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The Saint: The Best Laid Schemes (6.1, ITC, 1968)

"You know, it's, uh, pretty obvious that somebody who knows your aunt's past medical history is trying to drive her mad. I must admit they're doing a pretty good job of it, too. But now suppose the end object of the exercise is not to have her committed but to get her to the state where she would take her own life. Be neat, wouldn't it?"

#the saint #the best laid schemes #itc #1968 #leslie charteris #joe morheim #a. sanford wolfe #john llewellyn moxey #roger moore #sylvia syms #paul daneman #gabrielle drake #norman bird #fulton mackay #john tate #godfrey quigley #francis de wolff #olive milbourne #jonathan elsom #fredric abbott #john ringham #joanne dainton #aaaaand we're back. i only took a very brief pause between seasons this time‚ nothing like the 15 month wait contemporary viewers had #so yes‚ series 6! endgame babey. i can see the horizon. i suspect (but have no proof) that this ep was part of the production block that #made up s5 (certainly promotional pics are grouped with that series). it's a twisty turn whodunnit but also whatdone and whyfor #actually the plot probably bites off a little too much‚ lurching from side plot to twist like a ship in storm waters (it's a maritime #episode ok?). lovely sylvia syms makes her 3rd of 5 appearances (3 in this season alone!) and a very juvenile Gab Drake turns up and #thankfully does not get romanced by Simon (it's even vaguely alluded to that she's too young for him‚ good taste be praised)#this ep looks notably grotty on my dvd; whether this one in particular was badly degraded or network (rip) did less work on s6 idk #it could also just be bc i have a new tv and like all shiny new hd tvs it seems to make my old tv stuff look even worse somehow

Special Branch: Stand And Deliver (4.4, Thames, 1974)

"My brother and Ron Murray have had enough of poverty and squalor, enough of so-called democracy's lies, deceits, dishonesty. They've taken a stand, they've put themselves at risk - it's called courage, Mister, courage to buck the system, and you just can't understand that can you?"

"Oh yes I can, Miss Gosling, I understand it very well: it means violence and bloodshed. It means bereaved families, orphaned children, it means violence met with violence - it means a long leap on that road to hell, Miss Gosling, the hell that is all law and no order. The police state, I believe you call it Miss Gosling."

#special branch #Special branch rewatch #stand and deliver #1974 #classic tv #george sewell #patrick mower #paul eddington #Frederick jaeger #dennis waterman #Ronald radd #Ray mort #Stephanie Turner #christopher benjamin #Edwin apps #Barrie Cookson #Lynn Dalby #Jonathan Elsom #Eric Mason #charles farrell #Michael J. Bird #Tom clegg #Special branch is often described as (accused of?) being a Sweeney blueprint. Here we get George Carter himself Den Waterman and his #Screen wife from that later show Stephanie Turner (who would herself star in Juliet Bravo the following decade). The story is a pretty #Unlikely one as two hapless labourers wander off with a high tech missile launcher and Craven and Co must convince them not to blow up #London. It all ends on a credulity stretching high note of tweeness too (SBv1 would probably have killed everyone off. Well maybe not but #Callan definitely would have). Still it's a nice character heavy ep with Eddington finally getting to do something other than lurk in the #Shadows (his explosive reaction quoted above is a highlight; not that he's right or that the audience necessarily agrees but Eddington #Absolutely sells that he believes himself to be right). Christopher Benjamin floats around as a dotty scientist and Radd grumbles about the #Youth of today in what is undoubtedly a minor but quite satisfying outing for the gang

Napoleon And Love: Josephine (1.2, Thames, 1974)

"I'm so against naturalness, aren't you? In all its dreary forms - like trees, and fields."

"What are you going to look at?"

"You. You're so marvellously..."

"Unnatural?"

"...artificial. The highest compliment that I can pay."

#Napoleon and love #Josephine #1974 #classic tv #Philip mackie #Reginald collin #ian holm #billie whitelaw #Wendy allnutt #T. P. Mckenna #Tony anholt #Peter bowles #David Calder #Edward de souza #Robert East #christopher neame #Jonathan elsom #janet key #Jay Neill #Napoleon's career takes the main focus of this episode as he is mainly separated from wife Josephine. Off in Italy he proves himself an #Astute and successful military leader. Josephine however still has her own lovelife very much at the front of her mind..#It must be kudos to Whitelaw that she has made a character who is so totally and remorselessly devious and self serving #Somehow almost loveable at the same time. Holm is still very good but he is absent for some of the meat of this episode #And the episode rests on his company of fellow soldiers. Of these Bowles is perhaps the most interesting as boastful and #Foolish general who nevertheless retains a streak of ruthless honesty (when questioned by Mckenna on his sudden promotion since the first #Episode he responds quite simply that a lot of people have died). Some impressive sets and costumes distract from the fact that all of #Napoleon's major military achievements are occurring entirely offscreen. But it looks about as good as videotaped 70s TV can look #Except for the dreaded wig anyway. Oh and at one point Holm puts his hand in his jacket which is entirely incidental but did make me go #Heh heh heh.

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