Flambards - Song of Christina

Video of the song from the Flambards series.

[@user-du4bq7bq6n]

I saw this over 40 years ago when I was in medical school. I was completely in love with the show and horses and all of life. My life took a sad turn, but I will never forget the joy of seeing this show. And it certainly made one think of difference between the classes in England.

[@davidpetercoppen8042]

In the USA it was first broadcast in the summer of 1980...not on Masterpiece Theatre, as so many of the more classy UK productions were, but as a stand-alone. My parents were expat Brits and the three of us watched Flambards together. The shots of those early aeroplanes, esp the looping the loop scene, were amazing. And the horses were beautiful. It was a class-act series. Nothing like it on American television.

[@misharaminishvili8468]

it's amazing how these moments shared as a child can bring such joy when revisited. I was born in 1971 so I here you brother

[@21shergar]

KZbin is just so good at taking you back to moments, events, tunes you thought you would never see again.

[@stevenmalham2234]

This series holds a place in my heart like no other. In 1980 I was having radiation and chemotherapy treatments for Hodgkin's lymphoma. Even as an American (more soon)

[@nowhereman5119]

Brought a tear to my eye. I remember this sequence well - we used to watch the programme (or "show" as they say now) back in the 70's when we were kids. I loved this song back then - and wondered why it was never released as a single in the charts. Missed opportunity.

[@dmbrod]

The 1970's was blessed with many dramas evoking the Edwardian era.This was a tribute to that vanishing generation that had suffered through the first world war.I was a child during the 70's and was blessed through my Grandparents and their friends to have a connection to the Edwardian age. I loved the Flambards and even during its original run in the late 1970s realised it was a tribute to a lost age and generation. God bless them all!

[@patablanche5075]

I’m 73. My husband and I watched this in Ohio on PBS. I don’t know the year. PBS never ran it again. Christmas of 2004 he was in and out of the hospital. I don’t know how he did it, but he remembered the series and somehow ordered the DVDs for a Christmas gift. He died Jan 24. I watched them over and over on the laptop I had bought for him to take to the hospital for a stem cell transplant. ❤

[@BabsLongfellow]

A quality series, with outstanding acting. This series really took the time to develop the story and characters. I love it. I was thrilled to find it on DVD and give it to my daughter, who is now a fan too. We need more entertainment like this.

[@Mrbrbusby]

I think many of us who loved this so much growing up must have somehow faintly remembered living this way very long ago.

[@thoughtoven]

I was a kid when they aired it in America (probably a few years after it first came out in Britain). My sisters and I were totally hooked on it! We used to sing this song all the time. So much so that an uncle of ours who visited from India started calling all three of us "Christina" :-)

[@Dimeropepe]

You're correct. This wonderful presentation was aired on PBS-TV, Channel 13 (New York) in 1980. I believe this program was aired in the U.K. in 1978 or 1979. It's similar to "Rumpole of the Bailey".

[@kayharris4894]

Koli Mitra ah bless i sang it to fab memories

[@mikehudson8884]

Soooo nostalgic to see and her this.... Aired1979 in the UK pure gold in my mind. Stirs up many happy memoires of watching this with my family.

[@ButchesMTBchannel]

I have had this song in my head since 1979 when I was only 8. But could never remember were it came from till now

[@karenfaulkner5922]

Me Too 🤣👌

[@kendobloke3317]

I still sing it now too. Weird how something you watch only once from so many years ago sticks in your head.

[@mowglispring7145]

Beautiful......this series has been in my memory for 37 years wonderful music

[@debeedee]

I remember watching this series when I was younger and I absolutely loved it from the first episode ... infact i have just bought the entire series on DVD

[@broom2000]

Dear me.... I was 7 years old when this was first shown, am 39 now! Can still remember this theme tune 32 years later.... Where did all those years go!?!

[@jeaninegimlin7746]

One of the Best series underrated in its Day. I loved this. Never missed. Cried and cried when Sandy. Will. Even when Mark was thought to have.

[@lizzybridge2343]

I started riding side saddle and getting my own horses because of this!! I love it! my mother got taught by the person who taught 'Christina' to ride side saddle! absolutely amazing!!

