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The Persuaders!

North American DVD release
Also known as Amicalement Vôtre
Attenti a Quei Due
Dos tipos audaces
Die Zwei
Format Action Adventure
Created by Robert S. Baker
Directed by Leslie Norman
Roy Ward Baker
Basil Dearden
Peter Hunt
Val Guest
Sidney Hayers
Roger Moore
Starring Tony Curtis
Roger Moore
Laurence Naismith
Theme music composer John Barry
Composer(s) Ken Thorne
David Lindup
Country of origin Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom
No. of episodes 24
Production
Executive producer(s) Robert S. Baker
Supervising Producer(s) Johnny Goodman
Associate Producer(s) Terry Nation
Co-Producer(s) Roger Moore (uncredited)
Story Editor(s) Terry Nation
Milton S. Gelman
Walter Black
Editor(s) Peter Pitt
Bert Rule
Derek Chambers
Location Flag of the United Kingdom Pinewood Studios
and locations throughout Europe
Running time 50 min.
Broadcast
Original channel ITV
Original run September 17, 1971
February 25, 1972
External links
IMDb profile

The Persuaders! is a 1971 crime series, produced by ITC for initial broadcast on ITV and ABC. It has been called "the last major entry in the cycle of adventure series that had begun eleven years earlier with Danger Man in 1960", as well as "the most ambitious and most expensive of Sir Lew Grade's international action adventure series".[1] Not to be confused with The Persuaders! or The Persuaders (band). ... The Persuaders are a soul band, with some fame in the 1970s, known for their hit song Thin Line Between Love and Hate. The Persuaders sound involved close harmony and a syrupy, heavily orchestrated rhythm and blues, the trademark of the Poindexter Brothers. ... Image File history File links PersuadersDVD.jpg‎ Copyright 2005 A&E Home Entertainment. ... Robert S. Baker (b. ... Leslie Norman may refer to: Les Norman (1911–1993), a British director Leslie George Norman (1913–1997), an Australian politician See also Norman Leslie This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title. ... Roy Ward Baker is a British film director born in 1916. ... Basil Dearden was an English film director, born Basil Dear in Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, in 1911. ... Peter R. Hunt (March 11, 1925 - August 14, 2002) was a director, a film editor, and has held various other roles on movie sets. ... Val Guest signing autographs. ... Sidney Hayers (b. ... For other persons named Tony Curtis, see Tony Curtis (disambiguation). ... For other persons named Roger Moore, see Roger Moore (disambiguation). ... Laurence Naismith (born 14 December 1908 in Surrey, England; died 5 June 1992 in Queensland, Australia) was an English actor who starred in many great well known films, such as Richard III, Jason and the Argonauts, (1963), Sink the Bismarck! (1960) and as Captain Edward Smith of the RMS Titanic... John Barry. ... This article belongs in one or more categories. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Not to be confused with Johnny Goodman, John Goodman, or John C. Goodman. ... Terry Nation (August 8, 1930 – March 9, 1997) was a British television screenwriter and is probably best known for creating the villainous Daleks for the long-running science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... The gatehouse at Pinewood Studios Pinewood Studios is a major British film studio situated in Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire. ... For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ... Independent Television (generally known as ITV, but also as ITV Network) is a public service network of British commercial television broadcasters, set up under the Independent Television Authority (ITA) to provide competition to the BBC. ITV is the oldest commercial television network in the UK. Since 1990 and the Broadcasting... is the 260th day of the year (261st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. ... is the 56th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The year 1971 in television involved some significant events. ... A television program (US), television programme (UK) or simply television show is a segment of programming in television broadcasting. ... The ITC Entertainment logo The Incorporated Television Company (ITC) is/was a British television company largely involved in distribution. ... Independent Television (generally known as ITV, but also as ITV Network) is a public service network of British commercial television broadcasters, set up under the Independent Television Authority (ITA) to provide competition to the BBC. ITV is the oldest commercial television network in the UK. Since 1990 and the Broadcasting... This article is about the American broadcast network. ... This article is about the 1960s TV series which was also known as Secret Agent and shouldnt be confused with the 1990s television series Secret Agent Man. ... Lew Grade, Baron Grade (birth name Louis Winogradsky) (December 25, 1906 - December 13, 1998) was an influential showbusiness impresario and television company executive in the United Kingdom. ...


