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Tuesday, December 21, 2004

25th Anniversary of Return of The Saint

On Friday, December 21, 1979, at 11:40pm central time, the Return of the Saint made it's US debut on the CBS Late Movie. It was the 2nd part of the "late movie," the first part being The Avengers. As CBS allowed 70mins for each show, both were broadcast uncut (that would never happen today.)

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Wednesday, October 13, 2004

The Saint on DVD in Spain

This month The Saint is avalaible in Spain a seven DVD pack with complete 5th season (plus 2 of 6th season) of the Roger Moore series. Extras: photos and TV trailers. Visit DVDenlard.com for more information and pictures.

Blurb: Suevia Films pondrá a la venta el próximo 25 de septiembre un pack de 7 dvds con 28 capítulos de la mítica serie El Santo protagonizada por Roger Moore . Todos los capítulos contenidos en este pack son de la época en que se emitieron en color.

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Tuesday, August 31, 2004

Vendetta for The Saint on DVD

Vendetta for The Saint is now available on DVD in the USA.

Plot Synopsis: Templar is having a drink at a bar in Naples when he witnesses a mêlée between two of the customers. It appears that one of them has mistaken the other for an old colleague. Templar's suspicions are raised the next morning when he reads in the newspapers that one of the men has been murdered. He begins to investigate only to find himself thrown into the world of the Sicilian Mafia, and that few people are willing to help him.

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Saturday, August 21, 2004

The Saint on Dutch TV

Dutch TV channels have been re-running the complete series for a long time and are now up to the 1969 episodes. They are broadcast on these channels at the following times: SBS6 15:30(BST). Then the episode is repeated the following morning on NET5 10:05(BST). These Dutch TV stations are available on the Astra satellite beaming to Europe and they are free to air channels

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Thursday, July 22, 2004

Australian DVD Set #2 Released

The Saint 6-DVD Box Set #2 The next 24 episodes from the original black and white era of The Saint, all adapted from original stories by Leslie Charteris, complete, uncut and digitally remastered for the first time.
Simon Templar is The Saint - adored by women, feared by his adversaries and a constant thorn in the side of police forces everywhere. A smooth-talking adventurer, The Saint goes in where angels fear to tread. Always where the action is, he courts danger with a smile, but his charm can sometimes be a lethal weapon.
His code of conduct, however, is unfailingly constant - suave, chivalrous and utterly heroic.
Special Features:

  • Exclusive audio commentary with Sir Roger Moore, Robert S. Baker and Johnny Goodman on "The Saint Plays With Fire"
  • Exclusive audio commentary with director Roy Ward Baker and guest star Sue Lloyd on "Luella"
  • Interview with Sir Roger Moore
  • Original ITC Pressbook (text feature)
  • Isolated music and effects tracks on selected episodes
  • Memorabilia
  • Original ITC story information
  • Production notes
  • Cast and crew profiles
  • Extensive image galleries
Released: Thursday, 22 July 2004
Actors: Roger Moore
Audio: Dolby Digital Mono
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Fullscreen
Transfer Format: 4:3 (Black and White)
Category: Box Sets
Region: 1,2,3,4,5,6
Format: DVD
Year: 1963
Distributor: Shock
Rating: PG
Languages: English
Running Time: 1200 mins

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Tuesday, July 13, 2004

TheSaint.com in the Way-Back Machine

For those of you who remember the great Saint site that Paramount created for the Val Kilmer movie, you can still visit it in the Internet Archive's Way-Back Machine.

Paramount let the domain go a few years ago and it is now a site devoted to remembering the old 1970's dance club THE SAINT in New York.

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Thursday, June 10, 2004

Crossplot on The Movie Channel

Crossplot The Movie Channel has been showing Crossplot, the film Roger Moore made just after he played The Saint. The movie made with many Saint show regulars, including being written by Leigh Vance with additional scenes by John Kruse, and was produced by Saint producer Robert S. Baker.

The film is rarely shown, and is not available on VHS or DVD. Here is a brief summary of the plot:
Roger Moore is an account executive for a advertising agency in the swinging setting of London 1960's mod living. An important account is up for renewal, and Roger finds himself committed to a new ad campaign with a mystery model whose photo somehow gets switched in with the models he was suggesting. He tracks her down, and begins the photo shoot, but things keep getting stranger and more mysterious. Attempts are made to murder the model, and Roger is framed when someone else ends up dead. He flees with the girl, the police and thugs in tow. The plot gets more complicated when it turns out that the girl had actually overheard a sinister plot, but that she didn't realize what it was about -- Roger has to jar her memory and then put all the pieces together in order to prove his innocence and thwart the gang during the Queen's birthday in Hyde Park.

