'The High Chaparral' premiered in the UK on 7th December 1967. 55 years ago today. 4 series were produced by Xanadu Productions in association with NBC. | TVARK

📺 'The High Chaparral' Thursday 07 December 1967 ~ BBC2: 21:05 The High Chaparral' premieres on British television. One of the most successful and highly acclaimed Westerns on television. The show revolved around "Big John" Cannon, a rancher living in the Arizona Territory in the 1870's who in the first episode saw his wife killed in a raid and was left to run his ranch with his brother Buck and son, Billy Blue. His dream was to establish a cattle empire in this rugged, untamed land, beset by d

One of the most adorable scenes in High Chaparral history - from the episode Ten Little Indians. | The High Chaparral Reunion