2. GB
Danger Man 1960 (US: Secret Agent 1964)
The Prisoner 1967
The Avengers 1961
New Avengers 1976-7
The Persuaders 1971-2
The Champions 1968-9
Department S 1969-70
Jason King 1971-2
The Saint 1962-1969
Return od the Saint 1978-9
The Baron 1965-66
Man in the suitcase 1967
3. Every government has its
secret service branch.
America, CIA; France,
Deuxième Bureau;
England, MI5. NATO also
has its own. A messy job?
Well that's when they
usually call on me or
someone like me. Oh yes,
my name is Drake, John
Drake.
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5.
6. Danger Man ->Drake->Prisoner
The pilot was called View
From the Villa and it was set
in Italy, but the production
manager set the shoot on
location in Portmeirion,
which looked like Italy but
which was much closer. And
obviously the location stuck in
Patrick McGoohan's mind,
because that's where he shot
his television series The
Prisoner much later.
Colony Three
10. “Where am I?’
“In the village.”
“What do you want?”
“Information.”
“Whose side are you on?”
“That would be telling…”
“We want information… Information… Information.”
“You won’t get it.”
“By hook or by crook, we will.”
“Who are you?”
“The new Number Two.”
“Who is Number One?”
“You are Number Six.”
“I am not a number. I am a free man!”
(Mocking laughter)
–Weekly Opening to “The Prisoner”
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21. t starred Tony Curtis as Danny Wilde, and Roger Moore as
Lord Brett Sinclair, two international playboys. Much of the
humour of the show derived from playful observations about the
differences between British and American customs
Now globe-trotting playboys, the men meet on holiday in the
French Riviera, instantly disliking each other and destroying a
hotel bar with their fist-fight. Arrested, they are delivered to
retired Judge Fulton (Laurence Naismith) who offers them the
choice of spending ninety days in jail or helping him right errors
of impunity. Grudgingly, Wilde and Sinclair agree to help solve
Fulton's initial case. He then releases them from any threat of
jail.
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26. The Champions
British espionage/science fiction adventure series consisting of
30 episodes broadcast on the UK network ITV during 1968–
1969, produced by Lew Grade's ITC Entertainment production
company. The series was broadcast in the US on NBC, starting
in summer 1968.
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31. The series starred Stuart Damon as Craig Stirling, Alexandra
Bastedo as Sharron Macready and William Gaunt as Richard
Barrett. The characters are agents for a United Nations law
enforcement organization called "Nemesis", based in Geneva.
The three have different backgrounds: Barrett is a code breaker,
Stirling a pilot, and Macready a recently widowed scientist and
doctor.
During their first mission as a team, their plane crashes in the
Himalayas. They are rescued by an advanced civilization living
secretly in the mountains, who save their lives, granting them
perfected human abilities, including powers to communicate
with one another over distances by ESP (telepathy), and to
foresee events (precognition), enhanced five senses and
intellect, and physical abilities to the fullest extent of human
capabilities.
32. Many stories featured unusual villains, such as fascist regimes
from unspecified South American countries, neo-Nazis or the
Chinese. The villains' schemes often threaten world peace —
Nemesis' brief is international, so the agents deal with threats
transcending national interests. The main characters had to
learn the use of their new powers as they went along, keeping
what they discover secret from friends and foe alike. Each
episode began with a post title sequence vignette in which one
of The Champions demonstrated exceptional mental or physical
abilities, often astonishing or humiliating others. In one example
Stirling participates in a sharpshooting contest. In another,
laughing hoodlums block in Macready's car, which she
physically pulls out of the parking space one-handed. Ironically,
the narration during these often public demonstrations usually
mentions the need to keep the powers a secret.
Champions' boss, Tremayne does not know that his agents
have special abilities, though he does ask innocent questions
45. In 2007, it was reported that
Guillermo del Toro would produce
and write a film adaptation of The
Champions for United Artists. In 2008,
Christopher McQuarrie was signed to
co-write and co-produce the film.
