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 ATV/ITC / 24x30m-e / 1972
Creator/Producer:Monty Berman / Theme Composer:John Barry
Action adventure series. Agent for the
C.I.A. Gene Bradley, poses as
an actor in order to crack his cases.
With:- GENE BARRY as Gene Bradley / BARRY MORSE as Mr
Parminter / CATHERINE
SCHELL as Diane Marsh / GARRICK HAGON as Gavin Jones / STUART
DAMON as Vince
ITC-Sapphire / 143x30m-e / 1956-60 /Black and White
Executive Producer:Hannah Weinstein/ Music:Dick James
Period action adventure series. Exploits of Robin Hood and his merry men as they try to outwit the evil Sheriff of Nottingham. Throughout
the shows run various of the characters were played by several actors, in fact Paul Eddington pops up a
number of times in different roles.
With:- Richard Greene as Robin Hood / Alexander Gauge as Friar Tuck /
Alan Wheatley as The Sheriff of Nottingham / Archie Duncan as Little John(1) /
Rufus Cruickshank as Little John(2) / Bernadette O'Farrell as Maid Marion(1) /
Patricia Driscoll as Maid Marion(2) / Paul Eddington as Will Scarlett(1) /
Ronald Howard as Will Scarlett(2)/ Hubert Gregg as Prince John(1) / Brian Haines
as Prince John (2) / Donald Pleasance as Prince John(3) / Peter Asher as
Prince Arthur (1) / Richard O'Sullivan as Prince Arthur(2) / Jonathan Bailey as
Prince Arthur(3)
ITC / 39x30m-e / 1958-59 bw
Creator:Leslie Arliss / Composer:Harold Durrell / Producer:Leslie Arliss, Ralph Smart
Period action adventure series. In 14th Century Austria William Tell finds himself
tangling with the evil Gessler.
With:-CONRAD
PHILLIPS as William Tell / JENNIFER JAYNE as Hedda Tell / WILLOUGHBY
GODDARD as Gessler / RICHARD
ROGERS as Walter Tell / NIGEL
GREEN as Fertog
THE BARON
ITC / 30x30m-e / 1965
Creator/Producer: Monty Berman, Robert Baker
/ Script Editor: Terry Nation / Theme Music:Edwin Astley
Action adventure series. A top undercover agent poses as an antiques
dealer in order to crack his investigations.
With:- STEVE
FORREST as John Mannering / SUE LLOYD as Cordelia Winfield / COLIN GORDON as
Templeton-Green / PAUL
FERRIS as David Marlowe
THE BUCCANEERS
UK
/ ITC/Sapphire / 39x30m-e / 1956-57
black and white
Executive Producer: Hannah Weinstein
/ Producer: Sidney Cole / Music: Edwin Astley
Period action adventure series. In the 1920's ex pirate Dan
Tempest defends the Caribbean colonies against the
Spanish. Tempest's ship The Sultana had previously been seen in the film Moby
Dick.
With:- ROBERT SHAW as Dan Tempest
/ PETER HAMMOND as Lt Beamish / ALEC CLUNES as Gvnr Woodes Rogers /
HUGH DAVID as Benjy /
EDWIN RICHFIELD as Armando /
ROGER DELGADO as Estaban
THE CHAMPIONS
ITC/ATV / 30x60m-e / 1969
Creators: Monty Berman, Dennis Spooner
/ Music: Edwin Astley / Script Editor: Dennis Spooner / Producer: Monty Berman
Scifi Drama series. Three people find themselves with special
powers after their plane crashes in the Andes and they are treated by Tibetans. They use their powers
working for a government agency fighting evil.
With:- STUART
DAMON as Craig Stirling / ALEXANDRA
BASTEDO as Sharon McCready / WILLIAM
GAUNT as Richard Barrett / ANTHONY
NICHOLLS as Cmdr Tremayne
THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO
ATV/ITP / 39x30m-e / 1956
black and white
Producer: Sidney Marshall, Dennis
Vance
Period action adventure series. In 18th Century France Edmund Dantes
escapes from prison after being falsely convicted and embarks on a search for lost treasure.
With:- GEORGE
DOLENZ as Edmund Dantes /
NICK CRAVAT as Jacopo /
ROBERT GAWDRON as Rico / FAITH
DOMERGUE as Princess Anne
DANGER MAN
ATV / 26x30m-e / 45x60m-e / 1960-61/64-67
black and white
Creator/Executive Producer: Ralph Smart
/ Producers: Sidney Cole, Aida Young
Action adventure series. Cases of suave loner intelligence agent John
Drake. The final two episodes were made in colour.