It starred Tony Curtis, as Danny Wilde, and Roger Moore, as Lord Brett Sinclair, two international playboys. Much of the humor of the show derived from playful observations about the differences between American and British customs. The show ended after one season because it failed on US television.[2] For other persons named Tony Curtis, see Tony Curtis (disambiguation). ... For other persons named Roger Moore, see Roger Moore (disambiguation). ...


Despite the focus on the British and American markets, the show was popular elsewhere, perhaps due to the fact that most of the stories were set in continental Europe. [2] It was allegedly sold to "every country in the world except Russia, China and Albania".[3] It won its highest awards from Australia and Spain,[4] while Moore and Curtis were decorated in Germany and France for their acting. It persists in the memory of European filmmakers and audiences, having been casually referenced in 21st century productions from Sweden, Britain and Germany.[5] The Bambi is annual television and media prize awarded by the German media company Hubert Burda Media. ...


The concept began to receive renewed attention from the mainstream press when a Hollywood re-make was announced in 2005.[6] Not to be confused with The Persuaders! or The Persuaders (band). ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Contents

Premise

In The Persuaders!, two equally-matched men from completely different backgrounds reluctantly team up to solve those cases the courts cannot adjudicate correctly.

  • Rough diamond Danny Wilde (Tony Curtis) grew up in the back streets of New York and joined the US Navy. He later made a fortune in the oil business.
  • Lord Brett Sinclair (Roger Moore) was born into a wealthy aristocratic English family and was educated at Harrow and Oxford. He was a racing driver for a short time. He tends to refer to his comrade-in-arms as "Daniel".

Now globe-trotting playboys, the two men meet while on holiday on the French Riviera. They take an instant dislike to each other, causing significant damage to a hotel bar during a fistfight. Arrested, they are taken to the private home of retired Judge Fulton (Laurence Naismith). He offers them a choice: go to jail for 90 days or help him right an error of impunity. The pair grudgingly agree to join forces, and they solve Fulton's initial case. He then releases them from any threat of jail. For other persons named Tony Curtis, see Tony Curtis (disambiguation). ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... The United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for naval operations. ... For other persons named Roger Moore, see Roger Moore (disambiguation). ... Harrow School, (originally: The Free Grammar School of John Lyon; generally: Harrow), is an independent school for boys (aged 13-18), and is located in Harrow on the Hill in the London Borough of Harrow. ... The University of Oxford (informally Oxford University), located in the city of Oxford, England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. ... The Quai des États-Unis in Nice on the French Riviera at night. ... Laurence Naismith (born 14 December 1908 in Surrey, England; died 5 June 1992 in Queensland, Australia) was an English actor who starred in many great well known films, such as Richard III, Jason and the Argonauts, (1963), Sink the Bismarck! (1960) and as Captain Edward Smith of the RMS Titanic... Errors of impunity is a term used in Brian Forsts book Errors of Justice and in Robert Bohms introduction to a special edition of The Journal of Criminal Justice on miscarriages of justice. ...


Why the duo remain a team under Fulton's loose leadership is unclear. Fulton appears throughout the series as a kind of M character. Unlike Bond's boss, however, he has no formal realationship with his two "agents". In each episode, he is depicted as having to find some new way to convince Wilde and Sinclair to do his bidding. At times, as with Angie, Angie, he's been shown to easily convince only one of the two to work for him. At others, as with The Man in the Middle, he's been shown to deliberately endanger the lives of his "agents" such that their best chance of living is to continue on with his scheme. When Wilde and Sinclair have hit financial difficulties, he has also used the simple lure of money. And he's also been shown to manipulate things from the shadows, such that Sinclair and Wilde have no idea of the Judge's involvement whatsoever (Powerswitch). Sinclair has given a reason why he personally enjoys the Judge's assignments. To Joan Collins' character in Five Miles to Midnight he claims that working for the judge gave him something worthwhile to do after his failed motor racing career. However, Wilde's reasons are never made explicit. M is a fictional character in Ian Flemings James Bond series, as well as the films in the Bond franchise. ... 007 redirects here. ... Joan Henrietta Collins OBE (born May 23, 1933) is a Golden Globe Award winning English actress and bestselling author. ...


