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    Kids TV TV Shows - 1970s 2 Mins Read

    Horse in the House

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    This children’s series from Thames Television featured Melanie Webb (Kim McDonald), a posh girl who hides her horse (called Orbit) in the main larder in the third east wing of the family country mansion to prevent her mum and dad selling the horse to an Arab oil billionaire.

    Sounds odd? Well, Melanie was part of an odd family. Her sister Katie (Alison Glennie) hopes to become the first women astronaut, while third sister Diana (Katrina Rose), at 13, is already writing novels.

    But there are others interested in Orbit too (like the mysterious stranger who watches the stallion day and night) and when it is kidnapped, Melanie enlists the help of her brother, Richie (Charles Bolton), to set off on a desperate venture to save it.

    The horse used in the series was a 16-hands high liver-chestnut ex-racehorse called Mandao. It was once valued at £20,000 until a training injury ended its career and it was sold for 110 guineas (approximately £120).

    A second series was made in 1979 but with a different set-up. Instead of a six-part adventure, this series of six episodes was split into three two-part tales, and with Melanie now working for racing trainer Bill Otterby (David Sterne) at his stables, the format was more akin to Follyfoot, although a pale imitation.

    Melanie Webb
    Kim McDonald
    Katie Webb
    Alison Glennie
    Diana Webb
    Katrina Rose
    Mrs Webb
    Bridget Armstrong
    Mr Webb
    Michael Coles
    Richie Webb
    Charles Bolton
    Uncle Doug
    Pete Postlethwaite
    Bill Otterby
    David Sterne
    Alan Green
    Barry Lowe

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