women on children's tv when I was the right age! My formative years were full of dreams about them!! Beautiful theme to a great programme by the way!!!
Who can remeber entire albums of theme tunes being released? I listen to this and feel old, but boy do I enjoy it, not only did we have decent theme tunes we also had decent programmes, and did they keep us coming back for more! I miss them. When I have seen excerpts of childrens t.v. recently, I can only think what do the powers that be think they are doing, I also agree that too many anouncers now speak over theme tunes.
@airscrew1 Thanks for replying to my comment. I don't remember Pebble Mill or Crown Court, (must have been at school) I grew up in N. Ireland and left in 1974 to come to Canada. I always felt inferior to the English, they had it "going on" But it is always nice to reminisce over old shows we used to watch. Black Beauty and Follyfoot were my favourites!!!!
To all the wonderful people who have written to me over the years I wish you all a very wonderful Christmas and a Happy and Healthy New Year. Jackie Lee.
+MsJackieLee One of the best 4 childrens theme tunes adults of a certain will NEVER forget. The others being Flashing blade, your very own white horses and my own personal favourite Ace of Wands. Such happy memories Jackie
dlamiss Ace of Wands? good lord i thought i was the only person on the planet that remembered that show. But sorry if you are going on tv themes the one i want on repeat on head phones when its my time is The theme from Robinson Crusoe, well maybe with Belle and Sebastian thrown in just because my parents adopted me at 9 months old and and an 8 week old retriever pup on the same day , when i was 15 i had to let my "sister" go. Without doubt one of the most heart breaking days of my life. People who dont understand have told me she was only a dog, yeah? well nobody told her that.
I admit I am too young for this show, a friend that watched it cited it as one of this favourite tv programs as a child so I checked it out. I am perhaps of the wrong generation to really enjoy the plot but the theme is just fantastic even by todays standards. I often return and listen to this amongst old themes I that personally remember, just because I feel it's so good it's a show I would've watched if I was older.
A time when we had nothing but
everything
So true. I remember this show from when I was knee high to a grasshopper.
Finally enough, I was just thinking earlier today, that we now have everything and nothing.
I'm 58 now and I just got an irresistible urge to listen to this for the first time in over 40 years ....and guess what it sounds better than ever it truly does,I'm also tempted to listen to the captain Scarlett,Joe 90, Thunderbirds, stingray and other classic 1960s theme tunes to my childhood TV heroes...it's worth a mention some of these theme tunes graced the dance floor at the ICONIC WIGAN CASINO NIGHT CLUB!!!!,now that's one hell of a " NOD , THUMBS UP SEAL OF APPROVAL" .Can't for the life of me think of anything today that even comes close....so anyone of my generation or just curious music lovers of any age ....go on I dare you seek them out especially the Joe 90 theme tune..if you don't tap your feet or smile ...book an appointment with your cardiologist and get an ECG ...coz your heart is in need of immediate examination!!!!!,as always thanks for reading my post..any comments either good or not so good are always welcome and I truly respect your opinions.... thanks again!!!!
61 me too
I'm 44 I love them all!!
White horses tv theme was good too
Listening?! You're dancing, young sir!! Dancing!!!
56 years old, and just paused the xbox to play this on impulse...
This takes me back to childhood. Makes me feel so happy and sad at the same time if that makes sense
I know exactly what you mean. So much time has passed since those days.
Nostalgia does that to us ❤
Loved this show when I was a kid. I'm 61 now . Wish I could go back
I think those of a certain age think they same, I’m hoping so anyway.
@@johnnieveight4925 2 years on from my comment I definitely do wish I could go back. So much crap going on in the world now.
I loved this programme as a kid.. but its the tune i remember most.
@@johnnieveight4925 i wish i could go back too BUT just stay in that era. never go forward, just live right there.. carefree summers and 3 channels no mobiles et al. i feel blessed i was there . keep well and watch your 6 in this crazy horrible mad modern world. i hate it.
the flashing blade, white horses, tomorrow people !! i'm 65 now !!
The 70's was the greatest decade in the history of the world. For me. And that's all that matters.
Great post so true!
I 100% agree with you.
We didn’t need the internet
Or mobile phones
We cycled our bikes
Read comics
Played outside
Life was fun.
Kids were healthy (and slim)
I’m a 70’s child.
I agree with you.
Yes, I agree also. I collect comics from that era for nostalgia, Beano, Dandy, Whizzer & Chips, Beezer, Topper, Buster & Monster Fun, Cheeky, Action, to name but a few...
😂😂👍👍👍🇬🇧🇮🇪
@@cooliocook6911 kids of today are just walking autobots who look at a phone all day.
I wish I could go back to the 70's life was so simple then👍
Zero worries
Very definitely! Everything back then was far more real. Smaller world to each of us, but far more meaningful.