Signature elements

Aside from the general premise and characters, there are arguably two other elements which readily distinguish the series from others: its title sequence and the protagonists' cars.


Title sequence

The Persuaders titles and synthesizer theme, by John Barry[7] establish the background and current identities of the protagonists via split-screen narrative technique: [8] two folders, one red, one blue, labelled Danny Wilde and Brett Sinclair simultaneously reveal their life histories. As the biographies approach their current ages, the screen splits irregularly, connoting their excitingly peripatetic lives. The concluding fifteen seconds, show them together enjoying a life of sport, sex, and chance. John Barry. ... Depending on context, the term split screen may mean one of the following: a motion picture technique; see split screen (film) a computer graphics and video game technique; see split screen (computer graphics) This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title. ...


Contemporaneously, the title sequence is has been subjected to respectful fan parody on YouTube, [9][10] nevertheless, it retains its cinematic technique cachét among professional film editors. In 2007, France 2 satirically used it to introduce a report about relations between French President Nicholas Sarkozy and his Prime Minister François Fillon.[11] Moreoevr, France 2 reprised the satire for the 13 October 2007 episode of On n'est pas couché about the strained relationship between McLaren Formula One drivers Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso. A fan film is a film or video inspired by a film, television program, comic book or a similar source, created by fans rather than by the sources copyright holders or creators. ... YouTube is a popular video sharing website where users can upload, view and share video clips. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... The President of France, known officially as the President of the Republic (Président de la République in French), is Frances elected Head of State. ... Nicolas Sarkozy Nicolas Sarkozy (born in Paris January 28, 1955) is a French politician, who is president of the UMP conservative political party. ... Categories: French government | France-related stubs | Prime ministers of France ... This does not cite any references or sources. ... For other uses, see McLaren (disambiguation). ... F1 redirects here. ... Lewis Carl Hamilton (born January 7, 1985 in Stevenage, Hertfordshire) is a British Formula One (F1) racing driver, currently racing for the McLaren team. ... Fernando Alonso Díaz (born July 29, 1981 in Oviedo, Spain) is a Spanish Formula One racing driver and reigning, two-time, world champion. ...


The cars

The protagonists drive signature cars: Danny Wilde drives a red Ferrari-Dino, Brett Sinclair drives a Bahama Yellow Aston Martin DBS with V8 wheels and markings. As with Simon Templar, Lord Brett Sinclair's car has personalised number plates of his initials; Templar’s were “ST 1”, Sinclair’s “BS 1”. In fact, true owner Billy Smart, Jr permitted their fictional use.[12] Danny Wilde’s Ferrari (Number plate Mo22 1400) was not U.K.-registered. His car’s initial appearance in the pilot episode “Overture” implies Lord Lew Grade has lent it to him. Dino was a brand for mid-engined, rear-drive sports cars produced by Ferrari from 1968 to 1976. ... The Aston Martin DBS is a GT car produced by the English manufacturer Aston Martin Lagonda Ltd. ... Simon Templar is a fictional character known as The Saint in a long-running series of books by Leslie Charteris published between 1928 and 1963. ... A vanity plate (US), prestige plate, private number plate, personalised registration (UK) or personalised plate (Australia and New Zealand) is a special type of vehicle registration plate on an automobile or other vehicle. ... Billy Smart, Jr (15 October 1934 – 23 May 2005) was widely known in Britain as a circus performer and impresario. ...