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Thursday, May 20, 2004

Ogilvy's New Book and Movie Deal

Measles and The Wrathmonk by Ian OgilvyIan Ogilvy, star of Return of The Saint, will publish his first children's book on June 3rd in the UK, and in August in the USA.

Measle and the Wrathmonk is a fantastic adventure story of magic, trains and Manolo Blahniks. Ian Ogilvy, with his first children's novel has created a rich world where nothing is quite what it seems. You'll never look at glazed doughnuts and lemonade in the same way again.

The original idea for Measle and The Wrathmonk came from an incident many years ago, when Ian visited a film director's house in London: "Apart from making very good films, this director was also a serious model train hobbyist. He had built an extraordinary train set in one of his spare rooms. The tracks were laid on shelves that ran around the walls of the room and the scenery was built up almost to the ceiling. The train set bore very close inspection - if you looked really carefully, you might spot along the tracks the tiny figure of an old fashioned, black-skirted, bonneted nursemaid, pushing a Victorian perambulator towards a sharp bend in the path. On the other side of the bend - and out of her view - sat a Bengal tiger (There's a Bengal tiger - or at least a model of one - in Measle and The Wrathmonk). The whole layout was like this and the trains themselves took a secondary place in the scheme of things. There was a boundless imagination - and a distinctly quirky humour - about the set up and it set me thinking about the idea of a live boy being placed somehow in a miniature world of somebody else's imagination."

The second title in the proposed three-volume series, "Measle and the Dragodon," has just been completed and is due out in the fall. Ian is currently hard at work writing the third book, "Measle and the Mallockee."

Robert Zemeckis' ImageMovers and Warner Brothers has purchased the rights to the entire three-volume series, and plan to use the same "performance capture" animation that they used in the forthcoming movie, "The Polar Express"

You can order all three of these books today from Amazon UK:
  • Measle and the Wrathmonk
  • Measle and the Dragodon
  • Measle and the Mallockee

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  • Monday, May 17, 2004

    British Black and White Series 1 DVD Set

    British DVD Set Season 1The first 39 black and white episodes from the Roger Moore Saint TV series are being released in the UK today. This 10-disc DVD set is also in region two format, like the recent French editions.
    Order today from Amazon UK!

    This set contains all the episodes from the 1962 season:
  • The Talented Husband
  • The Latin Touch
  • The Careful Terrorist
  • The Covetous Headsman
  • The Loaded Tourist
  • The Pearls of Peace
  • The Arrow of God
  • The Element of Doubt
  • The Effete Angler
  • The Golden Journey
  • The Man Who Was Lucky
  • The Charitable Countess
  • The Fellow Traveller
  • Starring the Saint
  • Judith
  • Teresa
  • The Elusive Ellshaw
  • Marcia
  • The Work of Art
  • Iris
  • The King of the Beggars
  • The Rough Diamonds
  • The Saint Plays with Fire
  • The Well-Meaning Mayor
  • The Sporting Chance
  • The Bunco Artists
  • The Benevolent Burglary
  • The Wonderful War
  • The Noble Sportsman
  • The Romantic Matron
  • Luella
  • The Lawless Lady
  • The Good Medicine
  • The Invisible Millionaire
  • The High Fence
  • Sophia
  • The Gentle Ladies
  • The Ever-Loving Spouse
  • The Saint Sees It Through

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  • Sunday, May 16, 2004

    Roger Moore Photos for Sale

    www.posters.co.uk has a number of photographs of Roger Moore available to purchase from their website. If you are interested, you can view some samples here. As an added bonus, you can send any of them as free e-cards from their site.

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    Saturday, May 15, 2004

    French DVD Sets

    TFI Video in France is releasing the Carlton DVD sets in French. The first three seasons were released in February, and the next two will be released in June. These region two DVD's are in both English and French languages, and can be ordered from Amazon.fr by clicking on any of the following cover artwork images:
    French DVD Set Season 1French DVD Set Season 2French DVD Set Season 3French DVD Set Season 4French DVD Set Season 5

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    Sunday, April 25, 2004

    The Saint on BBC America

    Beginning tomorrow, Monday, April 26th, The Saint will be playing on BBC America every weekday at 1:00pm Pacific / 4:00pm Eastern.