Who’s listening to this great song 2024.
I am not , are you listening
Me lol - 28.04.2024
Me in Aotearoa/NZ💜
Me
me 🐎
Our Programmes had some Great Themes back in the 60s and 70s and I recorded lots of them instead of pop songs. They 'meant something ' to us youngsters, and still do to us (now older people).
I met a friend today we were discussing old TV shows and this popped in to our heads brilliant 😂
This was proberbly the happiest moment of my childhood just to watch this programme. Life goes by so fast.😥
Proberbly...? Are you for real?
@@sirandrelefaedelinoge probably youre an asshole.
@@sirandrelefaedelinoge Really ??
The 70s had the best TV themes
i loved the 70s.....my sister was alive and my grandparents were, my dads health was good.....
Such a great time of your life with all those special people
I WATCHED EVERY EPISODE, I HAD THE BIGGEST CRUSH ON GILLIAN BLAKE,
AS SOON AS THE MUSIC STARTED I WAS TRANSPORTED TO HAREWOOD HOUSE WHERE FOLLYFOOT WAS FILMED
IT WAS BRILLIANT, SUPERB FAR BETTER QUALITY THAN THE MUCK THEY PRODUCE NOWADAYS.
THANKYOU FOR KEEPING MINE AND OTHER PEOPLES MEMORIES OF THIS BEAUTIFUL, ATMOSPHERIC PROGRAMME ALIVE.
Gillian Blake was hot !
I’m 62 and my sister is 64, we loved it. We had our hair cut like hers it was all the rage.❤
A great haircut.
The all time favourite, The Mullet.
@@malcolmharris5277. It was a feather cut!
@@minty448 Lol - I bow to your superior hairdressing knowledge.
Now that you have said it, I do remember the name and popularity of the cut, to be eclipsed by the Purdey in the not too far future!! 😀
@@malcolmharris5277 I was 13 at the time,a girl I fancied had hers cut that way!😊
This song and the "White Horses Theme" ..(go on have a listen, it,s on youtube!),takes me right back to my youth (66 yrs old now)
wow,as a little girl i longed to own a horse..i now own 8 and its all down to this programme...trip down memory lane...also just heard the white horses theme....trip away down to my childhood..thankyou
Fabulous programme, great mix of characters, a beautiful setting, and some surprisingly poignant messages in the story lines. This also fuelled my love of horses and taught me that they are a responsibility for life. I bought mine as a 12 year old and he made it to 27, happy and active to the end.
Takes me back to such good times 👌 Please take me back to the 70’s, it’ll never return to such great times.
Omg... I'm 58 now too and suddenly remembered this from my youth. Those were the days
Loved follyfoot and it's where my love of horses began and I was lucky enough to have my own and be with them for over 40 years xx
Part of my growing up !!! Full Of Sound Sense and Good Morality, with Horse's Too !!! Thank You !!!
I want to go back to my childhood when I had no worries about money because I had none. This song takes me back. 😊
I am 64, so watched it all at least once and if I remember correctly, Dora cried a LOT!
Lovely track ;D and those female intro vocals are simply gorgeous
I’m 58. Saturday morning tv 50 years ago
What a classic, always fancied Dora as a young kid. The theme tune is good as well. Bring back the 70s anytime.
Ooh yes - especially Sid Vicious and Johnny Rotten!
Wow, I would have been aged 16 when the final episode was shown. I still remember the theme tune though, and the characters that were in the programme. Thanks for posting it.
This was shown Saturday mornings between a kids show called Saturday Scene introduced by Sally James. I remember it well, especially the theme by The Settlers.
I thought it was Sunday evening!
i was so invested in this show but the theme tune stayed with me for many years so thanks jackie lee xx
I just loved this as s kid, Dora was a beaut in her day!
😢😢😢 remember this when I was a kid .
Watching it whil my mum was in the kitchen .
Mums long gone now but I remember that day it was after school 😢
Brings back many happy memories of growing up in the 70's. Great times!
When we weren't being abducted by aliens.
I loved this tv series and especially this song....brings back so many great memories, thanks for posting.
Can't believe I have never seen this series! I'm 47, and i loved Black Beauty, Lassie, the Littlest Hobo, etc. So, how did I miss out on this??
Ich bin 60 Jahre alt und habe diese Serie geliebt!!!
Da kommen alte Erinnerungen in mir hoch - sooooooo schön!!! ❤
I’m 61 , and I still remember the theme tune to this classic program 😊
loved watching this years back and the theme song absolutely brilliant
I loved this Series when i was a kid in 1971, now i m 60, takes me back in Time, listening to the intro😊
Lovely memories. I had to watch this because it was my sister's favourite. Gillian Blake was gorgeous. I don't know what became of her.
