I'm so happy that i was a 70s kid, Wouldn't it be great too go back to those days and stay there for good,

@robertstewart9319

Ай бұрын

Yes it was a great time to be a kid

@yvonneholmes2990

27 күн бұрын

Yes please!!!

@user-zc4so8pz3k

25 күн бұрын

yes, 😂, wouldn't it just,

Damn! It's 2019, I'm 57 and yet I remember every word of this theme song. What a blast from the past. Thank you.

@johnvale3217

5 жыл бұрын

So do I - same age

@matthewfletcher4829

5 жыл бұрын

Same age - so do I

@yawnguy94

5 жыл бұрын

Me to

@lowrispooner2279

4 жыл бұрын

And me 58. Loved this

@gerardbarket8472

4 жыл бұрын

Same here

1970’s 6 week school holidays, always Sunny, fun and innocence..!! Happy Memories❗️❗️👍

@WhitewashTheThird

3 күн бұрын

Great memories!!

The most inspirational song ever ... I've tried to live my whole life by the sentiments of this song

@laverdajota8089

4 жыл бұрын

DigiProduct Marketer Me too , but I’ve come up against so many little back back stabbers through my life , mostly at work .

@loulouqpr6849

4 жыл бұрын

Totally agree...great telly...wonderful tune....stunning values for life

@mrleesdaraver

3 жыл бұрын

wow. I thought it was just me

@mikeperfect393

3 жыл бұрын

@@mrleesdaraver nope , it inspired me and i would play with my soldiers after the programme , singing the song lol

@jedturner9173

Жыл бұрын

Me to , awsome

I can still remember being 7 years old, stood tall and strong, in the alley between my parents house, singing this passionately, with tears running down my cheeks...

Long school holidays watching in the mornings eating sugar puffs

@DrCrabfingers

4 жыл бұрын

Haha....so true!

@Coni2009

4 жыл бұрын

Living it large😄

@jimsmethurst6113

4 жыл бұрын

Boiled egg and toast and flashing blades, summer 68 or 69?

@ianmangham4570

3 жыл бұрын

Amazing times

Brings back my childhood in the 70s...along with Robinson Crusoe & On white horses....

What a memory from childhood. Loved watching this and my daughter bought me the dvds.

Never has any song screamed louder to be remade and yet it's never been done. An awesome track, quite possibly my favourite lyrics of all time.

I miss the days of real TV programmes like the Flashing Blade, & the Banana Splits, & Here Come The Double Decker,s I wish we could go back to those days does anybody agree with me

@jamestrover6851

8 күн бұрын

the three musketeers cartoon and the one with the beach buggy, great days. that stuff inspired kids to better things

@sweeetly

2 күн бұрын

Dilly sisters😆

As a kid I could climb the highest tree , any garage roof , run fast as the wind , great music , it’s like still part of me

Its one of those shows i grew up in the 70s where i remember the music more than the show it was infectious!.

Ohh how I'd so love to see this on tv again.. brings back so many happy memories.. and what a theme tune! I've never forgotten it, and never will!

@carolebarker2195

Жыл бұрын

Me neither!

@EmmaLouise105

Жыл бұрын

@@carolebarker2195 was so wonderful to see this again! Those where the days, right?????!

@carolebarker2195

Жыл бұрын

@@EmmaLouise105 Absolutely! I even remember writing "Isobel De Sospel left the convent" in my diary back in 1976, lol! It was a rattling good yarn!

@EmmaLouise105

Жыл бұрын

@@carolebarker2195 Yes it was!!! Itd be great if the series was shown again!!

Everyone reminiscing here are in their 50’s

@beneathpavement1

4 жыл бұрын

Not me, I have 3 months left of my 40s!

@andybenson1161

4 жыл бұрын

No!

@bojack40

4 жыл бұрын

jubbaronny don’t say that li,e it’s a bad thing lol (I’m 55)

@plymouth5714

4 жыл бұрын

What do you mean young whippersnapper! I'm 62 and still remember them all (especially Desert Crusader, that was my favourite!)

@areyouavinalaff

3 жыл бұрын

not 48 yet

First half of every episode was a sword fight to get into a besieged castle, the second half was a sword fight to get out of a besieged castle

I can never remember much about the series, but always remember the song😄

@M4BoarBiker

5 жыл бұрын

Same here, the words have stuck in my head all these years.

@rjjcms1

5 жыл бұрын

With the times we live in now,they're attaining a rekindled significance.