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    Tuesday, April 13, 2004

    Early Black and White Saints from A&E

    The Saint DVD SetA&E has released the first season of black and white Roger Moore episodes on DVD. In 1962, Roger Moore arrived in a big way with the instant classic The Saint, which he played Simon Templar, an ex-con Robin Hood-type thief who steals from the rich... and keeps it for himself. Usually mistaken for a James Bond-like secret agent, Templar was more compassionate than Moore's unflappable alter ego and was less likely to use a gun or gadget to get out of a sticky situation. More often than not, Templar relied upon wits and his trusty white Volvo to escape a dilemma, and for six seasons he weaved effortlessly through caper after caper while heavily influencing later series The Avengers, The Man From U.N.C.L.E and Mission Impossible, not to mention loaning a riff or two to 007 himself.
    Includes all 12 first-season episodes. 3 DVDs. 1962/b&w/10 hrs/NR.
    Buy The Early Episodes Set 1 from A&E

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    Tuesday, March 09, 2004

    Australian DVD News

    Just got an e-mail from Umbrella Entertainment, Australia (www.umbrellaent.com.au) to say that:
    1) The Return of the Saint series is scheduled for release in April 2004.
    2) The second set of the Saint will be released in May 2004.
    3) The third set of the Saint is scheduled for release in October 2004.

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    Friday, February 06, 2004

    Updated Statistics for www.saint.org

    The Saint's web site at http://www.saint.org/ has been up and running for over 3000 days, and the log file contains over 12.4 million entries! Using Analog 5.32 for Macintosh, I have compiled and posted a complete statistical usage report for www.saint.org through February 5th, 2004.

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    Friday, January 30, 2004

    Spy Television by Wesley Britton

    Spy Television (Released January 30, 2004)
    By Wesley Britton
    Praeger Press
    $39.95

    What is Spy Television?
    Spy Television is the first full-length overview of every TV spy show broadcast from 1951 to the present. For fans of series such as The Man From U.N.C.L.E., The Avengers, Get Smart, The Wild Wild West, The Prisoner, The Saint, I Spy, the X-Files, La Femme Nikita, Alias and 24, you'll find information and insights that will please the most die-hard expert as well as casual watchers. Lovers of short-lived and almost forgotten series like VR5, I Led Three Lives, The Protectors, The Sandbaggers and The A-Team will learn how these shows came to be and why they disappeared. Friends of Macgyver, The Equalizer, and even Wonder Woman will learn how Hollywood saw their series as more than prime time entertainment--spy shows tell us much about how Hollywood thinks we think.

    From cover to cover, Spy Television is more than behind-the-scenes information, production histories, and revelations from casts and producers. Extensively researched, Spy Television explains the contexts in which spy shows were created, explores the influence of spy TV on our culture, and points to unexpected connections between actual espionage and our feelings about undercover operatives, past and present.

    Spy Television is a book for experts, fans, and students of TV, popular culture, the history of the Cold War, and what's really going on in shadowy government agencies. Lovers of science-fiction and detective shows will find surprising connections between their favorite shows and the secret worlds of secret agents. And lovers of 007 will find pages and pages showing how the world's most famous secret agent was part of TV history from the 1950s to the present. Spy Television is a book for school and public libraries as well as bookshelves of aficionados of every aspect of the genre, from the influence of old-time radio to the impact of 9/11.

    What's in Spy Television?
    The Table of Contents shows the scope of Spy Television:
    Acknowledgements
    Introduction
    Chapter 1: Defining a Genre
    Chapter 2: The Roots of a Family Tree (1900-1961)
    Chapter 3: Bond, Beatles, and Camp: The Men From U.N.C.L.E.
    Chapter 4: More British Than Bond: John Steed, The Avengers, and Feminist role-playing
    Chapter 5: Cold War Sports and Games: I Spy and Racial Politics
    Chapter 6: The Cold War and Existential Fables: Danger Man, Secret Agent, and The Prisoner
    Chapter 7: The Page and the Screen: The Saint and Robin Hood Spies
    Chapter 8: Interchangeable Parts: Missions: Impossible
    Chapter 9: Bond on the Prairie: From The Wild Wild West to the Secret Adventures of Jules Verne
    Chapter 10: Tongues in Cheek to Tongues Sticking Out: Get Smart and the Spoofing of a Genre
    Chapter 11: Also Rans and New Branches: Network Secret Agents From 1963-1980
    Chapter 12: Reagan, Le Carre, Clancy, Cynicism, and Cable: Down to Earth in the 1980s and 1990s
    Chapter 13: The Return of Fantasy and the Dark Nights of Spies: The X-Files, La Femme Nikita, and the New Millennium
    Chapter 14: Active and Inactive FILES: Alias, 24, The Agency and 21st Century Spies
    Conclusion
    The Past, Present, and Future of TV Espionage: Why Spies?
    Chapter Notes
    References

    How to Get Spy Television
    Order Spy Television from Amazon USA today!