Production

The The Persuaders originated in one of the final episodes of The Saint titled "The Ex-King of Diamonds", wherein Simon Templar (Moore) is partner with a Texas oilman (Stuart Damon) in a Monte Carlo gambling adventure. Liking that combination, Robert S. Baker and Lew Grade funded a new series. Unusually, production of the series began and continued without contracts among the producers and Moore.[13] Moreover, Moore's role as producer is not obvious from watching the series, but Curtis confirmed the fact: Roger was always like the host with the show, because it was his company that was producing it. I would say he was the largest independent owner of it; Roger and his company owned it with Bob Baker, and Sir Lew owned the rest of it. The Saint was a long-running ITC mystery-cum-spy thriller, airing in Britain on ITV between 1962 and 1969. ... This is an episode guide for the television series The Saint which originally aired in the United Kingdom between 1962 and 1969. ... Simon Templar is a fictional character known as The Saint in a long-running series of books by Leslie Charteris published between 1928 and 1963. ... Stuart Damon (born Stuart Michael Zonis on February 5, 1937) is an American actor. ... Monte Carlo is a very wealthy section of the city-state of Monaco known for its casino, gambling, beaches, glamour, and sightings of famous people. ... Robert S. Baker (b. ... Lew Grade, Baron Grade (birth name Louis Winogradsky) (December 25, 1906 - December 13, 1998) was an influential showbusiness impresario and television company executive in the United Kingdom. ...


At the time, the twenty-four episode The Persuaders! was the most expensive British television series produced, each episode costing £100,000, for location filming in France, Spain, Sweden, and Italy, and star salaries. One of the series' unusual production aspects was that Roger Moore was — officially and practically — his own wardrobe artist, stemming from genuine sartorial interest and marketing his line of clothes by the Pearson and Foster firm. [14].


The Curtis and Moore relationship

There is much speculation about the professional relationship between Roger Moore and Tony Curtis on- and off-set. In her autobiography Second Act, Joan Collins detailed how they did not get along when she was a guest star. She cited Curtis's foul temper for why the set of the "Five Miles to Midnight" episode was tense. Episode director Val Guest, in a 2005 interview to the British Film Institute confirmed Collins's assessment of Curtis:[15] Joan Henrietta Collins OBE (born May 23, 1933) is a Golden Globe Award winning English actress and bestselling author. ... Val Guest signing autographs. ... The British Film Institute (BFI) is a charitable organisation established by Royal Charter to encourage the development of the arts of film, television and the moving image throughout the United Kingdom, to promote their use as a record of contemporary life and manners, to promote education about film, television and...

Yes, it was great fun doing The Persuaders despite Tony Curtis. [laughter] I'll tell you a funny story about that:

Moore + Curtis in The Persuaders! (1971/72).
Moore + Curtis in The Persuaders! (1971/72).

Tony was on pot at the time, and I used to have to say "Oh, go and have a smoke'm", because he always had some gripe of some kind, and, one day, we were shooting on the Croisette, in Cannes, and we’d been roped off our little thing, and there were crowds all around watching us film and everything, and Tony Curtis came down to do his scene and he was just carrying on at the wardrobe saying, "You didn’t do this, and you should have done that . . . and in Hollywood you would have been fired . . . ." And dear Roger Moore walked over, took him by the lapels, looked him straight in the eyes and said, "And to think those lips once kissed Piper Laurie". [laughter] Well, the whole of the Croisette collapsed, the unit collapsed, and, I must, say even Tony had to laugh, but we were asked to do another . . . we got the award that year for the best TV series, I think it was, and they wanted to do a repeat, and I remember Roger saying, "With Tony Curtis, not on your life", and he went on to become James Bond, so he did all right. This is a screenshot of a copyrighted website, video game graphic, computer program graphic, television broadcast, or film. ... For other persons named Roger Moore, see Roger Moore (disambiguation). ... For other persons named Tony Curtis, see Tony Curtis (disambiguation). ... A Cannabis sativa plant The drug cannabis, also called marijuana, is produced from parts of the cannabis plant, primarily the cured flowers and gathered trichomes of the female plant. ... The Croisette The Croisette, seen from the beach The Promenade de la Croisette (French, Avenue of the little cross) is a prominent road in Cannes, France. ... Cannes - receding storm Cannes, as seen from a ferry speeding towards lÃŽle Saint-Honorat Cannes (pronounced ) (Provençal Occitan: Canas in classical norm or Cano in Mistralian norm) is a city and commune in southern France, located on the Riviera, in the Alpes-Maritimes département and the r... Piper Laurie (born January 22, 1932) is an American actress. ... 007 redirects here. ...

