Bedtime Viewing Diary 2020
Episodes are streamed to the bedroom TV to drop off to (hence the approximate viewing time upon review) or when I wake in the middle of the night/early morning. I set the TV's 'Sleep' function to coincide with the end of the episode, preventing being woken by the TV glare in the middle of the night.
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- DirectorRobert DayStarsPatrick MacneeDiana RiggBarbara ShelleyThe members of a society that watches Venus are dying one by one from something that turns them completely white, so Steed joins them to flush out the culprit while Peel chases a light that seems related to the killings.Sun 19 & Mon 20 January, from memory (written January 23, from memory (written Tue 3 Mar 5:44 am)).
- DirectorGordon FlemyngStarsPatrick MacneeDiana RiggPatrick CargillThe executives of several ceramics companies are being driven crazy or killed by fear. The trail leads to a consulting company with some unusual techniques for helping their clients beat their competition.Tue 21 & Wed 22 January, from memory (written January 23, from memory (written Tue 3 Mar 5:44 am)).
- DirectorRobert AsherStarsPatrick MacneeDiana RiggMoira ListerWhen an enemy agent purchases an invisibility formula, the Avengers must find out if the formula's genuine, and if not, how's the apparent invisibility being staged.Fri 23 January, 1am.
- DirectorJohn KrishStarsPatrick MacneeDiana RiggPeter BowlesWhen a mad miscreant whips up a time machine, it takes The Avengers no time at all to show him the "era" of his ways.Fri 23 January, 11:30 pm(ish).
- DirectorRoy RossottiStarsPatrick MacneeDiana RiggRon MoodyTwo spies have obtained information about a secret missile base which they are passing to the other side, via a person known as Captain Caruso, whom the Avengers are charged to locate. In the event the good Captain turns out to be a trained parrot who possesses a photographic memory . . .Mon 27 Jan, 3 am (first 10-15m).
- DirectorPeter DuffellGordon FlemyngStarsPatrick MacneeDiana RiggNigel GreenSeveral businessmen have been killed, the murderer having apparently clawed them to death so that the initial suspect is an author who owns a bird of prey and had a grudge against a victim who ran a publishing house. However, the discovery of a comic called 'The Winged Avenger' featuring a super-hero is found by the latest victim. And could the invention of Professor Poole, boots that allow the wearer to climb walls and scale ceilings, be involved?Tue 4 Feb, 4 & 7 am (first 10-15m). The killings are so badly done, it spoils the episode for me, not even amusing, plus the uploads to DM are all mirrored.
- DirectorSidney HayersStarsPatrick MacneeDiana RiggRonnie BarkerWhat seems to be a man eating tiger on the loose is actually the first step in a plan to take over the whole of England.Tue 4 Feb, 11:30 pm (first 30m) & Wed 5 Feb, 6:15 am (last 30 mins). The killing scenes are terrible, worse than The Winged Avenger (yes it was possible after all).
- DirectorCharles CrichtonStarsPatrick MacneeDiana RiggAnna QuayleSomebody is systematically killing off foreign agents and Steed, who is initially implicated, declares a truce and calls on his Russian opposite number, Nutski. Along with Soviet agents Anna and Ivan the Avengers discover SNOB, an exceedingly English gentlemen's club with murderously patriotic members.Fri 7 Feb, 1:35 am (1-15 mins), Sat 8 Feb, 3 am (15-30 mins).
- DirectorJohn GillingStarsPeter WyngardeJoel FabianiRosemary NicolsFour men in fancy dress costumes are celebrating committing a robbery in a house near a building site when they are gunned down. When a man's body is recovered, locked in a trunk in a car that was pushed into a lake, the bullets that killed him match those from the gun of one of the murdered quartet. Stewart follows the trail to piece together the connection and to unmask the person who hired the robbers and who is holding Libby, a witness to the robbery, captive.Tue 11 Feb, 11:30 pm (30 mins), Wed 12 Feb, 11:58 pm). This ep isn’t on YT.
- DirectorJohn GillingStarsPeter WyngardeJoel FabianiRosemary NicolsCal and Thorn, two Americans, go deep sea diving on the Costa Del Sol and, having brought ashore a fish, proceed to double-cross and kill each other. The fish turns out to be plastic and contains a hundred thousand dollars in notes. The Department team arrive and Stewart and Annabelle pose as a married couple interested in diving to discover the drop-off whilst Jason heads for Madrid in pursuit of the engraver who is making the counterfeit notes.Mon 17 Feb, 11 pm (all, slept through the middle saw the end). Tue 18 Feb, 5 am (all).
- DirectorJohn GillingStarsPeter WyngardeJoel FabianiRosemary NicolsSpanish police attempt to flag down a white Chevrolet but it crashes and is revealed to have been 'driven' by a dummy and worked by remote control. Jason notes that the dummy is wearing an identical tie-pin to a man in England whose speciality is remote-controlled cars. Back in Spain, despite lack of cooperation from the local authorities, the team foil an attempt to drive a remote-controlled vehicle into a N.A.T.O. convoy.Wed 19 Feb, 1:30 am (all, slept through the middle saw the end, written 2:36 am).
- DirectorCyril FrankelStarsPeter WyngardeJoel FabianiRosemary NicolsAn intruder named Gerhard breaks into the heavily guarded grounds of a villa belonging to a man named Kolliatis, who has just gone to sleep after watching a home movie. Rather than steal anything Gerhard glues a clown's mask onto the sleeping man's face. When Kolliatis wakes up and tries to remove it he has a heart attack and dies. As he was a friend of Sir Curtis the Department 'S' team are called in and discover a vendetta and a blackmail racket.Wed 19 Feb, 3:30 am slept through most of it (can recall nothing of it) woke up @ 5 am. Thu 20 Feb, 1:30 am.
- DirectorJeremy SummersStarsPeter WyngardeNigel GreenMichael BatesTwo English criminals, Charles and Edward, are committing copy-cat robberies stolen from the plots of Jason's books, which causes the police to take an interest in the author after a security guard is killed. Jason and his girlfriend Arlene have an encounter with the two villains and escape but, as they can now recognize the pair, they are in danger as they head for Venice, where a trap has been set for them.Thu 20 Feb, 11:55 pm. Got off to sleep after 10-15 mins. Sat 22 Feb, 12:10 am, watched from start, once again was asleep after 10-15 mins. Mon 24 Feb 12:10 am, watched from start, asleep after 25 mins approx, 5:30 am watched last 28 mins then got off to sleep.