[@Mrbrbusby]

lizzy bridge Thank you for being a girl who walks boldly tough as a diamond laughing and free. Never let any Nazi grab you. #ArthurHarris #RoyalAirForce

[@creamofcardstv]

I remember this when I was a youngster. Very haunting music.

[@gillypilkington5139]

takes me back to my younger days !!!

[@dionaea2008]

We al;l watched this avidly every Friday night on ATV back in 79; never missed an episode. Always remember the music. CLASSIC SERIAL

[@happynappycake]

Thank you!!!! So many memories....still find myself singing this song now and again!

[@R369]

I watched this years ago in America on public TV, contacted England and got a copy of the album...and still play this. Love the song, loved the series.

[@gosappa]

I heard this song once, never forgot the tune. I was 10 at the time, gees. Thats a good 30yrs!

[@janeray7793]

Same here, this tune has stuck in my mind all these years.

[@MrDunkiep]

Same here. 😂

[@JasonJason210]

Me too. But now it sounds different. Not quite how I remember it...weird.

[@dbatesdob]

Absolutely ... i was about the same age , its only the christina bit i can remember lol

[@jontyarnold8522]

Me also, had no idea what the show was called......,

[@medstudz]

I was 15 at that time, wow! such an unforgetable song.

[@eriksexton7660]

that's an extremely inspiring and empowering song ! ! !

[@kellynch]

I've seen this series a gazillion times, and this song always makes me cry because I know what's coming. I'm even tearing up now!

[@rochstan123]

My mum used to love this show.

[@MasimbaMusodza]

The TV series was much loved in my native Zimbabwe in the 80s, and I have never forgotten that song. As a boy, watching this with the family, I never imagined that I would make Yorkshire my home!

[@makejam1894]

I stumbled across Flambards and it became a secret between me and the television. I remember it all and still haven’t accepted the grief. The music so haunting, the characters so real.

[@JasonJason210]

I watched it when it came out in the UK in 1979. I was 11 and I was fascinated by it. I identified with the aviator character Will, and remember feeling gutted when he got killed.

[@broom2000]

Oh my dear lord.... I haven't heard this song in about 30 odd years!!!

[@kaurranjit5969]

Been searching this song for ages… my aunt was a fan of Flambards but i used to hear this song playing on tv when she watched the series

[@Woodworker1947]

So impressed at finding this song I have just brought the DVD boxed set of the series and will sit and enjoy on a dark winters evening - many thanks!

[@meadowlane37]

love this tune at the moment.just watched the entire series on dvd.

[@rockc68]

This brings me back! Loved this show as a kid, bought all the books, still dip into them now and again :-)

[@Khayyam-vg9fw]

This was a great series, and much of its success must be put down to the extraordinary musical score by the late David Fanshawe.

[@deborahbarnes8377]

I love this. I'm 59 and I still sing the chorus. ❤❤

[@GoldenSilents]

I named my daughter Christina after this show. :)

[@joannaflower5568]

So did I 👍🏻

[@christinamsimanga1058]

My mum named me Christina because of this show

[@Engelhafen]

Better that than Tizzy🤣

[@jillkjv3816]

@@Engelhafen lololol 🤣

[@garylawless2236]

My son's name is Only Fools And Horses. But his middle name is Christina, after this show, obviously.

[@yorkshiregrit2889]

Always remember watching this with my parents when it was first aired in UK

[@obertlazalo138]

Yeah I still remember the tune even today when I set down to search for it on KZbin. Could be 1982 I guess, when I first heard it sung.

[@Ellie8969]

"I will sing you a song of Christina, Christina, of Christina. I'll sing you a song of Christina at Flambards. "I'll sing you no ballads of rose-garden ladies, Watering flowers in parallel rows; Instead let me sing you a song of Christina Who makes her own music wherever she goes.

[@DennisBetts1]

Still my favourite romantic series.