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48. DEPARTMENT S 1969-70
this is blatantly where Chris Carter got the idea for The X Files. The cases
are inexplicable, baffling and illogical... They have to be to interest
Department 'S'. The orthodox is not for this branch of Interpoll... its
operators handle only cases which cannot be solved by normal police
routine. Department 'S' was a complete departure from all other mystery-
adventure series, as the mysteries themselves were only part of its
fascination. Its appeal lay, more than anything else, in its principal
characters. Two men and one woman, contrasting in personalities as well
as styles, each with an individual approach to proving that even the most
illogical situations have a logical explanation. Three different ways of
approaching each crime, with three outstanding stars: Peter Wyngarde as
Jason King: with many years of stage, screen, and TV experience which
has made him one of Britain's best known actors. Joel Fabiani as Stewart
Sullivan: a young American whose stage work had lead him into
television and his first starring role. Rosemary Nicols as Annabelle Hurst:
the glamorous British actress.
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62. JASON KING
Further adventures of the title character who had first appeared
in Department S (1969). In that series he was working as part
of a team of investigators. In Jason King he had left that service
and was concentrating on writing adventure novels following
the adventures of the fictional Mark Caine, who closely
resembled Jason King in looks, manner, style, and personality.
In the course of visiting international locations as part of his
research, or through being summoned by people needing
assistance, King would be frequently embroiled in adventure
stories featuring glamorous women, exotic locations (for the
era), menacing villains, political turmoil, or espionage intrigue.
69. King's choice of fashion was named by Mike Myers as an
inspiration for his popular movie character Austin Powers.
An analogue of Jason King appears in the comic book series
The Invisibles written by Grant Morrison as "Mr. Six", the so-
called "Last of the International Playboys", and member of
"Division X"
In the X-Men comics, the character of Jason Wyngarde (aka
Mastermind) was partially inspired by Jason King and Peter
Wyngarde. Mastermind had first appeared in the 1960s, but
took on the appearance and identity of Jason Wyngarde in the
build-up to the X-Men's first confrontation with the Hellfire Club
in the late 1970s. Wyngarde had played the leader of another
Hellfire club in A Touch of Brimstone, an episode of the popular
TV series The Avengers starring Patrick Macnee and Diana
Rigg who appeared in a leather costume that Jean Grey would
adopt as the Hellfire Club's Black Queen
70. Simon Templar, a Robin Hood-like
adventurer with a penchant for
disguise. The character is nicknamed
The Saint plausibly because the
initial letters of his name ST are also
the abbreviation for the word "saint".
71. Ian Ogilvy, star of the 1978-79 ITC TV series "The Return Of The Saint"
72. British television series, made in 1965/66
based on the book series by John
Creasey. It was the first ITC show without
marionettes to be produced entirely in
colour.
The show starred American Steve Forrest
as John Mannering, an antiques dealer and
undercover agent working in an informal
capacity for the head of the fictional British
Diplomatic Intelligence, Templeton-Green
(Colin Gordon). Paul Ferris was originally
cast as Mannering's assistant David
Marlowe. However after pressure from the
US network Marlowe was dropped in favour
of the more glamorous Cordelia (Sue Lloyd)
who had appeared in the first episode.
73. Man in a Suitcase
replacement for Danger Man.
McGill was a former US
Intelligence agent, who had
been forced to resign from the
service six years prior to the
opening episode, practically
accused of treason. Unable to
clear his name or return to the
USA, McGill makes ends meet
by working as a travelling
private detective and bounty
hunter, based in Britain. His
cases generally took him to
different parts of Europe (and
Africa.)