- DirectorCyril FrankelStarsPeter WyngardeJoel FabianiRosemary NicolsAn elderly man, wandering on an airport runway in his night wear, is killed by an incoming plane; Jason talks to the man's niece and discovers he worked in industrial financial. Meanwhile, Sir Curtis asks Stewart and Annabelle to track down a scientist working on an advanced form of brain-washing. Jason's investigations lead him to a sinister country club, run by a man called Carter, in reality a front for the brain-washing experiments of Dr. Dreiker. Unless Annabelle and Stewart can get to Jason in time, it will soon be him walking out in front of the flight path.Tue 25 Feb 1:10 am DM, asleep after 20 mins. Very similar for Wed 26 & Thu 27, Fri 28 12:15 am, last 30 mins. Thu 30 Jul, 2 am (est).
- DirectorJohn GillingStarsPeter WyngardeJoel FabianiRosemary NicolsSomething strange has happened at the Bellman-Parsons chemical factory. Although locals claim that they saw the work force arriving as normal, the management report that all of the regular employees reported in as sick, except one, and he is later found murdered. A substitute work force has been using the factory for a plot involving the use of its tankers, a gold robbery and the soon-to-be-opened Northover nuclear power generating station, where Annabelle is held captive by the villains.Tue 3 Mar 1:10 am DM, whole episode then went to sleep (written 5:41 am).
- DirectorRay AustinStarsPeter WyngardeJoel FabianiRosemary NicolsThree days after he disappeared on his way to see 'Don Giovanni' at Covent Garden, food critic Robin Skelton is found wandering in the Mexican desert. The Department is called in to investigate, and it becomes apparent that Skelton was mistaken for his double, rocket scientist Peter Sinclair, who is involved in tests for the American space schedule. Once they realize this, they discover that in the meantime Sinclair has also been kidnapped. The only clue Skelton can give the Department is 'Turtle in the Shell', which leads them to the Bahamas, where Sinclair has been taken by villainous Dr. Wolf.Tue 3 Mar 6:10 am, whole episode but can’t remember how it ended. Never even made to see Cordelia from The Baron.
Sun 12 Apr 12:55 am (asleep after 10 mins) & 6:55 am. “Turtle in the Shell”. - DirectorJack ArnoldStarsRobert WagnerMalachi ThroneRicardo MontalbanAl must steal a sample of a revolutionary new type of jet fuel, the only trouble is he doesn't know what to look for.Wed 4 Mar 6:10 am DM, whole episode. Fell asleep around 7:15 am to headphone music (LS).
- DirectorDavid LaneStarsGabrielle DrakeGeorge SewellDolores MantezThree Interceptors are sent to frustrate a UFO attack but one collides with the UFO, killing the pilot, Ken Matthews. Lieutenant Gay Ellis was giving the pilots their instructions and Straker suspects she sacrificed Matthews to spare another pilot, Mark Bradley, her apparent lover. Psychological tests on Gay and Mark, as processed by a computer, confirm that they are in love but both deny it. When an alien lands on Earth, Gay sends Mark to capture it, to prove that she is impartial and prepared to risk his life. He comes through and goes on a date with her. Straker tells them that if Gay had followed official SHADO protocol all three pilots would have been killed.Fri 6 Mar 12:13 am YT, watching as I type (12:18 am just on “Century 21 fashions” credit).
- DirectorRay AustinStarsPeter WyngardeJoel FabianiRosemary NicolsIn the South of France two hitmen study a photograph of a man taken in a festival square. They then go to his house with the intention of killing him but he drops down dead of a heart attack. The body is removed to the local morgue where the killers overpower the mortuary attendant and shoot bullets into the corpse. The dead man is identified as Christopher Lomax, a small-time crook, but he supposedly died three years earlier. The Department is called in to investigate how a man can die twice - assuming that he died in the first place.Fri 6 Mar 6:15 am DM.
- DirectorCyril FrankelStarsPeter WyngardeJoel FabianiRosemary NicolsIn Rome Johnnie is visited by 'the brothers' and there is a shoot-out, resulting in carnage. Johnnie has given the tipsy Stacey a package to be delivered to Paris and when a curious Stacey opens it, he finds three plastic flowers and a cryptic quotation. Herein lies the key to the whereabouts of five million stolen dollars. Department 'S' is called in to go to Paris and find the loot but there are other interested parties who, needless to say, will kill for possession of the clues.Sat 7 Mar 11:13 pm DM. Fell asleep thirdway through, woke up and saw last 5-10. Rewatched 6:20 am.
- DirectorCyril FrankelStarsPeter WyngardeJoel FabianiRosemary NicolsEconomist John Burnham is due to become the next head of the International Monetary Fund and he has progressive ideas which certain Communist agents do not want to see put into play so they shoot his wife Mary in front of him. However Burnham keeps repeatedly seeing Mary, though it is assumed that he is going mad, which is what his enemies have set out to achieve in order to discredit him and his work and harm the Western economy. Department 'S' are called in and soon discover that there is an impostor impersonating Mary.Mon 9 Mar 1:56 am DM, fell asleep 15-20 mins in (written 7:53 am, woke 7:15ish). Resumed from 20:50 at 8:15 am approximately.
- DirectorJohn GillingStarsPeter WyngardeJoel FabianiRosemary NicolsA tube train arrives at Redbridge station with all its passengers dead and the conductor who found it is also knocked out by nerve gas. Whilst Annabelle is escorting Mrs. Taylor, the widow of one of the dead men, from the morgue, they are held up and Mrs. Taylor is abducted, as later is Jason, whilst investigating at the station. The trail leads to a manufacturing company where Annabelle goes undercover as a secretary though she too is in danger when her employers, criminal speculators out to tap the hotline between the White House and 10 Downing Street, discover who she is.Wed 11 Mar 12 am YT, watched Emmy Leg Massage on Psychetruth queued up afterwards. Didn’t feel tired (writing at 1:11 am), reminds me of that Motörhead lyric
“I should be tired,
And all I am is wired”
I watched this episode at an earlier date but accidentally removed it from the list thinking I was adding it a second and separate time on the list. There’s still no way of entering the same episode/title more than once on a list.
