TV Series

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The Invaders

Season One - 5 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$43 or US$45 or £28

Season Two - 7 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$50 or US$55 or £35

The Invaders is a 60's science fiction series which originally ran for two seasons.

The first episode was aired January 10th 1967 and the last, March 26th 1968 - 17 episodes in Season I, followed by 26 episodes in Season II

Very much a period piece, reflecting the public concerns of the time, it draws influence both from America's first missions into space which made ordinary people think about the possibility of contact with life from other planets, and also from the paranoia of "Reds under the Beds" brought on at the height of the Cold War.

David Vincent, an architect returning home after a hard, hard day parks his car in an old ghost town in order to rest for a while before continue driving. Suddenly, in the middle of the night, something awakes him, a strange object, non human, that is landing in front of his eyes. From this moment he will be trying to persuade a skeptic world that the invasion of our planet is going on; that the nightmare has begun.

Note that all episodes from both Seasons are included on the 12 discs below (Season I had only 17 episodes which began with the longer 60 minute Pilot presentation: Beachhead)

Perfect Color Picture & Sound

Season One - 5 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$43 or US$45 or £28

The Invaders (Season I) Disc No. 1

Beachhead - 60 minute Pilot episode

The Invaders (Season I) Disc No. 2

The Experiment - costarring Roddy McDowell

The Mutation

The Leeches

Genesis

The Invaders (Season I) Disc No. 3

Vikor - costarring Jack Lord

Nightmare

Doomsday Minus One

Quantity: Unknown - costarring James Whitmore

The Invaders (Season I) Disc No. 4

The Innocent - costarring Michael Rennie

The Ivy Curtain - costarring Jack Warden

The Betrayed

Storm

The Invaders (Season I) Disc No. 5

Panic

Moonshot

Wall of Crystal

The Condemned - costarring Ralph Bellamy

Season Two - 7 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$50 or US$55 or £35

The Invaders (Season II) Disc No. 1

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The Saucer - costarring Anne Francis

The Invaders (Season II) Disc No. 2

The Watchers - costarring Kevin McCarthy

Valley of the Shadow

The Enemy

The Trial

The Invaders (Season II) Disc No. 3

The Spores - costarring Gene Hackman !!

Dark Outpost

Summit Meeting - Part I - costarring Michael Rennie

Summit Meeting - Part II - costarring Michael Rennie

The Invaders (Season II) Disc No. 4

The Prophet

Labyrinth - costarring Sally Kellerman

The Captive - costarring Dana Wynter & Fritz Weaver

The Believers

The Invaders (Season II) Disc No. 5

The Ransom

Task Force

The Possessed

Counter-Attack

The Invaders (Season II) Disc No. 6

The Pit

The Organization

The Peacemaker

The Vise

The Invaders (Season II) Disc No. 7

The Miracle

The Life Seekers

The Pursued

Inquisition

Jet Jackson - see Captain Midnight in the TV Series A - H Section

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Johnny Midnight

1 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$20 or US$20 or £12

A Broadway star decides to change careers and become a private detective and use his stage name of Johnny Midnight. His cases frequently bring him to the vicinity of Times Square and Broadway's theatre district, the same area where he had enjoyed many of the thespain triumphs of his former career. Johnny lives in a plush Manhattan penthouse with a stunning view of the city and has a wise-cracking young Japanese man for a "houseboy". The moody, haunting version off "The Lullabye of Broadway" from the 1935 film "Gold Diggers of Broadway" serves as a quite effective theme song. Such is the set up for the 1959-60 thirty minute TV series Johnny Midnight.

Skilled character actor Edmond O'Brien plays Johnny Midnight in true noir style narrating his adventures in the classic Bogart voice-over style.

Edmond O'Brien was famous for his tough noir roles on the big screen, notably his starring roles in The Web (1947), Fighter Squadron (1948), Backfire (1950), D.O.A. (1950), 711 Ocean Drive (1950), Between Midnight and Dawn (1950), Two of a Kind (1951), The Turning Point (1952), Silver City (1951), Denver & Rio Grande (1952), The Hitch-Hiker (1953), China Venture (1953), The Bigamist (1953), The Shanghai Story (1954), Shield for Murder (1954), 1984 (1956) & A Cry in the Night (1956). Then there are his earlier "breakout" roles in A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob (1941), Parachute Battalion (1941), Obliging Young Lady (1942), Powder Town (1942) & The Amazing Mrs. Holliday (1943) …..

All of which are available from the INDIVIDUAL MOVIE TITLES section of this website.

Nice set of prints

Johnny Midnight Disc

X Equals Murder (Pilot Episode - taken from a very nice 16 mm print)

The Villain of the Piece

Award for Murder

The 9th Doll

The Emerald Star

A Token of Love

Schatzi

Ding-a-Ling

An Old-Fashioned Frame

The Whammy

Note that this DVD is also part of "The 50's TV Detectives" 4 DVD set - see below (under "F" for 50's)

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Johnny Staccato

3 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$35 or US$35 or £22

"A smooth man on the ivories, hot on the trigger, and cool in a jam," so the paperback tie-in for the 1959-60 television series Johnny Staccato describes its protagonist. "He's the toughest private eye to hit America in a decade."

Johnny Staccato was a pianist who played at Waldo's, a Greenwich Village jazz hangout in a stylish, moody, TV show that still remains a cult favourite. Staccato who was played by the then young but headed-for-greatness John Cassavetes, supplemented his income as a musician by taking on detective work. Jazz played a big part in the show's charm. There were numerous performances by the Pete Candoli combo, which featured musicians Ray Brown, Barney Kessel and Red Norvo at the time. The theme was composed by Elmer Bernstein

Gone, but not forgotten, particularly by the Europeans, who found something in the show's jazz-tinged moodiness that Americans seem to have missed. It only lasted one season on NBC, despite ABC picking it up for repeats, and all the glowing reviews in Europe counted little

Cassavetes received some artistic control over the show, relatively unheard of at the time for an actor. He participated in story development and directed a number of the episodes. But when a controversial episode on drug addiction was pulled, Cassavetes had enough and proceeded to criticise the sponsors and the production company in the press in order to get out of his contract.

As such only one season of 27 episodes was produced

Johnny Staccato Disc No. 1

The Naked Truth

Murder for Credit - costarrring Charles McGraw & Martin Landau

The Parents

The Shop of the Four Winds

Nature of the Night

Viva, Paco!

Evil

Murder in Hi-fi

Fly Baby, Fly

Johnny Staccato Disc No. 2

Tempted - costarrring Elizabeth Montgomery

The Poet's Touch

A Piece of Paradise

The Return

The Unwise Men

Collector's Item

The Man in the Pit

The Only Witness

Night of Jeopardy

Johnny Staccato Disc No. 3

Double Feature

The List of Death

Solomon

An Act of Terror

An Angry Young Man

The Mask of Jason - costarrring Mary Tyler Moore

A Nice Little Town

Swinging Long Hair

The Wild Reed - costarrring Harry Guardino

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Journey To The Unknown

5 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$43 or US$45 or £28

In 1968, a UK Anthology series that involved the twin tantalising themes of Sci-Fi & Fantasy (with a dash of the Supernatural thrown in) premiered. Produced by the legendary Hammer Films production outfit, the series was called Journey To The Unknown and it was squarely targeted the US market, in that every episode was lead by a US star:

Robert Reed, Vera Miles, Barbara Bel Geddes, Patty Duke, Carol Lynley,

Joseph Cotten, Stefanie Powers, Brandon De Wilde, Chad Everett,

Roddy McDowall, David Hedison, Michael Callan, George Maharis,

Michael Tolan, Robert Lansing, Janice Rule & Julie Adams…

Each of these fine actors led the 17 hour long episodes which comprised this always interested well-written color series

The series had a memorably famous whistled theme tune by Hammer's Harry Robinson and title sequence involving a deserted and apparently haunted Battersea fairground.

The most disturbing episode would have to be Brandon De Wilde’s One On An Island - fabulous!

A nice set of color prints!

Journey To The Unknown - Disc No. 1

Eve - Carol Lynley & Dennis Waterman

Jane Brown's Body - Stefanie Powers

Journey To The Unknown - Disc No. 2

The Indian Spirit Guide - Julie Adams

Miss Belle - George Maharis

Paper Dolls - Michael Tolan & Nanette Newman

Journey To The Unknown - Disc No. 3

The New People - Robert Reed

One On An Island - Brandon De Wilde

Matakitas Is Coming - Vera Miles

Girl Of My Dreams - Michael Callan

Journey To The Unknown - Disc No. 4

Somewhere in a Crowd - David Hedison & Jane Asher

Do Me a Favour and Kill Me - Joseph Cotton

The Beckoning Fair One - Robert Lansing

The Last Visitor - Patty Duke

Journey To The Unknown - Disc No. 5

Poor Butterfly - Chad Everett, Bernard Lee & Edward Fox

Stranger in the Family - Janice Rule

The Madison Equation - Barbara Bel Geddes & Allan Cuthbertson

The Killing Bottle - Roddy McDowall

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Jungle Jim

4 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$40 or US$40 or £25

Following a series of 16 successful Jungle Jim movies over 7 years, a syndicated Jungle Jim TV series debuted in 1955. Johnny Weissmuller recreated his role as Jim and two new characters were added: Jim's son Skipper and a Hindu assistant named Kaseem.

Lots of action and adventure with Jim "doin' his thing".

Trev well remembers his first viewing of this series and the after-school excitement that it engendered (Skipper parachuting down to render First Aid while Jim lands his seaplane in a nearby river!)

The entire series of 26 episodes is presented here in its original telecast order (from Sept. 1955 to March 1956)

Special Note about Print Quality: Trev's original 2003 mastery of this series (to 3 DVDs) was not in telecast order (and I used slightly different names for some of the eps).

That set has since become "heavily bootlegged".

In an effort to stay ahead of these "thoughtless opportunists", Trev has returned to his original collection of episodes and has this time remastered the set onto 4 DVDs and at the same time used digital enhancement technology to improve the picture and all-round presentation of this wonderful adventure series (Trev's second favourite after Jet Jackson).

Nevertheless some of the episodes are still not the greatest of prints (but still nicely viewable) and so I'd say that the quality of these episodes is still in the 7 to 8 range (out of 10).

Jungle Jim TV Series (starring Johnny Weissmuller) Disc No. 1

Man Killer

Land of Terror

Treasure of the Amazon

Lagoon of Death

A Fortune in Ivory

Jungle Justice

Jungle Jim TV Series (starring Johnny Weissmuller) Disc No. 2

The Eyes of Manobo

The King's Ghost

White Magic

The Deadly Idol

Leopard's Paw

Man from Zanzibar

Jungle Jim TV Series (starring Johnny Weissmuller) Disc No. 3

Precious Cargo

The Golden Parasol

Code of the Jungle

Wild Man of the Jungle

Safari into Danger

Blood Money

Striped Fury

Jungle Jim TV Series (starring Johnny Weissmuller) Disc No. 4

The Sacred Scarab

Voodoo Drums

The Avenger

Return of the Tauregs

The Silver Locket

Gift of Evil

Power of Darkness

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Beautifully transcoded (PAL to NTSC) - looks good on big TVs!

Kidnapped (starring David McCallum)

2 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$30 or US$30 or £18

"Culloden was the Highlander’s holocaust. Here, on a lonely moor outside Inverness on April 16, 1746, Bonnie Prince Charlie’s exhausted, hungry force of 5,000 men was finally crushed, outnumbered two to one by a well-equipped army commanded by 'Butcher' Cumberland, son of England’s George II. The days that followed, immortalized by Robert Louis Stevenson’s epic drama Kidnapped, were dangerous, uncertain times. Highlanders were outlawed, their colourful costume forbidden by law"

An ambitious serialization of Stevenson’s epic story, produced by HTV West in association with Tele-munchen of West German was made in 1978. Consisting of 13 twenty-five minute episodes, it starred David " Illya Kuryakin" McCallum as Alan Breck, now on the run after Bonnie Prince Charlie's defeat at Culloden. He meets up with young David Balfour (German actor Ekkehardt Belle) who has been shipped off to be sold as a slave in the colonies. Their journey to Edinburgh whilst dodging Redcoats along the way becomes the gist of this excellent mini-series.

The impressive cast also features French teenage actress Aude Landry as Catriona, the daughter a Highland rebel, torn between her love for David and loyalty to her father.

An all-star support cast includes Patrick Magee, Bill Simpson, Patrick Allen, Andrew Keir & Jack Watson

For David McCallum now standing heroic in the tartan of Alan Breck, the fearless, fighting veteran of Culloden, it’s a return to his roots. McCallum was born in Glasgow and for a time lived in various parts of Scotland including Loch Lomond. And yes, he has relatives still living in Scotland and there is actually a McCallum clan!

This well-produced series from Harlech Television is must for fans for David McCallum - he excels in this action packed adventure which seems to have been almost tailor-made for him.

Harlech Television (HTV) was also responsible for two other excellent TV series: Arthur of the Britons starring Oliver Tobias in 1972/1973 and Smuggler starring (again) Oliver Tobias in 1981 - both of which are available from this website

Kidnapped Disc No. 1

Episode No. 1: Uncle Ebenezer

Episode No. 2: Captain Hoseason

Episode No. 3: The Voyage

Episode No. 4: The Stranger

Episode No. 5: Murder

Episode No. 6: Escape

Episode No. 7: Over the Highlands

Kidnapped Disc No. 2

Episode No. 8: Prestongrange

Episode No. 9: Suspicion

Episode No. 10: Prisoner

Episode No. 11: The Trial

Episode No. 12: A Far Cry

Episode No. 13: The Choice

Kolchak: The Night Stalker - see The Night Stalker below

The Lone Ranger (Season 1)

6 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$47 or US$50 or £32

"A fiery horse with the speed of light, a cloud of dust and a hearty "Hi Yo Silver!" The Lone Ranger. "Hi Yo Silver, away!" With his faithful Indian companion Tonto, the daring and resourceful masked rider of the plains, led the fight for law and order in the early west. Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear. The Lone Ranger rides again!"

Perhaps the most famous Western of all is The Lone Ranger. It was the tale of the mysterious masked man and his faithful Indian companion and their efforts to maintain law and order throughout the West. It came to TV in 1949 in a series of half-hour films epitomizing the good guys vs. the bad guys Western theme.

In the beginning, six Texas Rangers led by Captain Dan Reid in search of a bunch of outlaws known as the Cavendish gang are ambushed at Bryant's Gap. All of the Rangers are shot and left for dead. A Mohawk Indian, Tonto, comes upon the massacre and discovers one Lone Ranger still alive. Tonto carries the seriously wounded man to a cave and nurses him back to health. John Reid, the surviving ranger, tells his story to Tonto, and later tears a piece of black material from his dead brother Dan Reid's vest and makes a mask which enabled him to hide his identity and to pose as an outlaw to get near the gang. Later, Reid and Tonto learn most of the outlaws had been hanged or imprisoned. To symbolize the massacre at Bryant's Gap, The Lone Ranger never removed his mask and continued to pursue outlaws and defend justice every week with his faithful Indian companion Tonto, his equally faithful steed Silver, and his legendary silver bullets, never fired in anger.

After a long and successful radio and comic book career, The Lone Ranger came to TV in 1949.

In an ambitious project, 52 initial episodes were filmed for the 1949 / '50 Season. Well shot on a good budget and with deft scripting developed from the successful radio series (as penned by the legendary Fran Striker), The Lone Ranger was off to a good start. Not the least of which was a three part story arc recounting the origins of The Lone Ranger, Tonto & (horse) Silver and as told the first three episodes: (Enter The Lone Ranger, The Lone Ranger Fights On, The Lone Ranger's Triumph).

A record 221 episodes were filmed between 1949 and 1955 (182 in B&W and 39 in color)

This set consists of the first (and best) Season.

Picture (B&W) & Sound are both perfect

(Also worth a look: at the conclusion of the TV Series, The Lone Ranger moved to the big screen with two Technicolor outings: The Lone Ranger (1956), The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold (1958) - both of these films are available from within the INDIVIDUAL MOVIE TITLES section of this website)

The Lone Ranger TV Series (Season 1) Disc No. 1

Enter the Lone Ranger

The Lone Ranger Fights On

The Lone Ranger's Triumph

Legion of Old Timers

Rustlers' Hideout

War Horse

Pete and Pedro

The Renegades

The Lone Ranger TV Series (Season 1) Disc No. 2

The Tenderfeet

High Heels

Six Gun's Legacy

The Return of the Convict

Finders Keepers

The Masked Rider

Old Joe's Sister

Cannonball McKay

The Man Who Came Back

The Lone Ranger TV Series (Season 1) Disc No. 3

Outlaw Town

Greed for Gold

Man of the House

Barnaby Boggs, Esquire

Sheep Thieves

Jim Tyler's Past

The Man With Two Faces

Buried Treasure

Troubled Waters

The Lone Ranger TV Series (Season 1) Disc No. 4

Gold Train

Pay Dirt

Billie the Great

Never Say Die

Gold Fever

Death Trap

Matter of Courage

Rifles and Renegades

The Lone Ranger TV Series (Season 1) Disc No. 5

Bullets for Ballots

The Black Hat

Devil's Pass

Spanish Gold

Damsels in Distress

Man Without a Gun

Pardon for Curley

Eye for an Eye

Outlaw of the Plains

The Lone Ranger TV Series (Season 1) Disc No. 6

White Man's Magic

Trouble for Tonto

Sheriff of Gunstock

The Wrong Man

The Beeler Gang

The Star Witness

The Black Widow

The Whimsical Bandit

Double Jeopardy

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The Lone Wolf

5 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$43 or US$45 or £28

Based on the stories by Louis Joseph Vance, this US detective series consisted of 39 (B&W) episodes each of 25 minutes duration. Produced in 1955 it starred the former top-line film star Louis Hayward as Michael Lanyard, a globe-trotting gentleman rogue who fights crime. The Lone Wolf used a coin as a calling card - on it was the image of a wolf with the words "The Lone Wolf" inscribed on the circumference. Louis Hayward has a powerful presence in this series, sometimes not unlike his standout starring role in The Saint in New York (1939).

It’s a well budgeted TV series with interesting outdoor locales throughout.

This 5 DVD set contains all 39 episodes of the series

Great Print Quality throughout

The Movie Series of The Lone Wolf is also available from this website (Movie Series A-M section)

The Lone Wolf TV Series (starring Louis Hayward) Disc No. 1

The Long Beach Story

The Avalanche Story - costarring Ernest Borgnine

The Chinese Story

The Carnival Story

The Blue Lantern Story

The Ski Story

The Plantation Story

Pursuit

The Lone Wolf TV Series (starring Louis Hayward) Disc No. 2

The Malibu Story

The Murder Story - costarring DeForest Kelley

The Honolulu Story

Skid Row

The Arena

The Karachi Story

The Las Vegas Story - costarring Nancy Malone

The Italian Story

The Lone Wolf TV Series (starring Louis Hayward) Disc No. 3

The Hunt

The Oil Story

The Boy Story

The Emerald Ring

The Department Store Story

The Mexico Story

The Art Story

The Carlsbad Big Lie Story

The Lone Wolf TV Series (starring Louis Hayward) Disc No. 4

The Last Ballet Story

The Beverly Hills Story

The Jet Story

The San Francisco Story - costarring Ted DeCorsia

The Savage

Deep Sea Diving

The Werewolf Story

The Stamp Story

The Lone Wolf TV Series (starring Louis Hayward) Disc No. 5

The Minister Story

The Robbery Story

The Wife Story

The Planetarium Story

The San Pedro Story

The Runaway Story

The Newhall Story

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The Man Called X

3 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$35 or US$35 or £22

Before anyone had ever heard of James Bond, audiences thrilled to the daring adventures of The Man Called X, radio's greatest espionage series. Created by Jay Richard Kennedy, it featured Hollywood great Herbert Marshall as agent Ken Thurston, "the man who crosses the ocean as readily as you and I cross town". It ran on CBS and then NBC radio networks from 1944 until 1952.

In 1956 ZIV brought the character to TV screens with movie veteran Barry Sullivan taking the role of Ken Thurston in 39 exciting and well written episodes. The series benefited from ZIV's polish and production values with extensive outdoor scenes being a feature of a show that would take the viewer to a different corner of the globe each week

"Wherever there is mystery, adventure, intrigue, in all the strange and dangerous places in the world, there you will find -- The Man Called X"

This set consists of the only 28 episodes still known to be in existence. Each is uncut and of good quality.

The Man Called X Disc No. 1

Assassination

Truth Serum

Afghanistan

Embassy

Dangerous

Provocateur

Local Hero

Maps

U.S. Planes

Acoustics

The Man Called X Disc No. 2

The General

Enemy Agent

Operation Janus

Staff Headquarters

Underground

Spare Parts

Fallout

Speech

Ship Sabotage

The Man Called X Disc No. 3

Rendezvous

Switzerland

Code "W"

Gas Masks

Murder

Train Blow Up

Powder Keg

Passport

Voice on Tape

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The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (Season 1)

8 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$52 or US$60 or £38

For four seasons (1964 - 68), Napoleon Solo (Robert Vaughn) and Illya Kuryakin (David McCallum), agents for U.N.C.L.E. (United Network Command for Law-Enforcement) were locked in a weekly derring-do battle with the nefarious schemes of T.H.R.U.S.H. (Technological Hierarchy for the Removal of Undesirables and the Subjugation of Humanity). The series was a hit and has since become a cult favorite.

The first season was shot in beautiful B&W with the remaining seasons in color.

This listing is for Season 1 only - the best season - all 29 B&W episodes from Season 1 are presented here in their original telecast order. All 29 episodes are of exceptional quality.

Disc No. 1

The Vulcan Affair

The Iowa-Scuba Affair

Disc No. 2

The Quadripartite Affair

The Shark Affair

The Deadly Games Affair

Disc No. 3

The Green Opal Affair

The Giuoco Piano Affair

The Double Affair

The Project Strigas Affair

Disc No. 4

The Finny Foot Affair

The Neptune Affair

The Dove Affair

The King of Knaves Affair

Disc No. 5

The Terbuf Affair

The Deadly Decoy Affair

The Fiddlesticks Affair

The Yellow Scarf Affair

Disc No. 6

The Mad, Mad Tea Party Affair

The Secret Sceptre Affair

The Bow-Wow Affair

The Four-Steps Affair

Disc No. 7

See-Paris-and-Die Affair

The Brain-Killer Affair

The Hong Kong Shilling Affair

The Never-Never Affair

Disc No. 8

The Love Affair

The Gazebo in the Maze Affair

The Girls of Nazarone Affair

The Odd Man Affair

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Manhunt

7 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$50 or US$55 or £35

Manhunt was a World War II drama series consisting of 26 episodes, produced by London Weekend Television in 1969. This tense drama captures the ever-present fear and the complex personal dilemmas experienced by those caught up in the tragedy of occupation.

British pilot Jimmy Porter (Alfred Lynch) crashes his aeroplane in occupied France and immediately finds himself on the run from the Nazis. He meets a young girl, Nina (Cyd Hayman), a part-Jewish agent with important information, and vows to get her back to Britain. He is helped by another agent, code-named Vincent, (Peter Barkworth) and pursued across France by S.S. Officer Lutzig (Philip Madoc), and the ambivalent Abwehr Sgt. Gratz (Robert Hardy), a complex psychological character who has fallen in love with Nina.

The musical theme was taken from Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, which features the famous rhythm used to introduce radio broadcasts to Nazi occupied territories, and also signifies the letter "V", for Victory, in Morse Code.

The series constructed along the lines of a serial consisted of 26 fifty minute color episodes

This 7 DVD set contains the entire series of 50 minute episodes of Manhunt in their original broadcast order - very nice color prints throughout

Manhunt Disc No. 1

Fare Forward Voyagers

Break-Up

Only the Dead Survive

What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?

Manhunt Disc No. 2

One More River

Open House

Better Doubt Than Die

A Different Kind of War

Manhunt Disc No. 3

Betrayal

With a Sort of Love

The Price of Resistance

The Enemy You Know

Manhunt Disc No. 4

A Way to Die

One Way Home

Little Man, Big Gun - Part One

Little Man, Big Gun - Part Two

Manhunt Disc No. 5

The Ugly Side of War

Confessional

The Death-Wish

Machine

Manhunt Disc No. 6

Degrade and Rule

Intent to Steal

The Train May Be Late

Manhunt Disc No. 7

Little Man, What Next? - Part One

Little Man, What Next? - Part Two

The Losers

Originally mastered here in 2005, this title has now been

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Man in a Suitcase

8 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$52 or US$60 or £38

A fully certified "cult" series is Man in a Suitcase, an ITC series from 1967 that has withstood the test of time and to this day retains its gritty freshness. From the same stable that brought forth reliable hits such as The Baron, Department S, The Champions, Return of The Saint & Strange Report, Man in a Suitcase starred US actor Richard Bradford as ex CIA agent McGill or "Mac" (his first name is never revealed). Straight forward and almost "in-your-face" in style, Man in a Suitcase relies on good stories in an action/adventure format.

McGill had been forced to resign from the service six years prior to the opening episode, practically accused of treason. Unable to clear his name or return to the USA, McGill makes ends meet by working as a traveling private detective and bounty hunter, based in Britain, living out of his suitcase (hence the title). His cases generally took him to different parts of Europe and on a couple of occasions to Africa.

In the first episode, "Man from the Dead", we discover the reason for McGill's disgrace. During an assignment six years previously, he learned that a top Western scientist called LeFarbe was preparing to defect to the USSR. Though he planned to intercept the defector, he was ordered to stand down by his superior Harry Thyssen. Shortly afterwards, LeFarbe went over to the Russians. Accused of complicity in the defection, McGill was unable to call on Thyssen to clear his name, as his superior had been drowned in a sailing accident, and he was forced to resign from the service amid much negative publicity. Now, six years on, McGill discovers that Thyssen may still be alive! (no spoilers here)

Building on this foundation, Man in a Suitcase was a series very much about betrayal, mistrust and deceit. Because of his unofficial, semi-legal status, McGill often found himself being hired by unscrupulous clients and unwittingly used for criminal ends, or set up as a fall guy. On several occasions, characters from his past with US Intelligence drew him into dangerous situations; and he could also be blackmailed or tricked into participating in espionage missions, as he was the perfect deniable operative. A number of the series writers were new to ITC, and this resulted in a show that was markedly different to the usual light-hearted adventure and espionage fantasy of such series. It highlighted character-based drama grounded in a cynical view of the real world, making it more akin to the spy novels of John le Carré and Len Deighton.

As developed by Bradford, the characterization of McGill was complex. As a man who felt betrayed by life and his country, he could appear outwardly as surly, moody and uncommunicative. But this masked a sensitive interior. McGill felt compassion for those who were the victims in his cases, and would try to help them, often to his own cost.

