Billy Bunter

Billy Bunter (played by Gerald Campion) confronts his form master, Mr. Quelch (Kynaston Reeves).

The greedy Owl of the Remove
Gerald Campion with David Hemmings
and Anthony Valentine

Mr Quelch and Bunter 'Billy Bunter' - The Fat Owl of the Remove.

The series starred Gerald Campion, above (who was 29 at the time!), and was based on the books written by Frank Richards. At one time it was so popular that it was transmitted at 5.40pm for children and again at 8pm for the parents!

Bunter's teacher was Mr. Quelch (played first by Kynaston Reeves and later by Frank Melford). Harry Wharton, Bob Cherry, Johnny Bull, Hurree Jamset Ram Singh, Frank Nugent, Lord Mauleverer, and the bully Coker were his schoolchums at Greyfriars School. He loved jam tarts particularly.

Some of the actors who appeared are listed here:

Gerald Campion (Billy Bunter)
Kynaston Reeves, Frank Melford, Raf de la Torre (Mr. Quelch)
Anthony Valentine, Julian Yardley, John Charlesworth (Harry Wharton)
Brian Roper, Peter Greenspan, Keith Faulkner (Bob Cherry)
Laurence Harrington, Michael Briant, Jonathan Margetts, Peter Marden, Michael Danvers-Walker (Frank Nugent)
Barry Barnett, Brian Tipping, Ron Moody, David Spenser (Hurree Ram Set Jam Singh)
David Coote, Melvyn Baker, Colin Campbell, John Breslin, Barry McGregor (Johnny Bull)
Peter Scott, Ian Hobbs (Horace Coker)
Cavan malone (Lord Mauleverer)

Other members of the cast over the years were: Ronald Adam, Jeremy Bulloch, Gregory Warwick, Michael Tennant, William Strange, Hugh Ward.

Also, later to be famous, Michael Crawford made one of his first TV appearances in this series, as did David Hemmings and Melvyn Hayes.

The first series was produced by Joy Harrington. Shaun Sutton produced six of the later episodes.

"Yarooooh !"		"Oh Lor !"

"Beast !"		"Oh Crikey !"