Orlando (TV series)

Orlando is a British television thriller series for young adults which ran for four series between 1965 and 1968.^[1] Made by Associated-Rediffusion for the ITV network, it stars Sam Kydd as Orlando O'Connor, the character he had played in the adult television series Crane.^[2][3][4]

Orlando
Genre	Thriller (children's adventure)
Directed by	Ronald Marriott, Hugh Munro, Adrian Cooper
Starring	Sam Kydd David Munro Judy Robinson
Opening theme	"The Hellraisers" by Syd Dale
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of seasons	4
No. of episodes	76
Production
Producer	Ronald Marriott
Running time	30 minutes
Production company	Associated-Rediffusion
Original release
Network	ITV
Release	1965 (1965) – 1968 (1968)

Only four episodes out of the 76 made are known to still exist; the remainder are lost.^[5] It introduced an evocative theme tune "The Hellraisers" by Syd Dale, which became a commonplace adventure underscore cue as library music for other productions worldwide.^[6]

Cast

Character	Actor
Orlando O'Connor	Sam Kydd
Steve Morgan	David Munro
Jenn Morgan	Judy Robinson

Plot

Orlando O'Connor is an ex-Foreign Legionnaire who has picked up a magic talisman, the "Gizzmo". His boat building firm fails and he travels to London's Docklands to meet an old Navy comrade Tony, looking for work, only to find Tony has been killed. He links up with David and Jenny who have inherited a detective agency from their Uncle. They set out to solve Tony's murder. After that they run the detective agency together.^[7]