Sat 18 Jul 2:05 am. Asleep in 15 minutes. - DirectorLeslie NormanStarsPeter WyngardeJoel FabianiRosemary NicolsGreg Halliday, disgruntled employee at a chemical works, leaves the plant with a phial of deadly nerve gas. He is captured by enemy agents out to obtain his lethal product but saved by the intervention of the Department. However, he absconds to London and threatens to unleash the gas and destroy the city unless world governments listen to his plans for peace.Wed 11 Mar 11:35 pm DM, asleep by 30 min mark, rewatched 3:55 am (Thu 12 Mar). Anthony Hopkins.
- DirectorCyril FrankelStarsPeter WyngardeJoel FabianiRosemary NicolsAt the City of Southwark hospital senior British civil servant Peregrine Haslett-Smith is about to undergo a tricky operation but Mr. Walker, the surgeon responsible, is knocked unconscious and, when he recovers, finds that somebody else has completed the operation. The only surgeon capable of performing such a delicate operation would be Dr. Uri Dutrov, but he is retired and living in Moscow, where Stewart goes to interview him. Jason, however, flies South to Istanbul to uncover the real truth behind the perfect operation.Sun 15 Mar 12 am DM, asleep 25-30 mins, rewatched 5 or 6 am.
- DirectorRay AustinStarsPeter WyngardeJoel FabianiRosemary NicolsSir Curtis and a lady friend are at an antiques auction in Bond street, where a mirror sells for an astronomically high sum in view of its appearance. Later Gresford, the man who bought the mirror is murdered and it is discovered that he had at his home another, virtually identical mirror. An intrigued Sir Curtis gets the team to investigate, leading Jason to the antique shops of Paris.Mon 16 Mar 12:20 am DM, whole episode. Still not tired.
- DirectorPaul DicksonStarsPeter WyngardeJoel FabianiRosemary NicolsArriving at Marling Dale Ministry of Defence building in the countryside the chauffeur driving government official Byrom Blain opens his passenger's door to find only a skeleton. Department 'S' joins with the C.I.A. to unravel a plot to kidnap illustrious men and replace them with skeletons and Sir Curtis is on the list of victims, along with Jason.Thu 19 Mar 3:42 am DM, whole episode.
- DirectorJack ArnoldStarsRobert WagnerLloyd BochnerTina SinatraAlex's latest assignment is to escort a scientist who is traveling with four other scientists to an important conference. It seems like the scientist asked for Alex to accompany him because he thinks that Alex's skills could be useful. But while they're in flight some of the scientists and the crew are being killed off. That's when a film is played that says they're going to try and save the planet for man destroying it. So Alex, the scientist and a flight attendant he knows tries to find out how they are doing this and how to stop them.Fri 20 Mar 5:15 or 6:15 am DM, most of episode; Mon 23 Mar 1 am(ish), last 20 min catchup but missed last 10 mins.
- DirectorRoy Ward BakerStarsPeter WyngardeDavid BauerDerek FrancisIn order to interest a television mogul in buying his stories for the small screen,novelist and adventurer Jason King describes to the man a typical plot involving his hero Mark Caine. Caine meets a girl who has been given plastic surgery to resemble the deceased Michele who died in a fire. She is taken by two crooks to meet Bellini, a fence of Michele's acquaintance,supposedly suffering from amnesia,to find out where he has hidden his private stash of valuables. Caine is aware that the girl will be killed once she has served her purpose and steps in to rescue her.Tue 24 Mar 5:10 am DM, fell asleep a third to halfway through. King’s dialogue with the TV executive wasn’t great, I got some good kip though (which is the main thing). Fri 22 May midnight first 20 min; 6 am, last 28 mins. Actually not as bad on second viewing.
- DirectorRoy Ward BakerStarsPeter WyngardeJoel FabianiRosemary NicolsNeeding to wake early next day to participate in a beauty contest Susan Lewis, staying at her father's pub in the village of Hambledown takes a sleeping pill but wakes in the night to see the entire population of Hambledown being helped into trucks by military men. Next morning she finds herself the only person in the village. When Department 'S' comes to investigate, a patch of scorched earth in a field where a gate post has been freshly painted seems to point to evacuation from an ecological disaster.Fri 27 Mar 1 am, asleep halfway - 6 am, same again. Watched this in 2019, so have a vague memory of it.
Sat 28 Mar, 6:10 am, this time I got the whole episode though I can’t recall the Jason King exercise quote. A “bevy” of beauties working on the case, too. I slept til 10 after this and and Emmy Robins “Full Body Massage Techniques Pt. 2”. - DirectorCyril FrankelStarsPeter WyngardeJoel FabianiRosemary NicolsInterpol agent Birney arrives in Beirut and soon afterwards his body is found washed up on a beach. Sir Curtis believes he drowned accidentally whilst out swimming but Stewart, a personal friend of his, disagrees. Sir Curtis takes the view that Stewart would be too emotionally involved and sends Jason to carry on Birney's investigation of a drug smuggling racket, but inevitably Stewart goes too.Sat 28 Mar 11:25 pm (about to watch).
- DirectorLeslie NormanStarsPeter WyngardeJoel FabianiRosemary NicolsIn Liverpool four men break into a bonded warehouse and smash through a wall all to steal a crate containing a hundred and forty four cans of Supa De Mariscos fish soup imported from Portugal. Next day the spoils are found round the corner, intact. It becomes apparent from the Department's investigations that these men stole the 'wrong' crate and were after another which contained what they were after. In a trail that leads from a trendy boutique to the Ramos canning factory in Lisbon Jason sets out to find what the burglars were really hoping to find.Sun 29 Mar 6:10 am, whole episode (I think, memory a bit blurry (t.o.w. 11:46 am having porridge). So I was searching DM using every reasonable search variation I could think of and One Of Our Aircraft & Handicap Dead aren’t on DM.
- DirectorJohn GillingStarsPeter WyngardeJoel FabianiRosemary NicolsStewart is at Colindale golf course in Scotland for a tournament but one of the players, Johnnie Collins, already disqualified for turning up late ,is found dead on a beach. Nothing sinister is suspected until his home is broken into and his golf clubs stolen. Stewart pursues another golfer, Eddie Curtis, who also disappears, the trail leading to a casino in London, which is part of a smuggling ring using the golfing circuit.Mon 30 Mar 12:10 am. Halfway, asleep. Found it on YT in Spanish and found it not hard to follow at all. Allviews listed here are the Spanish YT version.