74. US
Mannix 1967 - 1975
Hawaii 5:0 1968 - 1980 (2010 remake)
Peter Gunn 1958 -1961
Dragnet 1947 - 1970, 1987 parodie, 2003 remake
Max Headroom - 1987–1988 GB
Trancers 1985 - 2002
The Wild Wild West 1965-1969
Charlie's Angels 1976 - 1981
Silk Stalkings 1991-1999 (Policie z Palm Beach)
Starsky and Hutch 1975-1979 (Duval et Moretti fr. klon)
Mission: Impossible 1966-1973, 1988-1990
75. MANNIX
Joe Mannix, an Armenian-American private investigator.
worked for a large Los Angeles detective agency called
Intertect. ...agency featuring the use of computers to help
solve crimes. As opposed to the other employees who must
wear dark suits and sit in rows of desks with only one piece
of paper allowed to be on their desk at one time, Mannix
belongs to the classic American detective archetype and
thus usually ignores the computers' solutions, disobeys his
boss's orders and sets out to do things his own way. He
wears plaid sport coats and has his own office that he keeps
sloppy between his assignments. Lew has cameras in all the
rooms of Intertect monitoring the performance of his
employees and providing instant feedback through intercoms
in the room.
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78. Unlike the other Intertect operatives, Mannix attempts to
block the camera with a coat rack and insults Lew,
comparing him to Big Brother. To improve the ratings of the
show, Desilu head Lucille Ball and the producer Bruce
Geller brought in some changes[2]
making the show more
similar to other private eye shows. Lucille Ball thought the
computers were too high tech and beyond comprehension
for the average viewer of the time and had them removed.
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81. He’s a Korean War veteran that’s incredibly proud of his
French/Armenian ancestory… The show was violent as all fuck and
controversial.
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86. HAWAII 5-0
American television series produced by CBS Productions, and
set in Hawaii. The show originally aired for twelve seasons from
1968 to 1980, and continued in reruns. The show featured a
fictional state police unit run by Detective Steve McGarrett,
played by actor Jack Lord. The name of this television series
comes from the fact that Hawaii was the 50th state to join the
United States. The theme music composed by Morton Stevens
became especially popular. Many episodes would end with
McGarrett instructing his subordinate, Danny Williams (played
by James MacArthur), to incarcerate alleged criminals whom
they had apprehended: "Book 'em Danno!"
87. In many episodes (including the pilot), McGarrett was drawn into
the world of international espionage and national intelligence.
McGarrett's arch-nemesis was a rogue intelligence officer of the
People's Republic of China, named Wo Fat. The Communist
rogue agent was played by veteran actor Khigh Dheigh. The
show's final episode in 1980 was titled "Woe to Wo Fat", in
which McGarrett finally saw his foe Wo go to jail.
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95. Alex Kurtzman & Roberto Orci + Grace Park (BSG)
(Xena, Alias, Jack of All Trades)
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99. Peter Gunn ( creator:Blake Edwards)
The title character (played by Craig Stevens) is a private
investigator in the classic film noir tradition, which was a
popular genre on American TV in the late 1950s. However, a
few traits differentiate him from the standard hard-boiled
detectives, such as Sam Spade or Philip Marlowe. Gunn was a
sophisticated hipster, a dapper dresser who loved cool jazz;
where other gumshoes were often coarse, Peter Gunn was
portrayed as the epitome of cool. He operated in a nameless
waterfront city, and was a regular patron of Mother's, a
wharfside Jazz club; his girlfriend, Edie Hart (Lola Albright),
was a sultry singer employed there.
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108. The show's use of modern jazz music, at a time when most
television shows used a generic, uninspired orchestra for the
background, was another distinctive touch that set the standard
for many years to come. Innovative jazz themes seemed to
accompany every move Gunn made, ably rendered by Henry
Mancini and his orchestra (which at that time included John
Williams), lending the character even more of an air of suave
sophistication. Famous jazz musicians occasionally made
guest appearances,
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111.