Wow I loved this program what memories now a 65 year old
I'm 58 years old. I have heard this tune since I was 7 years old. Love this ❤.
62 here and I loved summer holidays TV shows like all the others mentioned and the flashing blade
Take me back to the early 70s and it has to be one of the most beautiful pieces of tv theme music... ever !
Such a lovely theme tunes .enjoyed the program when on the tv.
Huge,gorgeous dollops of childhood nostalgia!.....loved this,Robinson Crusoe and my all time favourite The Flashing Blade...there's a theme tune that simply can't be topped!
My main memory of Follyfoot, is her bawling her eyes out every week...
lol true
Yeah she was a greeting faced thing but very Lovely 😘
The children's TV program "Follyfoot" was shown on Australian TV in the early to mid 1970's & the theme song "Lightning Tree" which was sung by The Settlers was a chart hit here too. I haven't heard the song or seen images of the TV program since then. Thanks for bringing back memories.
I was at college with the founders of the Settlers and witnessed their beginning. Later as a folk performer I supported them on tour.
@@keithbradbury8139 Saw them live on a recording of Jimmy Seville’s speak easy in 1971. I was in the audience 😏
Bring back foolyfoot ❤
Loved this girl when I was a young teenager....but she never stopped crying FFS!
god i loved this when i was little, i raved soooo much about it to my grown up kids they got me the whole box set 4 xmas,guess what.?? still love it.,thanx kids for making your old mum happy lol xxxxxx can i have a horse now. lolxxxx
Great bit of writing this. Lovely modulations from minor to tonic major for the chorus and back again for the verse. Lovely
was the first ever thing i saw on our tv when my parents bought a new black and white when i was about 8 or 9,, its haunted me ever since and i ,ve loved the theme and the series,,,superb british series,,
THANK YOU, FOLLYFOOT, SWEET MEMORIES. FANTASTIC CHILDHOOD TIMES
Memories
I've had this tune going round in the back of my mind for that last 30 years... Found out tonight is called "lightning tree" and that is from Folly Foot is TV show! Jeez... Shame kids don't have proper TV like this nowadays!
The group was called The Settlers. Excellent TV theme tune and one I used to sing over and over in primary school. Great days. 😀😀
Reading some of the comments on TH-cam, seems this was filmed at Harewood house up near me here in Yorkshire! Well have to talk with them about that when im next up there....
Charles Middleton The best way to punish or discipline a child in today's life is to make them watch an episode of Follyfoot.
@@stigwardduke7546 Ignorant twerp, this was a terrific show. If you are serious, you need sectioning.
@@stigwardduke7546 Not really, what if they enjoy it? Now making them watch wheel of fortune or the chase would be a punishment indeed.
March '24. For the wonderful Mr Christian Rodska AKA Ron Stryker in Follyfoot. Great memories of Christian,Dora, Steve, Slugger [Arthur English] and the Colonel. Christian was the loveable Happy as Larry rouge Mr Get it done, Foot in the mouth Ron. I really enjoyed Follyfoot, the theme, the settings, the whole cast. One of the best TV programmes ever. I am not 67 and actually watched many episodes in 2023. God Bless Christian Rodska May you Rest in Peace. Thank you for the many happy decades of wonderful memories.
I can't get enough of this classic..thank you Jackie.x
I loved this as a child and have loved horses ever since,must admit had a crush on Steve.
a loverly theme from good old british tv
The 70's what a great era...
My wife and I have such great memories.
The 70s was a young people's world. Clash of old and new generations with different mindsets
Loved this programme. Thanks for the memory. xx
i was a bit too young to get this back in the 70s. i'm 46 now. still brings back so many memories. thanks uploader.
This is wonderful! I had forgotten about this show. I remember watching this when I was 9 or so. Came to Canada when I was 10 1/2. Brings back happy memories!!!
Watched religiously then galloped across the park ( no real horse required ) to meet my best friend Gina and relive the whole program again. Wonderful.
So many memories.
yep....63...and I remember it all....was on bbc during summer hoildays...( there was only bbc1 and itv then...]
I can never remember any of the details of the series itself beyond it being set on a farm....... but THIS 'greatest of all kids theme 'SONGS' [I specify 'song' as it is lyrical and we all know that for INSTRUMENTALS nothing will EVER beat 'Robinson Crusoe's sheer haunting power] has NEVER left me.
Closely followed by Ace of Wands but I think IK'm the last person alive that can remember that!
I still have the Robinson Crusoe series and the full soundtrack, brings back so many childhood memories.
Crusoe is God level, always reminds me of the summer school holidays with my nan.
She was always cryin lol❤ i loved it
Oooh I haven't heard this since I was a kid and I could sing along immediately. Thanks so much!!