Thu 2 Apr 6:10 am, missed last 10 mins.
Thu 23 Apr 12:30 am, asleep halfway, woke halfway through ASMR Back Massage with Oil (PT).
Sun 3 May 11:38 pm, with Retro Cocktail Hour on radio. Slept for last ¼ hour, woke just as end credits rolled, went straight back to sleep.
Mon 27 Jul, 1 am(ish).
Wed 30 Sep, 1:26 am.
Sun 4 Oct, 6 am. - 1984–198647mTV-147.0 (71)TV EpisodeDirectorBruce KesslerStarsPerry KingJoe PennyThom BrayAn attempt is made on Natalie Kramer's life and her associates in the so-called brain trust group have already been assasinated. The Riptide agency helps out, but Nick shares a complicated relationship with her as the two totally different personalities were in high school together.Tue 31 Mar 12:25 am. Cindy Pickett is great in this.
- DirectorMichael PreeceStarsPerry KingJoe PennyThom BrayThings are looking up for Nick when he's named as a beneficiary for a large estate. But soon the team realizes that the money may come at a cost.Wed 1 Apr 6:30 am(ish). Fell asleep afterwards & woke up at 11:30 am.
- DirectorRoy Ward BakerStarsPeter WyngardePatricia EnglishMichael GoodliffeWhilst travelling on a plane Jason recognizes a man whom he knew from his Department 'S' days to be a professional assassin, and so he is intrigued and on his guard when he arrives at his destination - not without due cause, as he will soon find himself caught up in a plot to foil a group of revolutionaries out to kidnap the daughter of the country's president.Fri 3 Apr 12:32 am, writing this as the assassin sets up cuts to King scene with the President. “I am not a fool Mr. King”. Rewatched 5:55 am, this time didn’t miss the last ¼ hour.
- DirectorCyril FrankelStarsPeter WyngardeJoel FabianiRosemary NicolsStory dealt with an aircraft which arrived at destination six days late, evolving into a spy chase focusing on a brainwashed British diplomat.Sat 4 Apr 6:55 am, whole episode. Slept ‘til 11:30 am, got up midday.
Mon 7 Sep, 7:06 am. Slept until 10:30, heard phone, which was a robocall from “Spark” threatening to disconnect us. Spark is not our provider. - DirectorRay AustinStarsPeter WyngardeJoel FabianiRosemary NicolsIn rural England a petrol tanker skids and collides with a van, killing its driver. When the van driver investigates, he finds that the tanker is not carrying fuel but its interior is decked out like the cabin of a yacht and there is a young woman in a bikini, apparently injured, inside. However, when the police arrive she has disappeared. Jason King finds a lighter with an insignia which he recognizes as belonging to an old acquaintance and so begins a trail leading to France and to South Africa.Mon 6 Apr 1:20 & 6:30 am. On YT in Spanish at 1:20, discontinued ¼ way and watched the DM stream, falling asleep on and off throughout. Watched whole episode 6:30.
- DirectorRobert DayStarsPatrick MacneeDiana RiggChristopher LeeThe Avengers "are needed" after reports that a motorist has repeatedly run over and supposedly killed the same person. Their investigations lead them to the country and the top secret Neoteric Research Unit, which is run by the appropriately-named Dr. Frank N. Stone, who has made a startlingly life-like robot of himself, so much so that Steed finds it hard to tell the two Stones apart.Mon 13 Apr 12:40 am DM, made 15 mins or so. Really great episode. Shouldn’t have been put off by the other disappointing episodes, should I.
I sometimes wonder if it’s better to write this on the spot or the day after. - DirectorJames HillStarsPatrick MacneeDiana RiggPeter WyngardeZ.Z. von Schnerk, a mad Teutonic film director of the Erich von Stroheim variety, along with his has-been leading actor and actress, Stewart Kirby and Damita Syn, capture Mrs. Peel in an effort to make a movie about her life and exciting adventures. Unfortunately it is to end with her violent death so Steed has to follow the clues to find her.Thu 16 Apr 12:20 am & 5 am (approx).
- DirectorSidney HayersStarsPatrick MacneeDiana RiggCharlotte RamplingSteed is invited to a party on an aeroplane with six other people who include a matador, a cowboy and a circus strong man. As the pilotless , remote-controlled craft takes off, a voice announces that they are bound for a desert island where one of them will be revealed as a super-killer. Mrs. Peel has to work out how to get to her partner as the bodies start to pile up.Fri 17 Apr 1:35 am & 7:41 am.
- DirectorTony DowStarsPeter DavisonNicola PagettLesley ManvilleWed 22 Apr 11:30 pm. A painfully unfunny sitcom but I’ll stick with it. Why it was recommended I don’t know, maybe from a couple of Peter Davidson era Doctor Who docos I’d watched in the past or At Home with The Braithwaites back when it was on YT (unlikely though).
- DirectorRon SatlofStarsPerry KingJoe PennyThom BrayA girl whom Cody dated. runs away from her husband and goes to the boat looking for him. But they're not there but Murray is and he offers to help her. Nick and Cody are taken to her husband by his men who tells them to find her. Later when they meet, she tells them that her husband is planning to kill Quinlan. And when they tell him, he refuses to believe them.Sat 25 Apr 12:10 am. Fell asleep after 10-15 mins, I think I saw a couple of mins near the end.
- DirectorJohn KilbyStarsPeter DavisonNicola PagettLesley ManvilleAin’t Misbehavin’: Sun 26 Apr, 12 am.
- DirectorJohn KilbyStarsPeter DavisonNicola PagettLesley ManvilleMon 27 Apr, 5 am, followed in the queue by Deep Tissue Massage vs. Swedish Massage with Jen Hilman.
- DirectorTony DowStarsPeter DavisonNicola PagettLesley ManvilleWed 29 Apr., time of writing Thu 30 Apr 8:30 pm, I cannot recall whether I watched it when I went to bed or when I woke early.
- StarsPeter DavisonNicola PagettKaren DruryThu 30 Apr, midnight. First up the wife is played by a different actress, and second there’s no laugh track, sitcoms aren’t funny enough without them. It’s like tomato sauce or vinegar on your fish & chips.