112. Dragnet
Dragnet, syndicated as Badge 714, is a radio and television
crime drama about the cases of a dedicated Los Angeles police
detective, Sergeant Joe Friday, and his partners. The show
takes its name from an actual police term, a "dragnet", meaning
a system of coordinated measures for apprehending criminals
or suspects.
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115. Dragnet was perhaps the most famous and influential police
procedural drama in media history. The series gave millions of
audience members a feel for the boredom and drudgery, as well
as the danger and heroism, of real-life police work. Dragnet
earned praise for improving the public opinion of police officers.
[1]
Actor and producer Jack Webb's aims in Dragnet were for
realism and unpretentious acting. He achieved both goals, and
Dragnet remains a key influence on subsequent police dramas
in many media.
The show's cultural impact is such that even after five decades,
elements of Dragnet are known to those who have never seen
or heard the program:
The ominous, four-note introduction to the brass and
tympani theme music (titled "Danger Ahead") is instantly
recognizable (though its origins date back to Miklós Rózsa's
score for the 1946 film version of The Killers).
116. Another Dragnet trademark is the show's opening narration:
"Ladies and gentlemen: the story you are about to hear is
true. Only the names have been changed to protect the
innocent." This underwent minor revisions over time. The
"only" and "ladies and gentlemen" were dropped at some
point, and for the television version "hear" was changed to
"see". Variations on this narration have been featured in
many subsequent crime dramas, and in satires of these
dramas (e.g. "Only the facts have been changed to protect
the innocent").
In 1987, a comedy movie version of Dragnet appeared (also
titled Dragnet), starring Dan Aykroyd as the stiff Joe Friday
(the original Detective Friday's nephew), and Tom Hanks as
his partner Pep Streebeck. The film contrasted the terse,
clipped character of Friday, a hero from another age, with
the 'real world' of Los Angeles in 1987 to broadly parodic
effect.
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120. Trancers (ala Blade Runner, Terminátor, Timecop,
Peter Gunn apod.)
"His name is Deth. He hunts Trancers. Even in the 20th
Century."
Jack Deth (Tim Thomerson) is a police trooper in the year 2247
who has been hunting down Martin Whistler (Michael Stefani), a
criminal mastermind who uses strange psychic powers to make
people into zombies and carry out his every desire. Deth can
identify a tranced victim (who appear normal at first, but once
triggered, become savage killers) by scanning them with a
special bracelet. Before he can be caught, Whistler escapes
back in time. Using a bizarre drug-induced time traveling
technique, Whistler leaves his body in 2247 and travels down
his ancestral bloodline, arriving in 1985. His ancestor at that
time is a Los Angeles police detective named Weisling.
121. Jack Deth: What kind of
name is Peter Gunn?
Leena: What kind of name is
Jack Deth?
(What kind of name is Helen
Hunt)
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127. The Wild Wild West is an American television series that ran
on CBS for four seasons (104 episodes) from September 17,
1965 to April 4, 1969. This show was conceived by its
creator, Michael Garrison, as "James Bond on horseback."
Two television movies were made with the original cast in
1979 and 1980, and the series was adapted for a motion
picture in 1999 with a new cast and story.
The title of each episode begins
with "The Night" (except for the
first-season episode "Night of the
Casual Killer", which omitted the
definite article). A memorable
recurring arch-villain was Dr.
Miguelito Quixote Loveless, a
brilliant but megalomaniac dwarf
portrayed by Michael Dunn.
128.
129. two Secret Service agents: James West, the charming
gunslinger (played by Robert Conrad), and Artemus Gordon
(played by Ross Martin), the brilliant gadgeteer and master of
disguise. Their mission was to protect President Ulysses S.