@beverleybinfield6460

3 жыл бұрын

Same here - can remember the song so well but nothing about the programme!

Dogs bollock of a show well ahead of its time👍👍👍

i am 51, saw the show in the 70's , all i remembered was the theme tune , and it was french dubbed , thank you for putting the song up

Flashing blade, White horses, Belle and Sebastian Robinson Crusoe great Summer Holidays mornings, then out for some footie, man hunt, allalio til dark or until my mum sent my sister to drag me home

@servicecrew6813

4 жыл бұрын

Memories..... of a better time.

@Alicatt1

4 жыл бұрын

Flashing Blade on the Banana Splits show on a Saturday morning

@servicecrew6813

4 жыл бұрын

@Jonty still got my Herbs 1969 annual...

@lr4428

4 жыл бұрын

And HR puffinstuff , singing ringing tree ,the memories

@DrCrabfingers

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, well said Mike, Loved all of those. A thoroughly enriching experience watching those. Even now in my fifties the feeling I got from Belle and Sebastien and Robinson Crusoe, the snowy cabin, the hot tropical beach, it has stayed with me and has formed a deep connection to those environments. I can't help but wonder what the millenials will be imprinted with! We were very lucky to have had such a rich and diverse feast of entertainment.

Aaaaahhhh, can’t get the theme tune out of my head! I will be driving the family up the wall ……. Brilliant

School holidays in the 70's....happy memories

How nice to hear this again after all these years. I remember it so well, not the programme though, just the theme tune! Like others have mentioned, also watched Robinson Crusoe on a Saturday morning, again another great theme tune!

@PippaAT

2 жыл бұрын

The Robinson Crusoe music has lived in my mind for decades. Incredible series.

This takes me back as a kid. Watching Mr Ben, Bod, Finger mouse & then finding my older brothers scud mags. Ah the memories, thanks.

@darrenkerr3495

5 ай бұрын

Wonderful.

My TV as a kid, The Flashing Blade, Robinson Crusoe, The Water Margin, Monkey, Dick Turpin, The Banana Splits and Why Don`t you. Remember them all like it was yesterday.

I used to love watching this Series amongst others, during the summer holidays in the `60`s. Certainly a rousing theme tune & the words are very apt even today.

They need to use this tune for the enough is enough campaign 😍

You got to fight for what you want, For all that you believe. It's right to fight for what we want, To live the way we please. As long as we have done our best, Then no-one can do more, And life and love and happiness Are well worth fighting for. And we should never count the cost, Or worry that we'll fall. It's better to have fought and lost Than not have fought at all. Let's always take whatever comes And never try to hide. Face anything and anyone Together, side by side. You got to fight for what you want, For all that you believe. It's right to fight for what we ...

@janeleray132

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much - really appreciate it when people take the time to do this! Now l’m going to translate it and put it on French networks. Good for demonstration marches and should be sung every day in schools…

The 50s, 60s, 70s,, had the best intro music ever.

Watch this in the summer holidays. Ahh simpler (better) times

Used to watch this as a kid Saturday mornings alongside the banana splits. Never had a clue what was happening, badly dubbed and the series seemed to last forever without ever concluding. Great theme tune though.

@edwardtaylor9387

4 жыл бұрын

Along with Danger Island and the cartoon of 3 Musketeers

@joncousins4097

3 жыл бұрын

I got the DVD recently and - although I must have watched every run of this on holiday TV in the 60s & 70s - I've only just understood what on earth was going on. I think the theme tune; the horse riding; the fighting (and the odd bit of canon fire) were obviously more important to my younger self than trying to figure out the story-line!

This one or White Horses and memories of long hazy summer school holidays come flooding back.

@rjjcms1

5 жыл бұрын

Same here.

@colintwyman956

5 жыл бұрын

And the music to Robinson Crusoe. Memories to bring a tear to the eye

Grew up watching this, seems like yesterday

It's an anthem, an inspiration. I live my life like this and still stand tall. I did watch it at a formative time of life, maybe 6 years old, but the sentiment is spot on!

Loved this Saturday morning

Total classic, best kids tv ever !

Just found this, happy memories, this always used to be on during the long summer holidays at school

This, Robinson Crusoe and The Aeronauts were the themes to my childhood!

@Habu2

Жыл бұрын

Boy used to love The Aeronauts !.....and the gentlenesss of Crusoe, soundtrack etc.