- StarsNicola PagettKaren DruryJohn DuttineFri 1 May, 12:40 am. Asleep ½way through? Cannot remember. In fact I cannot remember whether I watched the whole episode or rewatched it at 6am.
- StarsNicola PagettKaren DruryJohn DuttineSat 2 May, 12:10 am. It badly needs a laugh track. Sun 3 May, 1:19 am followed by Full Body Massage Therapy Techniques, How To Give Back Massage, and Deep Tissue Massage vs. Swedish Massage Therapy Techniques, Jen Hilman Austin Back Rub.
- DirectorDoris WishmanStarsDavee DeckerNorman CasserlyDolores CarlosNewspaper editor Arthur Sherwood is on a hunting trip when he accidentally stumbles upon a nudist camp in the woods. He is very much shocked by this and decides to send reporter Stacy Taylor to the camp so she can write an expose on the camp and have it shut down. However, much to her surprise, Stacy finds that she enjoys the nudist lifestyle and writes some very positive articles on her experiences, which doesn't sit well with Arthur. Arthur then decides to join the camp himself and writes his own story.Sun 3 May, 11:15 pm. Watched on YT with the sound off and the Retro Cocktail Hour on radio. Switched over to Department S Handicap Dead at 11:38 pm.
- StarsNicola PagettKaren DruryJohn DuttineMon 4 May, 6:28 am.
- StarsNicola PagettKaren DruryJohn DuttineTue 5 May, 12:34 am. I watched Episode 2.6 around 5 pm.
- DirectorLeslie StevensStarsRobert WagnerSenta BergerJohn SaxonMaster thief Alexander Mundy is paroled from prison by SIA special agent Noah Bain in order to steal for the United States government on special occasions.Wed 6 May, 6 am??
- DirectorCyril FrankelStarsPeter WyngardeLee PattersonClinton GreynHaving killed De Brion,who was out to double cross him, Luca gets on a train to Rome with the Cellini salt cellar, pursued by Jason and Mallen. In Italy a former Mafiosi called Angelo Andrea joins the chase, intending to steal the Cellini from Luca. Ultimately all the interested parties end up at Andrea's house where they discover that all that glisters is not gold.Mon 11 May, 12:15 & 6 am. Realised when the mansion is set on fire, I’d seen it last year.
- DirectorHenry LevinDino MaiuriStarsMike ConnorsDorothy ProvineRaf ValloneIn this spoof of spy films, CIA agent, Kelly, is in Rio De Janeiro spying on a wealthy industrialist, David Ardonian, who secretly plans to turn the world sterile and repopulate it with his harem. UK spy, Susan Fleming, helps Kelly.Mon 11 May, 11:28 pm. Funny movie that absolutely no one will know about. iPadding this at 12:48 am (20 mins left), that’s how dedicated to this diary I am.
- DirectorSergio GriecoStarsRoger BrowneHelga LinéMiguel de la RivaA tough CIA agent is called in to put a stop to a shipment of weapons to the Viet Cong from an arms smuggling ring.Wed 13 May, approx midnight, YT.
- DirectorRalph ThomasStarsRichard JohnsonElke SommerSylva KoscinaBritish agent Bulldog Drummond is assigned to stop a master criminal who uses beautiful women to do his killings.Thu 14 May, 5:30 am on YT. This is great. Totally impossible and moves along at a slick pace.
- DirectorDomenico PaolellaStarsJohn EricsonBernardina SarroccoManolita BarrosoAn American agent discovers that the Red Chinese have built a secret atomic city from which they will attempt to invade America.Fri 15 May, 2:03 am YT. Fell asleep 20-30 mins. Did I miss anything?
- DirectorLeonard J. HornStarsRobert WagnerMalachi ThroneAlex DreierA millionaire blackmails Al into doing a job by threatening to expose his involvement with SIA.Sat 16 May, 6:05 am
- DirectorRoy Ward BakerStarsSteve ForrestSue LloydDerek GodfreyMannering has sold some antiques on behalf of Madame Nicharos, the wife of a deposed Balkan president. Before he can deliver the money to her he is confronted by the general who led the coup. The general seeks both the money and Madame Nicharos in order to strengthen his hold on power.Mon 18 May, midnight.
- DirectorMaurice ClocheStarsKerwin MathewsSylvia SorrenteJean YanneClint de la Roche is an insurance agent of royal decent. This regal playboy is known around the world for his ruthless gun totting methods in sorting out insurance problems.Wed 20 May, 5 am.
- DirectorGerry AndersonStarsPeter GordenoEd BishopGrant TaylorSHADO - an acronym for Supreme Headquarters Alien Defence Organization - is located beneath a supposed film studio in the English countryside and run by Commander Straker, who poses as a film producer. When an Unidentified Flying Object attacks a plane in which Straker's deputy Colonel Freeman is travelling it is shot down and investigated. The body of an alien is found and discovered to have transplanted human body parts, seemingly from a trio who disappeared in nearby woods a decade earlier. It is part of the alien plan to take over the Earth to study and imitate humans.Fri 22 May, midnight & 4:20 am YT. Midnight first 18, 4:20 the last 22 mins.
- DirectorGlen A. LarsonStarsRobert WagnerDick SmothersFelicia FarrAl Mundy has to learn how to drive a Formula I car in a day to enter a Grand Prix as a rookie in order to provide cover to steal incriminating documents.Sat 23 May, 1:05 am YT (1st 15 mins). 5:05 am, all (Mario Andretti).
- DirectorDenis SandersStarsWilliam SmithAnitra FordVictoria VetriA powerful cosmic force is turning Earth women into queen bees who kill men by wearing them out sexually.Tue 2 Jun, 1 am YT. Last hour (right after the punch up). Fell in and out of sleep during the research centre climax. I’ve never made it through the last ½ hour of this movie when I’ve watched it as the bedtime special. Still my favourite b-movie, beating off all comers (written at 3:12 am).
Sun 8 Nov, 6:45 am. Fell asleep early on, like 15 mins in.
Tue 2 Dec, 11:30 pm (approx). Asleep on & off until went full sleep approx ⅓ of the way through. - DirectorJohn GillingStarsPeter WyngardeJoel FabianiRosemary NicolsNear Naples a car is stopped by a land-mine, then riddled with bullets by attackers. However, the 'victim' in the back seat turns out to be a dummy, whom Jason nicknames Charlie Crippen. The Department discovers that the intended target of the attack was King Frederick, an exiled king threatened by revolutionists, and his enemies are waiting to try again... necessitating another car ride, this time with a human decoy to flush out the killers.Tue 2 Jun, 6-7 am DM. Torturous night, I need a root canal :(.
