| The Persuaders (1971 – 1972) | |
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| Two season early 70’s show featuring the perculiar combination of Rodger Moore & Tony Curtis as wealthy playboys Lord Brett Sinclair & Danny Wilde. | |
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| Sinclair and Wilde had somehow been forged together by Judge Fulton (played by Laurence Naismith) to solve crimes that the Old Bill were unable to solve. Well, as a resident of London in the early 1970’s, that must have been particularly reassuring. ‘Sorry madam, we are unable to find the bloke who robbed your jewellery but let me put you in touch with these two cads who are completely unqualified in the science of criminal detection…..’
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| Once you have endured one of the dullest theme tunes of all time, the first thing to strike you when tuning into the Persuaders are the cars that Moore and Curtis get behind the wheel of. Moore, as the stiff upper lipped Englisman, drives a gold Aston Martin DBS, whereas the flashier Curtis has a Ferrari 246GT Dino. | |
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| The domestic locations for most episodes are West London, with several memorable shots of Parliament Square, St James’ Park & St John’s wood. There are also some episodes shot in Brighton, Berkshire & even Silverstone racing circuit. As befitting a series that erred on the side of the exotic, the budgets also stretched to locations in mainland Europe – mainly Italy (Rome) & France (Paris & Cote D’Azure). The diversity of these locations ensures a diversity of kit. The London scenes have the usual smattering of 60’s/early 70’s British street furniture, but the foreign locations allow the viewer a taste of slightly less mundane kit, such as Alfa’s, Lancias, Citroen DS’s and so on. | |
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| Even if Moore’s trademark wooden style & Curtis’s transatlantic brashness isn’t exactly to your tastes, The Persuaders does offer the avid passive spotter a real sense of the exotic.
Now pour me a Cinzano and light me a Peter Stuyvesant would you? | |
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