With:-
PATRICK McGOOHAN as John Drake /
PETER MADDEN as Hobbs
DEPARTMENT S
UK
/ ATV/ITC / 28x60m-e / 1969-70 1 Season
Creators: Monty Berman,Dennis Spooner
/ Music: Edwin Astley / Producer: Monty Berman
Crime action adventure series. A trio of international agents work for
Interpol on seemingly unsolvable cases. See also Jason
King.
With:- PETER
WYNGARDE as Jason King / JOEL
FABIANI as Stewart Sullivan / ROSEMARY
NICHOLS as Annabelle Hurst / DENNIS
ALBA PETERS as Sir Curtis Seretse
THE FOUR JUST MEN
Sapphire/ATV / 39x30m-e / 1959-60 black and white
Executive Producer: Hannah Weinstein / Characters: Edgar Wallace / Producers:
Sidney Cole, Jud Kinberg
Crime drama series.
Years later a group of wartime colleagues get
together to form a crime busting syndicate. The stars
rotated the leads and normally appeared on their
own.
With:- JACK HAWKINS as
Ben Manfred MP / DAN DAILEY as
Tim Collier / RICHARD CONTE as
Jeff Ryder / VITTORIO DE SICA as
Ricco Poccari / HONOR BLACKMAN as Nicole / JUNE THORBURN as Vicky / LISA GASTONI
as Giulka
GHOST SQUAD
ATV/Rank / 52x60m-e / 1961-64
black and white
Producers: Connery Chappell, Anthony
Kearey, Dennis Vance
Crime drama series. The cases of a group of undercover cops who
specialised in infiltrating various nefarious gangs in order to bring them to justice. The title was later
shortened to GS5.
With:- MICHAEL QUINN
as Nick Craig / DONALD WOLFIT as Sir Andrew Wilson / ANGELA BROWNE
as Helen Winters / NEIL HALLETT as Tony Miller / CLAIRE NEILSON
as Jean Carter / ANTHONY MARLOWE as Geoffrey Stock / RAY BARRETT
as Peter Clarke
GIDEON'S WAY
ATV / 26x60m-e / 1965 - 66 18
March 1965 - 10 March - 10 May 1966 black
and white
Producers: Robert S. Baker, Monty Berman
/ Music: Edwin Astley / Novels: J.J. Marric (really John Creasey) / Script
Supervisor: Harry H. Junkin
Crime drama series. Cases of Scotland Yard Commander George
Gideon. For a 1960's British series there was an impressive amount of location
filming.
With:- JOHN GREGSON as Cmdr George
Gideon / ALEXANDER DAVION as Ch Insp David Keen / DAPHNE ANDERSON as Kate Gideon
/ IAN ROSSITER as D.C.S. Bell
IVANHOE
ITV/Sydney Box / 39x30m-e / 1958 black and white
Executive Producer: Peter Rogers / Music: Albert Elms
Period action adventure series.
Ivanhoe returns home from the crusades to find
Prince John running amok. Ivanhoe is determined
to try and help those in need.
Ivanhoe............................................... ROGER MOORE
Garth.................................................. ROBERT BROWN
Bart.................................................... JOHN PIKE
Prince John........................................ ANDREW KEIR
King Richard...................................... BRUCE SETON
JASON KING
ITC/Scoton / 26x60m-e / 1971
Creators: Dennis Spooner, Monty Berman
/ Music: Laurie Johnson / Titles: Chambers + Partners / Producer: Monty Berman
Crime drama series. Spin off from Department S. Ultra smooth, suave champagne drinking novelist
Jason King finds himself continually involved in mysteries.
With:- PETER WYNGARDE as Jason King / ANN SHARP
as Nicola Harvester / DENNIS PRICE as Sir Brian / RONALD LACEY as Ryland
MAN IN A SUITCASE
ITC/ATV / 30x60m-e / 1968
Creator: Richard Harris /
Theme Music: Ron Grainer /
Stunt Arranger: Roy Vincente /
Executive story consultant: Stanley R.
Greenberg / Producer: Sidney Cole
Crime drama series.
Cases of tough, loner, Europe based, American
ex-CIA man turned private eye, McGill. This show has one of the all time great
theme tunes.
With:- RICHARD BRADFORD as McGill
THE PERSUADERS
ITC/Tribune / 26x60m-e / 1971
Creator/Producer: Robert S. Baker /
Theme Music: John Barry / Script Executive/Associate Producer: Terry Nation /
Incidental Music: Ken Thorne /
Lord Brett Sinclair's clothed designed
by Roger Moore.
Action adventure series.
Exploits of two playboy troubleshooters, the suave
Lord Brett Sinclair and the tough Danny Wilde from the
back streets of Brooklyn.
