Friday, 26 June 2020

The Saint in Europe, and on TV

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The Saint - The Covetous Headsman This is another instalment in my project of comparing episodes of classic 1950s-1970s TV series with t...
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Tuesday, 16 June 2020

Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer season 2 (1959)

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In the late 1940s Mickey Spillane revolutionised the private eye novel by massively increasing the amount of sex and violence and adding a...
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Sunday, 7 June 2020

Harry O - the pilot episodes (1973 and 1974)

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The Fugitive made David Janssen a very big star. His career was a bit up-and-down after that. In 1973 he starred in a feature-length pilo...
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Monday, 1 June 2020

Hammer House of Horror (1980), part two

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Hammer House of Horror is a 1980 horror anthology television series that represented a desperate tempt to revive the failing fortunes of ...
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Monday, 25 May 2020

a very brief look at Hart to Hart season 1 (1979)

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When you look at the credits for Hart to Hart and you see names like Sidney Sheldon (who created it) and Aaron Spelling (who acted as exe...
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Monday, 18 May 2020

Sheena Queen of the Jungle (1955)

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Sheena Queen of the Jungle was a 26-episode syndicated television series dating from 1955. It was based on the adventures of the popular ...
Monday, 11 May 2020

McCloud season 2

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McCloud , which was made by Universal Television and ran on NBC from 1970 to 1977, is a good example of the sort of thing that American te...
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