    Endorsements from the Experts
    "Britton has conducted an exhaustive analysis of a unique time in our cultural history--the spy craze of the 1960s and its subsequent ripple effects over the years. He's left no stone unturned in digging up not only the classic entries in this genre, but also the obscure, the forgotten, and the one-season wonders. I thought I knew every entry in this genre, but his book reminded me of many I'd forgotten, and informed me on many I had missed completely. This book is the definitive history of the spy phenomenon that was a cultural outgrowth of the Cold War."
    -- Jon Heitland, author of The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Book: The Behind the Scenes Story of a Television Classic

    "Wesley Britton has his finger squarely on the pulse of the TV spy. A wonderfully comprehensive examination of the numerous spies who have passed through our living rooms over the decades, Britton's SPY TELEVISION covers the espionage gamut from AVENGERS to WILD WILD WEST. A must-have for anyone interested in the history of this all-important TV genre."
    -- Danny Biederman, Writer/director of the James Bond featurette "A Spy For All Seasons," Author, "The Best of Bond...James Bond" (EMI Publishing), Author, "The James Bond Collection" (Warner Bros. Publishing), Screenwriter, "The Avengers: The Journey Back," "Gavilan" (MGM)

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    Wednesday, January 28, 2004

    Burl Barer's Latest

    Burl BarerBroken Doll by Edgar-award winning saintly author, Burl Barer, is now available for ordering from Amazon.com for $6.50 in paperback. Broken Doll will be released in May by Pinnacle Books, and continues Burl's explorations into the dark and twisted world of true crime stories.

    Burl Barer is the author of the following books:
  • 1993 - The Saint: A Complete History (hardback), reference
  • 1994 - Maverick: The Making of the Movie, reference
  • 1995 - Man Overboard, true crime
  • 1997 - Capture The Saint, fiction
  • 1997 - The Saint, movie novelization
  • 2000 - Murder in the Family, true crime
  • 2000 - Headlock, A Jeff Reynolds Mystery
  • 2001 - Headshot, true crime
  • 2002 - Body Count, true crime
  • 2003 - The Saint: A Complete History (paperback), reference
  • 2004 - Broken Doll, true crime
    Burl is currently working on the finishing touches of Broken Doll, as well as a sequel to Headlock -- his Jeff Reynolds Mystery series.

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  • Saturday, January 24, 2004

    A&E Black and White Episodes

    We have reports that A&E will be issuing the black and white Roger Moore episodes on DVD this spring. The complete Megaset of the color episodes has been released already, and many fans have been waiting for the rest of the series. The A&E set will be different from the Australian sets. An A&E spokesperson writes, "Our version will differ from the Aussie version. The DVD will have the usual minimal features (photo gallery, text Bio) definitely not all the bells and whistles listed on the link from the Australian DVD. The set we are releasing is a 3-disc set containing the 12 B&W season 1 episodes, as compared to the 6 disc set in Australia."

    The early black and white shows were based on the original Leslie Charteris stories, so they are consider by many to be even better than the color shows -- and we'll soon see for ourselves!

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    Monday, January 12, 2004

    Australian DVD Set 2 Coming in July

    Umbrella Entertainment in Australia has already released the first 24 black and white episodes of the Roger Moore Saint series. Their website now reports that they will be releasing a second set on July 21st. Like the first six-DVD set, we expect this one to also be region-free.

    Umbrella Entertainment presents the next 24 episodes from the original black and white era of THE SAINT, all adapted from original stories by Leslie Charteris, complete, uncut, and digitally remastered for the first time.

    With special features including exclusive audio commentaries with Sir Roger Moore, Producer Robert S. Baker, Production Supervisor Johnny Goodman, Director Roy Ward Baker, and Guest Star Sue Lloyd, plus production notes, original publicity & extensive photo galleries featuring rarely seen images, this is the definitive edition of a cult TV classic.

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    Thursday, January 01, 2004

    Happy New Year!

    There have been updates to the last rumors of 2003, so don't miss them just because the calendar says 2004 now!

    If you want more Saint news, there was lots of news in 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, late 1997, early 1997, 1996, and 1995. As always, be sure to check the latest news on The Saint Blog on a regular basis.

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