Ah, the 1970s, when everyone loved horses for some reason (why WAS that?). I'd forgotten Arthur English and Desmond Llewlyn were in this!
Suppose the horse and cart were still within living memory, so, nostalgia. Even I remember the rag and bone man with his horse drawn cart back then. As a result, Champion the wonder horse, Follyfoot, White Horses, Black Beauty....
@@AndrewHalliwell Ah, White Horses! The theme song from that can reduce me to jelly at the overload of 1970s nostalgia. I know it was a rough time for many people with the oil crisis, Winter of Discontent etc. (I remember my dad complaining about the price of petrol going over a pound a gallon) - but I was a kid and I remember it as a sort of golden wonderland... funny how perspective is everything.
Muchas gracias por este video, era mi serie favorita, me hacía soñar ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Marvelous. They don't make 'em like this anymore. Some of the incidental music was from the Chappel music library and one particular track also features in 'The Prisoner's' 'The Chimes of Big Ben' episode. I often watch the opening titles over and over again. Dear Arthur English as Slugger was hilarious but was only a comedy support. He deserved his own story lines. Originally watched this in the 70's when it was 1st shown but my memory of 'Randall & Hopkirk' and 'Catweazle' is earlier.
I loved that serie so much.
Hardly missed an episode when it first aired. So many happy memories. I think Dora really loved Steve but don't know if he reciprocated.
Gillian Blake! We had some beautiful "older" women on children's tv when I was the right age! My formative years were full of dreams about them!! Beautiful theme to a great programme by the way!!!
This was my favourite show and I had my hair cut exactly like the heroine when I was about 15!
I've just helped my pub quiz team win as a result of remembering this great programme.
Charming 70's series
If only I had a time machine, loved this programme as a child.
loved the series and the theme music lovely
Who can remeber entire albums of theme tunes being released? I listen to this and feel old, but boy do I enjoy it, not only did we have decent theme tunes we also had decent programmes, and did they keep us coming back for more! I miss them. When I have seen excerpts of childrens t.v. recently, I can only think what do the powers that be think they are doing, I also agree that too many anouncers now speak over theme tunes.
Such a good programme!!
Love it grew up with this brill . Thanku so much
@airscrew1 Thanks for replying to my comment. I don't remember Pebble Mill or Crown Court, (must have been at school) I grew up in N. Ireland and left in 1974 to come to Canada. I always felt inferior to the English, they had it "going on" But it is always nice to reminisce over old shows we used to watch. Black Beauty and Follyfoot were my favourites!!!!
Wow! Does this bring back memories!
Early 70s through to the Early 80s, best time for me. Life was tangible, now it's 1s and 0s.
AAHHH!! NEAT & CATCHY TUNE!!
THOSE WERE THE DAY'S!!
DON'T THINK I EVER SAW THE SERIES!
THANKS FOR THE RE-CAP!!
FROM(U.K.).
Only remember watching a single episode but the theme has always stuck in my head.
what a theme tune! You dont get them like this anymore!!!!!!!
Eine zeitmaschine und zurück in diese schöne zeit ❤❤❤
To all the wonderful people who have written to me over the years I wish you all a very wonderful Christmas and a Happy and Healthy New Year.
Jackie Lee.
And to you too.
+MsJackieLee One of the best 4 childrens theme tunes adults of a certain will NEVER forget. The others being Flashing blade, your very own white horses and my own personal favourite Ace of Wands. Such happy memories Jackie
dlamiss Ace of Wands? good lord i thought i was the only person on the planet that remembered that show. But sorry if you are going on tv themes the one i want on repeat on head phones when its my time is The theme from Robinson Crusoe, well maybe with Belle and Sebastian thrown in just because my parents adopted me at 9 months old and and an 8 week old retriever pup on the same day , when i was 15 i had to let my "sister" go. Without doubt one of the most heart breaking days of my life. People who dont understand have told me she was only a dog, yeah? well nobody told her that.
Don't forget Rupert the Bear - loved that one too.
MsJackieLee i wish they would bring this back jackielee x
I will all ways love this even now I'm 53 thanks Jackie x
Great tune ❤️
Reminds of my childhood in the early '70s and all those gorgeous birds, I never copped off with.
I admit I am too young for this show, a friend that watched it cited it as one of this favourite tv programs as a child so I checked it out. I am perhaps of the wrong generation to really enjoy the plot but the theme is just fantastic even by todays standards. I often return and listen to this amongst old themes I that personally remember, just because I feel it's so good it's a show I would've watched if I was older.
Excellent series, that was when television was worth watching.
Loved this as a wee lad! So soppy at times - but great drama for teatime TV!
At least the Lightening Tree came back to life in the end!
Lovely Gillian was always crying her eyes out, but I would love to console her.