Freewheelers: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The freewheelers were a group of three young (late teens/early twenties) agents who worked for British Intelligence. Their boss was Colonel Buchan who assigned them onto various adventures around Britain. Each adventure story would last several weeks, and at the end of each episode end on a cliffhanger.

Series details

• Title: Freewheelers
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 1968-04-04
• Final broadcast date listed: 1973-11-05
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: ITV1
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 29 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 65991
• IMDb ID: tt0062562
• TVDB ID: 258661

Cast and credited roles

• Eric Flynn — Graham
• Richard Shaw — Ryan
• Michael Ripper — Burke
• Wendy Padbury — Sue
• John Colclough — Max
• Adrian Wright — Mike

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1968-04-04; final listed air date 1968-06-27.
• Season 2: premiered 1968-11-20; final listed air date 1969-02-12.
• Season 3: premiered 1969-07-09; final listed air date 1969-10-01.
• Season 4: premiered 1970-04-29; final listed air date 1970-07-22.
• Season 5: premiered 1971-01-20; final listed air date 1971-04-14.
• Season 6: premiered 1971-09-27; final listed air date 1971-12-20.
• Season 7: premiered 1972-09-04; final listed air date 1972-11-27.
• Season 8: premiered 1973-08-06; final listed air date 1973-11-05.

Source and licence

Adapted from Freewheelers on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.