''The Feathered Serpent'' is a British

children's television series Children's television series (or children's television shows) are television show, television programs designed for children, normally scheduled for broadcast during the morning and afternoon when children are awake. They can sometimes run during ...

made for ITV by

Thames Television Thames Television, commonly simplified to just Thames, was a franchise holder for a region of the British ITV television network serving London and surrounding areas from 30 July 1968 until the night of 31 December 1992. Thames Television broa ...

. Set in

pre-Columbian Mexico The pre-Columbian (or prehispanic) history of the territory now making up the country of Mexico is known through the work of archaeologists and epigraphers, and through the accounts of Spanish conquistadores, settlers and clergymen as well as ...

and starring

Patrick Troughton Patrick George Troughton (; 25 March 1920 – 28 March 1987) was an English actor who was classically trained for the stage but became known for his roles in television and film. His work included appearances in several fantasy, science fiction ...

as the scheming High Priest Nasca. Two series were transmitted in 1976 and 1978.

Cast

* Nasca:

* Chimalma:

Diane Keen Diane Keen (born 29 July 1946) is an English actress, known for her portrayal of Fliss Hawthorne in the Granada sitcom '' The Cuckoo Waltz'' and Julia Parsons on the BBC soap opera '' Doctors''. She also appeared in Nescafé advertisements from ...

* Heumac:

Brian Deacon Brian Deacon (born 13 February 1949) is a British actor, known for portraying Jesus in the 1979 film ''Jesus'', which was made by the evangelical organization the Jesus Film Project. Deacon was chosen for the part out of a field of 900 actors s ...

* Kukulkan:

Tony Steedman Anthony Francis Steedman (21 August 1927 – 4 February 2001) was an English character actor, perhaps best known for roles in British TV drama series of the 1970s and 1980s, and for his role as Socrates in ''Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure' ...

* Tozo: Richard Willis * Mahoutec: Robert Gary * Chadac: George Lane Cooper * Maxtla:

Alfred Hoffman Alfred may refer to: Arts and entertainment *''Alfred J. Kwak'', Dutch-German-Japanese anime television series * ''Alfred'' (Arne opera), a 1740 masque by Thomas Arne * ''Alfred'' (Dvořák), an 1870 opera by Antonín Dvořák *"Alfred (Interlu ...

* Otolmi:

George Cormack George may refer to: People * George (given name) * George (surname) * George (singer), American-Canadian singer George Nozuka, known by the mononym George * George Washington, First President of the United States * George W. Bush, 43rd Presiden ...

* Xipec:

Granville Saxton Granville may refer to: People and fictional characters *Granville (name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the name * Earl Granville, a title in the Peerage of Great Britain and of the UK * Baron Granville, a title in the ...

* Keelag:

Sheila Burrell Sheila Mary Burrell (9 May 1922 – 19 July 2011) was a British actress. A cousin of Laurence Olivier, she was born in Blackheath, London, the daughter of a salesman. She attended St John's, Bexhill-on-Sea and the Webber Douglas Academy of Dram ...

* Mataque: Robert Russell

Crew

* Written by John Kane * Designed by Patrick Downing * Music composed by

David Fanshawe David Arthur Fanshawe (19 April 1942 – 5 July 2010) was an English composer and self-styled explorer with a fervent interest in world music.''The Times'' obituary 9 July 2010. His best-known composition is the 1972 choral work '' African Sanctu ...

* Produced and Directed by Vic Hughes

DVD release

A DVD containing both series of ''The Feathered Serpent'' was released in the UK in February 2009.

External links

* * 1970s British children's television series Television series set in the Pre-Columbian era ITV children's television shows 1976 British television series debuts 1978 British television series endings Television series by Fremantle (company) Television shows produced by Thames Television English-language television shows Aztecs in fiction Fictional indigenous people of the Americas {{UK-tv-prog-stub