- DirectorPaul WendkosStarsAnne FrancisJohn EricsonIrene HerveyAfter losing her client's $50,000 and getting a knock on the head in the bargain, Honey West is more determined than ever to break up a blackmail ring that preys on wealthy middle-aged women.Thu 4 Jun, 6 am.
- DirectorPaul WendkosStarsAnne FrancisJohn EricsonIrene HerveyHoney and Sam are hired by a art museum's insurance company to prove how easy it is to bypass its security measures. After proving the insurance company's point, the private investigators agree to furnish an elaborate new system - which is promptly evaded by art thieves.Thu 4 Jun, 6:30 am. This is good.
- DirectorPaul WendkosStarsAnne FrancisJohn EricsonIrene HerveyWhen a dying client gives Honey a snowglobe, the private detective doesn't grasp the importance of the object until other interested parties attempt to steal it.Fri 5 Jun, 12:07 am. If not a little, hmm, what’s the word I’m looking for. It’s not important, anyway, it’s enjoyable being the main thrust here.
- DirectorKen TurnerStarsPhilip MadocPeter BlytheJimmy WinstonAliens attempt to destroy a naval ship dumping toxic waste into the ocean but their craft is shot down. Straker is surprised to read the news of the incident as it was not a SHADO operation, and goes to see Admiral Sheringham at the Admiralty. Sheringham is not co-operative and Straker suspects a cover-up. He sends Foster to see if he can get more information from Sarah, the Admiral's secretary.Fri 5 Jun, 6:12 am. Fairly straightforward episode but seems to stand repeat viewings. I’ve been holding off watching it recently in case it wears out its welcome.
Sun 26 Jul, 2-4 am. A favourite. Mon 27 Jul, 5:41 am. Tue 28 Jul, 6:53 am.
Sun 30 Aug, 1:54 am & 7:54 am.
Wed 2 Sep, 6:13 am.
Mon 2 Nov, 6:06 am. Fell asleep ⅓ of the way through. - DirectorJohn FloreaStarsAnne FrancisJohn EricsonIrene HerveyHoney tries to protect a woman executive who has received numerous death threats.Sat 6 Jun, 7 am.
- DirectorMurray GoldenStarsAnne FrancisJohn EricsonIrene HerveyWhen the sister of a prominent businessman breaks off a relationship with a local mobster, Honey and an assassin race to be the first to find her.Tue 9 Jun, 12:40 am.
- DirectorJohn PeyserStarsAnne FrancisJohn EricsonAudrey ChristieHoney goes to a charity party to find out where an embezzler has banked his ill-gotten gains, but learns the man who hired her is a murderer.Wed 10 Jun, 6:25 am.
- DirectorVirgil W. VogelStarsAnne FrancisJohn EricsonIrene HerveyHoney and Sam are hired to ensure that ransom money is delivered and the kidnap victim, a rock-'n'-roll singing son of a millionaire businessman, is returned safely. Honey soon suspects that the kidnapping was faked, either as a publicity stunt or so the young man could lay his hands on some easy cash.Thu 11 Jun, 6:30 am.
- 1969–197151mNot Rated7.6 (93)TV EpisodeDirectorRoy Ward BakerStarsMike PrattKenneth CopeAnnette AndreAfter Anne Fenwick is killed by gold-digging boyfriend 'Bunny' de Crecy, her niece Julia, unaware of Anne's fate, asks Jeff to locate her, telling him that she attended a seance given by Madame Hanska every week. At Jeff's bidding, Jeannie poses as a recent widow wanting news of her husband - but Elliot, a man who befriends her, exposes her to Madame Hanska, as Marty discovers. Marty 'appears' to the medium and frightens her into admitting the scam whereby she sends lonely rich women into de Crecy's clutches; and Jeff confronts de Crecy in the room where he killed Anne, with Marty contributing to an explosive situation.Sat 13 Jun, 1:15 am (bang on). Welcome back to YT, Randall & Hopkirk. Again @ 6:44 am, must’ve fallen asleep @ 1:40 am. Will have to do an R&H(D) run, in case it gets © struck.
- DirectorRay AustinStarsMike PrattKenneth CopeAnnette AndreHearing Jeff talk to Marty, Marty's wife Jeannie believes he has snapped and he is referred to a psychiatric unit run by Dr. Conrad. Marty goes to visit him and learns that Conrad is a criminal who hypnotizes people into giving him their valuables, but Conrad gets Jeff to tell him about Marty and then erases him from Jeff's memory by using drugs...Mon 15 Jun, 6 am.
- DirectorLeslie NormanStarsMike PrattKenneth CopeAnnette AndreMarty sees James Howarth being murdered but when Jeff summons the police at Marty's behest Howarth is apparently alive and well. Marty finds out that 'Howarth' and his wife are impostors who have murdered the real James and Karen Howarth and hidden the corpses in the basement. However, when the police come to investigate, the murderers, who are spies out to get a list of all known British agents - have disposed of them and Jeff is discredited. He begins to doubt Marty's sanity and sends him to a ghost expert, Dr. Plevitt, who can actually see him...Tue 16 Jun, 7:15 am.
- DirectorDavid TomblinStarsGordon SterneConrad PhillipsFredric AbbottFollowing the sinking of a freighter ship and the death of an underwater cameraman, Straker and Foster take the submarine 'Skydiver' to examine the ocean bed. They come across a vast domed building and, from a distance, think they see SHADO Lieutenant Anderson in the dome. Back at headquarters Straker interviews Anderson, who claims to know nothing of the dome. It is part of an alien plot to create doubles of the SHADO staff - including Straker - to by-pass SHADO security systems. The dome has to be destroyed with its occupants.Sat 20 Jun, 5:30 am. Also watched late Thursday night, I think. Watched it all then got 3 hours good sleep.
- DirectorHerschel DaughertyStarsRobert WagnerMalachi ThroneKatherine CrawfordSensitive plans for a new weapon are stolen, and after the best agents in the government fail to locate them back Mundy is called. What seems like an easy job becomes complicated when it is realized the plans have been micro dottedMon 22 Jun, 6:05 am.
