Strong show

vranger

Especially in the early years of the show, where the stores more or less followed the plots of novels and novellas of the original author, this was an intelligent, thinking man's show.

The show both brought Roger Moore onto the radar to play James Bond, and blocked him from doing so for a number of years. A very similar situation also occurred with Piers Brosnan with Remington Steele.

Refreshingly, Simon Templar doesn't out-fight or out-shoot his foes, normally he just out-thinks them in surprising ways.

Although I watched these shows as a kid, I didn't remember anything substantial about them at this point in life. I bought the initial early years DVD set and my wife and I have been rediscovering them to our delight.

Highly recommended.

score 9/10

vranger 19 June 2009

Reprint: https://www.imdb.com/review/rw2083367/