The level of violence portrayed in the show was unprecedented for an ITC series. This was partly because of Bradford's concerns that the stories and characters should remain real. Unlike most TV action heroes of the time, McGill would get "knocked around" quite a bit in most episodes - Bradford took great pains to depict the character as wounded and concussed (just like with today's Bruce Willis character, John McClane). In addition to beatings, McGill is several times shot and stabbed, and ends more than one episode recovering in hospital.

The series was unusual in its use of night-time filming (as opposed to the "day for night with filters" approach common at the time). Actual locations included London's South Bank (Man from the Dead) and Kingston-upon-Thames (Day of Execution), the latter a setting for a remarkable (for its time) night-time car chase.

A number of episodes were helmed by the legendary Charles Crichton (he of The Lavender Hill Mob and A Fish Called Wanda). Second unit direction mostly came from eventual James Bond director, John Glen - but Man in a Suitcase managed to stay well away from the James Bond elements which were sometimes seen in The Saint and Danger Man. Bradford himself gives an excellent and underrated performance as McGill. A distinctive feature of the show was the theme tune composed by Ron Grainer, a catchy, jazzy number.

Worthy of note also is the other 1960s TV series produced by Lew Grade’s ITC production outfit and available from this website: The Saint, The Baron, Department S, The Champions,

Return of The Saint, Strange Report & The Persuaders!

This 8 DVD set contains the entire series of thirty 50 minute episodes of Man in a Suitcase in their original broadcast order - superb color prints throughout

Disc No. 1

Man from the Dead

All That Glitters

Sweet Sue

Disc No. 2

The Bridge

Find the Lady

Brainwash

Disc No. 3

The Girl Who Never Was

Variation on a Million Bucks (Part One) - costarring Ron Randell

Variation on a Million Bucks (Part Two) - costarring Ron Randell

Day of Execution - costarring Donald Sutherland

Disc No. 4

Web with Four Spiders

Blind Spot

The Boston Square

Jigsaw Man

Disc No. 5

The Sitting Pigeon

The Man Who Stood Still

Somebody Loses, Somebody ... Wins?

Dead Man's Shoes

Disc No. 6

The Whisper

Essay in Evil

Why They Killed Nolan

Burden of Proof

Disc No. 7

Who's Mad Now?

Property of a Gentleman

No Friend of Mine

Which Way Did He Go, McGill? - costarring Donald Sutherland

Disc No. 8

The Revolutionaries

Three Blinks of the Eyes

Castle in the Clouds - costarring Edward Fox

Night Flight to Andorra

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Maverick (Season One)

7 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$50 or US$55 or £35

Maverick was an hour long western TV series that ran for 5 seasons from 1957 to 1962. It told the story of Bret Maverick, a cagey, articulate cardsharp who was always seeking out high-stakes games, and rarely remaining in one place for long. Eight episodes into the first season, he was joined by brother Bart Maverick for the episode titled Hostage which had the siblings crashing a private riverboat cruise sold out to Creole aristocrats with gambling fever. A kidnapping and several card games later, Bart position in the Maverick roster was secure and he would stay for the remainder of the series. Henceforth usually appearing separately but sometimes together in the one episode, “The Mavericks” travelled all over the American Old West, constantly getting into and out of life-threatening trouble - usually involving money and women … they would typically find themselves weighing a financial windfall against a moral dilemma - but their consciences always trumped their wallets.

With the Maverick TV Series, producer and series creator, Roy Huggins took the usual cowboy hero characteristics and reversed them! Bret Maverick was vocally reluctant to risk his life, though he typically ended up being courageous in spite of himself. Oddly (considering their occupation) The Mavericks weren’t particularly fast on the draw with Bart once commented: "My brother Bret can outdraw me any day of the week, and he's known as the Second Slowest Gun in the West." But, it was always impossible for anyone to beat them in any sort of a fistfight

Indeed Bret Maverick was arguably the first TV anti-hero - and the fact that the character was quickly won over can be attributed to one thing: the charisma of that young talented actor portraying him: James Garner!

The show is generally credited with launching Garner's career, although he had already appeared in several movies, including Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend (1957) with Randolph Scott - and available from the INDIVIDUAL MOVIE TITLES section of this website which had been viewed by Huggins and the Warner Bros. staff when casting their new television series. (Note that Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend is from the INDIVIDUAL MOVIE TITLES section of this website)

Though Garner was originally supposed to be the only Maverick, the studio eventually hired Jack Kelly to play brother Bart. The producers had realized that it took over a week to shoot a single episode, so Kelly was hired to rotate with Garner as the series lead, using two separate crews. Garner's episodes tended to be more comedic due to his obvious talent in that area, while Kelly's were inclined to be more dramatic. To get disappointed viewers used to the idea of a second Maverick, Garner filmed a series of vignettes that aired at the beginning of the early Kelly-only episodes, where he would introduce the evening's story. Indeed, Kelly did the same in the Garner-only episode, "Black Fire", by appearing in the opening vignette to introduce the story, and narrating the remainder of the episode.

But the episodes featuring the two together were audience favourites, with critics frequently citing the chemistry between the Maverick brothers. Bret and Bart often found themselves competing for women or money, or working together in some elaborate scheme to swindle someone who had just robbed one of them.

"My 'ol Pappy used to say …"

In the Season One 27 episode listing below, the brackets indicate which of the brothers had the lead - 15 with Brett (James Garner), 8 with Bart (Jack Kelly) and 4 with both Brett & Bart together

This 7 DVD set consists of all 27 fifty minute episodes of Maverick Season One in their original telecast order - perfect B&W prints throughout!

Maverick (Season One) Disc No. 1

War of the Silver Kings (Bret)

Point Blank (Bret)

According to Hoyle (Bret)

Maverick (Season One) Disc No. 2

Ghost Rider (Bret)

The Long Hunt (Bret)

Stage West (Bret)

Relic of Fort Tejon (Bret)

Maverick (Season One) Disc No. 3

Hostage (Bret & Bart)

Stampede (Bret)

The Jeweled Gun (Bart)

The Wrecker (Bret & Bart)

Maverick (Season One) Disc No. 4

The Quick and the Dead (Bret)

The Naked Gallows (Bart)

Comstock Conspiracy (Bret)

The Third Rider (Bart)

Maverick (Season One) Disc No. 5

Rage for Vengeance (Bret)

Rope of Cards (Bret)

Diamond in the Rough (Bart)

Day of Reckoning (Bret)

Maverick (Season One) Disc No. 6

The Savage Hills (Bart)

Trail West to Fury (Bret & Bart)

The Burning Sky (Bart)

The Seventh Hand (Bret)

Maverick (Season One) Disc No. 7

Plunder of Paradise (Bart)

Black Fire (Bret)

Burial Ground of the Gods (Bart)

Seed of Deception (Bret & Bart)

Originally mastered here in 2004, this title has now been

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Michael Shayne

1 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$20 or US$20 or £12

Brett Halliday's contemporary private eye character, Michael Shayne was the basis for 7 well received movies in the early 40's - see Movie Series section. He became Story Consultant for the Michael Shayne TV series (1960 - 61). This popular series of 1 hour episodes starred Richard Denning in the title role, ably supported by strong supporting cast (including Jerry Paris). Interesting guest stars included Burt Reynolds, Mona Freeman, Warren Oates and Adam "Batman" West as a florist! It was set in Miami and benefited from Four Star's strong production values.

Note that this DVD is also part of a 6 DVD set which includes the Michael Shayne films

- it can be found in the Movie Series section of this website

Michael Shayne TV Series (starring Richard Denning)

The Boat Caper - guest stars : Burt Reynolds, Stephen McNally

Murder 'Round My Wrist - guest star : Warren Oates

Date With Death - guest star : Jack Kruschen

Blood on Biscayne Bay - guest star : Mona Freeman

Mickey Mouse Club Serials: Spin and Marty & The Hardy Boys

Volume One (Disc Nos. 1 to 4) 4 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$40 or US$40 or £25

Volume Two (Disc Nos. 1 & 2) 2 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$30 or US$30 or £18

Volume Three (Disc Nos. 3 & 4) 2 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$30 or US$30 or £18

The Mickey Mouse Club was a 1950s Walt Disney hour long TV series that ran each afternoon, Monday to Friday. It was a variety show for children, with regular features: a newsreel, a cartoon, and a serial, as well as music, talent and comedy segments.

Best remembered were the serials. In each quarter-hour episode, teens faced challenges in everyday situations, often overcome by their common sense or through recourse to the advice of respected elders. Most importantly these serials were full of action and adventure - and are well remembered by babyboomers for being both exciting … and fun!

Far and away the most popular of the serials were the first two:

· The Adventures of Spin and Marty

· The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Applegate Treasure

The 1942 novel ‘Marty Markham’ by Lawrence Edward Watkin became the basis for the first serial in the Mickey Mouse Club: The Adventures of Spin and Marty. Set at the Triple R Ranch, a boys' western-style summer camp, the series starred David Stollery as the rich, orphaned Martin "Marty" Markham and Tim Considine as the poorer Spin Evans, the most athletic and popular boy at the Triple R Ranch. When the pampered Marty first arrives at the ranch in a chauffeur-driven limousine, his contemptuous dismissal of the dude ranch as a "dirty old farm" and evident fear of horses result in his ostracism by the other boys, led by Spin. By the end of the series, however, Marty overcomes his fears and wins acceptance, becoming close friends with his erstwhile foe, Spin.

The serial rewarded Western fans by the involvement of two “legends of the Big Screen Range”: Roy Barcroft (as Triple R owner Col. Logan) & Harry Carey, Jr. (as popular counselor Bill Burnett)

The Adventures of Spin and Marty began with an “A Introduction” episode on Friday 4^th November 1955. Martin "Marty" Markham and Tim Considine talked about the program and showed clips from the upcoming episodes. The serial formally began the following Monday 7^th November and consisted of 25 twelve-minute episodes.

The second serial within the Mickey Mouse Club was called ‘The Mystery of the Applegate Treasure’ and it starred Tim Considine and Tommy Kirk as Frank and Joe Hardy, a believable pair of adolescent sleuths who want to follow in the footsteps of their father, PI Fenton Hardy. Summer vacation in the little town of Bayport seems boring until Frank and Joe run into Perry Robinson, a new kid in their neighborhood, who them leads into the search for the long-lost pirate treasure of local eccentric Silas Applegate. There's plenty of daring-do, suitably sinister villains, clues, and comedy.

Better known as The Hardy Boys, the characters were created by Edward Stratemeyer and the books were written by many different ghostwriters over the years, but published under the collective pseudonym of Franklin W. Dixon.

The initial series of The Hardy Boys Mystery Stories where published by Grosset & Dunlap and ran from 1927 to 1979, comprising 58 hard-cover publications. Whilst the books were immensely popular, the newly emerging media of Television gave the boys their biggest audience when in 1956, Walt Disney contracted with the Stratemeyer Syndicate to produce a Hardy Boys TV serial, ‘The Mystery of the Applegate Treasure’. The script, written by Jackson Gillis (who also penned The Adventures of Spin and Marty) was based on the first Hardy Boys book, The Tower Treasure.

Just as with the early serial, it began with an “An Introduction” episode on Monday 1st October 1956. Tim Considine and Tommy Kirk talked about the program and showed clips from the upcoming episodes. The serial formally commenced the following day, Tuesday 2^nd October and consisted of 19 episodes of 12 minutes each.

There are three Volume options here:

Volume One: A 4 DVD set comprising both serials (Spin and Marty & The Hardy Boys)

Volume Two: A 2 DVD set comprising The Adventures of Spin and Marty

Volume Three: A 2 DVD set comprising The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Applegate Treasure

Excellent B&W prints throughout!

Disc No. 1 - The Adventures of Spin and Marty

An Introduction

The "Triple R"

The Misfit

The White Stallion

A Froggy Day

The Battle

A Surprise Decision

Homesick

Logan's Lesson

The Chase

Ride-'Em-Cowboy

The Snipe Hunt

The Secret Ride

Disc No. 2 - The Adventures of Spin and Marty

Tragedy!

Perkins' Decision

Tossing the Calf

Rope Artist

Nothing Happens on Sunday

Perkins and the Bear

Runaway!

Haunted Valley

The Live Ghost

The Big Rodeo

Off on the Wrong Foot

Skyrocket's Trick

The Last Campfire

Disc No. 3 - The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Applegate Treasure

An Introduction

The Stranger

A Real Case

The First Clue

The Fugitive

Applegate's Gold

Dig for Treasure

A Pirate's Chest

Boys in Trouble

The Female Detective

Disc No. 4 - The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Applegate Treasure

Iola's Bravery

Footsteps in the Tower

The Prisoner Speaks

A Strange Confession

A Golden Clue

The Final Search

The Tower's Secret

Never Say Die

Boys in Danger

The Tower Treasure

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ALL 78 episodes of this classic late 1950's series

All new prints - fabulous!

Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer (The Complete Series) - starring Darren McGavin

Season One: 5 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$43 or US$45 or £28

Season Two: 5 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$43 or US$45 or £28

Private-eye Mike Hammer is based on Mickey Spillane's famous novels. This 1958-59 half hour series was every bit as violent as the books described by TV Variety as a "mixture of blood, violence and sex." Hammer had a knack for wise-cracking and smart-aleck responses to anyone and everyone. The setting was New York City, the city that never sleeps and Hammer was played by Darren McGavin who would later star in Kolchak: The Night Stalker (also available from this website)

The (Mickey Spillane’s) Mike Hammer TV Series starring Darren McGavin consisted of two Seasons, each comprising 39 episodes for a total of 78 half hour entries. Well written and produced on a good budget, the program has been rightly positioned in TV Land as a “cult series”: so much a creature of his times, Mike Hammer as played by McGavin, was almost tongue-in-cheek in the way he "inhabited" a New York of the 50s - hard-boiled & laconic … nice one, Darren!

Did You Know that Darren McGavin also played Captain Gray Holden in Riverboat on TV at the same time as he filmed Mike Hammer? The second season of the latter coincided with the first season of the former - it was reported that he worked more than 100 hours a week holding down both series

And McGavin never held back on his commitment to either series - he held a black belt in traditional Japanese Karate and it was notable for him doing many of his own stunts and for the "enthusiasm" he put into some of the fight scenes ….

The entire series (both Seasons) are available here, comprising of 78 episodes in total presented in their original telecast order … Season One (5 DVD set) consists of 39 half hour episodes, whilst Seasons Two (5 DVD set) also consists of 39 half hour episodes.

Perfect B&W uncut prints throughout

Did You Know?: I, The Jury (1953) was the first of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer novels to hit the screen. It starred Biff Elliott (in his first film) as an ideal Hammer, closer to Spillane's lout than his (relatively) spruced-up successors Ralph Meeker in Kiss Me Deadly (1955) and Robert Bray in My Gun Is Quick (1957).

Even Mickey Spillane himself played Mike Hammer in The Girl Hunters (1963).

All of these Mike Hammer films are available from the (INDIVIDUAL MOVIE TITLES) section of website.

Mickey Spillane also penned the interesting non-Hammer film: The Long Wait (1954) which stars Anthony Quinn as an amnesiac victim who may or may not have committed a murder - its available from the (INDIVIDUAL MOVIE TITLES) section of website

Darren McGavin's other two TV Series: Riverboat & The Night Stalker are also available from this website (see below)

Season One: 5 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$43 or US$45 or £28

Mike Hammer (Season 1) Disc - No. 1

The High Cost of Dying

Just Around the Coroner

Hot Hands, Cold Dice

Death Gets a Diploma

So That's Who It Was

Dead Men Don't Dream

Letter Edged in Blackmail

Death Takes an Encore

Mike Hammer (Season 1) Disc - No. 2

Lead Ache

Overdose of Lead

A Grave Undertaking

A Shot in the Arm

Stay Out of Town

Beautiful, Blue and Deadly

Skinned Deep

Peace Bond

Mike Hammer (Season 1) Disc - No. 3

Play Belles' Toll

For Sale: Deathbed--Used

Music to Die By

My Fair Deadly

The New Look

The Broken Frame

Look at the Old Man Go

The Paper Shroud

Mike Hammer (Season 1) Disc - No. 4

My Son and Heir

Final Curtain

A Detective Tail

It's an Art

Four Blind Mice

Scar and Garter

No Pockets in a Shroud

The Living Dead

Mike Hammer (Season 1) Disc - No. 5

Old Folks at Home Blues

No Business Like----

Crepe for Suzette

Letter of the Weak

That School Girl Complex

To Bury a Friend

Mere Maid

Season Two 5 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$43 or US$45 or £28

Mike Hammer (Season 2) Disc - No. 1

Accentuate the Negative

Requiem for a Sucker

I Ain't Talkin'

The Big Drop

Aces and Eights

Baubles, Bangles and Blood

Husbands are Bad Luck

Jury of One

Mike Hammer (Season 2) Disc - No. 2

Park the Body

Tattoo Bruté?

Coney Island Baby

According to Luke

Save Me in San Salvador

The Last Aloha

Swing Low, Sweet Harriet

Another Man's Poison

Mike Hammer (Season 2) Disc - No. 3

A Haze on the Lake

When I Am Dead, My Darling…

Stocks and Blondes

Evidence on the Record

Shoot Before You Look

The Commodore

See No Evil

Curtains for an Angel

Mike Hammer (Season 2) Disc - No. 4

Dixie is Dead

M is for Mother

Pen Pals

Now Die in It

Slay Upon Delivery

Groomed to Kill

Doll Trouble

I Remember Sally

Mike Hammer (Season 2) Disc - No. 5

Wedding Mourning

Merchant of Menace

Bride and Doom

Slab-Happy

A Mugging Evening

Siamese Twinge

Goodbye, Al

My Three Sons (Season 1)

4 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$40 or US$40 or £25

Yep, it’s a sit-com and yep it has one of those annoying canned laughter soundtracks bubbling along in the background … but it was an excellent TV series which ran for 12 seasons and 380 episodes!

My Three Sons tells of a Scotch-Irish-American family: the Douglas/O'Casey and chronicles the life of an aeronautical engineer and widower Steve Douglas, played by well-credentialed movie star Fred MacMurray, and his three sons Mike (Tim Considine), Robbie (Don Grady) & Chip (Stanley Livingston). Steve's father-in-law, Bub O'Casey (William Frawley) lived in the home as well and did the cooking - and there was a dog, too - a big "Shaggy" one: Tramp

The show began on ABC in black-and-white. The first season, consisting of thirty-six episodes, is particularly remarkable for having been directed in its entirety by Peter Tewksbury, who also produced and occasionally scripted the programs. These early episodes varied considerably from one week to the next - they might be comedic or dramatic but were surprisingly innovative.

Each of this first season of episodes was unusual for its fearless use of cross-talk (a way of having the voices of off screen characters heard in the background of the soundtrack, just under the voices of the main characters), in depicting the chaotic Douglas household.

Chip Off the Old Block is the first episode and it’s a great intro of what was to follow … a door-to-door cosmetics salesman asks to see the woman of the house, to wit Bub laughs and replies with "Boy, do you have the wrong house"! In Brotherly Love (which also features a young Beau Bridges as Mike's friend, Russ) sibling rivalry erupts over a girl who is fancied by both Robbie & Mike and it results in a "cold war" between them. Their dinner table sniping as Steve tries to broker peace is punctuated by the sounds of guns firing and bombs exploding.

The situations are grounded in reality, and the writing often surprises with twists that subvert sitcom convention and stereotypes. Countdown cleverly unfolds in real time as the family's Monday morning routine plays out against a televised satellite launch. Some episodes simply bring home the laughs, as in The Little Ragpicker, in which a realistic looking dummy causes a new neighbor to think the worst about the Douglases. In Bub in the Ointment we get to see Bub's "Irish temper" and lack of tact - it embarrasses the kids, until Steve reminds Mike of the sacrifices Bub made to move in with the family after his daughter died.

Another excellent episode (and Trev's favorite) is the second last episode The Sunday Drive in which the Douglas family inadvertantly disrupt a neighbor's Sunday drive. Steve needs for his day to be quiet so that he can complete some technical drawings, Mike is trying to memories some poetry for school, Robbie wants to hide from a persistent girl-friend, Chip & pal are playing space adventures with ray guns, Tramp doesn't want to be left out and Bub "would like a drive in the country". The neighbor borrows Steve's station-wagon and all 9 with dog pile in … the noise and disorganization run to great heights - fabulous

The boys talk, act, and fight like brothers, and Steve, while a pipe-puffing fount of sage fatherly advice, is sometimes at a loss, and is allowed to be testy and impatient with his "wild bunch."

This listing is for Season 1 only - the best season - all 36 B&W half hour episodes from Season 1 are presented here in their original telecast order. All 36 episodes are of exceptional (digitally restored) quality and are completely uncut.

My Three Sons (Season 1) Disc No. 1

Chip Off the Old Block

The Little Ragpicker

Bub in the Ointment

Countdown

Brotherly Love

Adjust or Bust

Lady Engineer

Chip's Harvest

Raft on the River

My Three Sons (Season 1) Disc No. 2

Lonesome George

Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year

My Three Strikers

The Elopement

Mike's Brother

Domestic Trouble

Bub Leaves Home

Mike in a Rush

The Bully

My Three Sons (Season 1) Disc No. 3

Organization Woman

Other People's Houses

The Delinquent

Man in a Trench Coat

Deadline

The Lostling

Off Key

Small Adventure

Soap Box Derby

My Three Sons (Season 1) Disc No. 4

Unite or Sink

The Wiley Method

The National Pastime

The Croaker

The Musician

The Horseless Saddle

Trial by Separation

The Sunday Drive

Fire Watch

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The New Avengers

7 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$50 or US$55 or £35

The New Avengers was a late 1970's sequel to the 1960s series, The Avengers (also available from this website)

The new version was developed by original series producers Brian Clemens and Albert Fennell and was a joint UK-France-Canada production seen in more than 20 countries.

The series picks up the adventures of John Steed (again played by Patrick Macnee) as he and his team of "Avengers" fight evil plots and world domination. Whereas in the original series Steed had almost always been partnered with a woman, in the new series he had two partners: Mike Gambit (Gareth Hunt), a top agent, crack marksman and trained martial artist, and Purdey (Joanna Lumley), a former trainee with The Royal Ballet (which she claimed was where she learned the high-kicking skills she frequently used in the series) who was an amalgam of many of the best talents from Steed's female partners in The Avengers (especially Mrs Peel).

As he did for most of the original series, Steed is once again acting without a direct superior and is seen as the mentor to Gambit and Purdey, taking on a paternal role towards them (especially in the episode "Hostage"). Gambit is the athletic action hero, while Purdey, incorporates the wit and fighting skills of her predecessors. The verbal interplay between Gambit and Purdey, with her humorously keeping his romantic advances at bay, hearkens back to the original Avengers.

There were two series, each of 13 fifty minutes episodes and filmed in 1976 & 1977 - the result was an impressively mounted collection of 26 adventures, each bearing the undeniable traits of its much lauded predecessor.

The first series featured several episodes using science fiction themes similar to those of the classic "Emma Peel" Avengers era. The new trio had to deal with suspended animation ("The Eagle's Nest"), biological warfare ("The Midas Touch"), robotics ("The Last of The Cybernauts…?"), mind transfer ("Three-Handed Game") and even a giant rat ("Gnaws"). Second series episodes tended to deal with more realistic plots although there were still some "traditional Avengers" stand-outs: the artificially-intelligent super-computer of "Complex"; the Russian soldiers revived from suspended animation in the two part epidose "K is for Kill"; the submersible Russian community in "Forward Base" and the Super humans of "The Gladiators".

An attempt to get Diana Rigg to appear as Emma Peel in the new series was unsuccessful, although old footage of her on the phone from two 1960s episodes of The Avengers, 'The Winged Avenger' and 'The Hidden Tiger', were used to allow the character to make a cameo appearance in the episode "K Is For Kill Part One: The Tiger Awakes"

Laurie Johnson, who had composed the theme for the original Avengers series (starting with the Emma Peel era in 1965, at least), returned to compose a new, updated theme for the revival, although it begins with the same fanfare as the original.

Although the series proved popular on both sides of The Atlantic, funding for the series was never secure with matters deteriorating to the point that required additional moneys just to enable completion of the second series. A Canadian Production company came on board and were keen to promote the home country, so the final four stories were titled The New Avengers in Canada, with action taking place in Toronto, Ontario (with scenes for the episode "Forward Base" shot at Toronto's well known Ward's Island)

This 7 DVD set contains both seasons and all 26 episodes (in release order) of The New Avengers series (color, 50 minutes each) - Perfect color prints throughout

See also The Avengers with Mrs Peel - the original series comprising two seasons and a total of 51 episodes. This series is also available from this website.

The New Avengers Disc No. 1

The Eagle's Nest

House of Cards

The New Avengers Disc No. 2

The Last of the Cybernauts…?

The Midas Touch

Cat Amongst the Pigeons

Target!

The New Avengers Disc No. 3

To Catch a Rat

The Tale of the Big Why

Faces

Sleeper

The New Avengers Disc No. 4

Three Handed Game

Dirtier by the Dozen

Gnaws

Dead Men are Dangerous

The New Avengers Disc No. 5

Angels of Death

Medium Rare

The Lion and the Unicorn

Obsession

The New Avengers Disc No. 6

Trap

Hostage

K is for Kill (1): The Tiger Awakes

K is for Kill (2): Tiger by the Tail

The New Avengers Disc No. 7

Complex

The Gladiators

Emily

Forward Base

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The Night Stalker - TV Movies & TV Series + The Norliss Tapes

Special 7 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$47 or US$50 or £32

Richard Matheson has scripted some of the finest fantasy to ever grace the screen (big and small) and this one, based on the then-unpublished novel by Jeff Rice, took everyone by surprise in 1972: The Night Stalker.

It told the story of now legendary character: Carl Kolchak (as played by Darren McGavin) - a newspaper reporter with an abrasive personality that has gotten him fired ten times from various big-city papers. Now he's reduced to reporting for a relatively small-time paper in Las Vegas. It's here he gets the story of his life: someone is biting the necks of young girls and draining their blood - can this killer with supernormal powers really be a 70-year-old Rumanian millionaire? - a vampire? But will the local sheriff, or the D.A., or even his own boss, let him print it?

And can an aging reporter do anything to stop him?

This TV movie was enormously successful - the public wanted more of Kolchak and so a second spooky adventure seemed a natural: The Night Strangler (1973). After being run out of Las Vegas, Kolchak heads for Seattle and another reporting job with the local paper. It's not long before he is on the trail of another string of bizarre murders. It seems that every 21 years, for the past century, a killer kills a certain number of people, drains them of their blood and then disappears into the night, that is until the next 21 years passes. Kolchak is on his trail, but the question is, can he stop him before he disappears again?

