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Man in a Suitcase: Man from the Dead (1.6, ITC, 1967)

"Mac, don't go."

"I have to. I have to, I just... have to."

"Where're you going?"

"To Southampton. I gotta get my suitcase and my car."

"Are they so important?"

"Yes ma'am. They're all I own."

#man in a suitcase #man from the dead #blood tw #itc #1967 #stanley r. greenberg #pat jackson #richard bradford #john barrie #angela browne #stuart damon #lionel murton #timothy bateson #fabia drake #dandy nichols #david nettheim #gerry wain #arthur howell #clifford earl #fred haggerty #i was absolutely certain this episode was first in both production AND transmission order bc it just... makes sense. this is the lore #episode! this is the setup! we learn about McGill‚ why he lives and works the way he does‚ why he left the CIA (albeit unspecified beyond #'intelligence agency' here). it's essentially a pilot for the series but on first transmission was actually shown sixth in the run #in fact this was a last minute change; this WAS the intended pilot (filmed as an episode called Man in a Suitcase when the series was still #planned to be titled McGill) but ATV decided to open with Brainwash as a more visually compelling ep.. maybe the right call maybe not.#having watched so much of The Saint recently i was immediately struck by just how much location work there was here; perhaps an #indicator of technological advancements (outside broadcasting developed massively throughout the decade) or just extra money thrown at a #pilot episode. Bradford refused to perform a lengthy exposition speech at the end of the episode‚ having decided it was out of character #angering producers and beginning the somewhat tricky working relationship he'd find himself in throughout the series. it was probably the #right call on his part‚ but the quality of the scripts would become a recurring issue of contention between star and producers

Suzanne Neve as Meryl Vascoe in The Saint episode “The Benevolent Burglary” (ITC 1963).

#the saint #gif #suzanne neve #meryl vascoe #roger moore #simon templar #john barrie #gary cockrell #1960s #cult tv #itc serials #<3

Sergeant Cork - ITV - June 29, 1963 - January 2, 1968

Police Drama (66 episodes)

Running Time: 60 minutes

Stars:

John Barrie as Sergeant Cork

William Gaunt as Robert 'Bob' Marriott

Charles Morgan as Superintendent Rodway

Arnold Diamond as Detective Joseph Bird

John Richmond as Superintendent Billy Nelson

Freddy Fowler as Chalky White

#Sergeant Cork #TV #Police Drama #ITV #1960's #John Barrie #William Gaunt

Ever elusive yet all pervading, silence is known by those who take the leap. The adventuresome hiker seeks areas untrampled by the masses. The successful inner voyager treks to the precipice, and then, having encountered the Unknowable, brazenly discards map and compass and boldly treads onward. The yearning heart echoes the cry that seized the Psalmist: 'Be still and know that I am God.’

John Roger Barrie on the mystical heart of silence. Read the full essay here.

#John Barrie #Parabola Magazine #silence #meditation #spiritual practice

The Saint: The Benevolent Burglary (2.15, ITC, 1963)

"Monsieur Templar, this is an official warning. If you win this bet, the government will be your tailor for the next ten years."

"How do you take your coffee, Colonel?"

"With law-abiding citizens!"

"Well, make an exception, just this once."

#the saint #the benevolent burglary #itc #1963 #leslie charteris #larry forrester #jeremy summers #roger moore #john barrie #suzanne neve #gary cockrell #rachel gurney #raymond adamson #arnold diamond #allan mcclelland #barry keegan #henri vidon #neal arden #ian parsons #richard clarke #ivor salter #andré maranne #ah now here's one I'm fairly certain @thisbluespirit will have seen‚ considering the presence of a certain Ms. Neve.. we're back on the #French riviera for the 2nd episode in a row (with returning cast members Diamond and Maranne; perhaps the two were shot back to back? or #not‚ as Diamond's character is based in the area and Maranne was the go to French Man for itc). again the focus is not on murder and mayhem #but a smaller morality tale in which Simon teaches John Barrie not to be such an ass. Barrie's first series as Sergeant Cork had not long #finished when this aired‚ tho his performance is far removed from the grumbly‚ twinkly Victorian detective. Neve is excellent of course but #hasn't much to do besides be lovelorn; Cockrell (the object of her devotion) was a fine crusading reporter in series 1 but he's rather #listless here. for the second time someone attempts to frame Simon by placing a Saint calling card at the scene of a crime; in fact in the #tv version of The Saint‚ we've never actually seen Simon do that‚ so one wonders where the baddies are getting the idea from.

"But many prefer the comfort of noise, the bustling crowds, the constant engagement of new thoughts and interesting repartee. To embrace silence means splicing off a certain arena of the familiar and venturing into heretofore uncharted territories. While one may fruitfully participate in communal spiritual activities, quite often the deeper stages of this voyage are undertaken by oneself. It is, as Plotinus maintains, “The flight of the alone to the Alone.”6 To keep the mind occupied with external concerns is to point the inner compass in an outward direction. This is the most subtle trap to which the feeble mind continually succumbs. For to interact constantly with the objects of the senses is to eclipse entirely the realm of silence, which is first experienced within. When repeatedly accessed, the decibel level of true silence will deafen the resolute mystic."

—John Roger Barrie: “The Deepest Silence,” from PARABOLA, VOL. 33, No 1., Spring 2008: SILENCE.

To read the entire essay, click here.

Pictured: Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn (1606-1669) Meditating Philosopher, 1632

#Parabola Magazine #John Barrie #silence #spiritual practice #meditation

Sergeant Cork coming to Talking Pictures TV

#dates #featured #john barrie #sergeant cork #talking pictures tv #william gaunt

William Gaunt and John Barrie in “Sergeant Cork”

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