Lord Brett Sinclair........................... ROGER MOORE
Danny Wilde.................................. TONY CURTIS
Judge Fulton.................................. LAURENCE NAISMITH
THE PRISONER
ATV / 17x60m-e / 1967-68 29 Sep 67 - 2 Feb 68
Creator/Executive Producer: Patrick McGoohan
/ Music: Ron Grainer / Script Editor: George Markstein / Producer: David Tomblin
Cult TV drama series. A one time secret agent is kidnapped and kept
in confinement in an idyllic village from which there is no escape. The series was set in Portmerion
and was highly strange. McGoohan also wrote and directed several of the episodes.
Number Six....................................... PATRICK McGOOHAN
Butler............................................... ANGELO MUSCAT
Supervisor........................................ PETER SWANWICK
Voice of Village
Announcer................ FENELLA FIELDING
RANDALL AND HOPKIRK(DECEASED)
ITC / 26x60m-e / 1969
Creator: Dennis Spooner / Titles: Chambers+Partners / Producer: Monty Berman
Fantasy comedy crime drama series.
When Marty Hopkirk, private detective, is killed
in a hit and run accident he comes back as a
ghost to help his partner, Jeff Randall, on his
cases.
US Title: My Partner the Ghost
With:- MIKE PRATT as Jeff Randall / KENNETH COPE as
Marty Hopkirk / ANNETTE ANDRE as
Jeannie Hopkirk
THE RETURN OF THE SAINT
ITC /
24x60m-e /
1978
Producer: Anthony Spinner
Action adventure series.
A revival of Roger Moore's 1960's series The Saint again featuring Simon
Templar involved in international intrigue in foreign
locations, although this time some of the locations
were real instead of back projections.
With:- IAN OLGILVY as
Simon Templar
SAILOR OF FORTUNE
ATV / 26x60m-e /
1955-56
Writer: Lindsay Galloway / Producer: Michael Sadler
Action adventure series.
An American sea captain travels the world helping
people in need and getting involved in all kinds of
intrigue.
Grant Mitchell.................................... LORNE GREENE
Seamus............................................ RUPERT DAVIES
Johnny.............................................. PAUL CARPENTER
Sean................................................ JACK MACGOWAN
THE SAINT
ATV-ITC / 114x60m-e (
71 episodes black and white 43 episodes colour) / 1962-69
Creator: Leslie Charteris / Producers: Robert S. Baker, Monty Norman
Action adventure series.
Simon Templar, a wealthy adventurer travels
around the world fighting crime and helping damsels
in distress. Simon Templar drove a yellow volvo P1800.Twice revived once in 1978 as
The Return of the Saint and again very briefly in 1989 with
Simon Dutton as the Saint.
Simon Templar................................. ROGER MOORE
THE SENTIMENTAL AGENT
ATV /
x30m-e / 1963 black and white
Producer: Harry Fine
Action adventure series.
An international trader finds himself involved in
intrigue and crime whilst on his world travels. The
character of Carlos Varela had appeared in an
episode of Man of the World.
Carlos Varela...................................... CARLOS THOMPSON
Suzy Carter........................................ CLEMENCE BETTANY
Chin................................................... BURT KWOUK
SIR FRANCIS DRAKE
ABC/ATV /
26x30m-e / 1961-62 black and white
Producer: Anthony Bushell
Period action adventure series.
Seafaring exploits of the Admiral of the Queen's
Navy as he kept the ocean's around Britain
peaceful.
Sir Francis Drake............................. TERENCE MORGAN
Queen Elizabeth.............................. JEAN KENT
John Drake...................................... MICHAEL CRAWFORD
Trevelyan......................................... PATRICK McLOUGHLIN
Mendoza......................................... ROGER DELGADO
Don Pedro....................................... ALEX SCOTT
THE STRANGE REPORT
ITC-Arena / 16x60m-e /
1969
Creator/Executive Producer: Norman Felton / Producer: Robert Berger
Crime drama series.
Ex-home office Criminologist Adam Strange
finds himself getting involved in various bizarre
cases.
Adam Strange.................................. ANTHONY QUAYLE
Hamlyn Gynt.................................... KAZ GARAS
Prof Marks....................................... CHARLES LLOYD PACK
Evelyn McLean................................. ANNEKE WILLS
Ch Supt Cavanagh............................ GERALD SIM
SWORD OF FREEDOM
ITC-Sapphire / 39x30m-e / 1959-61
black and white
Executive Producer: Hannah Weinstein
/ Producer: Sidney Cole
Period action adventure series.
In 15th Century Italy, a one time painter becomes
a sword fighting hero to the people.
Marco Del Monte................................ EDMUND PURDOM
Angelica............................................ ADRIENNE CORRI
Sandro.............................................. ROWLAND BARTROP
Duke de Medici................................. MARTIN BENSON
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