This second TV movie was another success and so established Darren McGavin's enduring character: wisecracking Carl Kolchak - a rumpled news hound plucked from the fast-talking newspaper flicks of the 1940s and dropped into the swinging '70s - eccentric and unique is his nose for the supernatural, a trait that leaves his editor (Simon Oakland) exasperated and the police less than amused.

A short-lived TV series titled Kolchak: The Night Stalker followed - it lasted only 20 episodes but is credited with being a major inspiration for The X-Files since series creator Chris Carter was a huge fan.

The Kolchak: The Night Stalker TV series was plagued by low ratings but the show has cultivated a huge cult following over the past three decades. Though none of the episodic stories matches the suspense and writing strength of the Night Stalker or Night Strangler movies, TV horror fans will appreciate the parade of interesting and inventive monsters encountered by Kolchak including a witches' coven in "The Trevi Collection"; an Aztec cult in "Legacy of Terror"; a Hindu Demon in "Horror in the Heights," and a headless biker in "Chopper," (an episode written by Robert Zemeckis, Bob Gale, and Sopranos creator David Chase).

McGavin's Kolchak continues to amuse and enthral but he's well-matched again by Simon Oakland as his hot-tempered boss and guest stars which include Phil Silvers, Tom Skerritt, Keenan Wynn, John Marley, Nina Foch and Richard Kiel as the monster in two back-to-back episodes.

Bonus DVD: The Norliss Tapes

Legendary thriller TV producer Dan Curtis was responsible for 1972's The Night Stalker and The Night Strangler (1973) - the latter also being directed by Dan Curtis. Following these two successes and before Kolcak: The Night Stalker TV series was commissioned (in 1975). Curtis combined with Logan's Run writer William F. Nolan to produce and direct The Norliss Tapes (1973). Starring Roy “The Invaders” Thinness & Angie Dickinson it tells of an investigative reporter who is writing a book which seeks to expose supernatural hoaxes and paranormal phenomena. Norliss disappears, but not before making a frightened phone call to his publisher, and leaving behind only a stack of cassettes on which he s dictated his strange findings.

This 7 DVD set comprises both the TV movies and all 20 of the TV series presented in their original telecast order plus The Norliss Tapes as a bonus - excellent color prints throughout

Note that The Night Stalker (1972), The Night Strangler (1973) and The Norliss Tapes (1973) along with another Dan Curtis / William F. Nolan combination, the scary Karen Black anthology TV movie: Trilogy of Terror (1975) are available from within the INDIVIDUAL MOVIE TITLES section.

Dan Curtis’ only theatrical release chiller Burnt Offerings (1976) is also available there.

Note that Darren McGavin's early TV Series from the 1950s are also available: Mike Hammer & Riverboat - see above & below

Disc No. 1 (TV Movies Disc)

The Night Stalker (1972)

The Night Strangler (1973)

Disc No. 2 (Kolchak: The Night Stalker TV series)

The Ripper

The Zombie

They Have Been, They Are, They Will Be..

The Vampire

Disc No. 3 (Kolchak: The Night Stalker TV series)

The Werewolf

Firefall

The Devil's Platform

Bad Medicine

Disc No. 4 (Kolchak: The Night Stalker TV series)

The Spanish Moss Murders

The Energy Eater

Horror in the Heights

Mr. R.I.N.G.

Disc No. 5 (Kolchak: The Night Stalker TV series)

Primal Scream

The Trevi Collection

Chopper

Demon in Lace

Disc No. 6 (Kolchak: The Night Stalker TV series)

Legacy of Terror

The Knightly Murders

The Youth Killer

The Sentry

Bonus DVD

The Norliss Tapes (1973)

NEW … NEW … NEW … NEW … NEW

The Pathfinders Serials

3 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$35 or US$35 or £22

Pathfinders in Space was a classic (& cult) UK TV science fiction based drama serial designed for family viewing at the end of the 1950s. More an adventure series with science fiction overtones, it very successfully tapped into the popular public interest in space exploration.

The serial tells of Professor Wedgwood (Peter Williams), who has assembled a group of explorers for a journey to The Moon aboard his rocketship The M1. This first ever manned mission begins well with a successful launch but the automatic take-off of the unmanned supply rocket, M2, fails to eventuate due to a mechanical problem. The Professor’s three children, Valerie, Geoffrey and Jimmy volunteer to save the expedition. After their spaceship is in space they find a stowaway: scientific journalist Conway Henderson (Gerald Flood). The two rockets continue their journey into deep space and, as they near the moon, a third rocket appears ... a spaceship from nowhere. Professor Wedgewood's rocket lands on the moon and the supply rocket, brought by his children, lands some 150 miles away. Wedgewood set out to find it and both parties discover that someone has already landed on the moon before them. The three children find a cave containing relics from a previous civilization then make another startling discovery...Professor Wedgewood also finds proof of a landing in the distant past and now wonders if the alien spaceship will reveal its secrets.

In 7 parts - each of approximately 26 minutes duration

So successful was this serial that two others were immediately commissioned: Pathfinders to Mars & Pathfinders to Venus.

Pathfinders to Mars (1960/61) finds Conway Henderson (Gerald Flood) consenting to pilot a new interstellar rocket. Young Geoffrey Wedgewood will be one of the crew and Henderson's niece, Margaret - on holiday with her uncle - persuades him to take her, too. The crew will be joined by a Professor Dyson - however unbeknownst to group, his place has been taken by an imposter, Harcourt Brown (Hollywood actor, George Coulouris) - who promptly sabotages the rocket's radio receiver so that Henderson cannot discover his real identity. Working for the mysterious "Sector Ten" Brown manages to take control of the rocket …

In 6 parts - each of approximately 26 minutes duration

Pathfinder to Venus (1961) picks up where the previous serial left off. On their return from Mars, the crew of the spaceship, MR4, intercepts a distress signal from a rocket in orbit around Venus. Manned by American astronaut Captain Wilson (Graydon Gould), it has been struck by a meteor and is fast running out of oxygen. Harcourt Brown fakes a message so that Conway Henderson believes that the American has been forced to crash-land on the planet's surface. Landing on Venus in a thick forest, out intrepid heroes soon realised they have been duped when the US space craft lands. But by the time Geoffrey and Margaret reach it, the pilot has vanished and his cabin has been torn apart by a creature of enormous strength …

In 8 parts - each of approximately 26 minutes duration

All three serials were written by Malcolm Hulke & Eric Paice and their decision to use the moniker “Pathfinders” was certainly prescient in that this trio of much-loved TV sci-fi blazed a trail which eventually led to Dr Who a few years later. Gerald Flood as Conway Henderson was the nominal star of all three serials, leading the rescue mission in the first and then taking over captaincy of the spaceship for the following two adventures to Mars & Venus. He is joined by teenaged Stewart Guidotti who plays Geoffrey Wedgewood in all three adventures.

This 3 DVD set contains all three serials (one each per DVD) - B&W print quality is excellent

Pathfinders in Space (1960) Disc

Convoy to the Moon

Spaceship From Nowhere

Luna Bridgehead

The Man in the Moon

The World of Lost Toys

Disaster on the Moon

Rescue in Space

Pathfinders to Mars (1960/61) Disc

The Impostor

Sabotage in Space

The Hostage

Lichens!

Zero Hour on the Red Planet

Falling into the Sun

Pathfinders to Venus (1961) Disc

SOS From Venus

Into the Poison Cloud

The Living Planet

The Creature

The Venus People

The City

The Valley of the Monsters

Planet on Fire

NEWLY EXPANDED & REMASTERED

Now containing all surviving Colour and B&W episodes

Paul Temple … on TV

Volume One (Colour Eps): 4 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$40 or US$40 or £25

Volume Two (B&W Eps): 2 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$30 or US$50 or £18

Volume Three (Colour and B&W Eps): 6 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$47 or US$50 or £32

Paul Temple was one of the most popular private detectives of all time, beginning life in a 1938 BBC radio serial before appearing in novels, film and even a daily comic strip. The radio show lasted for three decades before Paul Temple and wife "Steve" ended their 30 year radio career with the broadcast of the Paul Temple and the Alex Affair serial in 1968. However, the BBC hadn't finished with Paul Temple, and in 1969 he was to debut on British television - in colour.

There were to be several differences to the radio days. Radio series creator, Francis Durbridge was not going to write the stories, and it was to be a series of self contained episodes, rather than a serial (as on radio). Also, the series was to be updated to the swinging 60s. Sir Graham Forbes & Charlie didn't make the transition, but new characters were introduced.

The Paul Temple TV series starred Francis Matthews as the exemplary crime writer turned crime solver - he was stylish, cool, incisive and ever-protective of his loving wife (and fellow investigator) “Steve” played by Ros Drinkwater.

The series consisted of 4 seasons, each of 13 hour-long episodes, for a combined total of 52 entries. Paul Temple was the BBC's flagship series introducing the change to colour in the UK, and as such all 52 episodes were filmed in colour. The series was also notable for featuring a large amount of location filming, much of it in Europe. For example Games People Play was 100% location-filmed on Malta!

Unfortunately a large number of the episodes no longer exist as they were not preserved by the BBC. Only 16 are know to exist - and 5 of these are in B&W!

Why B&W? - It turns out that episodes which were sold to Commonwealth Countries, were dispatched (cheaper) B&W masters because those countries were not (at that time) set up for colour - each of them was still telecasting in B&W. For example, colour didn’t arrive in Australia until January 1975 - 4 years after the very last Paul Temple episode was beamed in Britain.

This quintet of repatriated B&W episodes represent the only surviving prints of these episodes. Of heightened interest is that they come from the end of the 4th season and mark the last 5 episodes of Paul Temple on TV - ever!

The 11 surviving colour episodes come from Season Two (1), Season Three (7) & Season Four (2)

The collection of episodes presented here consists of all 16 surviving episodes spread across three Volumes. Volume One is a 4 DVD set contains the surviving 11 colour episodes. Volume Two is a 2 DVD set contains the surviving 5 B&W episodes. Volume Three properly contains Volumes One & Two - namely it’s a 6 DVD set comprising all 16 episodes (11 colour and 5 B&W)

Its a wonderful collection of mysteries that must be solved …

and there’s only one crime writer who can do it: Paul Temple (and Steve, of course)

Perfect color prints and nicely restored B&W prints throughout.

Please Note that the Paul Temple Movie Series is available from within the Movies Series section of this website

Volume One (Colour Eps): 4 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$40 or US$40 or £25

Paul Temple … on TV - Disc No. 1 (in colour)

Games People Play

Corrida

The Specialists

Paul Temple … on TV - Disc No. 2 (in colour)

Has Anybody Seen Kelly?

Motel

Cue Murder!

Pa Paul Temple … on TV - Disc No. 3 (in colour)

Death Of Fasching

Catch Your Death

Ricochet

Paul Temple … on TV - Disc No. 4 (in colour)

With Friends Like You, Who Needs Enemies?

The Quick and the Dead

Volume Two (B&W Eps): 2 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$30 or US$50 or £18

Paul Temple … on TV - Disc No. 5 (in B&W)

The Guilty Must Die

Game, Set and Match

Long Ride to Red Gap

Paul Temple … on TV - Disc No. 6 (in B&W)

Winner Takes All

Critics, Yes! But This Is Ridiculous!

NEW … NEW … NEW … NEW … NEW

The Persuaders!

6 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$47 or US$50 or £32

It all began with the end of The Saint! …

The third last (115^th) episode of that quintessential TV series was titled "The Ex-King of Diamonds", wherein Simon Templar (Roger Moore) is partnered with a Texas oilman (played by Stuart Damon - remember him from The Champions TV series?) in a Monte Carlo gambling adventure. Airing in January 1969, it was well received by viewers on both sides of the Atlantic and seemingly much liked by The Saint producers: Robert S. Baker & Lew Grade. So with Roger Moore’s own production company on board, a wholly new TV series beckoned which would use The Saint episode as a working template. What transpired became an intriguing set-up: two equally matched men from different backgrounds who reluctantly team together to solve cases which the courts cannot.

One half of the duo would be Danny Wilde, a rough diamond type who is educated and moulded in the back slums of New York City - he escapes that life by enlisting in the U.S. Navy. He later gets rich, thanks to the oil business.

The other half would be Lord Brett Sinclair, a polished Harrow and Oxford educated British aristocrat, who a former British Army officer and an ex-racing car driver. And he’s also rich!

Obviously Roger Moore would play Sinclair, but who to play Wilde?

The need for a high profile US co-star was seen as important first step to ensure a wide release of the series in the USA. Overtures to Rock Hudson & Glenn Ford were rejected, but Tony Curtis agreed to the project and signed on for a two dozen episode commitment.

The Persuaders! (as it was to be called when it premiered in 1971) became the most expensive British television series produced to date - thanks to extensive location filming in France, Spain, Sweden & Italy, and (of course) the star salaries.

The guest star list was eye-popping and included Terry-Thomas, Suzy Kendall, Nigel Green, Leo Genn, Joan Collins, Catherine Schell, Joss Ackland, Diane Cilento, Denholm Elliott, Susan George, Sinead Cusack, Bernard Lee, Allan Cuthbertson & Gladys Cooper

Direction was shared between such luminaries as Roy Ward Baker, Basil Dearden, Val Guest and even Roger Moore himself

When the series begins, Danny & Brett are London-based, jet-setting, multi-millionaire playboys - who have never met …

The first episode of the series, “Overture” details their initial meeting - it occurs whilst they are on separate holiday in the French Riviera … and they take an instant dislike to each other. So much so that they destroy a hotel bar in their ensuing fist-fight! Arrested, they are delivered to retired Judge Fulton (Laurence Naismith) who offers them the choice of spending ninety days in jail or helping him “right errors of impunity”. Grudgingly, Wilde and Sinclair agree to help solve Fulton's initial case. He then releases them from any threat of jail.

The men develop an affection / mutual respect for each other, and are soon stumbling into more adventures: sometimes by chance, sometimes due again to Judge Fulton. Much of the humour of the show derives from playful observations about the differences between British and American customs - and Roger Moore & Tony Curtis are in their element here …

This 6 DVD set contains the entire series, consisting of 24 hour-long, color episodes in total, presented uncut and in their original production order

Perfect print quality throughout

Worthy of note also is the other 1960s TV series produced by Lew Grade’s ITC production outfit and available from this website: The Saint, The Baron, Department S, Man in a Suitcase,

The Champions, Return of The Saint & Strange Report

Also worth a look - shown and shot around the same time: The Protectors (see below)

The Persuaders! Disc No. 1

Overture

To the Death, Baby

Five Miles to Midnight

Angie, Angie…

The Persuaders! Disc No. 2

Powerswitch

The Gold Napoleon

The Old, the New and the Deadly

Take Seven

The Persuaders! Disc No. 3

Someone Like Me

Chain of Events

Greensleeves

The Ozerov Inheritance

The Persuaders! Disc No. 4

The Morning After

Element of Risk

Someone Waiting

Anyone Can Play

The Persuaders! Disc No. 5

The Time and the Place

The Long Goodbye

A Home of One's Own

That's Me Over There

The Persuaders! Disc No. 6

Read and Destroy

Nuisance Value

A Death in the Family

The Man in the Middle

NEWLY REMASTERED & EXPANDED …

NOW INCLUDES SEASON TWO!

Beautifully transcoded (PAL to NTSC) - looks good on big TVs!

Peter Gunn

Season One: 5 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$43 or US$45 or £28

Season Two: 5 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$43 or US$45 or £28

Peter Gunn was a 30 half-hour private eye TV series which aired on the NBC and later ABC television networks from 1958 to 1961. Unlike the standard hard-boiled detectives, such as Sam Spade or Philip Marlowe, Gunn was a sophisticated "hipster", a dapper dresser who loved cool jazz; where other gumshoes were often coarse, Peter Gunn as played by Craig Stevens, was the epitome of "cool". He operated in a nameless waterfront city, and was a regular patron of Mother's, a wharfside club; his girlfriend, Edie Hart (Lola Albright), was a sultry singer employed there. Herschel Bernardi played Lieutenant Jacoby, a police detective. The show's creator (and also writer and director on occasion) was Blake "Pink Panther" Edwards. Edwards developed the character from an earlier fictional detective he created. Richard Diamond, Private Detective starred Dick Powell and aired as a radio series from 1949 to 1953 (and available from the OTR section of this website). David Janssen later starred in the television adaptation from 1957 to 1960 (also available from this section of the website). It was this character's success that prompted his creator to revisit the concept as Peter Gunn.

The show's use of modern jazz music, at a time when most television shows used a generic, uninspired orchestra for the background, was another distinctive touch that set the standard for many years to come. Innovative jazz themes seemed to accompany every move Gunn made, ably rendered by Henry Mancini and his orchestra (which at that time included John Williams), lending the character even more of an air of suave sophistication. Most memorable of all was the show's opening (and closing) theme, composed and performed by Mancini. A hip, bluesy, brassy number with an insistent piano-and-bass line, the song became an instant hit for Mancini, earning him an Emmy Award and two Grammys.

This listing is for Seasons 1 & 2 only - each consists of 38 B&W episodes presented here in their original telecast order. Each is of exceptional (digitally restored) quality and is completely uncut running the full 26 minutes (except for one episode only, "Keep Smiling" - see below)

Season One: 5 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$43 or US$45 or £28

Disc No. 1

The Kill

Streetcar Jones

The Vicious Dog

The Blind Pianist

The Frog

The Chinese Hangman

Lynn's Blues

Rough Buck

Disc No. 2

Image of Sally

The Man with the Scar

Death House Testament

The Torch

The Jockey

Sisters Of The Friendless

The Leaper

The Fuse

Disc No. 3

Let's Kill Timothy

Missing Night Watchman

Murder On The Midway

Pecos Pete

Scuba

Edie Finds a Corpse

The Dirty Word

The Ugly Frame

Disc No. 4

The Lederer Story

Keep Smiling (note: runs 23 mins)

Breakout

Pay Now, Kill Later

Skin Deep

February Girl

Love Me to Death

The Family Affair

Disc No. 5

Lady Windbell's Fan

Bullet for a Badge

Kill from Nowhere

Vendetta

The Coffin

The Portrait

Season Two: 5 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$43 or US$45 or £28

Disc No. 1

Protection

Crisscross

Edge of the Knife

The Comic

Death Is a Red Rose

The Young Assassins

The Feathered Doll

Kidnap

Disc No. 2

The Rifle

The Game

The Price Is Murder

The Briefcase

Terror on the Campus

The Wolfe Case

Hot Money

Spell of Murder

Disc No. 3

The Grudge

Fill the Cup

See No Evil

Sentenced

The Hunt

Hollywood Calling

Sing a Song of Murder

The Long, Long Ride

Disc No. 4

The Deadly Proposition

The Murder Clause

The Dummy

Slight Touch of Homicide

Wings of an Angel

Death Watch

Witness in the Window

The Best Laid Plans

Disc No. 5

Send a Thief

The Semi-Private Eye

Letter of the Law

The Crossbow

The Heiress

Baby Shoes

Planet of the Apes TV Series

4 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$40 or US$40 or £25

Planet of the Apes was a short-lived US sci-fi TV series television that aired in 1974. The series starred Roddy McDowall, Ron Harper, James Naughton, Mark Lenard and Booth Colman. It was based on the 1968 Planet of the Apes film and its sequels in which McDowall also starred.

The series begins with the crash of an Earth spaceship, that encountered a time warp while approaching Alpha Centauri on August 19, 1980. The spaceship is manned by three NASA astronauts, one of whom dies in the crash. The survivors, Colonel Alan Virdon (Ron Harper) and Major Peter J. Burke (James Naughton) check the ship's chronometer and ascertain that they are more than 1000 years in the future from when they left Earth (actually 3085).

Meanwhile the Ape, Galen (Roddy McDowall) is beginning to doubt the history that he has been told: namely that apes have always been dominant, and humans have always been inferior and subservient. He happens upon the astronauts and rescues them from murderous Apes. Virdon & Burke return the favour by helping Galen to escape a death penalty (for heresy). All three are then declared enemies of the state and become fugitives. Such is the plot of Episode No. 1 (“Escape From Tomorrow”) of the series. The remainder of this well budgeted but unfortunately short-lived TV series is the story of these three fugitives as they wander around through a territory that used to be the western United States having various encounters with apes, humans, and old human civilization ruins.

The series was critically acclaimed but didn't garner enough viewers to warrant proceeding beyond an initial 14 episode run

This 4 DVD set contains all 14 hour episodes in their original production order

Perfect Color Prints throughout!

Note that the original 5 Planet of the Apes movies are available in a 5 DVD set from within the Classic Movie Combinations section of this website.

Also each of the individual Planet of the Apes movies are also available separately from within the Sci-Fi and INDIVIDUAL MOVIE TITLES sections of this website.

Planet of the Apes TV Series - Disc No. 1

Escape From Tomorrow

The Gladiators

The Trap

Planet of the Apes TV Series - Disc No. 2

The Good Seeds

The Legacy

Tomorrow's Tide

Planet of the Apes TV Series - Disc No. 3

The Surgeon

The Deception

The Horse Race

The Interrogation

Planet of the Apes TV Series - Disc No. 4

The Tyrant

The Cure

The Liberator

Up Above The World So High

NEW … NEW … NEW … NEW … NEW

The Prisoner

6 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$47 or US$50 or £32

Often cited as a ‘spin-off’ from Patrick McGoohan successful spy series Danger Man (aka Secret Agent) The Prisoner (1967-’68) grew out of discussions between McGoohan and the Danger Man script editor, George Markstein. The latter had drawn inspiration came from research into WW II, where he found that some people had been incarcerated in a resort-like prison called Inverlair Lodge. He worked the idea into the second season episode of Danger Man titled ‘Colony Three’ - which finds McGoohan’s character John Drake infiltrating a spy school in Eastern Europe. The school, in the middle of nowhere, is set up to look like a normal English town in which pupils and instructors mix as in any other normal city, but the instructors are virtual prisoners with little hope of ever leaving.

The suggestion was that this new series would have John Drake suddenly resign, be quickly kidnapped and sent to such a location, where he would be investigated about his motivations.

Also the first ever episode of Danger Man, ‘View from the Villa’, had exteriors filmed in Portmeirion, a Welsh resort village that had struck McGoohan as a good location for future projects - it would be become this Machiavellian location (‘The Village’) for what would become “the cultest of cult “ TV series: The Prisoner

But The Prisoner was more than just a Danger Man spin-off…

This new series combined spy fiction with elements of science fiction, allegory, and psychological drama. On the surface it played like a thriller, but The Prisoner was in reality(?) a deft combination of 1960s countercultural themes in a surreal setting.

Ultimately the series had a far-reaching effect on science fiction/fantasy programming, and on popular culture in general!

Good news is the fact that the series has a start and a finish:

McGoohan wanted to make only 7 episodes, whilst the production arm (led by Lord Lew Grade) wanted a full season (of 24 episodes). A compromise was forced on both sides when disastrous US ratings brought about an early (and foreseeable) conclusion after 17 episodes.

The 17^th and final episode is something else …

Trev well remembers that Thursday night in 1968 when the final episode was shown (without any prior knowledge of series conclusion) - it “blew his mind” and became a major talking point with his school- friends for quite some time!

The 6 DVD set presented here contains the entire series of The Prisoner which consisted of 17 (hour long) color episodes. Absolutely perfect prints throughout, the episodes are presented in their original telecast order beginning with “Arrival” and concluding with that fabulously surreal concluding episode “Fall Out”

FYI: The complete series of Danger Man (all episodes produced) is also available from this website.

The Prisoner Disc No. 1

Arrival

The Chimes of Big Ben

The Prisoner Disc No. 2

A. B. and C.

Free for All

The Schizoid Man

The Prisoner Disc No. 3

The General

Many Happy Returns

Dance of the Dead

The Prisoner Disc No. 4

Checkmate

Hammer into Anvil

It's Your Funeral

The Prisoner Disc No. 5

A Change of Mind

Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling

Living in Harmony

The Prisoner Disc No. 6

The Girl Who Was Death

Once Upon A Time

Fall Out

The Protectors

Volume One - Season One - 4 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$40 or US$40 or £25

Volume Two - Season Two - 4 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$40 or US$40 or £25

Volume Three - Seasons One & Two - 8 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$52 or US$60 or £38

The Protectors was an early 1970s UK TV series created by Gerry “Thunderbirds” Anderson. Produced by Lew Grade's ITC Entertainment production company, this half hour live- action series starred Robert “The Man From U.N.C.L.E.” Vaughn as Harry Rule, Nyree Dawn Porter as the Contessa Caroline di Contini and Tony Anholt as Paul Buchet. Together the trio run an international crime fighting agency. These freelance trouble-shooters were based in London, with Harry being the leader of the group. The Contessa lived in Italy where she ran her own detective agency that specialized in exposing art frauds and recovering stolen art. Paul Buchet worked out of Paris, and was the group's researcher and gadget specialist. Their adventures ranged from simple kidnapping to convoluted cases of international intrigue.

Despite not featuring marionettes or any real science fiction elements, The Protectors became one of Anderson's most popular productions. It premiered to rave reviews in 1972 and ran to 52 episodes over two series. Since each episode is only 25 minutes long, the show became known for its fast paced but straightforward action - it was one of the last series of this type to be produced in a half-hour format.

Like The Persuaders!, a similar series also produced by ITC that aired around the same time (and also available from this website), The Protectors was shot on location at numerous "exotic" locations throughout Europe, such as Salzburg, Rome, Malta and Paris, giving the series a sixties "jet set" feel ….

The theme tune for the series, "Avenues And Alleyways", was a hit song for Tony Christie.

All 52 half hour colour episodes are presented here - in their original production order

Volume One consists of Season One

Volume Two consists of Season Two

Volume Three consists of Season One & Two - the complete series

Perfect print quality throughout

Also worth a look: The Persuaders! (see above)

Volume One - Season One - 4 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$40 or US$40 or £25

The Protectors (Season 1) - Disc No. 1

2000 ft to Die

Brother Hood

See No Evil

Disappearing Trick

Ceremony For the Dead

It Was All Over In Leipzig

The Protectors (Season 1) - Disc No. 2

The Quick Brown Fox

King Con

Thinkback

A Kind of Wild Justice

Balance of Terror - costarring Nigel Green

Triple Cross

The Protectors (Season 1) - Disc No. 3

The Numbers Game

For the Rest of Your Natural ...