Val Guest, Director

In his autobiography, Still Dancing, Lew Grade notes that the actors, Didn't hit it off all that well, because of different work ethics. Despite third-party claims, Curtis and Moore consistently maintain they had an amicable working relationship. Moore says. Tony and I had a good on- and off-screen relationship, we are two very different people, but we did share a sense of humour.[2] Lew Grade, Baron Grade (birth name Louis Winogradsky) (December 25, 1906 - December 13, 1998) was an influential showbusiness impresario and television company executive in the United Kingdom. ...


In a 2005 interview,[16] Curtis referred to Moore with affection, yet revealed he would not participate in a remake of The Persuaders! without Moore.


Reception

Initial runs in the UK and US

Lew Grade was always keen to break into the American TV market, which is why he kept coming up with series featuring American actors (Man in a Suitcase, The Champions). Failure to do so would often lead to cancellation.[1] The series made little impact in the US, where it aired opposite Mission: Impossible on Saturday nights. It was very much a case of "mission impossible" for the British series to "persuade" audiences to switch over [1] despite the fact that Impossible was itself not in the top 30 of all programs in 1971.[17] The show was pulled by ABC before all 24 episodes were shown. Man in a Suitcase was a 1967 television series produced by Lew Grades ITC Entertainment. ... For other uses, see Champion (disambiguation). ... Mission: Impossible is the name of an American television series which aired on the CBS network from September 1966 to September 1973. ...


Four pairs of episodes from the series were re-edited into four individual TV movies for the ITC American market, entitled The Switch, Mission: Monte Carlo, Sporting Chance and London Conspiracy. A fifth episode pairing was planned simply entitled The Persuaders but never completed. This format, too, did little to spark American interest.


In Britain, the show fared better, placing easily in the top 20 of all shows in 1971. [18]


Radical dubbing key to European popularity

Despite the American disappointment, the series sold well outside the UK and US, which allowed it to be profitable soon after principal photography was completed.[3] Beyond simply making the initial sale, the series was popular with viewers in Continental Europe, especially in Germany, France and Italy, where it is still regularly repeated[2]. Principal Photography refers to the phase of film production during which the movie is actually shot, as distinct from pre-production and post-production. ... Continental Europe, also referred to as mainland Europe or simply the Continent, is the continent of Europe, explicitly excluding European islands and, at times, peninsulas. ...


However, there is a body of evidence to suggest that the German version, in particular, was so changed by the dubbing process as to be a substantively different program.[13] The french version was in fact a translation of the german version instead of the english original - and was also successful. A German fan has asserted that the German dubbing was "a unique mixture of streetslang (sic) and ironic tongue-in-cheek remarks" and that it "even mentioned Lord Sinclair becoming 007 at one or two occasions".[19] It also frequently included remarks about the film itself like "Junge, lass doch die Sprüche, die setzen ja die nächste Folge ab!" (Stop that gags - they'll cancel the series) or about the dubbing: "Du musst jetzt etwas schneller werden, sonst bist Du nicht synchron" (Talk faster, you aren't in sync any more). In filmmaking, dubbing or looping is the process of recording or replacing voices for a motion picture. ... For other uses, see Slang (disambiguation). ... Sarcasm is the making of remarks intended to mock the person referred to (who is normally the person addressed), a situation or thing. ... 007 refers to either James Bond or Korean Airlines Flight 007 which was shot down in 1983 over Soviet airspace. ...