Managed to get a copy of the TV show on dvd brilliant

Yep in my 50's and transported back to lovely kid time sat in front of the TV. Happy days. The dubbing was awful but we didn't care because the music was brilliant.

Anyone notice the road sign at the being of the charge, loved this programme too as a kid, that and the Double deckers, Banana splits 🍌😊

Admit it!! You are singing along to this!!

And the banana splits, school summer holidays. Love the tune. Lyrics are probably more relevant now than then I'm thinking.

@carolebarker2195

Жыл бұрын

Aye, Banana Splits with the "Danger Island" sequence! Also Shazzan, and the omnipresent Robinson Crusoe with 900 episodes, or so it felt like. Happy days. Yes, the lyrics are extremely relevant now.

i am 57...live my life by words...remember words...my wake up alarm tune everyday for past 2yrs...always brings a smile💖 BUT😎...what is amazing🤔😂😂 if you remember that BBC never showed them in order or even a whole series as only showed during summer holidays when school programmes were turned off 😂😂😂😂😂

@marcoftheshaw

3 жыл бұрын

those words are of now!

Rousing theme and series,an indelible favourite!!!

I loved this show and it’s the reason I got into fencing as a kid. Happy days 😊

ah school summer holidays :)

I remember watching this in England when I was about 9 or 10. I'm sure you can buy this on Amazon. I have the boxset of the Water Margin.

@loulouqpr6849

4 жыл бұрын

Oh wow the Water Margin i forgot that ever existed....so enjoyable

Fantastic summer holiday memories ❤❤

At some point in 1968 some BBC executive sat down and thought "would British kids be interested in a shite, poorly dubbed, French-language series about the French-Spanish War of the Mantuan Succession 1628 - 1631?". Luckily for us, the mad bugger thought "yes!"

It's 2021, I'm 54. Me and my mate Paul were big fans of this here in England. Cracking theme tune, but never managed to get the single.

I loved this ...the music the hero the horses 😍😍😍

Ah, nostalgiafying thru the reddest of rose tinted spectacles for this and Belle and Sebastian, the Banana Splits, White Horses, Robinson Crusoe, Champion The Wonderhorse etc etc. Summer holidays kids tv programs were just magic in the 70s when I was young, 5 to 13. Better days

Love this. Always on during the school holidays in the 70s - Quality!

Ah, man. My eldest turned 18 today and he has a smashing Civil War (Royalist, obvs) hair-style. I woke up whistling this... and here it is!!

We were spoilt for choice in the 1970s when it came to great theme tunes and intros. It perfectly matches the visuals. Awesome.

Remember this from early 70s as a kid, always show in school holidays, dubbing was chronic.

PHWOOOOAAAAR!!!! Has there ever been a more rousing song to a swashbuckler??? My testosterone level rose spontaneously, just listening to this!!!!!

@catherinealbion6955

5 жыл бұрын

Make a great national anthem

I loved this when I was a kid.

@marcoftheshaw

3 жыл бұрын

time to stand firm ...those lyrics are our watchwords

Loved this....takes me back to being 5 in front of the TV

@carlpierce2486

8 ай бұрын

Snap born in 64

I bought the dvd collection brilliant

these lyrics are a rallying cry...listen

Why am I only thinking about this now. Ah yes coming up to the time when I’d be waiting to watch this in thee six week holidays. Oh to be a kid again 😊

I loved Sundays. Space 1999 then Tarzan lol

@matoko123

5 жыл бұрын

This was way before Space 1999

@rjjcms1

5 жыл бұрын

I watched this in the earlier part of the 70s,well before Space 1999. Also watching Tarzan and seeing quicksand scenes (as well as The Hound of the Baskervilles and reading Lorna Doone) got me trying to recreate quicksands and bogs in the garden. Which didn't go down very well with my dad when he put his foot into them - at least until he found his roses grew really well in them.

@peteince

5 жыл бұрын

Space 1999 was first broadcast in 1975, the year I left school. So repeats of The Flashing Blade may well have been around when Space 1999 was on.

Life was simpler then as kids take me back to that time school hols and out till late not a care in the world

Britain should make this song the new national anthem.

another memory got this on dvd but my m8s dont remember it until they watched it 😂

It brought so many memories when I watched the DVD Of The Classic Tv Series The Flashing Blade

Best TV theme tune

Saturday morning pictures along with Larry "Buster" Crabbe as Flash Gordon !!

Summer holidays morning TV.Banana Splits-Monkees-Daktari-Robinson Crusoe-The Flashing Blade.....Who wants to play out!