The Bodyguards

A Matter of Life and Death

The Big Hit

One and One Makes One

Talkdown

The Protectors (Season 1) - Disc No. 4

Vocal

... With a Little Help From My Friends

Chase

Your Witness

It Could Be Practically Anywhere on the Island

The First Circle

A Case For the Right

Volume Two - Season Two - 4 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$40 or US$40 or £25

The Protectors (Season 2) - Disc No. 1

Quin

Bagman

Fighting Fund

The Last Frontier

Baubles Bangles and Beads

Petard

The Protectors (Season 2) - Disc No. 2

Goodbye George

WAM - Part One

WAM - Part Two

Implicado

Dragon Chase

Decoy

The Protectors (Season 2) - Disc No. 3

Border Line

Zeke's Blues

Lena

The Bridge

Sugar and Spice

Burning Bush

The Tiger and the Goat

The Protectors (Season 2) - Disc No. 4

Route 27

Trial

Shadbolt

A Pocketful of Posies - costarring Eartha Kitt & Kieron Moore

Wheels

The Insider

Blockbuster

Quatermass … Complete … (Movie Series & TV Series)

Special 7 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$47 or US$50 or £32

During the 1950’s Nigel Kneale wrote three highly successful science fiction serials for BBC TV featuring a character of his own creation Professor Bernard Quatermass:

· The Quatermass Experiment (1953) starring Reginald Tate as Quatermass

· Quatermass II (1955) starring John Robinson as Quatermass

· Quatermass and the Pit (1959) starring André Morell as Quatermass

Each serial consisted of 6 episodes of 30 minutes duration

The common theme of the series was encounters with alien beings threatening to destroy humanity. While the trilogy reflected the anxiety and paranoia of the times arising from the Cold War and possible use of nuclear weapons, Kneale also raised much wider issues such as the ethics of scientists in a nuclear-age, technological change, latent totalitarianism in the British establishment, environmental pollution and the destructive nature of racism.

Hammer Films made all of the serials into feature films, respectively:

· The Quatermass Xperiment (1955) starring Brian Donlevy as Quatermass

· Quatermass 2 (1957) starring Brian Donlevy as Quatermass

· Quatermass and the Pit (1967) starring Andrew Keir as Quatermass

Each of these films did well in the US market. The noted US actor Brian Donlevy scored well with his home audiences in the initial, prompting his return to England to film the second entry two years on. Both were also scripted and directed the legendary “jack of all trades” Val Guest. The third film was a big budget Technicolor affair which, although having a relatively unknown Quatermass (as far as US audiences were concerned), did have well known “international” actor James Donald in support (although listed first and above Andrew Keir)

Note that each of the Hammer films had different titles of their US release, correspondingly:

The Creeping Unknown (1955), Enemy from Space (1957) & Five Million Years to Earth (1967)

Following the success of the third theatrical feature, the BBC announced plans to produce a fourth Quatermass TV serial in the early 70s. But unforeseen delays saw Kneale take his script to Thames Television.

The result was an expensive and high-profile production:

· Quatermass (1979) starring (Oscar winner) John Mills as Quatermass

The serial consisted of 4 episodes of 60 minute duration

Unlike the earlier TV serials, there was no corresponding movie version of this 4th production, however Euston Films did released a 100 minute film, which was edited down from the 4 hour TV serial and renamed:

· The Quatermass Conclusion (1979) starring John Mills as Quatermass

Whilst great prints of all of the movies and the last 3 TV serials exist (and are included here), the same cannot be said for the first serial. Unlike those that followed, the initial serial (The Quatermass Experiment) was telecast “live” (rather than filmed). Kinescopes (wherein whats shown on the TV is filmed with a special camera) were made of all 6 episodes but only the first two have survived the years.

So The Quatermass Experiment is not a viable viewing option given that the last 4 episode are lost ….

But hold the phone! All is not lost!

Fast forward to 2005 and the BBC produced a new version of this first serial, using the original scripts (all of which had survived) and even transmitted it “live” - just like the original telecast.

This re-creation, whilst telecast “live”, was also filmed (and not via kinescope) – and it’s a perfect (now color) print. As such this 2005 serial now adequately replaces the first TV serial and as such its listed in this boxed DVD set first rather than (chronologically) last.

· The Quatermass Experiment (2005) starring Jason Flemyng as Quatermass

Note that this re-creation is not a multi-part serial, rather a one-off 98 minute production.

Perfect B&W and Color Prints throughout!

Note that each of the Quatermass movies are also available separately from within the Sci-Fi and INDIVIDUAL MOVIE TITLES sections

Quatermass … Complete … (Movie Series & TV Series) Disc No. 1

The Quatermass Experiment (2005) - 1 x 98 mins TV (replacing the original serial, most of which has been lost)

Quatermass … Complete … (Movie Series & TV Series) Disc No. 2

Quatermass II (1955) - 6 x 30 mins TV serial

Quatermass … Complete … (Movie Series & TV Series) Disc No. 3

Quatermass and the Pit (1959) - 6 x 30 mins TV serial

Quatermass … Complete … (Movie Series & TV Series) Disc No. 4

The Quatermass Xperiment (1955) - movie (aka The Creeping Unknown) - starring Brian Donlevy

Quatermass 2 (1957) - movie (aka Enemy from Space) - starring Brian Donlevy

Quatermass … Complete … (Movie Series & TV Series) Disc No. 5

Quatermass and the Pit (1967) - movie (aka Five Million Years to Earth)

Quatermass … Complete … (Movie Series & TV Series) Disc No. 6

Quatermass (1979) - 4 x 60 mins TV serial

Quatermass … Complete … (Movie Series & TV Series) Disc No. 7

The Quatermass Conclusion (1979) - movie

NEWLY EXPANDED & REMASTERED

Now the full series (both Seasons complete)

Nicely restored - a perfect presentation of a wonderful series!

The Restless Gun

Season One: 6 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$47 or US$50 or £32

Season Two: 6 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$47 or US$50 or £32

The Six Shooter was a 1953-54 radio series created by Frank Burt in which legendary actor James Stewart played the role of the cowboy traveller Britt Ponset. James Stewart's Britt Ponset was a man with a reputation for having a fast gun but nonetheless a thinking man who didn't reach for his gun first and ask questions later.

The Six Shooter was to become The Restless Gun on television in 1957-58. Charismatic action movie star, John Payne took over from James Stewart, taking the name Britt Ponset with him into three appearances on TV's Schlitz Playhouse of Stars before moving onto a regular TV series, entitled The Restless Gun and with a name changed to Vint Bonner. Just like Stewart, Payne "narrated" proceedings in a series of stories which were often adapted from episodes aired on radio.

John Payne also produced the TV series (along with David Dortort, who would go on to produce Bonanza) which ran for two seasons and 77 episodes - these were very polished, well budgeted 30 minute B&W western adventures which also featured an interesting array of guest stars: Ben Johnson, James Coburn, J. Carrol Naish, Edgar Buchanan, Jack Elam, William Hopper, Andrew Duggan plus eventual regulars on Bonanza: Dan Blocker & Michael Landon.

The full series is presented here - two Seasons with each Season consisting of a 6 DVD set

Season One consisted of the original pilot episode for the TV series - simply titled The Restless Gun, it is an entry in the Schlitz Playhouse of Stars anthology series, followed by 39 episodes, each nicely restored and presented in their original telecast order

Season Two consists of 38 episodes, again nicely restored and presented in their original telecast order

Season One: 6 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$47 or US$50 or £32

The Restless Gun (Season One) Disc No. 1

The Restless Gun (Pilot - Schlitz Playhouse of Stars)

Duel At Lockwood

Trail To Sunset

Revenge At Harness Creek

Rink

Jenny

The Restless Gun (Season One) Disc No. 2

The Shooting Of Jett King

Jody

General Gilford's Widow

The New Sheriff

Man And Boy

Cheyenne Express

The Restless Gun (Season One) Disc No. 3

Thicker Than Water

Silver Threads

The Child

The Gold Buckle

The Coward

Friend In Need

Strange Family In Town

The Restless Gun (Season One) Disc No. 4

Hang And Be Damned

Quiet City

Hornitas Town

Impostor For A Day

A Pressing Engagement

Woman From Sacramento

Sheriff Billy

The Restless Gun (Season One) Disc No. 5

The Hand Is Quicker

The Suffragette

The Whip

The Crisis At Easter Creek

Aunt Emma

The Outlander

The Battle Of Tower Rock

The Restless Gun (Season One) Disc No. 6

The Torn Flag

Hiram Grover's Strike

The Gold Star

More Than Kin

The Manhunters

The Peddler

Gratitude

Season Two: 6 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$47 or US$50 or £32

The Restless Gun (Season Two) Disc No. 1

Jebediah Bonner

Day Of The Dragon

Mercyday

Thunder Valley

The Nowhere Kid

Bonner's Squaw

The Restless Gun (Season Two) Disc No. 2

Tomboy

Remember The Dead

No Way To Kill

Take Me Home

Multiply One Boy

Peligroso

The Restless Gun (Season Two) Disc No. 3

A Bell For Santo Domingo

The Way Back

The Painted Beauty

Shadow Of A Gunfighter

The Lady And The Gun

Blood Of Courage

The Restless Gun (Season Two) Disc No. 4

Better Than A Cannon

The Dead Ringer

The Last Grey Man

Melany

Ricochet

Dead Man's Hand

The Restless Gun (Season Two) Disc No. 5

The Sweet Sisters

Incident at Bluefield

The Pawn

Four Lives

One On The House

Code For A Killer

Madame Brimstone

The Restless Gun (Season Two) Disc No. 6

Lady By Law

Ride With The Devil

A Trial For Jenny May

The Cavis Boy

The Englishman

A Very Special Investigator

The Hill Of Death

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Return of The Saint

6 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$47 or US$50 or £32

Return of The Saint was a British action-adventure television series that aired for one season in 1978 and 1979 in Britain. It was produced by Lord Lew Grade's ITC Entertainment and ran for 24 episodes. Like its predecessors at ITC (The Saint, The Baron, Department S, Man in a Suitcase, The Champions & Strange Report - all of which are available from this website), Return of The Saint was shot as a series of feature films, rather than being videotaped in studio with film inserts like so many other TV series. In terms of production values, the series is, even by television standards today, almost without parallel. Whereas the Elstree Film Studios back lot was often utilised as an exotic local in the original Saint TV series, Return of the Saint actually filmed in the countries / locations where the stories were set, locations such as Venice, Nice, The Camargue, Cortina, Rome, Florence etc - unheard of for a TV series back then and very possibly now.

Return of The Saint was a huge success and sold to in excess of 70 countries worldwide but unfortunately Lord Lew Grade retired from the TV side of ITC to concentrate on the film arm - and with the financial disaster of Raise the Titanic (1980), funding for a further series of Return of The Saint never eventuated. (Said Lord Lew: "Why make Raise the Titanic when it would have been cheaper to lower The Atlantic")

The series starred Ian Ogilvy as Simon Templar, an independently wealthy, somewhat mysterious "do-gooder" known as "The Saint" who was created in 1928 by Leslie Charteris and featured in a long-running series of novels and novellas. The series itself is a revival of The Saint, a long-running 1960s TV series that starred Roger Moore as Templar. The music was written by John Scott and incorporated Leslie Charteris own theme which had previously been used in films and on radio.

The premise of the series is identical to that of the 1960s TV series, in that Templar is shown traveling around Britain and Europe, helping out the people he encounters, though he is also often summoned by past acquaintances.

A roaring adventurer who loves a fight … a dashing daredevil … unperturbable … debonair … preposterously handsome … a pirate or philanthropist as the occasion demands.

He lives for the pursuit of excitement … for the one triumphant moment that is his alone …

The series borrowed a few storytelling elements from its predecessor. Once again, each episode began with Simon narrating an introduction to set the scene for viewers, and each pre-credit sequence ended with an animated halo appearing above Templar's head as he was identified. Robert S. Baker, who developed and produced the earlier The Saint series for Roger Moore, performed the same duties with Return of the Saint.

Of particular significance to Trev is that the series also made a recurring reference to the 1930s-40s film series, as well as the 1940s radio series that starred Vincent Price as Templar: as the halo appears over Simon's head and just before the opening credits begin, a short phrase of music is heard; this is not actually part of the specially composed theme music for the Return of the Saint series, but is in fact the signature theme of the Saint from film and radio. (Not that both The Saint Movie Series and The Saint Radio Series are both available from the relevant parts of this website)

Ogilvy (who looks and even sounds like Roger Moore) became very popular in Britain and Europe because of the series and along the way won a 'Most Compulsive TV Character Award' in 1978 at the then prostiguous 'TV Times Awards' - in the early 1980s he was considered a major contender for replacing Moore as James Bond!

Unlike the earlier series, Return of The Saint did not adapt any Leslie Charteris stories, however several episodes (such as The Imprudent Professor and Collision Course) were adapted as novels that were credited to Charteris but written by others. A number of Saint books were reprinted with covers depicting Ogilvy as Templar as a tie-in with the series; these collectable volumes carried the Return of the Saint title. The adaptation of the series only two-parter, Collision Course, retitled Salvage for The Saint, was published in 1983 (several years after the series ended) and was the 50th and final Saint book to be published in a series of publications dating back to the 1920s.

The series also boasted a fine cast of actors, with the likes of Joss Ackland, Stratford Johns, Ian Hendry, Judy Geeson, Anton Rogers, Britt Ekland, Maurice Denham, George Cole, Susan Penhaligon and Stuart Wilson. A fine company of directors was also assembled, including movie stalwarts such as Charles Crichton (A Fish Called Wanda) and Roy Ward Baker (A Night to Remember).

This 6 DVD set contains the entire series of twenty four 50 minute episodes of Return of The Saint in their original broadcast order - superb color prints throughout

Worthy of note also is the other 1960s TV series produced by Lew Grade’s ITC production outfit and available from this website: The Saint, The Baron, Department S, Man in a Suitcase,

The Champions, Strange Report & The Persuaders!

Note further that The Saint Movie Series is available from the Movie Series section of this website.

And a further note …. significant The Saint films are also available separately from the INDIVIDUAL MOVIE TITLES section: The Saint in New York (1938), The Saint Strikes Back (1939, The Saint’s Vacation (1941) as well as the two theatrical released Saint films adapted from the Roger Moore TV Series: The Fiction-Makers (1968) & Vendetta For The Saint (1969).

Return of The Saint Disc No. 1

The Judas Game

The Nightmare Man

Duel in Venice

One Black September

Return of The Saint Disc No. 2

The Village That Sold its Soul

Assault Force

Yesterday's Hero

The Poppy Chain

Return of The Saint No. 3

The Arrangement

The Armageddon Alternative

The Imprudent Professor

Signal Stop

Return of The Saint No. 4

The Roman Touch

Tower Bridge is Falling Down

The Debt Collectors

Collision Course - Part 1 The Brave Goose

Return of The Saint No. 5

Collision Course - Part 2 The Sixth Man

Hot Run

Murder Cartel

The Obono Affair

Return of The Saint No. 6

Vicious Circle

Dragonseed

Appointment in Florence

The Diplomat's Daughter

Originally mastered here in 2004, this title has now been

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Richard Diamond, Private Detective

1 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$20 or US$20 or £12

Private Detective, Richard Diamond had its genesis in the mind of Blake "The Pink Panther" Edwards. He fashioned the very successful Richard Diamond radio show in the late 40's and cast popular film star Dick Powell in the title role. Powell played Richard Diamond, "radio's singing gumshoe", an ex- New York City now private detective who was tough when he needed to be, but tried to have a little fun while on the job. The radio show had a legion of fans who just loved Dick's "end-of-show" song to girlfriend Helen (often at the bemusement of her butler Francis). Ed Begley played the long suffering Lieutenant Levinson, having his hands full dealing with Diamond and his inept subordinate Otis.

When television beckoned, deciding at this point he was too busy to star, Powell became a producer, formed Four Star Productions, and unleashed Richard Diamond, Private Detective on the world ("Calling Mr D" in syndication), with newcomer David "The Fugitive" Janssen as Diamond. He remained in New York for two seasons, but the third season began with Diamond moving to Los Angles where he gets a girlfriend, Karen (Barbara Bain), a spiffy car with a phone in it, and an answering service, run by Sam (played by Mary Tyler Moore's legs). The gimmick of viewers never seeing Sam's face is what the show is chiefly remembered for these days. Fortunately, Janssen didn't give us a song at the end of each episode - he doesn't look (or sound) like a singer.

Richard Diamond, Private Detective TV Series Disc

Picture of Fear

Double Jeopardy

Pension Plan

Rough Cut

Family Affair

The Messenger

The Counselor

One Dead Cat

Dead to the World

Fallen Star

Note that this DVD is also part of "The 50's TV Detectives" 4 DVD set - see below (under "F" for 50's)

Rin Tin Tin - see Adventures of Rin Tin Tin in the TV Series A - H Section

Originally mastered here in 2006, this title has now been

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(Disc No. 2 & the unlisted Bonus Disc from the 2006 mastery have been dropped: "they just didn't cut it")

Ripcord

1 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$20 or US$20 or £12

Ripcord was a 30 minute US adventure TV series that ran for 2 seasons and 76 episodes from 1961 to 1963. The youthful heroes of this series literally jumped into a new adventure every week. It starred Larry Pennell as Ted McKeever and Ken Curtis (who later became famous as Festus on Gunsmoke) as Jim Buckley. Ted and Jim ran Ripcord Inc., which taught skydiving and also hired out for rescues, recovery work, and other situations where parachutists were needed.

This series also helped to inspire the first widespread interest in skydiving as a sport and Ripcord is an informative look back into the infancy of the sport.

The show guest starred such actors as Denver Pyle & Harry Carey Jr., whilst Roy ("The Invaders") Thinness had a small role in one of the episodes. Shug Fisher and Paul Comi held down regular roles as the pilot who gets the guys "up there"

The show also sponsored a Ripcord toy consisting of a large plastic parachute with a skydiver figure attached to it which kids would throw up in the air and watch it open and float to the ground. It was a big seller.

Note: The first episode (The Sky Diver) was an enlarged episode of 39 mins featuring a 10 minute introduction by series producer Ivan Tors. Part message to sponsor and part examination of the new sport of Skydiving and its emergence from its paratrooper origin, this mini-doco is full of information and interviews

Nicely restored set of episodes

Ripcord Disc

The Sky Diver: Pilot Episode + Ivan Tors Intro

Radar Rescue (Trev's favorite episode from all those years ago)

Mile High Triangle

The Final Jump

The Inventor

Semper Paratus Any Time

Where Do Elephants Go To Die?

Willie

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Riverboat

Volume One - 6 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$47 or US$50 or £32

Volume Two - 6 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$47 or US$50 or £32

Riverboat was a western TV series which depicted the adventures of Captain Grey Holden (Darren McGavin) and his crew as they navigated the Mississippi River in the 1840's, aboard the stern-wheeler riverboat, ‘Enterprise’. Having won the boat in a poker game, Holden needs and gets shipboard expertise thanks to Boat Pilot Ben Frazer (Burt Reynolds).

Premiering on NBC in September 1959 it ran for two seasons across 44 B&W hour-long episodes.

The first season’s episodes kicked off strongly with a superb range of guest-stars, including Aldo Ray (Episode No. 1), William Bendix (Episode No. 2), John Ireland (Episode No. 6), Jeanne Crain (Episode No. 7) & Vincent Price (Episode No. 8).

A full run of 31 episodes comprised the first season, but falling ratings resulted in the second season being terminated after just 13 entries.

A “seismic shift” occurred in the regular series casting after 21 episodes of the first season...

Burt Reynolds left (or was punted) and Darren McGavin carried the series on his own the remaining 10 episodes of that season (with some help from Dan Duryea a few times).

Season Two kicked off with a new regular in Noah Beery Jr. who play Boat Pilot Bill Blake. Episode No. 1 of this second series guest-starred future Oscar winner Cliff Roberston, Buddy Ebsen (looking a lot like Jed Clampett) took centre stage in Episode No. 7 whilst Charles Bronson & Stella Stevens made for a formidable duo in Episode No. 12 ….

Did You Know that Darren McGavin (who later became famous as Kolchak in the 70s The Night Stalker TV series), also played (Mickey Spillane’s) Mike Hammer on TV at the same time as he filmed Riverboat? The second season of the former coincided with the first season of the latter - it was reported that he worked more than 100 hours a week holding down both series

And McGavin never held back on his commitment to either series - he held a black belt in traditional Japanese Karate and it was notable for him doing many of his own stunts and for the "enthusiasm" he put into some of the fight scenes ….

The complete series of 44 hour-long episodes is available here - all quite nice prints (no logos)

They are split into two Volumes each of 6 DVDs each:

Volume One contains the episodes of Riverboat which co-starred Burt Reynolds

Volume Two contains the episodes of Riverboat which do not co-starred Burt Reynolds - that is the balance of Season One (from Episode No. 22) as well as all of (the shortened) Season Two which co-starred Noah Beery Jr.

Note that the complete series of both Mike Hammer (starring Darren McGavin) and The Night Stalker (starring Darren McGavin) TV Series are available above

Volume One - 6 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$47 or US$50 or £32

Riverboat Disc No. 1

Payment In Full

The Barrier

About Roger Mowbray

Riverboat Disc No. 2

The Race To Cincinnati

The Unwilling

The Fight Back

Riverboat Disc No. 3

Escape To Memphis

Witness No Evil

A Night At Trappers Landing

Riverboat Disc No. 4

The Faithless

The Boy From Pittsburgh

Jessie Quinn

Strange Request

Riverboat Disc No. 5

Guns For Empire

The Face Of Courage

Tampico Raid

The Landlubbers

Riverboat Disc No. 6

The Blowup

Forbidden Island

The Salvage Pirates

Path Of The Eagle (Burt Reynold's last episode)

Volume Two - 6 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$47 or US$50 or £32

Riverboat Disc No. 7

The Treasure Of Hawk Hill

The Fight At New Canal

The Wichita Arrows

Riverboat Disc No. 8

Fort Epitaph

Three Graves

Hang The Men High

Night Of The Faceless Men

Riverboat Disc No. 9

The Long Trail

The Quick Noose

The Sellout

End Of A Dream (First Episode on Season Two, co-starring Noah Beery Jr.)

Riverboat Disc No. 10

That Taylor Affair

The Two Faces Of Grey Holden

River Champion

No Bridge On The River

Riverboat Disc No. 11

Trunk Full Of Dreams

The Water At Gorgeous Springs

Devil In Skirts

The Quota

Riverboat Disc No. 12

Chicota Landing

Duel On The River

Zigzag

Listen To The Nightingale

Originally mastered here in 2004, this title has now been

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Rocky Jones, Space Ranger

4 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$40 or US$40 or £25

Rocky Jones, Space Ranger was a low-budget but imaginative filmed (rather than live) 30 minute TV show produced from 1953 to 1955.  In all, 39 episodes were made, three of which (Kip's Private War, Escape Into Space, Vena and the Darnamo) were single episode stories, while the remainder (36) were grouped into three episode continuing adventures. These latter episodes were later recut & reissued as feature length adventures but the excitement and anticipation of the continuing story (and recap) from week to week was lost.

Synopsis : A thousand years into the future, Rocky Jones (Richard Crane) commands the Space Rangers. Piloting his "orbit jet"' the Silver Moon, accompanied by his comical sidekick Winky (Scotty Beckett from Our Gang), his girlfriend Vena Ray (Sally Mansfield), scientific advisor Professor Newton (Maurice Cass), and kid sidekick Bobby (Robert Lyden). When Scotty Beckett was sent to prison, Jones' sidekick became Biff (James Lydon aka Henry Aldrich). The "Aliens" were Juliandra (Ann Robinson from War of the Worlds), Pinto Vortando (Ted Hecht), Darganto (Frank Pulaski) and Ed Wood's bulky pal Tor Johnson played a villain in the series.

Like many of his 1950s era space-piloting contemporaries, Rocky Jones was pretty popular with the kiddies. And why not? Despite its low budget and standard Space Ranger plots, every kid watching the 39 original episodes believed in the heroism and deep space adventures of the dashing star.

Quality Note : Significant restoration work has gone into this prized set of episodes and they are now of quite OK quality - although a small number are still down a bit!

Rocky Jones, Space Ranger Disc No. 1

Beyond the Curtain of Space - Chapter 1

Beyond the Curtain of Space - Chapter 2

Beyond the Curtain of Space - Chapter 3

Blast-Off - Chapter 1

Blast-Off - Chapter 2

Blast-Off - Chapter 3

Bobby's Comet - Chapter 1

Bobby's Comet - Chapter 2

Bobby's Comet - Chapter 3

Rocky Jones, Space Ranger Disc No. 2

The Cold Sun - Chapter 1

The Cold Sun - Chapter 2

The Cold Sun - Chapter 3

Crash of Moons - Chapter 1

Crash of Moons - Chapter 2

Crash of Moons - Chapter 3

Escape Into Space

The Forbidden Moon - Chapter 1

The Forbidden Moon - Chapter 2

The Forbidden Moon - Chapter 3

Rocky Jones, Space Ranger Disc No. 3

Inferno in Space - Chapter 1

Inferno in Space - Chapter 2

Inferno in Space - Chapter 3

Kip's Private War

Out of this World - Chapter 1

Out of this World - Chapter 2

Out of this World - Chapter 3

Pirates of Prah - Chapter 1

Pirates of Prah - Chapter 2

Pirates of Prah - Chapter 3

Rocky Jones, Space Ranger Disc No. 4

Rocky's Odyssey - Chapter 1

Rocky's Odyssey - Chapter 2

Rocky's Odyssey - Chapter 3

Silver Needle in the Sky - Chapter 1

Silver Needle in the Sky - Chapter 2

Silver Needle in the Sky - Chapter 3

The Trial of Rocky Jones - Chapter 1

The Trial of Rocky Jones - Chapter 2

The Trial of Rocky Jones - Chapter 3

Vena and the Darnano

Rin Tin Tin - see The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin in the TV Series A - H Section

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Now an 8 DVD set

Route 66 (Season 1)

8 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$52 or US$60 or £38

Route 66 was one of the most unique American television dramas of the 1960s, an ostensible adventure series that functioned, in practice, as an anthology of interesting character studies and psychological dramas. Its 1960 premiere launched two young drifters (Martin Milner as Tod Stiles and George Maharis as Buz Murdock) in a Corvette on an existential odyssey in which they encountered a myriad of loners, dreamers and outcasts in the small towns and big cities along U.S. Highway 66 and beyond.

Creator Stirling Silliphant (future Academy Award winning writer of In the Heat of the Night) utilized a concept in which the drama centered on the guest stars more so than the regular cast. Whilst the series is probably best remembered for its iconic Corvette convertible and the instrumental theme song (composed and performed by Nelson Riddle), it was the literate scripts and rich characterizations which brought the viewing public back each week. The open-ended format, featuring two roaming observers/facilitators, gave Silliphant and the other writers an almost unlimited landscape for presenting a wide variety of dramatic storylines. Virtually any tale could be adapted to the series. From toiling in a California vineyard to manning a Maine lobster boat, the two men took odd jobs along their journey which brought them into contact with dysfunctional families or troubled individuals in need of their help.

