The Adventures of William Tell

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The Adventures of William Tell
Also known as	William Tell
Starring	Conrad Phillips Jennifer Jayne Richard Rogers Willoughby Goddard
Theme music composer	Melody: Gioachino Rossini Lyrics: Harold Purcell
Opening theme	William Tell Overture, sung by David Whitfield
Composers	Albert Elms Sydney John Kay
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	39
Production
Executive producer	Ralph Smart
Producer	Leslie Arliss
Running time	25 minutes
Production company	ITC for ATV
Original release
Network	ITV
Release	15 September 1958 (1958-09-15) – 15 June 1959 (1959-06-15)
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The Adventures of William Tell is a British swashbuckler adventure series, first broadcast on the ITV network in 1958, and produced by ITC Entertainment. In the United States, the episodes aired on the syndicated NTA Film Network in 1958–1959.^[1]

William Tell is a folk hero of Switzerland in the early 14th century, said to have encouraged the Old Swiss Confederacy population to revolt against the regime of Albert I of Germany (reigned 1298–1308). This legend is recorded in the White Book of Sarnen (1474).