The Terrific Adventures of the Terrible Ten

As a very young lad in the Uk way back in the 60's I got to see this somehow. It was my first contact with Australia and unknowingly, I saw were I was going to live and work of sort. The idea of a fort hidden away from all and living a life in my mind such as this was what intrigued me so much. As that was my life back then as a boy in a family that never understood me. I have been hunting this show and DVD of this and now can get the first episode. Now at 57 still travel the roads of the central west NSW and relive in my mind that time...Would love to know the locations that the show was made. I know some of the actors from other shows. The film industry was and is very progressive here but unfortunately the TV shows need a boost....I hope to get the DVD to jog my mind more on a great show

Like the other commentators, I was a young lad when I saw this series, almost FIFTY years ago, on our 19" black-and-white Sobell (whatever happened to THEM?) telly. And although I haven't seen it since, it remains. In England, it WAS just called "The Adventures Of The Terrible Ten".

Twenty-five-minute trips to a pretty, sunny land - with little kids riding on horses, to perky musical accompaniment.

But oh, how the definition of the word "terrible" has changed. Those "little terrors" were angels, compared to today. Tragically nowadays, little kids really CAN be terrible - stealing cars, setting fire to houses, etc.

Maybe it's time this series was given an airing again (if it still exists) to remind people just how far DOWN we've all come...

I was a youngster growing up in country Victoria when this show was filmed, and later became Ten Town. I was actually in a few episodes as an extra only. The show was filmed in Country Victoria not far from Macedon just off the Calder Highway. We (extras) didn't get much time with the main actors only told what to do when particular scenes were shot. In one of the episodes I wore an old football jumper and when show later on TV were able to pick myself out from the rest quite easily. The town (if I remember) was rather small and made from timber and painted but what a fun place to muck around in and enjoy with other mates. I am led to believe that it was later burnt down.

I, too, remember this as I was born and raised in Canada. I don't offhand recall the episodes mentioned in the earlier review, but I do remember a sort of rival kids gang to the Ten, led by one Spider McGlurk. Spider's group was always outsmarted, though in later episodes, the two groups actually worked together to solve a mystery.

I remember one episode in which the Ten (and possible McGlurk's gang) took over a submarine (!), successfully submerged it, and then surfaced to a tumultuous welcome in Sydney Harbour.

I think we tended to see a maximum of 7 of the Ten at any one time. And no girls, if memory serves.

I have very vague memories of this when I was around 8 or 9 in the early 60s.

I'm sure we used to play a game in the playground based on this series which we called Ten Town Tommy.

My only recollections of the programme are a lot of trees and the fact that the boys used walkie talkies in the bush - which I was incredibly jealous of and I remember fantasising about getting hold of a pair to use with my mates.

I'd love to see an episode or two to see if anything comes back to mind...