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The Best Episodes of The Adventures of Black Beauty Season 1

Every episode of The Adventures of Black Beauty Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Adventures of Black Beauty Season 1!

Black Beauty is a pure black, thoroughbred horse in late 19th Century rural England who is adopted into the household of James Gordon, a local...
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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"The Fugitive" is the best rated episode of "The Adventures of Black Beauty" season 1. It scored 6.7/10 based on 26 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 9/17/1972. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "The Hostage".

  • The Fugitive
    6.7/1026 votes

    #1 - The Fugitive

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/17/1972

    Dr. James Gordon and his two children Vicky and Kevin move from London to the country. On the first day Vicky finds a hurt horse and takes it with her. She asks her father for help and he looks after the horse. Everyone can see, that the horse was treated. Later the son of the owner wants the stallion back. Dr. Gorden says no, and the young man moves. Vicky fells in love with the horse, but the family has no money to buy such a good horse.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Hostage
    6.7/1026 votes

    #2 - The Hostage

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/24/1972

    An escaped convict holds Kevin and Black Beauty hostage and forces Vicky to get food and clothes so he can complete his bid for freedom.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Pit Pony
    6.1/1022 votes

    #3 - The Pit Pony

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/1/1972

    A young miner steals a pony sold for slaughter and with Vicky's help hides it at Dr. Gordon's. The owner soon finds the pony and makes trouble for the young pair.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Horse Thieves
    6.4/1020 votes

    #4 - The Horse Thieves

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/13/1972

    Vicky, Kevin, and Black Beauty encounter two workmen who decide that stealing the horse is a way to a better life. Where they choose to hide Beauty is unfortunately the site of some dynamite blasting, leading to a race to rescue the him.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Runaway
    6.8/1019 votes

    #5 - Runaway

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/20/1972

    While riding Black Beauty, Vicky and Kevin encounter a threatening recluse at the Abbott farm. Despite being warned by everyone to stay away, the children persist in trying to solve the mystery. When a runaway horse endangers young David Abbott, the children get their answer.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Warhorse
    6.6/1021 votes

    #6 - Warhorse

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/27/1972

    Dr. Gordon and Vicky rescue a former army horse whose end seems near. Robbie, over protected by his grandmother, becomes friends with the Gordon children after moving nearby. Robbie becomes enchanted by the new horse Soldier.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Horsemen
    6.6/1018 votes

    #7 - The Horsemen

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/3/1972

    Beauty is at risk from a spoiled young woman who is used to getting everything that she wants. In order to save Beauty, Vicky enlists the help of a secret society sworn to protect the interests of horses.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Duel
    6.2/1019 votes

    #8 - The Duel

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/10/1972

    Vicky discovers a young man, wounded in a duel. She takes him back to Dr. Gordon but the family is soon caught up in a dangerous and treacherous plot that places them all in peril.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Viking Helmet (1)
    6.9/1018 votes

    #9 - The Viking Helmet (1)

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/17/1972

    Kevin and Robbie find an old helmet with a wing and lose the wing on the way home. An archaeologist from a nearby dig dismisses the helmet as a reproduction of little value, but when Robbie finds the wing it is promptly stolen. Later the thief is caught trying to steal the helmet, but the wing is nowhere to be found.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Viking Helmet (2)
    7.1/1019 votes

    #10 - The Viking Helmet (2)

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/24/1972

    Dykes, the thief, escapes custody and heads back to the excavation site to look for the missing gold wing. Robbie also thinks he knows where it is and rides Black Beauty to the area. While looking he falls into a mud pit that is about to cave in. Beauty goes for help.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Day of Reckoning
    6.9/1018 votes

    #11 - Day of Reckoning

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/1/1972

    Black Beauty starts showing unusual behavior and Dr. Gordon suspects rabies. After Beauty attacks two men including the new constable, she is ordered destroyed. But Vicky hides her horse, nothing is as it seems and Black Beauty had a good reason for her behavior.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Man Trap
    6.9/1018 votes

    #12 - Man Trap

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/8/1972

    New gamekeeper Ted Hewitt sets out snares and traps on Lord Eddington's estate to protect game and catch poachers. This doesn't sit well with Dr. Gordon, who, with daughter Vicky, pays him a visit. While the men talk, Vicky learns the man's wife, Beth, is pregnant and doesn't seem well. She refuses to take it easy so Vicky visits often to help with her chores. When Beth collapses, Vicky must run for the doctor and gets caught in a snare. Beauty must get help.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Clown on Horseback
    6.2/1017 votes