Route 66 is well remembered for its cinematography and location filming. Silliphant traveled the country with a location manager (Sam Manners), scouting a wide range of locales and writing scripts to match the settings. The actors and film crew would arrive a few months later. Memorable locations include a logging camp, shrimp boats, an offshore oil rig, and Glen Canyon Dam, the latter while still under construction. It is one of very few series in the history of television to be filmed entirely on the road. This was done at a time when the United States was much less homogeneous than it is now. People, their accents, livelihoods, ethnic backgrounds and attitudes varied widely from one location to the next. Scripted characters reflected a far less mobile society, in which people were more apt to spend their entire lives in one small part of the country. Similarly, the places themselves were very different from one another visually, environmentally, architecturally and in terms of their relative isolation.

Remarkably, by the end of its four-season run, the Route 66 production caravan had traveled to twenty-five states. The show's stark black and white photography and spectacular locations provided a powerful backdrop to its always compelling stories, and yielded a photographic and geographical realism that has never been duplicated on American television.

As such, Route 66 has become, in retrospect, a dramatic and photographic portrait of early-1960s America: a far less crowded and less complicated era, in which altruism and optimism still had a place. That place was filled by two young men who seemed to represent the best in us, the willingness to stand up for the weak and who espoused old-fashioned values like honesty and physical courage.

This 8 DVD set consists of the complete Season One of the series - all 30 episodes - excellent B&W prints throughout (in its original 4:3 aspect). Whilst later series saw cast changes (and even just Tod on his own at times), this first Season has the original cast backed up by an astounding array of guest stars. Future Academy Award winners in Lee Marvin, Robert Duvall & Walter Matthau make for excellent episodes whilst Dan Duryea, Ann Francis, Darren McGavin, Michael Rennie, Jack Warden & Dorothy Malone round out a roster of talented support. Interestingly, series producer Herbert B. Leonard - well remembered for the Rin Tin Tin TV series (also available from this website) - was able to include both Rin Tin Tin and James "Lt. Rip Masters" Brown as guests in Season One episodes of Route 66!

Disc No. 1

Black November

A Lance of Straw

The Swan Bed

Disc No. 2

The Man on the Monkey Board

The Strengthening Angels

Ten Drops of Water

Disc No. 3

Three Sides

Legacy for Lucia

Layout at Glen Canyon

The Beryllium Eater

Disc No. 4

A Fury Slinging Flame - guest starring Leslie Nielsen

Sheba - guest starring Lee Marvin

The Quick and the Dead

Play It Glissando - guest starring Anne Francis

Disc No. 5

The Clover Throne - guest starring Jack Warden

Fly Away Home (Part 1) - guest starring Michael Rennie

Fly Away Home (Part 2) - guest starring Dorothy Malone

Sleep on Four Pillows

Disc No. 6

An Absence of Tears - guest starring Rin Tin Tin

Like a Motherless Child

Effigy in Snow

Eleven, the Hard Way - guest starring Walter Matthau

Disc No. 7

Most Vanquished, Most Victorious

Don't Count Stars - guest starring Dan Duryea

The Newborn - guest starring Robert Duvall

A Skill for Hunting

Disc No. 8

Trap at Cordova - guest starring James "Lt. Rip Masters" Brown

The Opponent - guest starring Darren McGavin

Welcome to Amity

Incident on a Bridge

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The Saint

Volume One (Season One) 3 DVD set: AU$35 or US$35 or £22

Volume Two (Season Two) 6 DVD set: AU$47 or US$50 or £32

Volume Three (Season Three) 5 DVD set: AU$43 or US$45 or £28

Volume Four (Season Four) 2 DVD set: AU$30 or US$30 or £18

In late 1961, Leslie Charteris sold the television rights to The Saint to producer Robert S. Baker, who teamed up with Lew Grade of ITC to film The Saint for the small screen. Each mystery spy-thriller episode ran for 50 minutes (sans commercial breaks) and was based on the books and short stories written by Leslie Charteris, with additional material added by the screenwriters. It centred on Simon Templar, a Robin Hood-like adventurer with a penchant for disguise. The character may be nicknamed The Saint because the initial letters of his name (ST) are also an abbreviation for the word Saint. When taking on an American persona he would often use the moniker: Sebastian Tombs.

The Saint starred Roger Moore as Simon Templar and he drove a (much-publicised) white Volvo P1800 on the show. Moore's portrayal of Templar was considered a training ground for his later work as James Bond. He was reportedly offered the role of 007 at least twice during the run of the series, but had to turn it down both times due to his television commitments. In one early episode of the series, a character actually mistakes Templar for James Bond.

The show was well received by British audiences, but no US network seemed interested in placing it in their schedules, so instead it was put into syndication by ITC - becoming a huge hit in the US, making it one of the most successful syndicated shows in history. This initial syndication run consisted of the first two UK series - which were filmed in B&W and consisted of 12 episodes (Season One) and 27 episodes (Season Two).

With US success (and Network acceptance) came further series - Season Three (23 episodes) and Season Four (9 episodes) were again filmed in B&W for a total of 71 monochrome entries - each of which is distinguished by Roger Moore “breaking the fourth wall” and speaking to the audience in character at the start of every episode.

With the much publicised move to color, Moore took part ownership of the series and the stories exhibited more secret agent and fantasy-style plots, helped along by The Saint’s simple narration (rather than addressing the viewer in person). Although a further 2 seasons (totalling 47 color episodes) were produced, it was seen as quite different type of program to that espoused by B&W entries that preceded it …..

As such, the B&W episodes are often opined as the best of The Saint on TV - being played out as a straightforward mystery series, and much closer to the spirit (& text) of the books.

The four Volumes that comprise the episodes offered here correspond to the first four seasons of The Saint - all 71 B&W episodes are contained here across the four Volumes in broadcast order - uncut, perfect prints

Note that Return of The Saint - the superb (& big budget) late 1970s TV series starring Ian Oligvy is available from the TV Series section of this website

Worthy of note also is the other 1960s TV series produced by Lew Grade’s ITC production outfit and available from this website: The Baron, Department S, Man in a Suitcase, The Champions, Return of The Saint, Strange Report & The Persuaders!

Note further that The Saint Movies Series is available from the Movie Series section of this website.

And a further note …. significant The Saint films are also available separately from the INDIVIDUAL MOVIE TITLES section: The Saint in New York (1938), The Saint Strikes Back (1939, The Saint’s Vacation (1941) as well as the two theatrical released Saint films adapted from the Roger Moore TV Series (Color episodes): The Fiction-Makers (1968) & Vendetta For The Saint (1969).

Volume One (Season One) 3 DVD set: AU$35 or US$35 or £22

Disc No. 1 (Season One)

The Talented Husband

The Latin Touch

The Careful Terrorist

The Covetous Headsman

Disc No. 2 (Season One)

The Loaded Tourist

The Pearls of Peace

The Arrow of God

The Element of Doubt

Disc No. 3 (Season One)

The Effete Angler

The Golden Journey

The Man Who Was Lucky

The Charitable Countess

Volume Two (Season Two) 6 DVD set: AU$47 or US$50 or £32

Disc No. 1 (Season Two)

The Fellow Traveller

Starring the Saint

Judith

Teresa

Disc No. 2 (Season Two)

The Elusive Ellshaw

Marcia

The Work of Art

Iris

Disc No. 3 (Season Two)

The King of the Beggars

The Rough Diamonds

The Saint Plays with Fire

The Well Meaning Mayor

The Sporting Chance

Disc No. 4 (Season Two)

The Bunco Artists

The Benevolent Burglary

The Wonderful War

The Noble Sportsman - co-starring Anthony Quayle

Disc No. 5 (Season Two)

The Romantic Matron

Luella - co-starring David Hedison

The Lawless Lady

The Good Medicine

The Invisible Millionaire

Disc No. 6 (Season Two)

The High Fence

Sophia - co-starring Oliver Reed

The Gentle Ladies

The Ever-Loving Spouse

The Saint Sees It Through

Volume Three (Season Three) 5 DVD set: AU$43 or US$45 or £28

Disc No. 1 (Season Three)

The Miracle Tea Party

Lida

Jeannine

The Scorpion

Disc No. 2 (Season Three)

The Revolution Racket

The Saint Steps In

The Loving Brothers (starring Aussies: Ray Barrett & Ed Devereaux)

The Man Who Liked Toys

Disc No. 3 (Season Three)

The Death Penalty

The Imprudent Politician

The Hi-Jackers

The Unkind Philanthropist

The Damsel in Distress

Disc No. 4 (Season Three)

The Contract

The Set-Up

The Rhine Maiden

The Inescapable Word

The Sign of the Claw

Disc No. 5 (Season Three)

The Golden Frog

The Frightened Inn-Keeper

Sibao

The Crime of the Century

The Happy Suicide

Volume Four (Season Four) 2 DVD set: AU$30 or US$30 or £18

Disc No. 1 (Season Four)

The Checkered Flag

The Abductors

The Crooked Ring

The Smart Detective

Disc No. 2 (Season Four)

The Persistent Parasites

The Man Who Could Not Die

The Saint Bids Diamonds

The Spanish Cow

The Old Treasure Story

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Science Fiction Theatre

Season 1 - 4 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$40 or US$40 or £25

In this science-fiction anthology series host Truman Bradley introduces stories extrapolated from actual scientific data available in the 1950's, concentrating on such concepts as space flight, UFO's and mental telepathy.

Vincent Price, Pat O'Brien, John "Bulldog Drummond" Howard & Basil "Sherlock Holmes" Rathbone, Howard "Sam Spade" Duff appear in episodes.

Two seasons were produced. Season 1 consisted of 39 thirty minute color episodes, whilst Season 2 consisted of a further 39 thirty minute episodes but this time in B&W

The set offered here is Season 1 only

Quality Note: This set of color episodes has recently undergone significant restoration work. Most of the episodes are now of acceptable quality - although some are still down a little. But all 39 episodes can still be enjoyed for what they are: fascinating Sci-Fi

Science Fiction Theatre (Season 1) Disc No. 1

Beyond

Time Is Just a Place

Out of Nowhere

Y..O..R..D..

Stranger in the Desert

No Food for Thought

The Brain of John Emerson

Spider, Inc.

Death at 2 A.M.

Conversation With an Ape

Science Fiction Theatre (Season 1) Disc No. 2

Marked 'Danger'

Hour of Nightmare

100 Years Young

The Strange Doctor Lorenz

The Frozen Sound

The Stones Began to Move

The Lost Heartbeat

The World Below

Barrier of Silence

Negative Man

Science Fiction Theatre (Season 1) Disc No. 3

Dead Reckoning

A Visit from Dr. Pliny

The Strange People at Pecos

Dead Storage

The Human Equation

Target Hurricane

The Water Maker

The Unexplored

The Hastings Secret

Postcard from Barcelona

Science Fiction Theatre (Season 1) Disc No. 4

Friend of a Raven

Beyond Return

Before the Beginning

The Long Day

Project 44

Are We Invaded?

Sound of Murder

Operation Flypaper

The Other Side of the Moon

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Sea Hunt (Complete - all episodes - perfect prints)

Season One - 6 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$47 or US$50 or £32

Season Two - 6 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$47 or US$50 or £32

Season Three - 6 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$47 or US$50 or £32

Season Four - 6 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$47 or US$50 or £32

Sea Hunt was one of the most popular shows in syndication in the Sixties (4 seasons of episodes were filmed from 1957-1962). This show was produced by Ivan Tors and the underwater footage was shot in various warm water places around the world, from California to Australia, from the Caribbean to the Florida Keys. There was lots of action on Sea Hunt and the underwater fight scenes were spectacular as Mike Nelson hunted down criminals from the undersea underworld and ran afoul of sharks, manta rays, octopuses and giant sea turtles. The experienced skindiver also went after salvage and did rescues - whenever danger or excitement lurked below the surface Mike Nelson was ready for action. While fill-in footage was filmed in exotic locales, most of the show's action scenes were shot in a huge aquarium located in California's long-gone Marineland amusement park in Palos Verdes. Ironically, Lloyd Bridges had no experience as a diver before starting the series, but quickly became very accomplished. Early in the run of the series, Mike Nelson operated from land and the diving sequences were short. As the show gained popularity, more and more of the action took place underwater and Mike was operating almost exclusively from his high-tech boat, the Argonaut. Sea Hunt went on to become one of the most merchandised TV programs of its time, with "Mike Nelson" flippers, goggles and rubber boats being offered during the height of the show's popularity.

Sea Hunt is of Trev's all time favorite shows, in which he learned all about this fabulous 'new' sport (as well as 'The Bends' & re-breathers etc)

Trev still wants to do a 'Mike Nelson' - ie. do a skin-diving course (and may well do so)

Sea Hunt ran for 4 very successful seasons and a total of 155 half hour episodes

The DVD sets here are by Season with each presented in their original telecast order

Perfect B&W prints!

Season One - 6 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$47 or US$50 or £32

Sea Hunt (Season One) Disc No. 1

Sixty Feet Below

Flooded Mine

Rapture of the Deep

Mark of the Octopus

The Sea Sled

Female of the Species

Sea Hunt (Season One) Disc No. 2

Mr. Guinea Pig

Sonar Queen

Gold Below

Recovery

Killer Whale

Midget Submarine

Sea Hunt (Season One) Disc No. 3

The Shark Cage

Hard Hat

Continental Rift

The Poacher

Girl in the Trunk

The Sponge Divers

Sea Hunt (Season One) Disc No. 4

Diamond River

Alligator Story

Magnetic Mine

Underwater Patrol

Legend of the Mermaid

Pressure Suit

The Prospectors

Sea Hunt (Season One) Disc No. 5

The Hero

Underwater Station

The Lost Ones

Capture of the Santa Rosa

The Shipwreck

The Big Dive

The Birthday Present

Sea Hunt (Season One) Disc No. 6

Dead Man's Cove

Killer Rock

The Amphibian

Lord Christobal

Decoy

The Sea Has Ears

The Manganese Story

Season Two - 6 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$47 or US$50 or £32

Sea Hunt (Season Two) Disc No. 1

The Alcatraz Story

Operation Greenback

Underwater Security

Underwater Labyrinth

Monte Cristo

The Stunt

Sea Hunt (Season Two) Disc No. 2

Diving for the Moon

The Search

Jettisoned

Murder at 60 Feet

Air Pockets

The Dam

Sea Hunt (Season Two) Disc No. 3

Dock Fire

The Persuaders

Nerve Gas

Strange Salvage

Underwater Survey

Underwater Curtain

Sea Hunt (Season Two) Disc No. 4

Hermes

The Briefcase

Cave Diving

Water Ski Show

Underwater Shrine

Chain of Evidence

Treasure Hunt

Sea Hunt (Season Two) Disc No. 5

Sea Serpent

The Getaway

Underwater Ejection

The Female

Port Security

Underwater Park

Underwater Unit

Sea Hunt (Season Two) Disc No. 6

Proof of Guilt

Chained

Ransom

Oil Island

Base of Operations

Kelp Forest

The Raft

Season Three - 6 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$47 or US$50 or £32

Sea Hunt (Season Three) Disc No. 1

Asylum

Water Nymphs

Mister Big

Hot Cargo

Underwater Drop

Cobalt Bomb

Sea Hunt (Season Three) Disc No. 2

Counterfeit

Missile Watch

Jade Cavern

Expatriate's Return

Strong Box

The Fearmakers

Sea Hunt (Season Three) Disc No. 3

Revolutionary Spoils

Pirate Gold

The Living Fossil

Submarine Explosion

Sacred Pool

Cindy

Sea Hunt (Season Three) Disc No. 4

Cross Current

Synthetic Hero

The Cellini Vase

Target

Ghost Light

Rebreather

Blind Spot

Sea Hunt (Season Three) Disc No. 5

The Replacement

Underwater Beacon

Time Fuse

Storm Drain

The Invader

Changing Patterns

The Catalyst

Sea Hunt (Season Three) Disc No. 6

The Missing Link

Underwater Narcotics

The Sound of Nothing

Prima Donna

Beyond Limits

Diplomatic Pouch

Man Overboard

Season Four - 6 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$47 or US$50 or £32

Sea Hunt (Season Four) Disc No. 1

Point of No Return

River Treasure

The Destroyers

Vital Error

The Dancer

Sperling of Lamatsue

Sea Hunt (Season Four) Disc No. 2

Rescue

Mercy Trip

Hot Tracer

Sonar Story

Amigo

The Aquanettes

Sea Hunt (Season Four) Disc No. 3

Survival Kit

Expedition

Bionics

The Defector

Niko

Cougar

Sea Hunt (Season Four) Disc No. 4

Sub Hatch

The Octopus Story

Quicksand

Lost Island

Baby

Confidential Mission

Sea Hunt (Season Four) Disc No. 5

Underwater Pirates

The Meet

Dark Evil

Sunken Car

Hit and Run

The Saint Story

Impostor

Sea Hunt (Season Four) Disc No. 6

Superman

Roustabout

P.T. Boat

Starting Signal

Skipper

Crime at Sea

Round Up

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Much superior to commercial offerings

Sergeant Preston of the Yukon

Season One - 4 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$40 or US$40 or £25

Season Two & Three 6 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$47 or US$50 or £32

Sergeant Preston of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police astride his horse Rex and accompanied by his dog Yukon King enforces law and order in Alaska at the turn of the century. While other law officers were out talking to witnesses and victims, Preston (well played by the handsome & virile Richard Simmons) and Yukon King would sniff for their own clues, and no one ever beat them to the bad guys. Like many of television's early shows, Sergeant Preston first began as a radio show in 1947 and ran until 1955. It was created by George W. Trendle, of The Lone Ranger and The Green Hornet fame. Every show concluded with Sgt Preston saying to the dog : "Well King, looks like this case is closed!"

The entire series ran for 3 seasons and consisted of 78 full color episodes.

All 3 Seasons are presented here in broadcast order - great color prints throughout (except for two episodes from the 3rd Season which are in B&W) - episodes are UNCUT

A "Who Cares? Trivia" Note: This show holds great significance for Trev - it was the first show that he watched on the family's first TV (April 1961)

Season One - 4 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$40 or US$40 or £25

Sergeant Preston of the Yukon (S1) Disc No. 1

Vindication Of Yukon

Rebellion In The North

Trouble At Hogback

Incident At Gordon Landing

Bad Medicine

Hidden Gold

Last Mail From Last Chance

The Assassins

Sergeant Preston of the Yukon (S1) Disc No. 2

Golden Gift

Cry Wolf

Girl From Vancouver

Treasure Of Fifteen Mile Creek

The Boy Nobody Wanted

The Mad Wolf Of Lost Canyon

One Bean Too Many

Crime At Wounded Moose

Sergeant Preston of the Yukon (S1) Disc No. 3

Dog Race

Phantom Of Phoenixville

Trapped

Justice At Goneaway Creek

Skagway Secret

Relief Train

Totem Treasure

One Good Turn

Sergeant Preston of the Yukon (S1) Disc No. 4

The Cache

Cinderella Of The Yukon

Gold Fever

Fancy Dan

The Coward

Father Of The Crime

Remember The Maine

Love And Honour

All Is Not Gold

Seasons Two & Three - 6 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$47 or US$50 or £32

Sergeant Preston of the Yukon (S2) Disc No. 1

The Limping King

The Rookie

Pack Ice Justice

Revenge

Littlest Rookie

Lost Patrol

King of Herschel Island

Sergeant Preston of the Yukon (S2) Disc No. 2

Fantastic Creatures

Eye of Evil

Luck of the Trail

Return Visit

Tobacco Smugglers

Turnabout

Emergency on Scarface Flat

The Williwaw

Sergeant Preston of the Yukon (S2) Disc No. 3

Border Action

The Black Ace

Scourge of the Wilderness

Blind Justice

The Stolen Malamute

The Devil's Roost

Ten Little Indians

Underground Ambush

Sergeant Preston of the Yukon (S3) Disc No. 4

Old Ben's Gold

The Rebel Yell

The Mark of Crime

Storm The Pass

Old Faithful

The Skull in the Stone

Ghost Mine

Sergeant Preston of the Yukon (S3) Disc No. 5

The Jailbreaker (B&W)

Out of the Night

Three Men in Black

Lost River Roundup

The Old Timer

Battle at Bradley's

The Generous Hobo

Sergeant Preston of the Yukon (S3) Disc No. 6

Follow the Leader

Gold Rush Patrol

Grizzly

The Diamond Collar

Escape to the North

Outlaw in Uniform (B&W)

Boy Alone

The Criminal Collie

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Sheena Queen of the Jungle

2 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$30 or US$30 or £18

Created in 1937 by S.M. Iger and Will Eisner, Sheena became the star feature in Fiction House's "Jumbo Comics," which ran for 167 issues between 1938 and 1953. From '42 to '53, Sheena also starred in 18 issues of "Sheena, Queen of the Jungle."

From the outset, Sheena was blond, beautiful, spear-carrying, and scantily dressed. Within a year she appeared in the leopard-skin which became her trademark and later bore polished metal armlets and occasionally brass bracelets and anklets. Eisner said he created Sheena to be a female counterpart of Tarzan and that he borrowed the name from the H. Ryder Haggard novel, She.

In 1955, Sheena leaped into television - "Sheena, Queen of the Jungle" ran for 26 half-hour episodes in '55 and '56. The syndicated series starred pin-up girl Irish McCalla as Sheena and although it lasted only one season, the TV series developed a cult following. Larry Urbanski, curator of one of the world's largest libraries of early television shows, wrote of Sheena: "This shapely beauty of the jungle is fondly remembered by all boys who watched Sheena in her well fitting leotard. The girls fondly remember Sheena as the woman who took charge in a 50's era when women usually did not take charge".

The Sheena TV series was produced in a period of American social history in which what we now refer to as "traditional" sex roles were firmly entrenched. Early television was largely structured by the expectation of a return to the normalcy of patriarchy. Female characters were overwhelmingly depicted in roles subservient to and dependent on males. Sheena was preceded on television by Annie Oakley, played by Gail Davis, by two years. Annie was a strong and heroic female character, and probably paved the way for Sheena, but Annie was petite and demure. Sheena was robustly feminine and her simple and direct use of language ("Bob stay here!") gave her a forceful persona.

16 episodes are presented here in their original release order

Excellent (digitally restored & enhanced) prints - much better than commercial offerings

Sheena Queen of the Jungle Disc No. 1

Curse Of The Voodoo

The Elephant God

Eyes Of The Idol

Forbidden Cargo

Forbidden Land

The Ganyika Kid

Jungle Pursuit

The Lash

Sheena Queen of the Jungle Disc No. 2

The Leopard Men

The Magic Bag

The Renegades

The Rival Queen

Sacred River

Secret Of The Temple

The Test

Touch Of Death

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The Silent Service

1 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$20 or US$20 or £12

This was a half hour 1957-1958 dramatic anthology series about the U.S. Navy's submarine fleet. All stories were based on fact and the realism was heightened by actual use of combat footage from the files of the Navy. The stories were varied between the South Pacific during World War II and the Korean War. The Navy loaned him the U.S.S. Sawfish for the filming of several episodes.

The Silent Service is narrated by Rear Admiral Thomas M. Dykers, who retired from the Navy in 1949 after 22 years of service. He began each episode with this refrain: "Tonight, we bring you another thrilling episode of Silent Service stories, of warfare under the sea … "

Recall the opening / closing song:

"… we'll patrol the ocean wide from down, down underneath the sea … "

Trev well remembers this series just because of that song!

The Silent Service Disc

The Squalus Story

The Seahorse Story

Sea Nettle vs. U-Boat

The Tautog Story

The Pargo's Lucky Seventh

The Batfish Scores

The Sealion Story

The Gar Story

The Hawkbill's Revenge

The Sea Dragon Story

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Sir Francis Drake

4 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$40 or US$40 or £25

Like the similarly themed William Tell, The Buccaneers, The Count of Monte Cristo & The Adventures of Sir Lancelot which came before, Sir Francis Drake was another offering from ITC's series of of late 50's historical TV swashbucklers. Sir Francis Drake proved itself a rather dignified effort in comparison to the previous period actioners. Producer Anthony Bushell delivered a robust melodrama that was often as much cloak-and-dagger doings as high seas privateering. Imbued with zest for the romantic patriotism of Elizabethan times, the series brought considerable pictorial imagination to its small-screen presentation: sunlight and shadow effects, eerily confined narrow streets, sumptuous palace interiors, and decorative Spanish costumes and courtiers of the time of Philip II of Spain. The storyline broadly traced the adventures of the piratical sea fighter, commander of the legendary 'Golden Hind', as he preyed on Spanish commerce in the late 16th century and outwitted various Spanish agents intent on forcing an unprepared England into open war with Spain.

Terence Morgan's Drake, endowed from the start with an uncanny self-confidence, struck exactly the right balance between poker-faced laconism and Errol Flynn-like exuberance. By contrast, Jean Kent, in a finely measured performance, walked through it all with great patience and dignity as a suitably regal Elizabeth I - though, at times, there were unmistakable moments of dewy-eyed expectation whenever she and the virile Drake convened privately to plot conspiracies against Spain.

Making up the patchwork members of Drake's regular crew were a young Michael "Phantom of the Opera" Crawford as Drake's wide-eyed nephew John and Milton Reid as the mountainous, glowering Diego, with Patrick McLoughlin's Trevelyan and Howard Lang's Grenville as the stock British officer class. The recurring villain of the piece was the scheming Spanish Ambassador, Mendoza, played by the saturnine Roger Delgado with enough venom to sustain the entire Spanish Inquisition for years.

Guest stars included David McCallum, Nanette Newman and Warren Mitchell.

It was shown in the US in 1962 as The Adventures of Sir Francis Drake.