And me 😊 I even bought the dvd box set

Followed by `Why Don`t You`

Its Saturday morning again!

School summer holidays kick start the mornings and the summer wooo hoooo😅

Aaah. Fond memories....

Ah...they used to show this in a kid's T.V show, 'On The Waterfront', if memory serves, a long time ago. Think it was ridiculously dubbed over by the cast of said show though! Fun times! Was it like some sort of revolution inspired historical drama show? Oh, and remember the show, 'Silas'? With a boy riding a horse in the opening credits?That was a dubbed over import too!

a classic

Saturday mornings, unforgettable tune.

Class theme from classic TV

lockdown 2020

@marcoftheshaw

3 жыл бұрын

then take the words and use them as a rallying call. it matters more than you can imagine

A rapier made from a garden kane and margarine tub lid.😮

Whirly Birds and Skippy the Bush Kangaroo anyone?

And the fight against Putin and his goons 😍

On the Waterfront!!!

Does anyone remember White Horses?

@Jojoseahorse

2 жыл бұрын

Sure! You must be a Brit my age ;)

Need to do this Now everyone

@carolebarker2195

Жыл бұрын

Hear, hear!

I never knew that it was filmed in colour!

@mollyfilms

3 жыл бұрын

Could be you had a black and white tv like we did :)

@paulhevan322

Жыл бұрын

I remember iiin black and white! I think at the time my dad had a b&w set. Most films on TV were filmed in b&w. Still are on bbc😂

I'm not sure I entirely agree with the sentiments of the song it would seem to imply that any dispute large or small should be resolved by firing a cannon at your opponent.

im 49. vaguely remember this, remember more of swap shop, tiswas dickie davis world of sport, why dont you. etc

I used to watch this on a Saturday morning after my paper round but buggered if I can tell you what it was about?

@long-timesci-fienthusiast9626

3 жыл бұрын

I believe it was about a border conflict between France & the Spanish empire. The fort at the beginning is a french one trying to hold out against Spanish forces. You can tell the Spanish troops due to their helmets, same as those worn by the Conquistadors.

@stephenjamieson3833

3 жыл бұрын

@@long-timesci-fienthusiast9626 The helmets were called morions.

@long-timesci-fienthusiast9626

3 жыл бұрын

@@stephenjamieson3833 Thanks, I only knew them by their unique shape. Never would have guessed that name.

@paulhevan322

Жыл бұрын

The Spanish took possession of Holland. I only found this out recently from a guy who has Spanish/Dutch ancestry.

Happy memories. I have a vague memory that the villain was called Don Diego. Could be wrong.

Its like a piano in with the song but the sound is altered in some way, anyone know please?

i learnt to ride by watching this clip every week and when slap teh reinds like that they dont half move faster its like going up a gear lol

Win France! America Stand Shoulder to Shoulder With You! You Win! Enemies Destroyed! Regards! Paul 🇺🇲🇨🇵😎✌️⚡🦂☢️🗽

Why were all our summer/easter holiday TV shows dubbed euro series..?? I loved them

@Jon-fh4tj

4 жыл бұрын

bbc budgets probably meant it was far cheaper than making their own

What times 70s 80s i would go back and stay there in a hart beat you can have your 60s you can have your 90s but the 70s and 80s where times you had your seasons to you had the best warm summers and every year it snowed on time and i mean snow nun of that slush they call snow now out with your pals making a sledge out of what you could find having fun remember playing football over the feild and the game lasted all day for hour and hour you would go home have somthing to eat come back and get back in to your game magic and you dont see penny for the guy eneymore take your brothers best pants and steal your dads news paper and get to it what times the good thing about the brain it stores all them lovely times we had am glad i had my time then what a child hood loved every min could someone please invent time travel and take me back to then coz 2022 is not what its cracked out to be 👍😉✌

At primary school I used to sing this.

@marcoftheshaw

3 жыл бұрын

ready to stand by the lyrics??? we need to NOW Skal Wulf

Saturday mornings were great then

😉😣🙃 these modern takes/dubs are good...android... but does anyone know where are our originals

Once tried to watch this series on DVD when bored in College, as I enjoy historical period shows, and have a good memory for and interest in them. It was the most boring and unmemorable experience of my life. I watched every hour of it, and I couldn't tell you anything about it. There was just nothing exciting, no drama, all people talking in rooms and looking at maps, or occasionally riding horses.