Peel and Steed encounter a Cybernaut Today, we’ll be looking at the trenchcoat- and trilby-wearing metal automatons known as the Cybernauts! The bots made their first appearance in the October 1965 episode of The Avengers that was later the first one to be broadcast in the United States (in March 1966). The episode has proved [...]
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Tagged Cybernauts, Emma Peel, John Steed, Mister 8, Peter Cushing, Television Series, The Avengers, The New Avengers
Tagged Cybernauts, Emma Peel, John Steed, Mister 8, Peter Cushing, Television Series, The Avengers, The New Avengers
Country: United States / United Kingdom Director: James Frawley Starring: Andrew Clarke, Kevin Tighe, Christopher Marcantel, George Rose, Holland Taylor, Caitlin Clarke, Ben Vereen Music: Mark Snow Based on characters created by Leslie Charteris I’m a bit late on this, as it has been out for a couple of weeks, but Madman Entertainment have just [...]
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Tagged Andrew Clarke, Leslie Charteris, Simon Dutton, Simon Templar, Television Series, The Saint
Tagged Andrew Clarke, Leslie Charteris, Simon Dutton, Simon Templar, Television Series, The Saint
6May12
Guns at Cyranos (1986)
Series: Philip Marlowe, Private Eye Country: United States Director: Robert Iscove Starring: Powers Boothe, Roxanne Hart, Cec Linder, Mark Humphrey, Ken pogue, John Ireland Music: Samuel Matlovsky Title Theme: Moe Koffman Based on the short story by Raymond Chandler Guns at Cyrano’s is a short story by Raymond Chandler, which originally appeared in Black Mask, [...]
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Tagged Boxing, Crime, Fight Card, King of the Outback Launch, Philip Marlowe, Powers Boothe, Raymond Chandler, Television Series
Tagged Boxing, Crime, Fight Card, King of the Outback Launch, Philip Marlowe, Powers Boothe, Raymond Chandler, Television Series
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
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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 [...]