This 4 DVD set contains the entire series of 26 episodes in their original broadcast order

Perfect prints throughout

Check out William Tell, The Buccaneers, The Count of Monte Cristo & The Adventures of Sir Lancelot - all available from this website

Sir Francis Drake Disc No. 1

The Prisoner

The Lost Colony of Virginia

Queen of Scots

Doctor Dee

Bold Enterprise

The English Dragon

Sir Francis Drake Disc No. 2

Boy Jack

The Garrison

Visit to Spain

The Flame Thrower

The Governor's Revenge

Slaves of Spain

Sir Francis Drake Disc No. 3

The Doughty Plot

King of America

The Irish Pirate

Beggars of the Sea

Drake on Trial

The Bridge

Johnnie Factotum

Sir Francis Drake Disc No. 4

Mission to Paris

The Reluctant Duchess

The Gypsies

Court Intrigue

Gentleman of Spain

The Fountain of Youth

Escape

Sir Lancelot - see The Adventures of Sir Lancelot in the TV Series A - H Section

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Sky King

Volume 1 (Seasons 1 & 2) 4 DVD (Disc Nos. 1 to 4) Boxed Set price : AU$40 or US$40 or £25

Volume 2 (Seasons 3 & 4) 4 DVD (Disc Nos. 5 to 8) Boxed Set price : AU$40 or US$40 or £25

Volume 3 - Entire Series - (Disc Nos. 1 to 8): 8 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$52 or US$60 or £38

"From out of the clear blue of the western sky comes Sky King" was the familiar opening to television's premier aviation program. Operating from his Flying Crown Ranch in Arizona, airplane pilot Sky (Schuyler) King, his niece Penny and their Cessna 310 airplane "Songbird" were constantly involved in one adventure after another. Viewed by many children in the 1950's, this program was responsible for inspiring many later aviation careers. Although it had strong cowboy show elements, King always captured criminals and even spies as well as finding lost hikers using his airplane

The TV series was itself inspired by the radio show of the same name (the brainchild of Robert Morris Burtt and Wilfred Gibbs Moore, who also created Captain Midnight) which first aired in 1946 and ran until1954 in both continuing 15 minute and stand-alone 30 minute formats.

The television version starred Kirby Grant as Sky King and Gloria Winters as his teen-aged niece Penny. Other regular characters included his nephew Clipper, played by Ron Hagerthy, and Mitch the sheriff, played by Ewing Mitchell. Mitch was always coming to Sky for help.

The television show was notable for its dramatic opening with the Songbird banking sharply away from the camera and its engines roaring. The credit roll was equally dramatic, with the Songbird swooping at the camera.

At the beginning of the television series, Sky flew a Cessna T-50 twin-engine "Bamboo Bomber," actually owned by Grant, who in real life was a pilot. The plane was made of wood and eventually became unsafe to fly. The plane was sold and later in the series he flew a twin-engine Cessna 310B.

Like most TV cowboy heroes of the time, Sky never killed the bad guys. Largely a show for kids, although it sometimes aired in primetime, Sky King became an icon in the aviation community. Many pilots who grew up watching Sky King name him as an influence.

In all 72 episodes were filmed across 4 seasons.

Fabulous print quality throughout

Sky King Disc No. 1 (Season 1 Disc No. 1)

Operation Urgent

Carrier Pigeon

Stagecoach Robbers

Deadly Cargo

Jim Bell's Triumph

Designing Women

One for the Money

Danger Point

Desperate Character

Sky King Disc No. 2 (Season 1 Disc No. 2)

The Man Who Forgot

The Threatening Bomb

Speak No Evil

Two-Gun Penny

Formula for Fear

The Giant Eagle

Blackmail

Wings of Justice

Destruction from the Sky

The Porcelain Lion

Sky King Disc No. 3 (Season 2 Disc No. 1)

The Neckerchief

Man Hunt

The Plastic Ghost

The Rainbird

The Crystal Trap

The Red Tentacle

Boomerang

The Geiger Detective

The Golden Burro

Rustlers on Wheels

Sky King Disc No. 4 (Season 2 Disc No. 2)

The Silver Grave

Uninvited Death

Fish out of Water

Diamonds on a Sky-Hook

Flood of Fury

Rocket Story

Rodeo Roundup

Showdown

Land o'Cotton

Dust of Destruction

Sky King Disc No. 5 (Season 3 Disc No. 1)

Mystery Horse

Double Trouble

Note for a Dam

Bad Actor

Fight for Oil

Lost Boy

The Brain and the Brawn

The Feathered Serpent

The Circus Clown Mystery

Dead Man's Will

Sky King Disc No. 6 (Season 3 Disc No. 2)

Cindy, Come Home

Rodeo Decathlon

Abracadabra

Triple Exposure

The Haunted Castle

Man Hunt II

Danger at the Sawmill

Sleight of Hand

The Runaway

Stop That Train

Sky King Disc No. 7 (Season 4 Disc No. 1)

The Wild Man

Sky Robbers

A Dog Named Barney

Bullet Bait

Money Has Wings

Frog Man

Terror Cruise

Sky King Disc No. 8 (Season 4 Disc No. 2)

Runaway Truck

Bounty Hunters

A Mickey for Sky

Dead Giveaway

Ring of Fire

Mickey's Birthday

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Smuggler

2 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$30 or US$30 or £18

The British adventure series Smuggler is set in 1802 during the early stages of the Napoleonic wars. The central character is Jack Vincent (Oliver Tobias), a swashbuckling ex-British naval captain turned smuggler. A strong-willed, independent man who lives by both his wits and the sword, Vincent enjoys outwitting British revenue officers and tweaking the nose of the French higher-ups by indulging in various espionage activities. We find out that Jack is actually a forsaken hero of the British Navy. A series of plot lines center around him to reveal the golden core of this otherwise shady character. Others within Vincent's orbit were petty thief Honesty Evans (Hywel Williams Ellis), to whom Jack owed his life, and the gorgeous, kidnap-prone Sarah Morton (Lesley Dunlop). With taut, adventurous plots from writers Richard Carpenter (Robin of Sherwood), Bob Baker (Doctor Who) and John Kane (Dick Turpin), the series ran for 13 half hour installments in 1981.

Several episodes were directed by the legendary Charles Crichton (The Lavender Hill Mob & A Fish Called Wanda).

The series was produced by Harlech Television (HTV) and employed the same crew (including writers and directors) as the similarly themed 1979 - 82 Dick Turpin series (which is also available from this website).

Harlech Television (HTV) was also responsible for two other excellent TV series: Arthur of the Britons starring (again) Oliver Tobias 1972/1973 and Kidnapped starring David McCallum in 1978 - both of which are available from this website

This 2 DVD set contains the entire series of 13 episodes in their original broadcast order - superb color prints throughout

Smuggler Disc No. 1

The Right Price Part One

The Right Price Part Two

Forced Run

The Respectable Traitor Part One

The Respectable Traitor Part Two

Press Gang

Smuggler Disc No. 2

In At The Death

The Missing Princess

Hogshead

The Felon

An Eye For An Eye

Straw Man Part One

Straw Man Part Two

Soldiers of Fortune

6 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$47 or US$50 or £32

In 1955 an action adventure series called Soldiers of Fortune debuted. The storyline told of two international adventures who travel the world offering their services for hire: the tall, dark & handsome Tim Kelly (John Russell) and the rugged, everyman Toubo Smith (Chick Chandler)

The storylines were pure escapist adventure: one week finds the pair embarked on exotic quests to the jungles of India, and next to the foggy waterfronts of London, the mountain tops of Tibet, diamond mines of Africa, the pampas of South America, whence to the bazaars of the Middle East, Australia, Siam …

The entire series was shot on the Republic Studios backlot and depending on the nature of the story, stock footage was interwoven with regular photography and some location shooting. But no matter the locale, all of shows each week were filled with non-stop action with an abundance of stuntmen, some of whom were former Republic Studio daredevils such as Dale Van Sickle, Tom Steele, John Day, Ken Terrell and David Sharpe. In fact fans of Republic may notice a lot of that famous action factory’s production crew in the credits here.

High adventure, all the way with Tim & Toubo!

This immensely popular series ran for two Seasons and comprised a total of 52 half hour B&W episodes. Since the series was immediately syndicated and not sold as a network production, original airdates can be a matter for disputed. So, in this instance, airdates as advised by The (well-researched & highly detailed) Classic TV Archive website have been used and thus defines the “original broadcast order” as mastered and listed below.

Quite nice B&W print quality throughout with all episodes having undergone digital enhancement

(Some - less than a dozen - are down a little - but all can be enjoyed for what they are: rattling good entertainment!)

The series ran for two seasons each of 26 for a total of 52 half hour episodes

This 6 DVD set contains the entire series of 52 half hour episodes of Soldiers of Fortune in their original "broadcast order" - uncut B&W prints of mostly very nice quality

Soldiers of Fortune (Season One) Disc No. 1

The Gaboon Viper

The Greatest Beast

The Lady of Rajmahal

The Runaway King

Pearls Off Dondra Head

Jungle Search

The Elephant Gun

Cut Charlie In

Soldiers of Fortune (Season One) Disc No. 2

Bite of the Ruby Red

Girl in the Jeep

Escort to Namtok

Hate at Forty Fathoms

Malayan Magic

Torch of Olympiad

The General

Gypsy Prince

The Black Scarab

Soldiers of Fortune (Season One) Disc No. 3

The Lady and the Lion

Drums of Far Island

Aloha Means Goodbye

Return of the Hawk

The Vanishing Island

Run 'Til You Die

Escape from Camp Diablo

Last Days of Dolores

Walk Wide of Lions

Soldiers of Fortune (Season Two) Disc No. 1

Massacre in Mokhara

The Greater Magic

Limehouse Knights

The Monster of Loch Mac Gora

The Black Cat Waits

Boomerang

River of Death

Treasure of Vickers’ Island

Soldiers of Fortune (Season Two) Disc No. 2

The Tattooed Lady of Torima

Doubled in Diamonds

The Danger Sisters

Hatchet Man

Slave Market

Temple of Terror

Attack at Ras El Ma

Guns for El Khadar

Skull of the Inca

Soldiers of Fortune (Season Two) Disc No. 3

Pipeline to Danger

The Green Trap

A Gift of Death

Sandhogs

The City of Doom

Crew of the Dolly “D”

The Honor of Dr. Mazaro

Jungle Rebel

Old Lady's Mine

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Space: 1999

Season One: 6 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$47 or US$50 or £32

Season Two: 6 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$47 or US$50 or £32

Space: 1999 was a legendary British science-fiction TV series that ran for two seasons from 1975 to 1977.

The show plot synopsis for this one hour series is compelling: Its 1999 and nestled in the Lunar crater Plato is Moonbase Alpha, a scientific research colony and watchdog over numerous silos of Earth’s atomic waste which has been stored on the Moon's dark side for many years. On September 13, wild emissions of an unknown form of magnetic radiation, causes the accumulated waste to reach critical mass and it detonates in a massive thermonuclear explosion, blasting the Moon and the 311 inhabitants of Moonbase Alpha out of Earth orbit and in quick time out of the Solar System. The inhabitants of Moonbase Alpha are unable to return to Earth and must survive on a Moon which is now wandering through unknown space and being further displaced by freak space warps. During their interstellar journey, the Alphans encounter an array of alien civilizations, dystopian societies, and mind-bending phenomena previously unseen by humanity.

The series was the last production by the partnership of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson and was the most expensive series produced for British television up to that time. It followed the Anderson’s UFO TV Series (also available from this website). In fact Space: 1999 resulted from the early developmental work for a proposed Season Two of UFO. UFO: 1999 would be set primarily on the Moon - with Commander Ed Straker and the forces of SHADO fighting their alien foes from a large new Moonbase facility. However, toward the end of its run, UFO experienced a drop in ratings and nervous executives instead plumbed for an entirely new series - Space 1999.

For the lead characters of John Koenig and Helena Russell, Gerry Anderson approached the husband-and-wife acting team of Martin Landau and Barbara Bain. Landau and Bain were bankable high-profile stars in America after three years on the popular CBS espionage series Mission: Impossible. Lee H. Katzin, a highly-respected American television director with a specialty for pilot episodes, was selected to helm the initial episode (“Breakaway”) and brought into the fold as a primary director for the remainder of the series. Also appearing as regular cast members were Canadian-based British actor Barry Morse (as Professor Victor Bergman) and Australian actor Nick Tate (as Alan Carter). Over the course of its two series, the programme featured guest appearances by many notable actors including Christopher Lee, Margaret Leighton, Roy Dotrice, Joan Collins, Peter Cushing, Judy Geeson, Ian McShane, Leo McKern, Richard Johnson, Patrick Troughton, Peter Bowles, Sarah Douglas, Stuart Damon & Brian Blessed.

Space: 1999 drew a great deal of visual inspiration (and technical expertise) from the Stanley Kubrick film 2001: A Space Odyssey. The programme's special effects director Brian Johnson had previously worked on 2001. He and most of his team went on to work on Ridley Scott's Alien, followed by Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back.

Critics raved, citing the fantastic production values and multi-layered storytelling - so the initial 24 episode Season One was followed by a further 24 episode Season Two. The latter season introduced new characters in Maya (a alien ‘metamorph’ from the planet Psychon) & Security Chief Tony Verdeschi played by Catherine Schell & Tony Anholt

The entire series (both Seasons) are available here, comprising 48 hour long episodes in total, presented in their original telecast order…

Season One (24 episodes in a 6 DVD set) & Season Two (24 episodes in a 6 DVD set)

Perfect Color uncut prints throughout

Season One: 6 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$47 or US$50 or £32

Space: 1999 (Season I) Disc No. 1

Breakaway

Force of Life

Collision Course

War Games

Space: 1999 (Season I) Disc No. 2

Death's Other Dominion

Voyager's Return

Alpha Child

Dragon's Domain

Space: 1999 (Season I) Disc No. 3

Mission of the Darians

Black Sun

Guardian of Piri

End of Eternity

Space: 1999 (Season I) Disc No. 4

Matter of Life and Death

Earthbound

The Full Circle

Another Time, Another Place

Space: 1999 (Season I) Disc No. 5

The Infernal Machine

Ring Around the Moon

Missing Link

The Last Sunset

Space: 1999 (Season I) Disc No. 6

Space Brain

The Troubled Spirit

The Testament of Arkadia

The Last Enemy

Season Two: 6 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$47 or US$50 or £32

Space: 1999 (Season II) Disc No. 1

The Metamorph

The Exiles

Journey to Where

One Moment of Humanity

Space: 1999 (Season II) Disc No. 2

Brian the Brain

New Adam, New Eve

The Mark of Archanon

The Rules of Luton

Space: 1999 (Season II) Disc No. 3

All That Glisters

The Taybor

Seed of Destruction

The AB Chrysalis

Space: 1999 (Season II) Disc No. 4

Catacombs of the Moon

Space Warp

A Matter of Balance

The Beta Cloud

Space: 1999 (Season II) Disc No. 5

The Lambda Factor

The Bringers of Wonder (1)

The Bringers of Wonder (2)

The Seance Spectre

Space: 1999 (Season II) Disc No. 6

Dorzak

Devil's Planet

The Immunity Syndrome

The Dorcons

NEWLY RESTORED

Now a 6 DVD set comprising 52 episodes

which have undergone digital enhancement

Very Nice!

Space Patrol

6 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$47 or US$50 or £32

High adventure in the wild reaches of space…

Missions of daring in the name of interplanetary justice!

Travel into the future with Buzz Corry…

Commander-in-Chief of…

The Space Patrol!

Commander Corey and youthful Cadet Happy roam the 30th century universe in their ship "Terra" fighting super-villains Mr. Proteus and Prince Baccarratti and other badguys. Captured badguys get zapped with the Paralyzer, then get reprogrammed with the Brainograph.

Space Patrol was a weekend half-hour show on the ABC Network which ran for 5 Seasons (1950-'55) Surprisingly it was done "live" in the studio and despite the obvious limitations here, it was deftly done and over the years built up a "cult" following amongst its adult fans.

It was even telecast here in Australia in the late 80's on our own Government funded multicultural channel - late Friday nites!

Space Patrol was the brainchild of creator Mike Moser, an ex-U.S. Navy Air force veteran in WW II. He conceived the program as a way to bring the same sort of vision he has experienced as a youth reading Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon.

He cast Ed Kemmer as Commander Corry and Lyn Osborn as Cadet Happy.

Although television was it’s forte Space Patrol also generated a radio show version with all of the TV series regulars appearing on the radio shows (which were very well written). The radio shows which often closely followed the TV series in story-lines could be heard at 10:30 on Saturday mornings whilst the TV shows were also telecast on Saturdays

Note these episodes are all kinescopes - ie they were shot and beamed out "live". These filmed episodes were achieved by pointing a camera at a special type of TV set - a kinescope!

So whilst quite nice viewing, they don't have the overall quality of filmed TV

Space Patrol Disc No. 1

Treachery Of Mars - the 1st ever Network episode

The Lost City Of The Carnacans

The Deadly Weapon

The Legend Of Wild Man's Ridge

Way Station To The Stars

The Dangerous Discovery

The Space Patrol Code Belt

Hit By A Meteorite

Space Patrol Disc No. 2

The Lieutenant's Revenge

The Threat Of The Thormanoids

The Deadly Ray Gun

The Mystery Of Ancient Egypt

The Energy Thief

The Chase In Time

The Rifle Arsenal

The Deadly Flower

Space Patrol Disc No. 3

Operation Rescue

Survival In The Ice Desert

The Laughing Alien

The Vital Factor (aka The Space Doctor)

The Deadly Glacier

The Fraud Of Titan

The Man Who Stole A City

Mysterious Ocean In Space

The Mystery Of Planet X

Space Patrol Disc No. 4

The Trap On Planet X

The Ice Demon Of Planet X

The Castle's Destruction On Planet X

The Space Vault Robbery

The Pirate's Escape

The Men Slaves Of Cydonia

The Deadly Radiation Chamber

The Plot In The Atomic Plant

Mr. Proteus And The Poison Gas

Space Patrol Disc No. 5

Baccarratti's "Z" Ray

Marooned In The Past

Evil Spirits Of The Great Thunderbird

Prisoners Of The Giant Comet

The Demon Planet

Trapped In The Pyramid

The Underwater Space Ship Graveyard

The Space Patrol Periscope

The Defeat Of Manza

Space Patrol Disc No. 6

The Theft Of The Rocket Cockpit (aka Mystery of the Stolen Rocket Ship

Danger… Radiation!

The Exploding Stars

Terra, The Doomed Planet

Revenge Of The Black Falcon

Sorcerers From Outer Space

Baccarratti And Black Magic (aka The Defeat of Baccarratti)

A Christmas Party For Happy

The Wild Men Of Procyon

Spin and Marty

See Mickey Mouse Club Serials: Spin and Marty & The Hardy Boys (above)

NEW … NEW … NEW … NEW

Seasons Two & Three (together in an 8 DVD set) have now been added

The series (all 104 episodes) is now complete!

State Trooper (The Complete Series)

Season One: 5 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$43 or US$45 or £28

Seasons Two & Three: 8 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$52 or US$60 or £38

State Trooper was a half-hour Western-themed crime drama series starring action-movie specialist Rod Cameron as Rod Blake, a Chief Investigator for the Nevada State Troopers. Blake travels throughout the state of Nevada in a black, unmarked 1956 Ford V8 Sedan (usually with a hose-trailer in back) helping other law enforcement officers solve various crimes - and in collusion with the local Sheriff’s Department, he often goes undercover to get the goods on the villains.

A great deal of the show was filmed on location at many famous Nevada landmarks, including Las Vegas, Boulder Dam, Carson City, Goldfield and Tonapah. Its stories were based on real cases focusing on miners, ranchers, dude ranches, released convicts, etc.

Many of the familiar character actors of the 50's and early 60's appeared on the show, including soon to be famous actors such as Angie Dickinson (Police Woman), John Vivyan (Mr. Lucky), Craig Stevens (Peter Gunn), Jack Kelly (Maverick), Amanda Blake (Gunsmoke) and Michael Landon (Bonanza).

Direction came from the pick of the action genre veterans: William Witney, John English and Richard Irving.

State Trooper was not affiliated with any network pre se - instead it was made by Revue Productions and immediately syndicated and distributed by MCA TV. As such air-dates varied depending on the location and so what actually constitutes the each Season of State Trooper is debatable. Suffice to say that 104 episodes were shot between 1956 and 1959 compring three seasons (plus a Pilot “Killer on Horseback” which aired on NBC’s “Star Stage” anthology series in 1955)

All three Seasons (determined by production number rather than air date) and comprising 104 episodes in total are presented here … Season One (5 DVD set) consists of the first 39 half hour episodes, whilst Seasons Two & Three (8 DVD set) consists of the remaining 65 episodes.

Perfect B&W uncut prints throughout

Also Rod Cameron also made another excellent half hour adventure TV series: Coronado 9

- its also available from this website (TV Series A-H).

Also, also there's a nice set of Rod Cameron westerns which can be found in the "B" Westerns section of this website

Also, also, also big scale Rod Cameron adventures (mostly westerns) available from the INDIVIDUAL MOVIE TITLES section of this website are Frontier Gal (1945), Pirates of Monterey (1947), Panhandle (1948), The Plunderers (1948), Brimstone (1949), Short Grass (1950), Stage to Tucson (1950), Oh! Susanna (1951), Cavalry Scout (1951), The Sea Hornet (1951), Fort Osage (1952), Wagons West (1952), The Jungle (1952), Ride the Man Down (1952), San Antone (1953), The Steel Lady (1953), Southwest Passage (1954), Hell’s Outpost (1954), The Fighting Chance (1955) & Passport to Treason (1956)

Season One: 5 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$43 or US$45 or £28

State Trooper (Season 1) Disc - No. 1

Red Badge of Death

The Paperhanger of Pioche

Meeting at Julias

Jailbreak at Tonopah

The Hills of Homicide

From Here to Molokai

What Price Gloria

Weep No More O'Grady

State Trooper (Season 1) - Disc No. 2

Nevada Boy, Pride and Joy

One Way to Tahoe

Room Service for 321

The Cash Out

Trail of the Dead

Rocking Chair Bandit

Coate of Many Colors

Boulder Joe's Bottle House

State Trooper (Season 1) - Disc No. 3

Who Killed Doc. Robbins

Buck Fever

No Fancy Cowboys

Violets on Mt. Rose

The Last Stage Robbery

The Silver Duke

Death on the Rock

The Last War Party

State Trooper (Season 1) - Disc No. 4

Voice of the Bug

The One That Didn't Get Away

Cinder Jungle

Diamonds Come High

Jail Trail

The Only Girl on Boot Hill

No Blaze of Glory

Beef a la Murder

State Trooper (Season 1) - Disc No. 5

Ride Til You Die

Madman on the Mountain

Safe on a Boat

Fury on Fremont Street

The Live Shell Game

A Penny Saved

Out of Line

Seasons Two & Three: 8 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$52 or US$60 or £38

State Trooper (Seasons 2 & 3) - Disc No. 1

The Black Leaper

The Talking Corpse

The Gandy Dancers Of Steptoe Valley

The Sound Of Death

The Dancing Dowager

Diamonds In The Rough

Cable Car To Tombstone

The Perilous Picnic

State Trooper (Seasons 2 & 3) - Disc No. 2

Grudge Race

Dangerous Honeymoon

The Doll Who Couldn’t Sleep

Full Circle

Death On Wheels

The Bride Wore Bullets

Sweetheart Of Sigmund Kaye

Crisis At Comstock

State Trooper (Seasons 2 & 3) - Disc No. 3

The Case Of The Happy Dragon

Wild Green Yonder

Stay Lost Little Girl

The Widow Makers

312 Vertical

Another Chance

710 Hysteria Street

Firebug

State Trooper (Seasons 2 & 3) - Disc No. 4

Kitchen Kill

The Last Waltz

Still Water Runs Red

No, My Darling Daughter

Hardrock Man

Key To A Killer

The Woman Who Cried Wolf

Inherit A Bullet

State Trooper (Seasons 2 & 3) - Disc No. 5

The Winnemucca Weskit

Joker's Dead

You Can't Run Forever

Sweet & Gentle, Ltd.

When The Cat's Away

The Clever Man

The Silver Spiral

Travel Now, Slay Later

State Trooper (Seasons 2 & 3) - Disc No. 6

Lonely Valley

Excitement At Milltown

The Trap That Jack Built

Fiddle Dee Dead

This One'll Kill Ya

Prettiest Dress In Goldfield

What's Mine Is Mine

Larceny And Old Ace

State Trooper (Seasons 2 & 3) - Disc No. 7

Carson City Kitty

The Man From Solitary

The Choker

Case Of The Barefoot Girl

The Patient Skeleton

The Judas Tree

Hard Money, Soft Touch

Let 'Em Eat Smoke

State Trooper (Seasons 2 & 3) - Disc No. 8

Mystery Sniper

Pistols For Two

So Early In The Mourning

Love On The Rocks

While Jerome Burned

And Baby Makes Two

The Night Has A Thousand Eyes

Everything Else Is Bridgeport

The Girl On Cloud Nine

NEWLY REMASTERED

Strange Report

4 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$40 or US$40 or £25

Another in the line of ITC's action-adventure series of the 1960s, Strange Report (1969) differed from the fantastical and exotic exploits of The Champions of the same year, by grounding itself in the reality of late '60s London and dealing with contemporary issues and anxieties. The producer (Norman Felton) was responsible for The Man from UNCLE, so the series shares the visual flair of its predecessor whilst covering such subjects as illegal immigration, racism, student militancy and euthanasia. Locating the show in a recognisably contemporary London (with many interesting locations), Strange Report arguably offered a more honest assessment of the period, allowing the program to display a degree of realism and authenticity unusual for its genre.

Adam Strange (film actor Anthony Quayle) is a retired police detective turned criminologist who solves obscure and sometimes bizarre crimes.

Whilst only sixteen episodes of the programme were made (a mooted second season to be filmed in Hollywood never eventuating), one of Strange Report's strengths is the relationship established early in the series between Strange and his two young companions, his neighbour artist/model Evelyn McLean (Anneke Wills - Polly Wright from Doctor Who) and the American researcher Hamlyn "Ham" Gynt (Kaz Garas). Strange's authority and professionalism neatly contrasts with Gynt's idealism and exuberance and Evelyn's youthful enthusiasm. Despite their differences, it soon becomes obvious from the characters' affectionate interplay that they share a mutual respect. The program achieves a satisfying balance between the wonderfully formed characters, witty dialogue and the seriousness of the storylines.

This 4 DVD set contains the entire series of sixteen 50 minute episodes of Strange Report in their original broadcast order - superb color prints throughout

Worthy of note also is the other 1960s TV series produced by Lew Grade’s ITC production outfit and available from this website: The Saint, The Baron, Department S, Man in a Suitcase,

The Champions, Return of The Saint & The Persuaders!

Disc No. 1

Report 4407 Heart 'No Choice for the Donor'

Report 1553 Racist 'A Most Dangerous Proposal'

Report 0649 Skeleton 'Let Sleeping Heroes Lie'

Report 5055 Cult 'Murder Shrieks Out'

Disc No. 2

Report 2493 Kidnap 'Whose Pretty Girl are You?'

Report 7931 Sniper 'When is Your Cousin Not?'

Report 3424 Epidemic 'A Most Curious Crime'

Report 4977 Swindle 'Square Root of Evil'

Disc No. 3

Report 2475 Revenge 'When a Man Hates'

Report 3906 Cover Girls 'Last Year's Model'

Report 4821 X-Ray 'Who Weeps for the Doctor?'

