
Skiboy
1974 · ITV1 · 30 min · 1 season
S01E13 · Breaking Point (aka Friday's Child)
Tue, 6 Aug, 3:00 am
Bobbie feels uneasy at seeing Jane pally with James, a newcomer to St. Luc. His family teases him about it, saying that he is merely jealous of the bloke. Later, Bobbie realises that James is actually after Sadie's widowed mother, who is more sophisticated. Mrs. McStay is using James to lure Sadie away from Bobbie's household...
About
Skiboy is the story of Bobby Noêl known as Ski-Boy, an American teenager, striving to reach Olympic skiing standards under the guidance of his older brother, a member of the mountain rescue team.
Episodes
- E01
Mountain Witch
Tue, 14 May· 30 minBobby and Sadie live in their uncle's hotel located on snowy hill-slopes. Years of living on high ground have made excellent skiers out of them. One day, the children meet a deaf and dumb old lady who is carrying a little sick boy. Bobby brings them to the hotel and this angers one of the staff, Bruno, who thinks the woman is an evil witch....
- E02
Cry Wolf
Tue, 21 May· 30 minBobbie Noel is cast in the role of The Boy Who Cried Wolf today after meeting a newcomer to St. Luc, Sadie McStay. He had bumped into the lass while at his favourite sport — skiing. Sadie, who is fascinated with the beauty of the place, also shares his love for skiing. Together, they indulge in a sort of competition. One day, Sadie suffers a bad fall and is injured. Bobbie rushes to get help but when the team arrives on the scene, Sadie is gone!
- E03
Cold Shoulder
Tue, 28 May· 30 minA simple tale set on the slippery slopes of the Swiss Alps. Romance between two tourists gets somewhat snowbound.
- E04
Family Feud
Tue, 4 June· 30 minOld feud smoulders again when Uncle Jacques issues a challenge to a visitor. There is no love lost between skiers Jacques and Gervais, whose rivalry goes way back to their younger days. Their loathing for each other started whon Gervais accused Jacques of cheating in a competition both had entered. Years later, they find another excuse to go for each others' throats. Gervais accuses Jacques of sabotaging his plan to build a new road to a hotel he owns. To end their enmity, the pair decide to enter a ski contest, forgetting that old age has caught up with them.
- E05
Buried Menace
Tue, 11 June· 30 minBobbie goes to the aid of Charles, a filmmaker, trapped in an ice hole by a wartime bomb. A pretty lady journalist (Ingrid Pitt) sees a scoop in the news. The journalist is covering the de-fusing of the bomb—but the local people don't want her to write about it. Bobbie is the only one who can possibly enter the hole and defuse the ticking gadget.
- E06
Vanishing Trick
Tue, 18 June· 30 minBobbie tries to rescue a kidnapped Sadie.
- E07
Danger Trail
Tue, 25 June· 30 minBobbie and Sadie are trapped high in the mountains by a blizzard. Then they hear a mysterious voice . . .
- E08
Hot Ice
Tue, 2 July· 30 minJean is approached by two men who want him to guide them up Mount Weisshorn. Knowing how tricky and dangerous the journey would be in cold weather, Jean refuses. Angered, the men, who are actually baddies posing as tourists, dognap Gruff and blackmail Bobbie into cooperating. Back home, Bobbie's disappearance has not gone unnoticed by Jean, who recalls having met the men before.
- E09
Killer Dog
Tue, 9 July· 30 minWhen his dog Gruff becomes suspected of killing six sheep, Bobby takes it away from St Luc.
- E10
Unwelcome Guest
Tue, 16 July· 30 minTwo people accuse each other of theft. Bobbie tries to get at the truth.
- E11
Death Mountain
Tue, 23 July· 30 minFrancoise Debra, the pretty but hard-headed daughter of a rich tycoon, accepts her friend Phillip's invitation to scale the highest peak in Saint Luc. This decision worries her valet, Henri Rachou. Despite Henri's countless pleas, she is still bent on going. So poor Henri turns to Jean to help him to persuade Francoise. At first, Jean succeeds in convincing Francoise to abandon her plans. Later, however, Francoise changes her mind again.
- E12
Treasure Trove
Tue, 30 July· 30 minWhile playing in the snow, Bobbie and Sadie stumble upon a cache of gold coins. Mathieu, one of Jacques' workers, claims the treasure belonged to his dead father. But Jacques suspects that Mathieu is lying, and suggests that the money should, instead, be donated to the church.
- E13
Breaking Point (aka Friday's Child)
Tue, 6 Aug· 30 minBobbie feels uneasy at seeing Jane pally with James, a newcomer to St. Luc. His family teases him about it, saying that he is merely jealous of the bloke. Later, Bobbie realises that James is actually after Sadie's widowed mother, who is more sophisticated. Mrs. McStay is using James to lure Sadie away from Bobbie's household...
Cast

Stephen R. Hudis
Bobby Noêl

Robert Coleby
Jean Noêl

Frederick Jaeger
Jacques Noêl

Margot Alexis
Sadie McStay

Patricia Haines
Jane Noêl