[@ladyalphecca]

"I will sing you a song of Christina, Christina, of Christina. I'll sing you a song of Christina at Flambards. "I'll sing you no ballads of rose-garden ladies, Watering flowers in parallel rows; Instead let me sing you a song of Christina Who makes her own music wherever she goes. "I'll sing you a song of Christina, Christina, of Christina. I'll sing you a song of Christina at Flambards. "I'll sing you no sonnets of drawing-room ladies Dipping dry biscuits in unsweetened tea; Instead I'll show you a girl who walks boldly, Tough as a diamond, laughing and free. "I'll sing you a song of Christina, Christina, of Christina. I'll sing you a song of Christina at Flambards. "You will not find her kissing the hem of your garment However you beckon and call. She'll more likely share you red wine and rude stories In the wee small hours after the ball. "I'll chant you no anthems of sweet-smelling ladies Uttering small talk at vicarage teas; Instead I'll sing of a smiling survivor Who's been through the wood and the trees. "I'll sing you a song of Christina, Christina, of Christina. I'll sing you a song of Christina at Flambards. I'll sing you a song of Christina, Christina, of Christina. I'll sing you a song of Christina at Flambards."

[@juliaread9115]

Adored this series 💖

[@FlyBoyGrounded]

OMG! I just came back to hear this again and completely forgot I'd been here before and left a comment 9 years ago. A lot has happened since then including meeting someone named Cristina, hence my wanting to hear the song. I wish I could write lyrics like these. It's such a beautiful love song about a very real character.

[@ads1066]

The house used for the exteriors and opening credits was Sawley Hall, Near Harrogate, yorkshire.

[@ricardcc]

thanks!! it's my past, wen i'm 13!!! my good, more than 30 years serchin this song!!

[@jobaker884]

Thanks so much for sharing. I got the album of the music for Christmas when I was 11 so I know this really well. Love David Fanshawe's music (who sadly died 12 years ago).

[@FlyBoyGrounded]

Sung with all the passion of a Giles Brandreth presentation to camera. But I LOVE IT!!Congrats to Mr. Fanshaw on a fantastic song. Flambards series was the best thing on TV and one of the reasons I became a pilot.

[@pcal1228]

This gets stuck in my head all the time. Great show, such a cheesy song.

[@Khayyam-vg9fw]

It really isn't. It's harmonically and rhythmically very subtle.

[@AMBASSADOR-ARHITECT-WORLD85]

Благодарю всех кто живет со смыслом и оставляет после себя такие прекрасные « следы» творчество во благо окружающим 🌈🥳

[@JohnnyWaterbucket]

Was told many years ago, Sawley Hall near Ripon, was where much of this stuff was shot. Hope this helps.

[@slamthegavelpodcasthostmar5536]

Love this show! I loved the cardigan she wore when riding! Would love the pattern!

[@booth2710]

It's taken me right back to when I was 11 ... wasn't the world a different place then? The days when if there was a murder in a town it was on the front page of every newspaper and a whole nation would be shocked ... and worrying about an up and coming maths exam was the only thing on my mind ... what's happened - what indeed ...

[@kayharris4894]

Richard Booth omg yeah so true inocent nice days.

[@jacquelinefuller3167]

How I loved this show! Would enjoy seeing it again.

[@Farmgirl-iy9zc]

It's on KZbin now!!

[@song4mozart]

I remember watching an episode (I thought it was a movie at the time) on PBS before Charles and Diana's wedding. I think I either stayed up all night or woke up very early to watch it.:) I was a teenager then.

[@shazmartin8589]

William Russell! You gorgeous creature, you!!!

[@miraleatardiff8543]

He was my daughter's favourite :-)

[@duinnerfs]

The scenery around the grounds of their estate reminds me of Summit Ave. in St. Paul, MN when a wee lad. . . Series sets me mind back to those days, great series indeed.

[@eriksexton7660]

the scenery has always reminded me of white bear lake and stillwater , minnesota .

[@7dave2ful]

Saw the dvd box set of this series, several years ago. By episodes 4, got really into the story line. Pity the show wasn't then made to another decade of the 1920s as she brings the kids up on her own. Worth some excellence ideas after the first world war, for plots.

[@leedswiggy]

I would stop playing football in the street to go in and watch this in 1979. Memories.

[@AnonymousMe03]

i just recently saw this series. my mother rented it and i really had no interest in watching it. When i sat down for a few minutes to appease her i was hooked. i have really fallen in love with this story. everyone should see it. Its a hidden love story that i think many girls that love Jane Austen will love. its not just for the old folk this 20 year old loved it. oh and this song will stay in your head for a very long time after you've heard it.:)

[@creamofcardstv]

I had the orginal sound track to this, and of course watched all the episodes

[@user-du4bq7bq6n]

I loved this show!

