Les Chevaliers du Ciel: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Les Chevaliers du Ciel was a French children's TV series about two fighter jet pilots Michel Tanguy (Jacques Santi) and Ernest Laverdure (Christian Marin) and their adventures. It was based on a comic book series by Jean-Michel Charlier and Albert Uderzo titled Tanguy et Laverdure. The fighter aircraft featured were the Dassault Mirage III.

Made by French production company Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision Française (ORTF) between 1967 and 1970, its original French title was Les chevaliers du ciel("The Knights of the Sky").

Series details

• Title: Les Chevaliers du Ciel
• Format: Scripted
• Language: French
• Genres: Action, Adventure, Children
• Premiere date: 1967-09-16
• Final broadcast date listed: 1970-03-03
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: TF1
• Network country: France
• Typical episode runtime: 25 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 10719

Cast and credited roles

• Jacques Santi — Michel Tanguy
• Christian Marin — Ernest Laverdure
• Michèle Girardon — Nicole
• Valéry Inkijinoff — Mr. X.
• Ian Ireland — Stève Lester
• Gabriel Gascon — Louis Gagnon

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1967-09-16; final listed air date 1967-12-09; episode order: 13.
• Season 2: premiered 1968-04-06; final listed air date 1968-07-27; episode order: 13.
• Season 3: premiered 1969-12-07; final listed air date 1970-03-03; episode order: 13.

Source and licence

Adapted from Les Chevaliers du Ciel 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.