- DirectorKen TurnerStarsGerald NormanAlan TuckerEd BishopLunar Module 32 is destroyed when a limpet craft operated by the aliens attaches itself to its side and causes it to enter Earth orbit at too steep an angle, by which it burns up in the atmosphere. The craft had been hiding behind space debris. Straker wishes to launch a program to clean up all space debris believing it could be used by UFOs. However, General James Henderson believes such a program will cost too much and believes SHADO as a separate entity should be disbanded.Tue 23 Jun, 1:03 am. Fell asleep early on. Good episode, mind you.
- 1969–19711h8.0 (25)TV EpisodeDirectorBrian Smedley-AstonStarsAnthony QuayleKaz GarasAnneke WillsA piece of shrapnel in a dead man's body reveals an unexpected twist in an eternal triangle that reaches out of the past. Called in to attend the autopsy. Adam Strange finds himself personally involved.Wed 24 Jun, 6 am. Fell asleep ⅓ of the way, woke for the end.
- 1969–19711h7.3 (36)TV EpisodeDirectorCharles CrichtonStarsAnthony QuayleKaz GarasAnneke WillsStrange and his team are called in after a performer with links to a charity organization dies under unusual circumstances. When the performer's singing partner is kidnapped, the case takes on an urgency that leads to answers that surprise everyone.Thu 25 Jun, 2:12 am (typing live action report). Opening song is great ... and then he’s electrocuted .. holy ****! Love the "jolly hockey sticks" relationship that some "reviewer" mentioned forming as Evelyn takes Maggie in to protect her from the cult.
- 1969–19711h7.6 (30)TV EpisodeDirectorPeter MedakStarsAnthony QuayleKaz GarasAnneke WillsThe remains of a Blitz victim found while clearing a site reveal the man was murdered first. Strange and his cohorts try to solve the nearly thirty years old case, but unexpected official resistance complicates things.Fri 26 Jun, 1:10 am.
- DirectorKen TurnerStarsEd BishopDolores MantezAl ManciniLieutenant Andy Conroy is investigating a crash involving an alien craft on the Moon when he suddenly gets caught up in a Wild west type shoot-out with Mexican brigands. Back at the SHADO's earthly base another officer, Beaver James, gets involved in another shoot-out, this time with aliens. Then a voice shouts "Cut!" and the whole is seen to be a film being made at the studios telling the story of Straker's life. So what's real and what's imagined?Sat 27 Jun, 1 am. Fell asleep within, maybe, 10 minutes of this, an old favourite from the series. Watched it again 6 am(ish). What a fantastic episode, Straker's hallucination, or "trip" reminds me of Pink Floyd's output just after Barrett left.
- DirectorAlan PerryStarsEd BishopKeith AlexanderDavid SumnerPaul Foster and his co-pilot Frank Craig are attacked by a UFO which infiltrates their minds and hypnotises them into wanting to kill Straker. Straker actually saves their lives when their craft is about to be destroyed, but, on their return to SHADO, Craig makes an attempt on Straker's life whilst Foster seeks to discredit him.Tue 30 Jun, 6:20 am.
- DirectorDavid TomblinStarsDolores MantezAlexis KannerSteven BerkoffSHADO pilot Jim Reagan is on leave and whilst driving down a country road with his wife at night, he sees a Siamese cat blocking his way. When he gets out to tend to the cat, he is rushed by aliens who abduct him and operate upon him. As a consequence, when he is returned to Earth he is totally under the influence of the cat and its commands - and the cat is at SHADO headquarters.Wed 1 Jul, 1:10 am. Overhead shot during the Ouija board scene and car ride scenes give me the creeps.
- DirectorMurray GoldenStarsAnne FrancisJohn EricsonIrene HerveyHoney and Sam are hired by a newsdealer with amnesia and $150,000 that he doesn't know how it came into his possession.Wed 1 Jul, 7 am.
- DirectorAlan PerryStarsRobert SwannMichael BillingtonGito SantanaFoster is stranded on the Moon and another astronaut is killed following an attack by aliens under cover of a meteor shower. Foster has lost contact with the Moonbase and is assumed to be dead so there is no search party. Then he meets an alien, also stranded, and the two have to work in a bizarre alliance in order to survive.Wed 8 Jul, 1:49 am.
- DirectorJohn PeyserStarsAnne FrancisJohn EricsonIrene HerveyHoney and Sam are hired to deliver gowns valued at over $100,000 to a fashion show. When their cargo is hijacked, the detectives race to recover the garments before the program or else their employer, a new dress designer, will be ruined.Wed 8 Jul, 7 am. I watched the episodes between A Neat Little Package and this during an afternoon period, though I can’t be sure when.
- DirectorPaul DicksonStarsStuart DamonAlexandra BastedoWilliam GauntSharron and Richard are acting as bodyguards to visiting Eastern European president Drobnic and his wife and travel to Holy Loch in Scotland to inspect the submarine HMS 'Weatherby'. A gang of saboteurs have planted a bomb on board, which explodes, killing the captain and injuring the president as well as sending the submarine down to the bed of the loch. Craig senses that his colleagues are in trouble and travels to Scotland to hunt down the saboteurs. Sharron, who is medically qualified, has to save the president's life whilst Richard assumes the responsibilities of the captain. Unless the 'Weatherby' can be refloated, there is only enough oxygen to last for twelve hours so Craig had better work fast.Mon 13 Jul 12:10 am.
- DirectorPaul DicksonStarsStuart DamonAlexandra BastedoWilliam GauntTwo journalists find the body of missing military expert General Patterson frozen in suspended animation in a Welsh research establishment. Villainous project financier Squires and his guards kill one but the other, Frank, escapes and calls in his friend Richard. Frank is also murdered by Squires after explaining what he saw and Richard breaks into the building. Scientist Inga tells him Squires has her father as a hostage whilst she freezes, then revives, Patterson to sell to a foreign power, but then Richard is caught and frozen though he is helped to escape by Yeats, a humane henchman of Squires, sickened by the killings. Sharron and Craig then arrive to help Richard prevent Squires from completing his plan.Tue 14 Jul 8:07 am (written 8:29 am).