[@Amaryllissternweiser]

Thank you!!!! I' ve searched this song for so long!

[@jaygopotsoo]

i rememeber watching this!!

[@Mrbrbusby]

You did it Wills.

[@vickybridge3057]

since I was about 3 I've watched it my mum had shown me it and I'm ADDICTED to it I feel like they need to put this back on TV?!!!!!

[@Ellie8969]

You will not find her kissing the hem of your garment However you beckon and call. She'll more likely share you red wine and rude stories In the wee small hours after the ball. "I'll chant you no anthems of sweet-smelling ladies Uttering small talk at vicarage teas; Instead I'll sing of a smiling survivor Who's been through the wood and the trees.

[@AndThePincers]

This series was genius. They so need to re-make it

[@Khayyam-vg9fw]

This series WAS genius. They so need NOT to remake it!

[@Ellie8969]

I'll sing you a song of Christina, Christina, of Christina. I'll sing you a song of Christina at Flambards. "I'll sing you no sonnets of drawing-room ladies Dipping dry biscuits in unsweetened tea; Instead I'll show you a girl who walks boldly, Tough as a diamond, laughing and free. "I'll sing you a song of Christina, Christina, of Christina. I'll sing you a song of Christina at Flambards

[@Khayyam-vg9fw]

Yeah, the lyrics are pretty good, too!

[@adelaidedupont9017]

@@Khayyam-vg9fwAnd then there are vicarage parties and trees.

[@WATP1872]

My dad and uncles used to sing this to me if a started kicking off when u was younger because my name is Christopher....a soon stopped 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@1996bambi]

brings bak memorys :D xxx

[@paulcrisp9861]

Good lord was it really that long ago? As usual i thought of something for no reason and here I am, a blast from the past when life was so simpler Oh it does take me back. ❤😎👍😎 Jan 2020

[@miraleatardiff8543]

This was one of my favourite series; I would read the books, and when I finished the last one, I'd wait a couple of weeks and start over (another favourite was the Ruth Hollis Fly By Night series). The song in this video clip is missing an entire stanza from where Christina and Dorothy were at Elm Park before Christina returned to Flambards.. To the best of my recollection, it is: 'I’ll sing you no stories of young widowed ladies Gallantly crying lace handkerchief tears Instead let me sing you a song of Christina Brave in her love and good, tender in years I’ll chant you no requiems or bitter resentments as joy in the dorm and a bird in the sky Before she’ll cherish the days of her roses Tomorrow she looks in the eye I'll sing you a song of Christina...' I am not too sure about the 6th verse - if anyone knows the correct words for that line, please share :-)

[@MsBraeswood]

The additional verse isn't in this clip because it is from a different scene, later in the series. You can hear it on KZbin--search for Flambards soundtrack, part B. You have most of the lyrics right; here is what I was able to make out: I’ll sing you no stories of young widowed ladies Gallantly crying lace-handkerchief tears, Instead let me sing you a song of Christina Brave in her loving though tender in years I’ll chant you no requiems of bitter resentment There’s joy in the dawn and a bird in the sky Behold she’ll cherish the days of the roses Tomorrow she looks in the eye

[@miraleatardiff8543]

@@MsBraeswood Yes. Thank you for that last. :-) I have watched this mini-series so many times I can almost recite the entire dialogue. =D

[@charlesramos4294]

A beautiful song and scene from episode seven ’Edge of the Cloud’ when William and Christina fly across the English Channel to get the new Bleriot monoplane. I first watched this unforgettable miniseries many years ago. It’s one of the reasons I’m a huge fan of British television! 📺🇬🇧

[@rolandrothwell4840]

Has many happy memories 😊

[@janfarrell6799]

I named my 3rd child, 2nd daughter, Christina after this song, though I have never called her that I just call her Tina

[@Mrbrbusby]

RIP Christina Parsons from Phila., USA. "She don't see no shadows, she don't feel no rain, and she don't hear no nightingale, cry on, as if in pain. " (Rossetti) (kinda)

[@MrTaxi10]

Rip nick cutis, a great voice.

