A little bit more on the Destroyer. In 1988, an attempt to launch a Remo Williams television series was made. Only the pilot was completed – obviously not good enough (or popular enough?) to garner the support to proceed to a fully fledged series. I haven’t seen the Pilot myself, but below a few clips [...]
The Saint is often considered the ‘straight man’ of British TV when compared to The Prisoner or The Avengers, but this episode shows, when put to it, The Saint team could be just as ‘out there’ as the rest of them.
25Mar11
I Spy: The Lotus Eater (1967)
Country: United States Director: Christain Nyby Starring: Robert Culp, Bill Cosby, Vivienne Ventura, Michael Evans, Sheldon Leonard Writers: Elick Moll, Joseph Than Of course, the television series, I, Spy needs very little introduction here. The Lotus Eater is an episode from the third series and the scholarly among you are probably aware that in Homer’s [...]
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Tagged Bill Cosby, Homer's Odyssey, I Spy, Robert Culp, Television Series
Tagged Bill Cosby, Homer's Odyssey, I Spy, Robert Culp, Television Series
21Mar11
Spyforce: Reilley’s Army (1971)
Country: Australia Director: David Baker Starring: Jack Thompson, Peter Sumner, Redmond Phillips, Katy Wild, Chips Rafferty, Bill Hunter, Diana Davidson, Denys Piggott, Patrick McCarville Music: Brian Rangott and Geoff Harvey As a boorish, parochial Australian, I often wonder what my island nation’s contribution to world espionage cinema and television is. Sure, there’s been quite a [...]
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Tagged Australia, Bill Hunter, Chips Rafferty, Jack Thompson, Spyforce, Television Series
Tagged Australia, Bill Hunter, Chips Rafferty, Jack Thompson, Spyforce, Television Series
Country: Australia Director: Ron Way Starring: Jack Thompson, Peter Sumner, Redmond Phillips, Katy Wild, Bill Hunter, Victoria Anoux, Alister Smart Music: Brian Rangott and Geoff Harvey Here’s just a quick review from the Australian television series Spyforce. Despite Spyforce being a local production, I have found it extremely difficult to find episodes to review. This [...]
21Mar11
Spyforce: The Encounter (1972)
Country: Australia Director: David Baker Starring: Jack Thompson, Redmond Phillips, Katy Wild, Reg Gillam, Richard Newellen, Harry Harris, Maggie Oehlbeck, Jamie Hoskins Writer: Ron McLean Director of Photography: Ross King Editor: Brian Kavanagh Music: Brian Rangott, Geoff Harvey Producer: Roger Mirams The Encounter is another episode (the twenty-ninth) in the Australian television series, Spyforce, starring [...]
Country: United States Director: Guy Ferland Starring: James Badge Dale, Miranda Richardson, Michael Cristofer, Arliss Howard, Lauren Hodges, Dallas Roberts Music: Peter Nashel First Day of School is the second episode in the cryptic spy series Rubicon. As you may recall, in the first episode, Department Head, David Hadas was killed in a tragic train [...]
Country: United Kingdom Director: Ken Hannan Starring: Robert Powell, Gavin Richards, Alex Kingston, Frank Moorey, Jonathan Oliver Music: Denis King Based on characters created by John Buchan The Terrors of the Earth is the second episode of the second season of Thames Hannay television series – (or the eighth episode – there were thirteen made [...]
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Tagged Hannay, John Buchan, Richard Hannay, Robert Powell, Television Series, The 39 Steps
Tagged Hannay, John Buchan, Richard Hannay, Robert Powell, Television Series, The 39 Steps
Country: United States Director: Allan Kroeker Starring: Piper Perabo, Oded Fehr, Kathleen Gati, Christopher Gorham, Kari Matchett, Peter Gallagher Music: Christopher Tyng In this the fourth episode of Covert Affairs, Annie Walker (Piper Perabo) is sent to Geneva on a mission. The job is simple. She is carrying a metal suitcase which she has to [...]
Country: United States Director: Allen Coulter Starring: James Badge Dale, Peter Gerety, Jessica Collins, Lauren Hodges, Dallas Roberts, Christopher Evan Welch, Arliss Howard Music: Peter Nashel Writer: Jason Horwitch Creator: Jason Horwitch Rubicon is a hard series to describe in a few short paragraphs. Plotwise, not too much happens – but I’ll get to that [...]