This is backed by a 2005 doctoral dissertation at the University of Hamburg. In it, Nicole Baumgarten takes note of "qualitative content analyses of 15 episodes" of The Persuaders versus the German version, Die Zwei. Baumgarten interprets these 1978 analyses as having proven This article is about the thesis in dialectics and academia. ... The University of Hamburg was founded on the 1 April 1919 by Wilhelm Stern and others. ...

... that the linguistic changes entailed by the process of translation result in radically different characterizations of the protagonists of the series. The language use in the translations is characterized by a greater degree of sexual explicitness and verbal violence as well as an unveiled pro-American attitude, which is not found in the source texts.[20]

Nicole Baumgarten, writing about Toepser-Ziegert's 1978 treatise, Theorie und Praxis der Filmsynchronisation

She goes on to put the matter more plainly, saying that the only common element between the The Persuaders and Die Zwei is the visual information. CBS News investigated the German dubbing industry in 2006, where they, too, confirmed substantial differences between the German and English-language versions of The Persuaders![21] In trying to assess the reasons why such a radical change was made, CBS discovered that German dubbing artists believed that "staying exactly true to the original is not always the highest aim." This spirit was invoked by the person who oversaw the adaption and also performed Tony Curtis' role: CBS News logo, used from Sept. ...

When a company says they want something to be commercially successful, to make people laugh, I give it a woof. I make them laugh like they would in a Bavarian beer garden.

Rainer Brandt, co-ordinator of the German dubbing of The Persuaders and voice for Tony Curtis in the dubbing.

It has been argued that an important reason for the vast differences between localized versions of The Persuaders! owes significantly to the nature of the piece.

One of the most endearing features of the old British series The Persuaders was the abyss between the accents and registers of Tony Curtis, the self-made millionaire Danny Wild (sic), born in the Brooklyn slums, and Roger Moore, the most polished Lord Sinclair. But how could it have been preserved in Spanish? By turning Curtis into a low class Caracan and Moore into an aristocratic Madrileño? Here not even the approach that works with My Fair Lady would be of any avail; different sociolects of the same vernacular will not do—much less in subtitling, where all differences in accent are irreparably lost.[22] My Fair Lady is a musical with a book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe, based on George Bernard Shaws Pygmalion. ... In linguistics, a sociolect is the language spoken by a social group, social class or subculture. ... Look up Vernacular in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Sergio Viaggio, A General Theory of interlingual Mediation

The Persuaders!, Vaggio argues, needed to be different on the Continent because a strict translation simply would not have made sense to local audiences.


Modern re-releases

The series' popularity in Britain earned it re-runs on Channel 4, Granada Plus, and ITV4 in the 1990s and 2000s. When the pilot episode Overture was screened as part of Channel 4's nostalgia strand TV Heaven in 1992, that series' host, Frank Muir, said in a Radio Times interview that The Persuaders "must have been the best bad series ever made ... absolute hokum", however, BBC Radio 5 presenter Dave Aldridge asked "Was seventies TV really this good?" Rerun van Pelt is the name of Linus and Lucys younger brother in the comic strip Peanuts. ... This article is about the British television station. ... Granada Plus was a satellite channel run by Granada Sky Broadcasting. ... ITV4 is a UK television station which launched on November 1, 2005. ... For the band, see 1990s (band). ... This article is about the first decade of the 21st century. ... This article is about the British television station. ... TV Heaven is a program that airs on WLCB- tv on Friday evenings and Saturday mornings. ... Frank Muir (5 February 1920 - 2 January 1998) was an English comedy writer, radio and television personality, and raconteur. ... Current Radio Times logo Radio Times is the BBCs weekly television and radio programme listings magazine. ... BBC Radio Five Live is the radio service providing live BBC News, phone-ins, and sports commentaries. ...


