Avengers directors - from Peter Hammond to you-know-who

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I was born on 3 June 1968 so am always interested in stuff happening that week. TV Comic's writer and artist went to the BBC studios to see the Quarks being recorded on my birthday! That's the highlight.

Nice to hear that there are so many documents knocking about.

To be fair, I'm glad I Dream of Jeannie was shown on Channel 4 at a different time of day than The Avengers. It'd be horrendous to choose between them, I loved Larry Hagman. I pity the poor Americans at the mercy of their implacable schedulers.

Ah yes, Mr. Hagman..journey man actor...who spent some years, trying to put distance between his role in I dream of jeannie...Actually, the son of Mary Martin, (south pacific, peter pan) was a lot better actor than some critics / fans, gave him credit for. In '72, he directed 'beware the Blob' a cheesy sequel (somewhat) of 1958's The BLOB...and of course, he landed the role of his career, J.R. in Dallas... he was a rare sort of acting bird

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Could be Peter Graham Scott, but other memos refer to his inverted shots in Master Minds positively (might have been Bryce who liked it though). Maybe Hayers? Brian didn't like Surfeit, although he disliked science fiction which seems to be the reason for that.

I was born 13 June 1968 so we're kindred spirits, Franky!

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I was born on 3 June 1968 so am always interested in stuff happening that week. TV Comic's writer and artist went to the BBC studios to see the Quarks being recorded on my birthday! That's the highlight.

Nice to hear that there are so many documents knocking about.

To be fair, I'm glad I Dream of Jeannie was shown on Channel 4 at a different time of day than The Avengers. It'd be horrendous to choose between them, I loved Larry Hagman. I pity the poor Americans at the mercy of their implacable schedulers.

actually, as viewers, we 'Americans' had it pretty good in terms of programs to watch..ABC / CBS / NBC / PBS/ and many independent stations showing both former network shows in reruns, to indie programs..and in my part of the U.S. where I grew up, We had programming from the CBC..with lots of programming from both Canada, and the UK...so there was lots of choose from, especially if one was a TV junkie.....as for my UK counterparts, the shoe was on the other foot...as you didn't have nearly the choices of programming to ponder over..some Americans would consider it to be a cultural waste land..was it ? not really...

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I was born on 3 June 1968 so am always interested in stuff happening that week. TV Comic's writer and artist went to the BBC studios to see the Quarks being recorded on my birthday! That's the highlight.

Nice to hear that there are so many documents knocking about.

To be fair, I'm glad I Dream of Jeannie was shown on Channel 4 at a different time of day than The Avengers. It'd be horrendous to choose between them, I loved Larry Hagman. I pity the poor Americans at the mercy of their implacable schedulers.

actually, as viewers, we 'Americans' had it pretty good in terms of programs to watch..ABC / CBS / NBC / PBS/ and many independent stations showing both former network shows in reruns, to indie programs..and in my part of the U.S. where I grew up, We had programming from the CBC..with lots of programming from both Canada, and the UK...so there was lots of choose from, especially if one was a TV junkie.....as for my UK counterparts, the shoe was on the other foot...as you didn't have nearly the choices of programming to ponder over..some Americans would consider it to be a cultural waste land..was it ? not really...

To be fair, having a ton of programming to choose from, can be counter productive...for every great -or-beloved program like I dream of Jeannie, The man from UNCLE, Perry Mason, etc...you had dregs like ' My mother the Car'
' Me and the Chimp ' 'C.H.I.P.S.' etc did the UK have a similar problem ? probably not...then again, I'm sure they had their share of wretched programs as well...

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I was born 13 June 1968 so we're kindred spirits, Franky!

Haha yeah, that was clearly a good couple of weeks! They say if you can remember the 60s you weren't really there...

To be fair, having a ton of programming to choose from, can be counter productive...for every great -or-beloved program like I dream of Jeannie, The man from UNCLE, Perry Mason, etc...you had dregs like ' My mother the Car'
' Me and the Chimp ' 'C.H.I.P.S.' etc did the UK have a similar problem ? probably not...then again, I'm sure they had their share of wretched programs as well...

The UK's the same, it follows Sturgeon's Law that "ninety percent of everything is crap" for television, same as the States... luckily we both got some good imports from each other, which cut out a lot of the garbage...

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I was born 13 June 1968 so we're kindred spirits, Franky!

Haha yeah, that was clearly a good couple of weeks! They say if you can remember the 60s you weren't really there...

To be fair, having a ton of programming to choose from, can be counter productive...for every great -or-beloved program like I dream of Jeannie, The man from UNCLE, Perry Mason, etc...you had dregs like ' My mother the Car'
' Me and the Chimp ' 'C.H.I.P.S.' etc did the UK have a similar problem ? probably not...then again, I'm sure they had their share of wretched programs as well...

The UK's the same, it follows Sturgeon's Law that "ninety percent of everything is crap" for television, same as the States... luckily we both got some good imports from each other, which cut out a lot of the garbage...

I concur 100 %....good reply, Franky!

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Intriguing and fascinating little facts.

What the Butler Saw is Bill Bain's only S4 episode, which is a fine one in my memory. Gee, try to find a bad S4 episode anyway.

On Macnee and Thorson loosing weight, they don't seem either particularly fat nor thin. Healthy slender for their respective ages, but it is a business where appearance plays a part. There was probably what we would now see as a callous attitude towards pills and "health farming" back than, but than again actors push their bodies much further these days.

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Intriguing and fascinating little facts.

What the Butler Saw is Bill Bain's only S4 episode, which is a fine one in my memory. Gee, try to find a bad S4 episode anyway.

On Macnee and Thorson loosing weight, they don't seem either particularly fat nor thin. Healthy slender for their respective ages, but it is a business where appearance plays a part. There was probably what we would now see as a callous attitude towards pills and "health farming" back than, but than again actors push their bodies much further these days.

exactly ...it's a whole different ball game...with actors, scripts, appearances, salaries. etc...

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It occurs to me that you-know-who might have been Wolf Rilla, who was replaced by Peter Graham Scott on The Murder Market

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It occurs to me that you-know-who might have been Wolf Rilla, who was replaced by Peter Graham Scott on The Murder Market

Good point! I wonder how the former got on with Elizabeth Shepherd?