Report 8944 Hand 'A Matter of Witchcraft'

Disc No. 4

Report 8319 Grenade 'What Price Change?'

Report 1021 Shrapnel 'The Wish in the Dream'

Report 2641 Hostage 'If You Won't Learn, Die'

Report 0846 Lonelyhearts 'Who Killed Dan Cupid?'

Superman - see The Adventures of Superman in the TV Series A - H Section

This new 4 DVD set is NOW AVAILABLE …

A whole new set of episodes now comprising

all 34 which are known to have survived.

Each episode has been digitally restored/enhanced

during the mastery process

… but …..

This is to be a very restricted release ….

Contact Trev for more details (genuine fans only!)

Tales of the Texas Rangers

4 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$40 or US$40 or £25

Tales of the Texas Rangers premiered on radio in 1950 to great acclaim. It came from an idea developed and carefully researched by Stacy Keach, who had joined the legendary 30 year Texas Ranger veteran Capt. M. T. "Lone Wolf" Gonzaullas on a number of fact-finding case investigations. The series was adapted for television from 1955 to 1957 with Gonzaullas as Technical Consultant. During the opening credits of the TV show, Rangers Jace Pearson (Willard Parker) & Clay Morgan (Harry Lauter) would march toward the camera to the song: "We are the Texas Rangers", to the tune of "I've Been Working on the Railroad".

The TV series featured both modern cases and cases set in the "Old West".

There were three seasons comprising 52 episodes in all: Season One having 26 episodes whilst the remaining two seasons saw the production of 13 episodes each.

Of significance is the 3rd season episode titled Jace and Clay. It tells of how Clay Morgan became associated with Jace Pearson, firstly as an outlaw and then at the end of the show, electing to join the Texas Rangers and partner Jace

This 4 DVD set contains 34 episodes in their original telecast order - so that scenes of "whats happening next week" have relevance. These 34 episodes appear to be the sum total of all that have survived out of the original 52 episodes produced.

Each of these 34 episodes has been properly identified and then digitally enhanced during a careful mastery to DVD. Many episodes are of exceptional quality whilst others are good and some are of average quality only. However the digital restoration has rendered the set to be that of overall very good quality - to such an extent that each and every episode can be viewed and enjoyed even on big TV screens.

Tales of the Texas Rangers TV Series Disc No. 1

Ransom Flight

Carnival Criss-Cross

Shorty Sees the Light

West of Sonora

Blood Trail

Uranium Pete

The Shooting of Sam Bass

Home in San Antone

Tornado

Tales of the Texas Rangers TV Series Disc No. 2

Prairie Raiders

Atomic Trail

Return of the Rough Riders

Blazing Across the Pecos

The Rough, Tough West

Hail to the Rangers

Singing on the Trail

The Devil's Deputy

Horseman on the Sierras

Tales of the Texas Rangers TV Series Disc No. 3

The Man from Sundown

The Hobo

A Texas Million

Hardrock's Dilemma

The Kid from Amarillo

Gypsy Boy

Riders of the Lone Star

Double Reward

Tales of the Texas Rangers TV Series Disc No. 4

Edge of Danger

Cattle Drive

Deadfall

Steel Trap

Desert Fury

Texas Flyer

Jace and Clay

Kickback

NEW … NEW … NEW … NEW

Tales of Wells Fargo

Volume One (Season 1): 2 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$30 or US$30 or £18

Volume Two (Season 2): 6 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$47 or US$50 or £32

Volume Three (Seasons 1 & 2): 8 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$52 or US$60 or £38

In the late 1800s, the Wells Fargo Stage Line played a heroic role in the history of the West, ferrying passengers and cargo from Missouri to California over a harsh and sometimes hostile land. Tales of Wells Fargo was a TV series that tapped into this premise - it premiered on NBC Television in 1956 and rose to No. 3 in the ratings for its first season. The reason for this instant success can probably be traced to its muscular and charismatic leading man: Dale Robertson. He managed to portray both a rough & tough lawman and a gentle & sympathetic soul at the same time, winning over both male & female viewers with each exciting episode. In Tales of Wells Fargo, Dale Robertson played Special Agent Jim Hardie - each week he faced tests of will and character, as he protected the Wells Fargo stage coaches from outlaws, bandits and Indian raiders, while seeing them safely through their journey.

The TV series ran for 6 seasons and 200 episodes - the first 166 of which were filmed in B&W and ran for half an hour. With the concluding season (34 episodes), the series moved both to color and the one-hour format.

Presented here are the first two seasons of this exciting and enduring series.

The first season (being a mid-season replacement) consisted of only 14 episodes.

The second season had a full complement of 38 episodes.

Overall a total of 52 B&W half hour entries - very nice quality, uncut prints throughout

Volume One (Season 1): 2 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$30 or US$30 or £18

Tales of Wells Fargo (Season 1) Disc - No. 1

The Thin Rope

The Hasty Gun

Alder Gulch

The Bounty

A Time to Kill

Shotgun Messenger

The Lynching

Tales of Wells Fargo (Season 1) - Disc No. 2

Renegade Raiders

Rio Grande

Sam Bass

The Hijackers

Stage to Nowhere

Jesse James

The Silver Bullets

Volume Two (Season 2): 6 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$47 or US$50 or £32

Tales of Wells Fargo (Season 2) - Disc No. 1

Belle Starr

Two Cartridges

Apache Gold

John Wesley Hardin

The Target

The Feud

Tales of Wells Fargo (Season 2) - Disc No. 2

Billy the Kid

The Auction

Hank

Man in the Box

The Kid

Barbary Coast

Tales of Wells Fargo (Season 2) - Disc No. 3

Ride with a Killer

The Inscrutable Man

The General

Laredo

The Witness

Doc Bell

Tales of Wells Fargo (Season 2) - Disc No. 4

Stage West

Hoss Tamer

Hide Jumpers

The Walking Mountain

Bill Longley

The Prisoner

Tales of Wells Fargo (Season 2) - Disc No. 5

Dr. Alice

The Sooners

Alias Jim Hardie

The Johnny Ringo Story

The Newspaper

Special Delivery

Deadwood

Tales of Wells Fargo (Season 2) - Disc No. 6

The Gun

The Reward

The Pickpocket

Scapegoat

The Renegade

The Break

The Sniper

NEW … NEW … NEW … NEW

Tarzan - Ron Ely

8 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$52 or US$60 or £38

"The dark land of the jungle is the country of the unknown …

of savagery, terror and peril beyond the imagination of men.

Here in the forbidden tangle of the jungle, a child was found and raised by the Great Apes. The boy took the name Tarzan and later was educated in civilization.

But then Tarzan returned to the deadly land he knew so well

and everywhere in the jungle … on the great falls, to the huge mountains,

to the land of the ghost men and the limitless rain forests …

the cheetah has grown to know one who is swifter … the lion knows one who is braver…

Deep in the jungle, Tarzan continues to enforce his law … the law of the Right.

The elephant comes to his friend: Tarzan of the Apes"

These words (issued before the credits in the early episodes) introduced one of the most publicized and anticipated TV series of the 1960s. Edgar Rice Burroughs' famous Tarzan character came to television in the person of Ron Ely, the 14th actor to play the role since Tarzan of the Apes had been first made as a silent movie almost half a century before. Said to be closer to Burroughs' original concept of Tarzan (tall, lean, educated in England), Ely cut an imposing figure as a literate Tarzan. The series was a big budget affair, filmed in color and on location in Mexico & Guatemala …

Running for two seasons (1966 - '68) and comprising 57 hour long episodes in all, the Tarzan TV series was renown for its fabulous scenery, good acting and Ron Ely doing all of his own stunts (which led to many injuries).

Of particular interest is the first two-parter from the initial season. Called The Deadly Silence, it was released theatrically outside USA as a 100 minute movie. The guest stars were none other than Jock Mahoney & Woody Strode. Together as The Colonel & Sgt. Marshak, they hunt Tarzan who becomes badly injured (loosing his hearing) at the end of Part One.

Jock had succeeded Gordon Scott as the 13^th big screen Tarzan and played to role in two films (which are available from the Movie Series section of this website). In the second of this pair of entries - Tarzan's Three Challenges (1963) - Jock Mahoney (as Tarzan) and Woody Strode (as Khan) are antagonists! Jocko also appeared in two other first season episodes (No. 1 The Ultimate Weapon & No. 23 Mask of Rona)

Robert Day who had so capably helmed Gordon Scott's Tarzan the Magnificent (1960), Jock Mahoney's Tarzan's Three Challenges (1963), and both Mike Henry's Tarzan and the Valley of Gold (1966) & Tarzan and the Great River (1967) was on board to direct an very good first Season episode: A Life For a Life

A nice array of co-stars "made the trek" to location shooting, including Ralph Meeker, Ruth Roman, Sally Kellerman and Australia's own Chips Rafferty

Also available from the Movie Series section of this website, perfect prints of all Tarzan films starring (in order) the following: Johnny Weissmuller, Lex Barker, Gordon Scott, Jock Mahoney & Mike Henry

This 8 DVD set is for the First Season of 31 hour long episodes

Absolutely Perfect Color Prints Throughout!

Tarzan TV Series (Season One) Disc No. 1

Eyes of the Lion

The Ultimate Weapon

Leopard on the Loose

Tarzan TV Series (Season One) Disc No. 2

A Life for a Life

The Prisoner

Faces of Death

The Prodigal Puma

Tarzan TV Series (Season One) Disc No. 3

The Deadly Silence (Part I)

The Deadly Silence (Part II)

The Figurehead

Village of Fire

Tarzan TV Series (Season One) Disc No. 4

The Day of the Golden Lion

The Pearls of Tanga

End of the River

The Ultimate Duel

Tarzan TV Series (Season One) Disc No. 5

The Fire People

Track of the Dinosaur

The Day the Earth Trembled

Cap'n Jai

Tarzan TV Series (Season One) Disc No. 6

Pride of Assassins

The Golden Runaway

Basil of the Bulge

Mask of Rona

Tarzan TV Series (Season One) Disc No. 7

To Steal the Rising Sun

Jungle Dragnet

The Perils of Charity Jones (Part I)

The Perils of Charity Jones (Part II)

Tarzan TV Series (Season One) Disc No. 8

The Circus

The Ultimatum

Algie B for Brave

Man Killer

Originally mastered here in 2005, this title has now been

RECENTLY REMASTERED & DIGITALLY RESTORED!

New prints & all new episodes have been added including the

recently discovered "mystery episode" The Diamond Maker

(It’s a mystery because according to sources it doesn't exist …

but it does exist and in it there's a nice costarring role

for Frank Jenks - a role which isn't confirmed at IMDB!)

All nice prints with the exception of "Overseer"

however digital restoration has lifted the quality of this episode (to quite OK)

This series is now complete - all 18 episodes

Terry and the Pirates

2 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$30 or US$30 or £18

Calling all DC-3 and C-47 Dakota enthusiasts! Terry and the Pirates is a cult TV series from the 50's - only 18 episodes were ever made (only 15 of which are now in existence) . Based upon a newspaper comic strip created by Milt Caniff and preceeded by a successful radio show and movie serial, it tells the adventures of Colonel Terry Lee, USAF. Terry has inheritied a gold mine from his grandfather and travels to the Orient in search of it. There he begins flying for Air Cathay, a no-questions-asked cargo/passenger airline owned and operated by Chopstick Joe, a cunning but not too honest operator. His friend and co-pilot is Charles C. Charles, aka Hotshot Charlie. His girl, a pretty blonde named Burma and his nemesis, Lai Choi San, alias "The Dragon Lady", a beautiful, possibly evil Euro-Asian whose underlying motives remain a mystery

Terry and the Pirates TV Series Disc No. 1

Macao Gold

The Maitland Affair

Diplomatic Passport

The Green God

Loaded Dice Affair

Chinese Coffin

The Boxer's Rebellion

Little Mandarin

Terry and the Pirates TV Series Disc No. 2

Co-Pilots

Chinese Legacy

Black Market in Death

Compound C-3

Extra Cargo

Deadly Species

Tea Hee

The Randall Affair

The Diamond Maker

Overseer

Originally mastered here in 2004, this title has now been

RECENTLY REMASTERED & DIGITALLY RESTORED!

The Thin Man

1 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$20 or US$20 or £12

A follow up to the successful movies series starring William Powell & Myrna Loy (available from the Movie Series section of this website). This 1957 - 59 30 TV series starred Peter Lawford & Phyllis Kirk.

Nick Charles, an ex-private detective, marries Nora and lives in a luxurious Park Avenue apartment in New York City. Nick's former underworld friends still hang around and get him involved in a number of crimes that he solves. Beatrice Dane is a beautiful con artist using the alias "Blondie Collins" and Nora finds it difficult to be hospitable to her

A nicely remastered and digitally restored set of episodes

Note that this DVD is also part of a 5 DVD set which includes all of The Thin Man films

- it can be found in the Movie Series section of this website

The Thin Man TV Series (starring Peter Lawford)

I Loathe You, Darling

Robot Client

The Angel Biz

Acrostic Murders

La Sabre Invecta Est?

Lost Last Chapter

Maine Thing

Dead Duck

The Dollar Doodle

The Departed Doctor

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The Third Man

1 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$20 or US$20 or £12

The Third Man was a 30 minute action / adventure series from the late 1950s. It centred on the adventures of Harry Lime, an international man of mystery who lives on the edge of danger. The series was based on the 1949 film noir The Third Man starring Orson Welles (available from the INDIVIDUAL MOVIE TITLES section of this website). The character was changed from a criminal into a sort of "thief with a conscience" for the subsequent popular 1951 radio series, "The Lives of Harry Lime" (also starring Welles and available from the Old Time Radio section of this website).

The Third Man TV series changed the premise that Harry Lime died at the end of the movie, and morphs him from a criminal into a much less ambiguous, more sympathetic, man with a conscience.

The show aired in the United States on NBC running for 3 seasons, and was a joint production of BBC Television, the National Telefilm Associates of America, and the British Lion Film Corporation.

The TV series received a good reception probably because of a number of factors. These included the "signature" zither theme song taken from the movie (performed by Anton Karrass) and the casting of Michael Rennie as Harry Lime, a suave, sophisticated, bold, witty, devilishly handsome and brave individual who never lost his temper, his cool, or his sense of humor-even in life threatening situations. Jonathan Harris ("Dr Smith" from the Lost in Space TV series) was perfect as Lime's conservative, milquetoast assistant and treasurer of his corporations, Bradley Webster.

Excellent print quality throughout! - the 11 episodes listed below are taken from all 3 seasons.

The Third Man TV Series Disc No. 1

One Kind Word (the first ever episode)

Barcelona Passage

Listen for the Sound of a Witch

How to Buy a Country

The Third Medallion

Toys of the Dead

A Pocketful of Sin

As the Twig is Bent

Broken Strings

A Diamond in the Rough

A Question in Ice

Note that this DVD is also part of "The 50's TV Detectives" 4 DVD set - see below (under "F" for 50's)

Thriller (Boris Karloff): see Boris Karloff's Thriller (TV Series A-H section)

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The Time Tunnel

8 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$52 or US$60 or £38

"Two American scientists are lost in the swirling maze of past and future ages, during the first experiments on America's greatest and most secret project, the Time Tunnel. Tony Newman and Doug Phillips now tumble helplessly toward a new fantastic adventure, somewhere along the infinite corridors of time."

The most expensive television show on the air in 1966 was The Time Tunnel, an Irwin Allen production that debuted Friday night, September 6th.

'The Time Tunnel' was the story of Dr. Tony Newman (James Darren) and Dr. Doug Phillips (Robert Colbert), two research scientists who developed the top secret Time Tunnel - only to become lost, tumbling among the infinite corridors of time. Manning the Time Tunnel are Whit Bissell as General Heywood Kirk, John Zaremba as Dr. Raymond Swaim, Wesley Lau as security officer Jiggs, and Lee Meriwether as Dr. Ann McGregor.

The Time Tunnel explodes every time you use it. Allen's long time special-effects supervisor Bill Abbott won an Emmy award for this incredible contribution to the show.

The pilot episode, which had Tony and Doug aboard the Titanic hours before it strikes an iceberg, has a strong script and is directed by producer Irwin Allen, so the pacing is exciting throughout. This may be the best hour of science-fiction television ever produced in the Sixties, the time travel special effects are colorful and hypnotic, the characters are all likeable and guest-star Michael Rennie is excellent as the doomed ship's captain.

Unfortunately the series only ran for one Season and a total of 30 episodes

The set below comprises the entire series - perfect color prints thoughout

The Time Tunnel Disc No. 1

Rendezvous With Yesterday

One Way To The Moon

The Time Tunnel Disc No. 2

End Of The World

The Day The Sky Fell In

The Last Patrol

Crack Of Doom

The Time Tunnel Disc No. 3

Revenge Of The Gods

Massacre

Devil's Island

Reign Of Terror

The Time Tunnel Disc No. 4

Secret Weapon

The Death Trap

The Alamo

Night Of The Long Knives

The Time Tunnel Disc No. 5

Invasion

The Revenge Of Robin Hood

Kill Two By Two

Visitors From Beyond The Stars

The Time Tunnel Disc No. 6

The Ghost Of Nero

The Walls Of Jericho

Idol Of Death

Billy The Kid

The Time Tunnel Disc No. 7

Pirates Of Deadman's Island

Chase Through Time

The Death Merchant

Attack Of The Barbarians

The Time Tunnel Disc No. 8

Merlin The Magician

The Kidnappers

Raiders From Outer Space

Town Of Terror

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Tombstone Territory

Season One - 6 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$47 or US$50 or £32

Tombstone Territory was a late 50s half hour western TV series. Most famously the site of the Gunfight at O.K. Corral, this 1880s boom town in the Arizona Territory now has (the fictional) Sheriff Clay Hollister played by Pat Conway representing the law -chronicled by series narrator Harris Claibourne (Richard Eastham), the editor of longstanding local newspaper The Tombstone Epitaph:

"An actual account from the pages of my newspaper, The Tombstone Epitaph …

This is the way it happened …

In the town too tough to die …"

Producers Frank Pittman & Andy White were interested in historical accuracy, enabling the series to be produced with the full cooperation of Clayton A. Smith, then editor of The Tombstone Epitaph and noted western historian D’Estele Iszard. With thanks, also to a well turned theme song, "Whistle Me Up a Memory" (composed & performed by William M. Backer), this excellent and popular series ran for three seasons and 91 episodes. Shot on a good budget Tombstone Territory was a remarkably realistic action program with six foot four inch Pat Conway (sporting twin guns, holstered low) a standout in the lead role.

This DVD set is for Season One only - all 39 episodes in their original telecast order

Absolutely perfect B&W prints!

Season One - 6 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$47 or US$50 or £32

Tombstone Territory (Season One) Disc No. 1

Gunslinger from Galeville

Reward for a Gunslinger

Ride Out at Noon

Revenge Town

A Bullet for an Editor

Killer Without a Conscience

Tombstone Territory (Season One) Disc No. 2

Guns of Silver

Desert Survival

Apache Vendetta

Ambush at Gila Gulch

Sermons and Six Guns

The Youngest Gun

Tombstone Territory (Season One) Disc No. 3

Shoot Out at Dark

The Rebel's Last Charge

Gun Fever

Mexican Bandito (aka Guns of Guadalupe)

Tong War

Postmarked for Death

Tombstone Territory (Season One) Disc No. 4

Johnny Ringo's Last Ride

Outlaw's Bugle (aka The Epitaph)

Geronimo

The Return of the Outlaw

Guilt of a Town

Cave-In

Skeleton Canyon Massacre

Tombstone Territory (Season One) Disc No. 5

Strange Vengeance

The Tin Gunman

The Outcasts

Doc Holliday in Durango

Triangle of Death

Pick Up the Gun

The Assassin

Tombstone Territory (Season One) Disc No. 6

The Lady Gambler

Fight for a Fugitive

Legacy of Death

The Gatling Gun

The Black Marshal of Deadwood

Thicker Than Water

Rose of the Rio Bravo

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UFO

7 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$50 or US$55 or £35

UFO was a 1970 British television science fiction series created by Gerry Anderson and Sylvia Anderson and produced by Lew Grade's ITC (The Baron, The Champions etc). The Andersons had previously made a number of very successful marionette-based children's science fiction series including Stingray, Thunderbirds, and Captain Scarlet. They had also made one live-action science fiction movie, Doppelgänger, aka Journey to the Far Side of the Sun (starring Roy Thinness of The Invaders fame), and now felt ready to move into live-action television and aim at a more adult market.

UFO was the Andersons' first totally live-action TV series. Despite the assumption of many TV station executives, the series was not aimed at children, but deliberately sought an older audience; many episodes featured adult themes such as adultery, divorce, and drug use.

The premise of the series is that aliens are visiting the Earth and kidnapping humans. To defend against the aliens, a secret organisation called SHADO (Supreme Headquarters Alien Defence Organisation) is established. Operating behind the cover of the Harlington-Straker Studios movie studio in England, SHADO is headed by Commander Ed Straker (played by Ed Bishop), a former United States Air Force Colonel and astronaut who poses as the studio's chief executive. Earth had a satellite in orbit to detect the UFOs. It was called SID, another acronym for, "Space Intruder Detector". SHADO has several lines of defense. Missiles can be launched from a base on the Moon. High altitude aircraft can attack after being launched from submarines. There are also a fleet of armored vehicles spread out all over the planet. The episodes typically involve attempted alien attacks and how Earth defenses stop them.

UFO first aired in the UK in 1970 and in US syndication over the next two years. In all, 26 episodes, including the pilot, were filmed over the course of more than a year,

In a sad coincidence, lead actors Ed Bishop and Michael Billington died in June 2005, within five days of each other. Gerry Anderson and Sylvia Anderson went on after UFO to create another live-action sci-fi series called "Space 1999" starring Martin Landau & Barbara Bain.

This 7 DVD set contains the entire series of twenty-six 50 minute episodes of UFO in their original broadcast order - superb color prints throughout

Disc No. 1

Identified

Computer Affair

Disc No. 2

Flight Path

Exposed

Survival

Conflict

Disc No. 3

The Dalotek Affair

A Question Of Priorities

Ordeal

The Square Triangle

Disc No. 4

Court Martial

Close Up

Confetti Check A-O.K.

The Responsibility Seat

Disc No. 5

E.S.P.

Kill Straker!

Sub-Smash

The Sound Of Silence

Disc No. 6

The Cat With Ten Lives

Destruction

The Man Who Came Back

The Psychobombs

Disc No. 7

Reflections In The Water

Timelash

Mindbender

The Long Sleep

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U.S. Border Patrol

1 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$20 or US$20 or £12

"The United States Border Patrol is the only federal law enforcement body whose operations include the air, the sea and the land along the four borders of our country. Whose men are the best trained in the world and whose primary mission is to secure the border against all persons and things illegal."

This powerful 1959 TV series was Richard Webb's next gig after his successful run as TV's Captain Midnight (aka Jet Jackson). Webb had a great screen presence and he projects an air of authority as Deputy Chief Don Jagger, Chief of Operations for the U.S. Border Patrol.

The series had a high degree of realism and authenticity, being shot outside the studio and employing no sets at all.

U.S. Border Patrol TV Series Disc

Everglades Story

A Bundle of Dope

Cargo Unknown

The Logmen

Rattigan and the Cat

Love, Death and Diamonds

In a Deadly Fashion

Death in the Desert

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Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea - All 4 Seasons

Season 1 - 8 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$52 or US$60 or £38

Season 2 - 7 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$50 or US$55 or £35

Season 3 - 7 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$50 or US$55 or £35

Season 4 - 7 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$50 or US$55 or £35

In the fall of 1964, television audiences were introduced to Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, the story of the submarine Seaview and her crew. The adventures continued for four years, making it until recently the longest-running science fiction show on network television.

It's arguable that the star of the show was the ship, the most powerful and advanced submarine on earth, a testimony to the genius of its creator, Harriman Nelson. The Seaview took on a wide variety of missions, and consequently carried many passengers: spies, politicians, world leaders, military men, castaways, aliens and monsters, and--most especially--scientists, mad and otherwise.

The crew of the Seaview was top-notch: the brilliant Admiral Nelson, the ultimate scientist; the courageous Captain Crane, devoted to his ship; the steadfast first officer, Chip Morton; the stalwart Chief Curley Jones, sadly lost after the first season but ably replaced by the inimitable Chief Sharkey; and the crewmen, Kowalski, Patterson, Riley, and the many less fortunate others who gave their lives for the ship. Again and again, they proved themselves capable of handling any situation with courage and ingenuity

The first Season of Voyage begins with the color Pilot Episode "Eleven Days to Zero". Network executives gave the series the go ahead by ordering 31 further episodes but only budgeting for Black & White

The second season marked a substantial upgrade in budget for the series - color was introduced as was the Flying Sub and crash-doors on the front "seaview" section of the submarine

Seasons 3 & 4 also showed the benefits increased budgets.

Picture & Sound are both perfect

Season 1 - 8 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$52 or US$60 or £38

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (Season 1) - Disc No. 1

Eleven Days To Zero - color

The City Beneath The Sea

The Fear-Makers

The Mist Of Silence

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (Season 1) - Disc No. 2

The Price Of Doom

The Sky Is Falling

Turn Back The Clock

The Village Of Guilt

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (Season 1) - Disc No. 3

Hot Line

Submarine Sunk Here

The Magnus Beam

No Way Out

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (Season 1) - Disc No. 4

The Blizzard Makers

The Ghost Of Moby Dick

Long Live The King

Hail To The Chief

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (Season 1) - Disc No. 5

The Last Battle

Mutiny

Doomsday

The Invaders

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (Season 1) - Disc No. 6

The Indestructible Man

The Buccaneer

The Human Computer

The Saboteur

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (Season 1) - Disc No. 7

Cradle Of The Deep

The Amphibians

The Exile

The Creature

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (Season 1) - Disc No. 8

The Enemies

The Secret Of The Loch

The Condemned

The Traitor

Season 2 - 7 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$50 or US$55 or £35

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (Season 2) - Disc No. 1

Jonah and the Whale

Time Bomb

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (Season 2) - Disc No. 2

...And Five of Us Are Left

The Cyborg

Escape from Venice

The Left-Handed Man

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (Season 2) - Disc No. 3

The Deadliest Game

Leviathan

The Peacemaker

The Silent Saboteurs

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (Season 2) - Disc No. 4

The X Factor

The Machines Strike Back

The Monster from Outer Space

Terror on Dinosaur Island

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (Season 2) - Disc No. 5

Killers of the Deep

Deadly Creature Below!

