Four Feather Falls Four Feather Falls Four Feather Falls was the third puppet TV show produced by Gerry Anderson for Granada Television. It was based on an idea by Barry Gray, who also wrote the show's music. The series was the first to use an early version of Anderson's Supermarionation puppetry. Thirty-nine 13-minute episodes were produced, broadcast by Granada from February until November 1960. The setting is the late 19th-century fictional Kansas town of Four Feather Falls, where the hero of the series, Tex Tucker, is a sheriff. The four feathers of the title refers to four magical feathers given to Tex by
Captain Ultra (TV series) "Akakage" and "Giant Robo" (better known in the US as "Johnny Sokko and His Flying Robot"). Some Japanese fans also compare the looks of Captain Ultra to that of Captain Scarlet, the title hero of Sylvia and Gerry Anderson's Supermarionation series, "Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons" (which had been shown in Japan around the same time and was very popular). Captain Ultra (TV series) This series is based very loosely on "Captain Future", the pulp science fiction saga created by the influential Edmond Hamilton. This was not the only time his work was adapted in Japan: "Captain Future" was officially