Ace of Wands
Ace of Wands is a fantasy-based British children's television show broadcast on ITV between 1970 and 1972, created by Trevor Preston and Pamela Lonsdale and produced by Thames Television. The title, taken from the name of a Tarot card describes the principal character, called "Tarot" who combined stage magic with supernatural powers. Tarot has a pet Owl named Ozymandias, played by Fred Owl. The series ran for two seasons of thirteen episodes and a third season of twenty, with fourteen story arcs, in a similar manner to early Doctor Who. Many, if not all, of the first 26 episodes are believed to have been wiped, although the final season is intact.
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Ace of Wands TV intro (1970)
Cast
Seasons
- Ep 1
1.One and One and One Are Four, Episode One
29-07-197030mHot on the trail of a device stolen from a research laboratory – a cure for paralysis which, in the wrong hands, could be used as a devastating weapon – Tarot and his friends meet...
- Ep 2
2.One and One and One Are Four, Episode Two
19-08-197030mHot on the trail of a device stolen from a research laboratory – a cure for paralysis which, in the wrong hands, could be used as a devastating weapon – Tarot and his friends meet...
- Ep 3
3.One and One and One Are Four, Episode Three
16-09-197030mHot on the trail of a device stolen from a research laboratory – a cure for paralysis which, in the wrong hands, could be used as a devastating weapon – Tarot and his friends meet...
- Ep 4
4.The Mind Robbers, Episode One
30-09-197030mWhen Tarot discovers that an old adversary, Sandor Zandor, is involved in the disappearance of two government ministers, he and his companions follow a trail which a trail which le...
- Ep 5
5.The Mind Robbers, Episode Two
26-08-197030mWhen Tarot discovers that an old adversary, Sandor Zandor, is involved in the disappearance of two government ministers, he and his companions follow a trail which a trail which le...
- Ep 6
6.The Mind Robbers, Episode Three
02-09-197030mWhen Tarot discovers that an old adversary, Sandor Zandor, is involved in the disappearance of two government ministers, he and his companions follow a trail which a trail which le...
- Ep 7
7.The Mind Robbers, Episode Four
09-09-197030mWhen Tarot discovers that an old adversary, Sandor Zandor, is involved in the disappearance of two government ministers, he and his companions follow a trail which a trail which le...
- Ep 8
8.Now You See It, Now You Don't, Episode One
16-09-197030mA daring bank robbery leads Tarot, Lulli and Sam to Falk, a villain with delusions of grandeur, who occupies a houseboat filled with computers and staffed by a new Nazi regime.
- Ep 9
9.Now You See It, Now You Don't, Episode Two
23-09-197030mA daring bank robbery leads Tarot, Lulli and Sam to Falk, a villain with delusions of grandeur, who occupies a houseboat filled with computers and staffed by a new Nazi regime.
- Ep 10
10.The Smile, Episode One
30-09-197030mTun-Ju, a master art thief, and his accomplice Mrs. Kite embark on an audacious plot to steal the Mona Lisa. Tarot and his friends meet them head on – but a doublecross and loss of...
- Ep 11
11.The Smile, Episode Two
07-10-197030mTun-Ju, a master art thief, and his accomplice Mrs. Kite embark on an audacious plot to steal the Mona Lisa. Tarot and his friends meet them head on – but a doublecross and loss of...
- Ep 12
12.The Smile, Episode Three
14-10-197030mTun-Ju, a master art thief, and his accomplice Mrs. Kite embark on an audacious plot to steal the Mona Lisa. Tarot and his friends meet them head on – but a doublecross and loss of...
- Ep 13
13.The Smile, Episode Four
21-10-197030mTun-Ju, a master art thief, and his accomplice Mrs. Kite embark on an audacious plot to steal the Mona Lisa. Tarot and his friends meet them head on – but a doublecross and loss of...
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