The Phantom Strikes

The Sky's On Fire

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (Season 2) - Disc No. 6

Graveyard of Fear

The Shape of Doom

Dead Men's Doubloons

The Death Ship

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (Season 2) - Disc No. 7

The Monster's Web

The Menfish

The Mechanical Man

The Return of the Phantom

Season 3 - 7 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$50 or US$55 or £35

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (Season 3) - Disc No. 1

Monster From The Inferno

Werewolf

The Day The World Ended

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (Season 3) - Disc No. 2

Night Of Terror

The Terrible Toys

Day Of Evil

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (Season 3) - Disc No. 3

Deadly Waters

Thing From Inner Space

The Death Watch

Deadly Invasion

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (Season 3) - Disc No. 4

The Haunted Submarine

The Plant Man

The Lost Bomb

The Brand Of The Beast

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (Season 3) - Disc No. 5

The Creature

Death From The Past

The Heat Monster

The Fossil Men

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (Season 3) - Disc No. 6

The Mermaid

The Mummy

Shadowman

No Escape From Death

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (Season 3) - Disc No. 7

Doomsday Island

The Wax Men

Deadly Cloud

Destroy Seaview!

Season 4 - 7 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$50 or US$55 or £35

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (Season 4) - Disc No. 1

Fires Of Death

The Deadly Dolls

Cave Of The Dead

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (Season 4) - Disc No. 2

Journey With Fear

Sealed Orders

Man Of Many Faces

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (Season 4) - Disc No. 3

Fatal Cargo

Time Lock

Rescue

Terror

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (Season 4) - Disc No. 4

A Time To Die

Blow Up

Deadly Amphibians

The Return Of Blackbeard

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (Season 4) - Disc No. 5

Terrible Leprechaun

The Lobster Man

Nightmare

The Abominable Snowman

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (Season 4) - Disc No. 6

Secret Of The Deep

Man-Beast

Savage Jungle

Flaming Ice

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (Season 4) - Disc No. 7

Attack!

Edge Of Doom

The Death Clock

No Way Back

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Wanted Dead or Alive (Season One)

4 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$40 or US$40 or £25

"Wanted Dead or Alive" was a half hour western series appearing on CBS television for three seasons from 1958-1961. It told the story of Civil War veteran, Josh Randall who makes a living as a Bounty Hunter in the Wild West of the 1870s. Central to his success (week in and week out) was the sawed-off 44/40 Winchester carbine which he carried on his holstered on his hip instead of the traditional Colt 45 pistol. It was a “cool” way to catch the bad guys and the series was made all the more cool by the guy who played Josh Randall: none other than future megastar Steve McQueen - “The King of Cool” himself!

And the forever cool Josh Randall would refer to his (eccentric?) weapon as his ‘Mare's Leg’ - which combined a most truly devastating sound when fired, with an accentuated ‘stopping power’ upon impact - watch out!

The entire series (across 3 seasons), totalled 94 half hour B&W episodes

This 4 DVD set consists of the first (& best) season only …

Excellent quality, uncut prints throughout!

Wanted Dead or Alive (Season One) - Disc No. 1

The Martin Poster

Fatal Memory

The Bounty

Dead End

Shawnee Bill

The Giveaway Gun

Ransom for a Nun

Miracle at Pot Hole

The Fourth Headstone

Wanted Dead or Alive (Season One) - Disc No. 2

Til Death Do Us Part

The Favor

Ricochet

Sheriff of Red Rock

Die by the Gun

Rawhide Breed

Eight Cent Reward

Drop to Drink

Rope Law

Wanted Dead or Alive (Season One) - Disc No. 3

Six-Up to Bannach

The Spur

Reunion for Revenge - costarring Ralph Meeker & James Coburn

Competition

Call Your Shot

Secret Ballot

The Corner

Eager Man

The Legend

Wanted Dead or Alive (Season One) - Disc No. 4

Railroaded

Double Fee

The Kovack Affair

Bounty for a Bride

Crossroads

Angels of Vengeance

Littlest Client

The Conquerors

Amos Carter

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Whiplash

5 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$43 or US$45 or £28

Prolific UK production house, ITC had enjoyed considerable success in the US with William Tell & The Buccaneers (also available from this website). They also wanted to do a half hour western series to rival the US cowboy shows that were moving the dominate the US schedules in the late 1950s. Due to a singular lack of western scenery in the UK, they decided to film a new concept series in Australia which would be set in the 1860s. Australia's Artransa Park Studios came into the venture as a partner, as did Britain's ATV and what resulted was Whiplash, an 'Australianised western'!

Whiplash, Whiplash, Whiplash, Whiplash

In 1851 the Great Australian gold rush

The only law a gun, the only shelter wildbush

Whiplash, Whiplash

The Mulga woods and deserts, the stage thunders by

From Sydney to Camden and on to Gundagai

Whiplash, Whiplash

This signature theme song was specially written for the series and sung by Aussie crooner Frank Ifield, who was enjoying a considerable status in London at the time with No. 1 hits such ‘I Remember You’

The theme of this action packed adventure series was propelled by the discovery of Gold - it was reason enough for hordes of adventurers to flock to a harsh, frequently violent land, despoiled by bushrangers and brutalized by the old convict system which had formed the basis of the tiny founding colony a mere 60 years earlier.

Enter Boston-born Christopher Cobb, already seasoned with experience gained in the Californian gold rush, and now commissioned with task of setting up and maintaining the Cobb & Co Stagecoach Line. Chris’s job is to develop new routes, expand lines of communication, and secure lucrative contracts for the stagecoach business.

US actor Peter Graves (later of Mission Impossible) was cast in the lead role of Christopher Cobb, the American owner and operator of the Cobb & Co. Coach Line.

Most stories concerned bushrangers or Aborigines, with the occasional greedy landowner thrown in for good measure. And, like most TV westerns at the time, there were plenty of fist fights and gun play.

In a nod to its Aussie origins, Christopher Cobb did not carry a pistol, preferring instead to use a bullwhip for settling disputes - hence the name of this innovative series: Whiplash.

The series was shot on film in B&W and consisted of one season only, comprising 34 half hour episodes. Directors were US regulars John Meredyth Lucas and Peter Maxwell, whilst the guest cast was made up of many well-known Australian actors, including Leonard Teale, John Fegan, Chips Rafferty, Chuck Faulkner, Terry McDermott, Stuart Wagstaff, Lionel Long, Reg Livermore and Aboriginal actor Robert Tudawali, who featured in several episodes

Scripts were mostly written by US writers including Harry Pink and Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry (4 episodes), although Aussie writers Michael Noonan and Michael Plant (who can also be described as ‘series creators’) had a considerable hand on the finished product.

Principal filming took place in 1959 at the Artransa Park Studios complex in French's Forest, a northern suburb of Sydney, and on location at Scone in New South Wales, with expatriate Australian Ralph Smart was Executive Producer.

Post-production was carried out in London.

Whiplash was distributed widely around the world. It began showing in the UK in September 1960, and had its Australian premiere on February 18, 1961, where it screened on ATN-7 in Sydney and it created a sensation.

Given the primetime slot of 7:30pm Sunday nights, Whiplash captured the hearts of the Australian public. We finally had our own big-budget western TV show!

Trev well recalls sitting down in his Nan’s lounge room to watch the premier episode (we still didn’t have a TV ourselves - it didn’t arrive until April, 1961 - April 24^th actually). Later episodes including an aboriginal story involving “pointing the bone”, made a significant impact on the impressionable Trev (in fact it proved to be Trev's first ever brush with indigenous culture - he learned a lot). Peter Graves was pretty darned good in the lead role … he already had credibility here as a cowboy given his earlier association with the popular and long running US series ‘Fury’

(Technically, Whiplash was as good as anything from overseas, and this was significant at a time when Australian television was still in its infancy, and drama production was sporadic)

This 5 DVD set contains all 34 episodes of this ground-breaking Australian western TV series, presented in its original release order. Excellent B&W prints throughout

Whiplash Disc No. 1

Convict Town

Episode in Bathurst

Sarong

Rider on the Hill

Love Story In Gold

Dutchman's Reef - costarring Leonard Teale

Whiplash Disc No. 2

The Other Side of Swan

Barbed Wire

The Bone That Whispered

The Secret of the Screaming Hills

The Actress

Stage for Two - costarring Leonard Teale

Whiplash Disc No. 3

The Hunters

The Wreckers

Act of Courage

The Haunted Valley

Day of the Hunter - costarring Chips Rafferty

The Twisted Road

Whiplash Disc No. 4

The Solid Gold Brigade

Divide And Conquer

The Remittance Man

Canoomba Incident

The Rushing Sands

The Legacy

Stage Freight

Fire Rock

Whiplash Disc No. 5

The Adelaide Arabs - costarring Chips Rafferty & Chuck Faulkner

Dark Runs the Sea

Flood Tide

Storm River

Ribbons and Wheels

Magic Wire

Dilemma in Wool

Portrait in Gunpowder

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The Whirlybirds

3 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$35 or US$35 or £22

This is the show that made the Bell 47 helicopter into a television star and a national icon of vertical flight. Conceived and produced by Desilu Studios, home of the much beloved TV sitcom I Love Lucy, Whirlybirds brought the look, sound, and capabilities of the Bell 47 helicopter into the mainstream of popular culture during the mid-1950s. For several generations of post-war television viewers, the 47 was to become the helicopter. The series debuted in 1957 and ran through 1959 for a total of 111 half-hour episodes, of which 106 eventually aired. Thirty-nine episodes were quickly re-syndicated by CBS under the name Copter Patrol. The show had a big draw; some estimates place the Whirlybirds weekly audience share as high as 25 million fans --- and this was the 1950s!

The Whirlybirds centered around Chuck Martin (Kenneth Tobey) and Pete (P.T.) Moore (Craig Hill), owners of 'Whirlybirds, Inc', who flew their helicopter between Longwood Field and anywhere where they could be of help to someone in trouble. Often the boys would be called in to help the police locate an escaped prisoner, or save some stranded fool out in the middle of nowhere. This would inevitably lead to one of the guys dangling at the end of a rope at some point in the episode. When they didn't just jump right out of the helicopter.

The pilot episode for the series (included in this DVD set) was titled "The Big U". It was filmed in 1956 at the Iverson Ranch, a dude ranch used to film westerns. It was a little different to the episodes from the rest of the series - the "signature" theme song was missing and the boys uniforms were not as sharp.

Kenneth Tobey was chosen for his background in aviation, and Craig Hill for his rugged good looks.

Their secretary Janet Culver (Sandra Spence) left before the end of the first series and was replaced by Helen Carter (Nancy Hale)

A lot of the episodes were directed by Robert Altman. He went on the Academy Award Nominations for Gosford Park, MASH, Nashville, Short Cuts & The Player

Quality Note: Whilst each of these episodes have undergone significant digital restoration, some of them are still not of good quality. In these latter cases, the images are a little smeary - although quite viewable

The Whirlybirds Disc No. 1

The Big U (pilot episode)

The Rustlers

Aerial Circus

Fury Canyon

Take a Little, Leave a Little

Cycle of Terror

Airborne Gold

The Killer

The Whirlybirds Disc No. 2

Bankrupt Alibi

The Deacon

Wanted--Alive

Rest in Peace

Two of a Kind

The Challenge

Two Came Back

Lynch Mob

The Whirlybirds Disc No. 3

Search for an Unknown Man

His Brother's Keeper

Seven Orchids

Robert Dixon M.D. (costarring Robert Vaughan)

Journey to the Past

Missing Witness

Glamour Girl

Man, You Kill Me

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Whispering Smith

4 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$35 or US$35 or £22

Whispering Smith was an action packed American Western series that aired on NBC in 1961. Based on the 1948 Alan Ladd movie of the same name, the TV series starred Audie Murphy as Tom "Whispering" Smith, a police detective in Denver, Colorado.

Just like the film, the TV series was loosely based on the exploits of Allan Pinkerton (first head of the United States Secret Service), in that the character Whispering Smith fought to bring modern police methods to the American West. Some episodes were based on actual cases from the files of the Denver Police Department.

Unfortunately for Audie Murphy fans, the U.S. Senate Juvenile Delinquency subcommittee claimed that the series was excessively violent, and after viewing the second episode, “The Grudge”, labeled the program “a libel on Denver”. “The Grudge” told a story of bloody revenge that included the "a fistfight, a gunfight, a mother horsewhipping her son, and that same mother actually shooting her daughter dead" (albeit by accident as she attempts to shot Smith). Interesting the (horsewhipped) son who is forced into a bloody gunfight with Smith, is played by a young (and impressive) Robert Redford - yep, that's The Sundance Kid squaring off against Whispering Smith!

Following the adverse publicity, only 20 episodes were aired by NBC (although all 26 were telecast to the not so squeamish Australians - Saturday nights at 8 pm). Audie Murphy became disenchanted with network TV and returned to movies - notably Hell Bent for Leather which he filmed during a break in filming of the TV series

This 4 DVD set consists of 25 half hour B&W episodes

One episode (“The Interpreter”) has apparently been lost

All episodes have been digitally restored during a careful mastery here into original telecast order

Very nice uncut prints throughout

By the Way: despite is dubious notoriety “The Grudge” is an excellent piece of gripping television in which the inevitable showdown relentlessly approaches … both sides of the equation can really handle a gun … which will it be: victor or vanquished?

Whispering Smith Disc No. 1

The Blind Gun

The Grudge - that episode! (co-starring Robert Redford & Gloria Talbot)

The Devil's Share

Stake-Out

Safety Valve

Stain of Justice (co-starring Richard Chamberlain)

Whispering Smith Disc No. 2

The Deadliest Weapon

The Quest

Three for One

Death at Even Money

The Hemp Reeger Case

This Mortal Coil

Whispering Smith Disc No. 3

Cross Cut

Double Edge

Trademark

The Jodie Tyler Story

Poet and Peasant Case

Dark Circle

Whispering Smith Disc No. 4

Swift Justice

The Idol - last of the “aired” episodes (co-starring Alan “Casey Jones” Hale Jr.)

String of Circumstances

The Homeless Wind

Trial of the Avengers (co-starring "B" Western legend Bob Steele)

Prayer of a Chance

Hired to Die

The Wild Wild West (Season 1)

6 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$47 or US$50 or £32

The Wild Wild West was an American television series that ran on CBS for four seasons and 104 episodes, from September 1965. Conceived as “James Bond on horseback” The Wild Wild West told the story of two Secret Service agents: charming gunslinger James T. West (Robert Conrad), and brilliant gadgeteer and master of disguise Artemus Gordon (Ross Martin). Their mission was to protect President Ulysses S. Grant and the United States from all manner of dangerous threats. The agents travelled in luxury aboard their own train, the Wanderer, equipped with everything modern convenience (for the time.)

The show incorporated classic Western elements with an espionage thriller, science fiction/alternate history ideas and a dash of comedy. In the finest James Bond tradition, there were always beautiful women, clever gadgets, and delusional super-villains with barely incredible plots to take over the country or the world.

A memorable recurring baddie was Dr. Loveless (Michael Dunn), a brilliant but megalomaniac dwarf. Just like deadly opponents Professor Moriarty & Sherlock Holmes, Loveless provided West & Gordon with a worthy adversary, whose plans could be foiled but who resisted all attempts to capture him and bring him to justice.

This listing is for Season 1 only - the best season - all 28 one hour B&W episodes from Season 1 are presented here in their original telecast order. All 28 episodes are of exceptional quality and are completely uncut

The Wild Wild West (Season 1) - Disc No. 1

The Night of the Inferno

The Night of the Deadly Bed

The Night the Wizard Shook the Earth

The Night of Sudden Death

The Wild Wild West (Season 1) - Disc No. 2

Night of the Casual Killer

The Night of a Thousand Eyes

The Night of the Glowing Corpse

The Night of the Dancing Death

The Wild Wild West (Season 1) - Disc No. 3

The Night of the Double-Edged Knife

The Night That Terror Stalked the Town

The Night of the Red-Eyed Madmen

The Night of the Human Trigger

The Night of the Torture Chamber

The Wild Wild West (Season 1) - Disc No. 4

The Night of the Howling Light

The Night of the Fatal Trap

The Night of the Steel Assassin

The Night the Dragon Screamed

The Night of the Flaming Ghost

The Wild Wild West (Season 1) - Disc No. 5

The Night of the Grand Emir

The Night of the Whirring Death

The Night of the Puppeteer

The Night of the Bars of Hell

The Night of the Two-Legged Buffalo

The Wild Wild West (Season 1) - Disc No. 6

The Night of the Druid's Blood

The Night of the Freebooters

The Night of the Burning Diamond

The Night of the Murderous Spring

The Night of the Sudden Plague

NEWLY REMASTERED

Now a 5 DVD set

William Tell

5 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$43 or US$45 or £28

This has to be one of the most exciting TV shows ever made - full of fist fights, sword fights, secret weapons and passageways - all played out at a breathless rate!

Its tells the story of the legendary hero's escapades with his "cross-bow commandos" in 14th Century Switzerland, as he resists brutal Austrian rule and upholds the rights of peasants against the villainous Landburgher Gessler.

Conrad Phillips plays the dashing saviour of the Swiss peasants who depend on his expertise with a crossbow and superhumanly quick thinking to outwit the Austrians. The charismatic Phillips brings to role a genuine athleticism (he performs all of his own stunts) and is ably supported by 'The Bear', expertly portrayed with booming zeal by Nigel Greene (before he went onto major film success). On the opposing side, as the blustering, outsize tyrant Landburgher Gessler, Willoughby Goddard attacks his role with tremendous relish, charging about in bewildered panic or in a savage fury when not thinking of ways to kill the hero. Perhaps the most fascinating aspect of this series was the chilling analogy made between the Austrian domination of Switzerland during the Middle Ages and the Nazi subjugation of Europe during the Second World War. The sadistic Hapsburg landburgher was clearly modelled on a Hitler-era Gauleiter, or military governor. The writers extended the narrative beyond the all-too-familiar shooting-the-apple-off-the-head fable to parallel Gessler's methods of extracting taxes from the citizens, and his suppression of the flare-ups of rebellion, with the Nazi barbarism of more modern history.

Produced in 1958 by Lord Lee Grade's ITC, the series is peppered with interesting guest stars including Christopher Lee, Michael Caine, Donald Pleasance, Sid James and Robert Shaw - the latter being star of Grade's "sister" series: The Buccaneers (ITC also produced the similarly themed Sir Francis Drake, The Count of Monte Cristo & The Adventures of Sir Lancelot)

This 4 DVD set contains the entire series of 39 episodes in their original broadcast order

Perfect prints throughout

Check out The Buccaneers, The Count of Monte Cristo, The Adventures of Sir Lancelot & Sir Francis Drake - all available from this website

William Tell Disc No. 1

The Emperor's Hat

The Hostages

Secret Death

The Gauntlet of St. Gerhardt

The Prisoner

Voice in the Night

The Assassins

The Baroness

William Tell Disc No. 2

The Elixir

The Suspect

The Cuckoo

The Bear

The Magic Powder

The Golden Wheel

The Bride

The Boy Slaves

William Tell Disc No. 3

The Young Widow

Landslide

The Trap

The Shrew

The Manhunt

The Killer

The Surgeon

The Ensign

William Tell Disc No. 4

The Unwelcome Stranger

The Avenger

The Bandit

Gessler's Daughter

The General's Daughter

The Raid

Castle of Fear

The Black Brothers

William Tell Disc No. 5

The Lost Letter

Secret Weapon

The Master Spy

The Traitor

The Spider

The Mountain People

Undercover

NEW … NEW … NEW … NEW

Yancy Derringer

5 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$43 or US$45 or £28

A Western series that ran on CBS in the US from 1958 to 1959, Yancy Derringer starred the legendary Jock Mahoney in the title role of a gentleman adventurer living in New Orleans, Louisiana, after the Civil War. He is hired by the city administrator, John Colton (Kevin Hagen), as a secret agent authorized to help maintain law and order and justice in the city by any means that may become necessary. His constant companion is a Pawnee Indian, Pahoo-Ka-Ta-Wah (X. Brands) who communicates with Yancy only by hand gestures, and appears ready at a moment's notice to use the shotgun that he always carries. Yancy owns a riverboat, the Sultana, carries a trademark Derringer gun in his hat and as part of his belt buckle and lives at the former family plantation, Waverly. Madame Francine (Frances Bergen) is his love interest and her establishment is where he likes to hang out (although sometimes it’s the jailhouse).

This excellent series is noted for its great array of stars who are included in episodes here: future box-office star Charles Bronson, Academy Award winner (for One Flew Over the Cuckoo Nest) Louise Fletcher, Ray Danton, Oscar nominee Nick Adams and Lee Van Cleef. Jock's then wife Maggie Mahoney also appeared in a few episodes - she is perhaps best remembered as Margaret Field, the mother of Sally Field.

Jock Mahoney has a big presence on this website (I'm a big fan).

He appeared in three action packed movie serials for Columbia (Cody of the Pony Express, Roar of the Iron Horse & Gunfighters of the Northwest) available from the Movie Serial section of this website (in a 3 DVD set)

Whilst filming Yancy Derringer, he was make a nice trio of Technicolor widescreen westerns for Universal: Joe Dakota (1957), The Last of the Fast Guns (1958) & Money, Women and Guns (1958). Each is available (separately) from within the INDIVIDUAL MOVIE TITLES section - they are also available in a nicely packaged 3 DVD set from within the Classic Movie Combinations section, titled "Jocko" … on the Big Screen …

Jock Mahoney was also a pretty good Tarzan - graduating from Tarzan's chief nemesis in 1960's Tarzan the Magnificent to the man himself in Tarzan Goes to India (1962) & Tarzan's Three Challenges (1963). This Tarzan set (The Jock Mahoney Tarzan Collection) is available from the Movie Series section of this website. Jock also came up against TV's Tarzan (Ron Ely) in The Deadly Silence - a two part adventure which was released theatrically outside the US (and can be found in the TV series section of this website)

This 5 DVD set comprises the entire series of 34 half hour episodes - all excellent prints except for The Gun That Murdered Lincoln - which has been carefully restored here and presents quite OK

Yancy Derringer Disc No. 1

Return to New Orleans

Gallatin Street

Ticket to Natchez

An Ace Called Spade (guest star Ray Danton)

Bullet for Bridget (guest star Maggie Mahoney)

The Belle from Boston

Yancy Derringer Disc No. 2

The Loot from Richmond

The Saga of Lonesome Jackson

Memo to a Firing Squad

Three Knaves from New Haven

Marble Fingers

Old Dixie (guest stars Louise Fletcher & Maggie Mahoney)

Two of a Kind

Yancy Derringer Disc No. 3

Nightmare on Bourbon Street

The Fair Freebooter

Mayhem at the Market

The Night the Russians Landed (guest star Nick Adams)

A Game of Chance

Panic in Town

Hell and High Water (guest star Charles Bronson)

Yancy Derringer Disc No. 4

The Louisiana Dude

Longhair

Thunder on the River

The Gun That Murdered Lincoln

Collector's Item

Fire on the Frontier

Duel at the Oaks

Yancy Derringer Disc No. 5

The Wayward Warrior

A State of Crisis

Outlaw at Liberty (guest star Lee Van Cleef)

V as in Voodoo

The Quiet Firecracker

Gone But Not Forgotten (guest star Lee Van Cleef)

Two Tickets to Promontory

Zorro (Season 1)

4 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$40 or US$40 or £25

Zorro was a half-hour Walt Disney Productions TV series based on the well-known Zorro character, premiered October 10, 1957 on ABC.

Don Diego de la Vega (Guy Williams) is an academic and renown fencer in Spain who is recalled by his father, Don Alejandro de la Vega (George J. Lewis) to his ancestral Californian home in order to fight the tyranny of Captain Monastario. Diego decides to conceal his abilities with the sword, and change his demeanor to that of a foppish milquetoast intellectual - much to the chagrin of his father. But unknown to all but his faithful friend, the mute Bernardo (Gene Shelton), Diego has an alter ego, that of a defender of good and vanquisher of evil: a masked avenger who leaves a calling card - a huge “Z” carved on his adversary’s clothing after defeat by his blade, Zorro!

This, the first season consisted of 39 half hour B&W episodes. This season consisted of 3 continuing story arcs, each of thirteen episodes. The first of these chronicled the arrival of Zorro / Diego and his battle of wits with the greedy and cruel local Commandante, Captain Monastario. The second storyline, Episode Nos. 14 thru 26, told of Zorro’s efforts to uncover and counter the machinations of the evil Magistrado Galindo, who is part of a plot to rule California. The third story arc, Episode Nos. 27 thru 39, concerned the leader of that conspiracy, the shadowy figure of The Eagle.

And through all of this there are the usual skirmishes with the buffoonish Sergeant Demetrio Lopez Garcia (beautifully played by Henry Calvin)

This listing is for Season 1 only - the best season - all 39 B&W episodes from Season 1 are presented here in their original telecast order. All 39 episodes are of exceptional (digitally restored) quality and are completely uncut running the full 26 minutes.

Note that the 6 Republic Pictures productions of Zorro movie serials are available separately and in various combinations from the Movie Serials section of this website.

The particular combination that consists of all 6 serials also includes a bonus 7^th DVD:

The Bold Caballero (1936) - the first color Zorro movie and yes, its in COLOR

Zorro (Season 1) Disc No. 1

Presenting Senor Zorro - begins the Zorro vs. Captain Monastario story arc

Zorro's Secret Passage

Zorro Rides to the Mission

The Ghost of the Mission

Zorro's Romance

Zorro Saves a Friend

Monastario Sets a Trap

Zorro's Ride into Terror

A Fair Trial

Zorro (Season 1) Disc No. 2

Garcia's Secret Mission

Double Trouble for Zorro

Zorro, Luckiest Swordsman Alive

The Fall of Monastario - concludes the Zorro vs. Captain Monastario story arc

Shadow of Doubt - begins the Zorro vs. the Magistrado story arc

Garcia Stands Accused

Slaves of the Eagle

Sweet Face of Danger

Zorro Fights His Father

Death Stacks the Deck

Zorro (Season 1) Disc No. 3

Agent Of The Eagle

Zorro Springs a Trap

The Unmasking of Zorro

The Secret of the Sierra

The New Commandante

The Fox and the Coyote

Adios, Senor Magistrado - concludes the Zorro vs. the Magistrado story arc

The Eagle's Brood - begins the Zorro vs. The Eagle story arc

Zorro by Proxy

Quintana Makes a Choice

Zorro (Season 1) Disc No. 4

Zorro Lights a Fuse

The Man with the Whip

The Cross of the Andes

The Deadly Bolas

The Well of Death

The Tightening Noose

The Sergeant Regrets

The Eagle Leaves the Nest

Bernardo Faces Death

The Eagle's Flight - concludes the Zorro vs. The Eagle story arc

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