Grant and the United States from all manner of dangerous
threats. The agents traveled in luxury aboard their own train, the
Wanderer, equipped with everything from a stable car to a
laboratory. James West had served as an intelligence and
cavalry officer in the US Civil War; his "cover" during the series is
that he is a railroad president. After retiring from the Service by
1880 he lives on a ranch in Mexico. Gordon's past is more
obscure; when he retires in 1880 he goes on the road as the
head of a Shakespeare traveling players troupe. The show
incorporated classic Western elements with an espionage thriller,
as well as science fiction/alternate history ideas (in a similar vein
to steampunk) and plenty of comedy. In the finest James Bond
tradition, there were always beautiful women, clever gadgets,
and delusional arch-enemies with half-insane plots to take over
the country or the world.
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131.
132. three women who work for a private investigation agency, and
is one of the first shows to showcase women in roles
traditionally reserved for men. The series was broadcast in the
USA on the ABC Television Network from 1976 to 1981 and
was one of the most successful series of the 1970s. Charlie's
Angels was created by Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts and
produced by Aaron Spelling and Leonard Goldberg.
134. Silk Stalkings (vizuálně á la Twin Peaks)
two detectives who solved sexually-based crimes of passion
("silk stalkings") among the ultra-rich people of Palm Beach,
Florida, the tightly-budgeted Silk Stalkings was not actually
filmed in Florida. Most episodes were shot in San Diego,
California as mountains and high ledged cliffs can sometimes
be viewed in the episodes. Some shows were filmed in
Scottsdale, Arizona.
From 1991-1995, the lead characters were played by Rob Estes
and Mitzi Kapture, as detectives Christopher Lorenzo and Rita
Lee Lance, respectively.
135.
136. two Southern California policemen: the dark-haired
Brooklyn transplant David Starsky (Paul Michael Glaser)
who was a streetwise detective with intense, sometimes
childlike moods, and the blond Duluth, Minnesota native
Kenneth 'Hutch' Hutchinson (David Soul), a more
reserved and intellectual character. Under the radio call
sign "Zebra Three", they were known for usually tearing
around the streets of the fictional California city Bay City.
The vehicle of choice was Starsky's two-door Ford Gran
Torino, which was red with a large white vector stripe.
Starsky and Hutch
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139. Mission: Impossible
missions of a team of secret American government agents
known as the Impossible Missions Force (IMF). The leader of
the team was Jim Phelps, played by Peter Graves, except in
the first season (Dan Briggs, played by Steven Hill.)
A hallmark of the series shows Phelps receiving his instructions
on a tape that then self destructs, accompanied by the iconic
theme music composed by Lalo Schifrin.
The series aired on the CBS network from September 1966 to
March 1973. It returned to television, as a revival, for two
seasons on ABC, from 1988 to 1990 and later inspired a
popular trio of theatrical motion pictures starring Tom Cruise
and Ving Rhames in the 1990s and 2000s, with the role of
Phelps played by Jon Voight.
140. Cinnamon Carter (Barbara Bain), a top fashion model and actress
Barnard "Barney" Collier (Greg Morris), a mechanical and electronics genius and
owner of Collier Electronics
Willy Armitage (Peter Lupus), a world record-holding weight lifter
Rollin Hand (Martin Landau), a noted actor, makeup artist, escape artist, magician and
"master of disguise"
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144. Part of each episode's title sequence was highly unusual, as it
was composed of a number of very short clips of key scenes
from the subject episode. This was, and remains, very rare for
series television. However, it was already being done as of the
previous season on I Spy, which like Mission had the lighting of
a fuse leading to it. Several British teleseries produced by Gerry
Anderson and his then wife Sylvia Anderson, the
contemporaneous Thunderbirds and the mid-1970s Space: 1999
among them, also did this. The reimagined Battlestar Galactica
TV series also uses this device. The clips in the opening
sequence were chosen to showcase dramatic moments in the
upcoming mission, such as moments of surprise, moments of
violence. For the first two seasons, the closing credits showed
clips from that mission in freeze frame. Starting with Season
Three, the same clips were shown during the closing credits
across episodes; later seasons eschewed that approach,
featuring a freeze frame of the hand lighting the fuse.