[@leedel20]

its an amazing song i want morrissey to sing it

[@musicaenlaniebla]

Hi, I write from Lima, Peru. Thank you for posting this video. I'm 43 years old and I saw the series in 1979(:o). It's a pity that there is no DVD copies of this series available in peruvian stores nor, at least, of the novels. I like the song because is charming, poetic and innocent. There was another video in You Tube, precisely with this chapter, when William and Christina fly over the Channel, but it was retired. Could someone post that complete chapter, please? :) Thank you again

[@user-tv5pt6ic6x]

it is a wonderful movie

[@skeletong2446]

Oh wow, great!

[@hartleyhare99]

What England has given to the world..Genius, Sophistication..Culture. A little bit more than a hot dog, know what i mean?

[@eugenio6163]

Grazie per questa meravigliosa canzone che ascoltavo da ragazzo.

[@xanderxine]

It was shown on Friday nights between 9-10pm. For years this was ITV's regular Friday night drama slot, which premiered such quality as bouquet of barbed wire, Within these walls, and auf wiedersehen pet.

[@dishybear]

I wonder what happened to the little boy who played Tizzy (Paul Ahmet). Never seen anything of him since Flambards.

[@KristinaOnlyforfun]

oh, song about /for me :):):) nice...very nice.... never seen this show in my country...

[@stedama2]

+Kristina Onlyforfun and me as well ;-)

[@myworld3221]

My name is Christina!!♡♡

[@Mrbrbusby]

xXsmileXx withmellyXx K.M. Peyton's wonderful books have never been more important for women than in today's world. Please read them. If you can't afford them, write me. #HRHQE24EVR

[@jfor1120]

I have the Flambards Album!

[@drjulia6860]

Love this song!!

[@Aegean044]

still haunted by this tune. Thx for posting it. Didn't it used to be on sunday afternoon? After "the Shillingbury Tales"

[@Cromper]

I was 14 at the time and this reminds me of my first ever girlfriend. I'm still trying to find a copy of the music though. Anyone know the artist?

[@Mrbrbusby]

Edward Smith Dear Sir, the impeccable David Fanshawe. (Now just close your eyes and think of England.)

[@Cromper]

Mrbrbusby .busby Many thanks. May your tea be as milky as the moon.

[@Mrbrbusby]

Edward Smith Edward or William as the case may be, it was really nothing. As a postscript, your query made me look up the Indonesian obsessed Fanshawe and I found and amazing quote. The intro arpeggio was indeed A dominant 7th, down a fifth from D major. Precisely what my only friend a late African American bassist said it would be, at a now long-defunct school where I was sent over 35 years ago. Here's to what once was. #BlackLivesMatter

[@mikehudson8884]

So many memories for me too hearing this, thank goodness for You Tube.

[@SteveEmmerson]

It’s David Fanshawe

[@KitCurranRadioShow]

@englishbobuk Nope, the original showing was 9pm Fridays, the repeats were Sunday afternoons in 1981 up against Match of the Day! I never saw any football that season, I was totally in love with Christina! :-)

[@faithcastillo9597]

I'm so happy to have finally found this lovely show. I watched it as a teenager on my local PBS station. Where can I buy the series?

[@KitCurranRadioShow]

Blimey, those lowcost airlines really are no-frills aren't they?

[@musicaenlaniebla]

garej thanks from Lima Peru for the video. I saw the series in local TV in 1978. I love the song of Christina. Please, could you write the lyrics of this song? Thanks again.

[@mysticgremlin]

you can get the tune at television tunes . com free download! I love it - takes me right back to being a kid, such a haunting tune

[@FlyBoyGrounded]

I can't keep away from this channel. This was such a big part of growing up in the 1970s for me. Can anyone help me with a mystery regarding the lyrics of this song? I'd swear there was a line about "wine loosened ladies" but it's not here in this recording. Was there a different (TV friendly) version written for the series that was different from a version that might have been on a record or album?

[@AMBASSADOR-ARHITECT-WORLD85]

Я Кристина, мне выслал друг эту песню в самый сложный период жизни, а теперь каждое утро она как мотиватор жизни для меня