- 1969–197151mNot Rated7.8 (89)TV EpisodeDirectorCyril FrankelStarsMike PrattKenneth CopeAnnette AndreGhost hunter James McAllister asks for Jeff's help, having been hired by wealthy American Kim Wentworth to see if her home, Crake Castle, is haunted. McAllister is killed and it looks as if Kim's husband is the murderer, trying to frighten Kim away so that he can marry girlfriend Laura but it would seem that the butler did it and the butler and Kim are the killers, anxious to run off together. Jeff is their prisoner but fortunately Marty has found a local lady who can see and hear him - in order for him to effect a rescue.Wed 15 Jul 6:30(ish) am. Familiar with this episode from last years viewing, plus I watched the series in the late nineties/early 2000s when TV2 ran it 'round midnight, though this isn’t an episode that springs to mind when I look back.
- DirectorWalter GraumanStarsAnne FrancisJohn EricsonCesare DanovaHoney tries to apprehend a jewel thief who stole a famous actress' gems while she was attending her movie's premier.Thu 16 Jul 6:30(ish) am.
- DirectorLewis ArnoldStarsBranka KaticSheridan SmithUriel EmilStruggling mum Sam is trying to turn her life around, she takes a job as a cleaner in the City of London where she stumbles upon lucrative and illegal stock market information which throws her life into disarray.Sun 19 Jul, 8 am.
- DirectorLewis ArnoldStarsSheridan SmithCon O'NeillLloyd OwenSam promises Swanny that she can fill Blake's shoes, meaning she has to acquire secret information about an upcoming property deal and rope in the help of Jess and Mina for their biggest scam yet - but things don't go to plan.Tue 21 Jul, 9:45 am. Early to bed etc., I find this programme’s all tension and no release, I really don’t like that up to your neck and in over your head all at the same time feeling that she’s got herself into. It ends up feeling relentlessly grim. It reminds me of the time I briefly got into sports gambling. I put $400 into a TAB account, built it up to $1,100 in a few months, made bigger “sure thing” bets Of $400 and wound up with a grand total of 50¢. What it reminds me of was the actual experience of betting on a game, then sitting through it as the team I backed lost.
I watched the rest of this mid evening. - DirectorKen TurnerStarsKeith GrenvilleGeorge ColeGabrielle DrakePaul Roper is a SHADO technician with a pretty, younger wife and aliens have threatened to kill her unless he passes on to them cryptic computer co-ordinates, the possession of which will allow them to make an undetected attack on the Moonbase. Colonel Freeman discovers what Roper has been doing and Roper asks for the opportunity to make amends by undertaking a dangerous mission to the Moon to stop the attack.Wed 22 Jul, 12:26 am.
- DirectorKen TurnerStarsJohn StrattonDeborah StanfordDonald TandyJohn Croxley is a man with Extra Sensory Perception, which enables him to read the minds of other people, although he regards it as a curse and has sought medical aid. One day, following a dog-fight with a UFO craft, The UFO crashes into and destroys Croxley's house, at the same time causing the death of Croxley's wife. Holding Foster responsible for his bereavement, Croxley uses his powers to read Foster's mind and find out all about SHADO, which he intends to destroy.Thu 23 Jul, 12:06 am
- 1969–197151mNot Rated8.0 (72)TV EpisodeDirectorCyril FrankelStarsMike PrattKenneth CopeAnnette AndreOnce again Jeff is hired as a fall guy to take the rap for a murder. In this case the guilty parties are Susan Lang and her lover Corder. Susan hires Jeff to tail her two-timing husband Paul, but then Paul gets murdered. Jeff is arrested yet again but released whereupon Susan and Corder abduct him at gunpoint and take him to a quarry to kill him. Fortunately for him, Marty rescues him, having enlisted the aid of other ghosts.Fri 24 Jul, 1 am.
- DirectorTom GriesStarsAnne FrancisJohn EricsonLouise TroyHoney and Sam are hired to find the person leaking industrial secrets to a company's competitors. They catch the culprit red-handed, but are soon convinced that he's an unwilling stooge employed by others and seek to capture the entire gang.Fri 24 Jul, 7:12 am.
Mon 5 Oct, 11:53 pm. Don’t really remember this. - DirectorCyril FrankelStarsDouglas NottageAyshea BroughDolores MantezCmdr Ed Straker and Col Virginia Lake disappear and are discovered unconscious near the dead body of a Shado operative (Turner). Col Foster and co. try to understand what has happened. Straker picks up Lake at night, and as the pair drive they observe a UFO, which is following them, The UFO starts to attack them, and they radio for assistance, but are unable to contact SHADO HQ, and they drive off the road, under a tree, and when Straker says 'freeze', they're hit with some beam. When they arrive back at the studio gate, it's mid-day, with a bright sun, and they discover the base and surrounding area are frozen in time and space. They move through the base, they see everyone frozen, including all the equipment, and a bird in mid-air. Straker observes and tries to move a stool fixed in mid-air, which he hits with a stick (they are able to pick up and manipulate the stick). At this point he realises there are inconsistencies in what exactly is frozen (they are also able to use a lift) and surmises it is all part of an Alien plot. In the lot they come across one person who isn't affected; Turner, who has become an Alien accomplice. He tells Straker of the powers they have given him and a device he's planted in the base disabling SHADO HQ. A UFO is now hovering around the base and Straker tries to take it out. Turner is too powerful and can actually skip around in time and space faster than the eye can see, and prevents this. A chase and battle ensue with a power-mad Turner taunting the pair. Finally Straker out smarts him and is able to destroy the UFO.Thu 30 Jul, 3 am (est).
- DirectorCyril FrankelStarsPeter WyngardeDudley FosterIvor DeanIn London, Jason is paid a great deal of money for a film script only to be relieved of it by two robbers. Later, whilst taking a moonlight stroll he sees an astronaut shooting somebody, and then he is attacked and knocked unconscious by a bear. When he wakes up next morning with a headache it all seems very real, but the police obviously believe that he dreamed it.Fri 31 Jul, 7 am (est.). Fell asleep ½way through.
- 1965–196625mNot Rated7.1 (58)TV EpisodeDirectorJohn FloreaStarsAnne FrancisJohn EricsonIrene HerveyHoney investigates the death of a fellow private investigator found dead in an explosion. The trail leads to a set of counterfeit plates to be used to print phony British pounds.Sun 2 Aug, 6:30 am.