The entire series was remastered for DVD release in Europe in 2001. In 2006, because of its popularity in Britain, a 9-Disc DVD special edition boxed set was released, with extra material to the complete, uncut, re-mastered twenty-four episode series. Few episodes made The Persuaders! a difficult sale for U.S. syndication, however, in recent years the proliferation of cable networks made possible re-running single-season programs. The terms of one such re-run on A&E Network allowed for a Region 1 DVD release in 2003. DVD (also known as Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc) is a popular optical disc storage media format. ... Rerun van Pelt is the name of Linus and Lucys younger brother in the comic strip Peanuts. ... A television network is a distribution network for television content whereby a central operation provides programming for many television stations. ... Biography is one of A&Es longest-running and most popular programs. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


Awards

  • Winner - Logie Award 1972 Best Overseas Drama: UK
  • Winner - TP de Oro Award 1973 Best Foreign Series
  • Winner - Bambi 1973 for Curtis and Moore

The Gold Logie Award The Logie Awards are the Australia television industry awards, which have been presented annually since 1959. ... The Bambi is annual television and media prize awarded by the German media company Hubert Burda Media. ...

Remake

Main article: The Persuaders (film)

A motion picture remake was first announced in 2005. It was originally expected to star Steve Coogan and co-producer Ben Stiller, [23] but it has since been announced that it will star Hugh Grant and George Clooney .[24] Not to be confused with The Persuaders! or The Persuaders (band). ... Stephen John Steve Coogan (born 14 October 1965) is an English actor, impressionist, and comedian. ... Benjamin Edward Stiller (born November 30, 1965) is an Emmy-winning American comedian, actor, film producer and director. ... Hugh John Mungo Grant (born September 9, 1960) is a Golden Globe-winning British actor and film producer. ... George Timothy Clooney (born May 6, 1961) is an American actor, director, producer and screenwriter who gained fame as one of the lead doctors in the long-running television drama, ER (1994–99), as Anthony Edwardss best friend and partner, Dr. Douglas Doug Ross, but is best known for...


References

  1. ^ a b c Chapman, James. Saints & Avengers: British Adventure Series of the 1960s. I.B. Tauris. 2002. Chapter 10.
  2. ^ a b c d The Persuaders! at Television Heaven
  3. ^ a b Passages from The Persuaders! Book 2
  4. ^ The Persuaders! IMDB awards page
  5. ^ The Persuaders! IMDB movie connections page
  6. ^ Early announcement about Persuaders movie
  7. ^ John Barry at soundtrackcollector.com
  8. ^ The Persuaders! title sequence on Youtube
  9. ^ A 2006 example of Persuaders fan parody
  10. ^ A 2007 example of Persuaders fan parody
  11. ^ France 2 news , Thursday 17 May 2007
  12. ^ Trivia about license plate "BS-1" at uknumberplates.co.uk
  13. ^ a b The Persuaders! trivia page at IMDB
  14. ^ Alan Davidson explains Moore as wardrobe artist on The Persuaders!
  15. ^ Val Guest interviewed at the BFI
  16. ^ Tony Curtis talks to Roger Moore's official website
  17. ^ US TV ratings for the 1971-72 season
  18. ^ British TV ratings for the 1970s by year
  19. ^ Forum remarks at commanderbond.net
  20. ^ Baumgarten, Nicole. The Secret Agent: Film dubbing and the influence of the English language on German communicative preferences. Towards a model for the analysis of language use in visual media. University of Hamburg. 2005. p. 32.
  21. ^ [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/09/28/world/main2050048.shtml Montopoli, Brian. "Doubling as 'Dubbers'". CBS News. 28 September 2006.
  22. ^ Viaggio, Sergio. A General Theory of interlingual Mediation. Frank & Timme. 2006. p. 258.
  23. ^ Ben Stiller at tv.com
  24. ^ China Daily. Grant and Clooney in 'Persuaders' movie. Retrieved on May 25, 2007.

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