    #13 - Clown on Horseback

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/23/1972

    Kevin and Robbie become friends with Andy, an unfunny clown while Vicky tries to help Dan tame Mr. Collin's horse Thunder. It turns out Andy's skills and comedy are tied to working with horses.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Three Lock to Fortune
    6.6/1017 votes

    #14 - Three Lock to Fortune

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 12/6/1973

    Vicky's friend Colin returns from school and informs her his grandfather's estate is to be auctioned. The young people learn of a family secret that if discovered, may provide the funds to save Colin's heritage. But they are in a race against time.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Recruiting Sergeant
    6.3/1021 votes

    #15 - Recruiting Sergeant

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/1/1973

    Vicky discovers a young Tom Honeywell hiding in the church cemetery, on the run after leaving the army. The local recruiter confiscates Black Beauty until Tom returns and Kevin is tricked into enlisting in an effort to help. It is up to Albert and Black Beauty to make things right.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Debt
    6.6/1018 votes

    #16 - The Debt

    Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 1/20/1973

    Amy Winthrop's nephew steals Beauty after his aunt refuses to give him fifty pounds to get out of debt to a bookie who is threatening him. To save Beauty and her nephew, Amy must pawn her jewelry and hurry to the auction to bid on the horse.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Horse Healer
    5.8/1015 votes

    #17 - The Horse Healer

    Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 1/27/1973

    A vagabond natural healer is on the run from several people who hold him responsible for regrettable outcomes. Vicky and Dr. Gordon step in to give him temporary sanctuary, which is fortunate when Beauty suffers a severe laceration.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Witch
    6.1/1017 votes

    #18 - The Witch

    Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 2/3/1973

    While riding Beauty, Vicky bumps into an old woman out gathering mushrooms who many in town think is a witch. After she scares off Kevin when he tries to retrieve a kite from the roof of her cottage, he sets out on Beauty for another try and is injured, but makes his way to the cottage where the woman takes him in and tends to him.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Ponies
    6.1/1017 votes

    #19 - The Ponies

    Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 2/10/1973

    Dr. Gordon has his hands full with a typhoid outbreak, but the children are concerned with an illness claiming Mr. Garner's ponies. Albert brings his favorite, Chalky, into contact with Black Beauty and soon Vicky is trying to do everything to save Beauty's life.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Ruffians
    6.2/1018 votes

    #20 - The Ruffians

    Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 2/17/1973

    When Dr. Gordon interrupts a robbery, hooligans take first him, than Vicky captive. Needing his medical skills for one of their mates, they refuse to release them. It is up to Kevin, Albert and Black Beauty to rescue them.

    Director: Ray Austin

    Writer: N/A

  • Two of a Kind
    6.5/1014 votes

    #21 - Two of a Kind

    Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 2/24/1973

    Vicky and Kevin encounter a brother and sister on the run from authorities, claiming to be orphans. A reformatory is missing two children and when items begin disappearing from the house the true story comes out. Vicky and Kevin learn an important life lesson.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Foul Play
    6.5/1018 votes

    #22 - Foul Play

    Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 3/3/1973

    When the Gordon's neighbor Lady Faulkner discovers her racing horses are being drugged, their curiosity gets the best of them. After Dr. Gordon is attacked and Albert rescues the constable from a well, the pieces start to come together. But it's Black Beauty who delivers the decisive moment.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Sailor on a Horse
    5.6/1017 votes

    #23 - Sailor on a Horse

    Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 3/10/1973

    A secretive man moves into an abandoned cottage which engages Vicky and Albert's curiosity. Seemingly unrelated, the land and Beauty's paddock next to the Gordon family is being sold by contentious lawyer Weems. The missing Thackeray heir seems to be key to both incidents.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Wild Justice
    6.5/1016 votes

    #24 - Wild Justice

    Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 3/17/1973

    Dr. Gordon is arrested for a cottage burning that belonged to Mr. Skinner after he criticized it's condition. Vicky, Albert, and their friend Jill work to clear his name but need Black Beauty's help. Complicating matters is a mysterious man Duffield and a horse identical to Beauty.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Barge
    6.0/1014 votes

    #25 - The Barge

    Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 3/24/1973

    Vicky and Beauty befriend an older woman living on the river whose son Albert is just out if prison. A series of valuable art thefts occur and Vicky discovers the stolen paintings on Maggie's houseboat. With things looking bad for Albert and his mother, Vicky, her friends and her horse search for the truth.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A