We take a leisurely swim (rather than a deep dive) through the classic television that flitted across the black and white screens of the UK from 1956 until the three day week in 1974.

Co hosts Guy Morgan and David Newell consider The Noble Sportsman and The Romantic Matron, the latest episodes of The Saint to appear on Talking Pictures TV -- currently showing the black and white series 2, starring Roger Moore.

We ask are British aristocrats in 60s TV always mad or bad?

Why are the successors to David Broome, Harvey Smith and Alwin Schockemöhle no longer household names?

And never drive a security van in an episode of The Saint....

Plus Dave is put on the spot and, off the cuff, invents a plot for a lost 1960s adventure serial that is better than the original.

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Saint Trope Bingo - The rules!

We take a leisurely swim (rather than a deep dive) through the classic television that flitted across the black and white screens of the UK from 1956 until the three day week in 1974.

Co hosts Guy Morgan and David Newell consider shows that are still available, others that have been lost and some which should have existed and perhaps still could...........

In this episode........At last! Saint Trope Bingo is unmasked!

We travel through a classic mash up episode of The Saint using the tropes that are sprinkled liberally and regularly throughout all 118 shows.

We ask:

Why is the Saint's Xmas card list written in pencil?

What disadvantages are there to rescuing damsels in distress?

Where does Simon Templar stand when being charged at by a villain?

Simon knows his drugged whisky, but not his hot chocolate...

Why not all wives are dutiful...

And should you call The Saint's bluff when he says the police on their way?

Award yourself points, cheer whenever one appears, but be very careful about taking a drink each time.

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RTBWTV's Review show September 2022

Co hosts Guy Morgan and David Newell consider UK Season 2 of the Black and White Episodes of The Saint currently showing on Talking Pictures TV and in this show we discuss five, yes count them five! episodes of The Saint, The Well Meaning Mayor, The Sporting Chance, The Bunco Artists, The Benevolent Burglary and The Wonderful War.

David has been on his hols doing the International Man of Mystery thing and enduring "La Tempesta",(but he's back safe and sound) and ready to challenge and answer the great mysteries:

If you have a fight with a local mayor in the mayor's office, what's the correct name for the procedure? And if you do win, do you get to be mayor?

Who would have thought that Derren Nesbitt's greatest triumph was not playing a sneering nazi in the 60s but a drag queen in 2018?

How to fool a village policeman into thinking you're an international detective? Just talk posh and wear a long mac.

How many Saints have their last line as the title?

And how to win a Middle Eastern war without any bloodshed, call in Simon Templar and get him to raid the dressing up box.

All this and more is covered, and we allude to Saint Trope Bingo, the rules of which will be published shortly.

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RTBWTV Review show August 24th 2022

Co hosts Guy Morgan and David Newell consider UK Season 2 of the Black and White Episodes of The Saint currently showing on Talking Pictures TV and in this episode we discuss The Rough Diamonds and The Saint Plays with Fire.

In the Rough Diamonds, we have a warning for anyone who wants to make friends with Simon Templar: "Be Afraid. Be Very Afraid" -- it never ends well.

And in The Saint Plays with Fire (which inspired our shop window show - Episode 13) we examine The Saint's anti-fascist credentials (pretty good as it happens) and ponder if stock footage occurs naturally like an element that, once found, can be reused again and again.......

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RTBWTV Episode 13

Co hosts Guy Morgan and David Newell take another look at Villains appearing in 1960s British television and turn the spotlight on the unquestionable Public Enemies Number One -- The Nazis. Whether it's Second World War dramas such as Moonstrike or Colditz, old nazis trying to dominate the world again or resurgent fascist groups attempting to take over Britain during a Bank Holiday weekend, they are a recurring theme. Remember, this was only twenty years after the end of the Second World War and the memories of what they'd done were still raw. What's more England hadn't won the World Cup yet.

For the Americans, well, they seemed to have a different attitude.....

Even though Indiana Jones says "Nazis? I hate those guys".

We ask is it ever possible to be an ex-Nazi?

And reveal which ITC series relied on them most.

To hear about the episode of The Saint which prompted our exploration, listen to our Review show on our Soundcloud channel at: https://soundcloud.com/soundstagenorth/rtbwtv-review-show-august-23rd-2022

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RTBWTV Episode 12's The Review show -- The Saint Bumper edition. We take a leisurely swim (rather than a deep dive) through the classic television that flitted across the black and white screens of the UK from 1956 until the three day week in 1974.

Co hosts Guy Morgan and David Newell consider shows that are still available, others that have been lost and some which should have existed and perhaps still could...........

In this episode, reviews of UK Season 2 of the Black and White Episodes of The Saint currently showing on Talking Pictures TV, we look at Marcia, The Work of Art, Iris and The King of the Beggars.

David and Guy notice that Simon Templar has become aware of his halo,

David Bauer gets a name change to David Bauer-Again,

Dave confuses the Samaritans with The Salvation Army,

The Saint's production team confuses motorists by saying the M1 goes to Birmingham

plus Beware of the Wife in Saint adventures - and when holding Simon Templar at gunpoint, don't let him play for time by saying the police are on their way - he's bluffing - or is he?

Music includes a snatch of Ken Thorne's theme for the lost 1960s series R3.

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A leisurely swim (rather than a deep dive) through the classic television that flitted across the black and white screens of the UK from 1956 until the three day week in 1974.

Co hosts Guy Morgan and David Newell consider shows that are still available, others that have been lost and some which should have existed and perhaps still could...........

In this episode, David and Guy ponder the surprisingly long history of successful TV shows that transferred to the cinema. From the 1950s Grove Family and alien invasion in Quatermass (not in the same film, though that would have been interesting.......) moving onto to the sitcoms that saved the British film industry in the 70s.

If you've missed any of the previous shows, you can seek out our archive on Soundstagenorth's Soundcloud (https://soundcloud.com/soundstagenorth/sets/rose-tinted-black-and-white) channel where you'll also find our reviews of the black and white series of The Saint- currently appearing on Talking Pictures TV. Our critiques of the most recent four episodes will be available shortly.

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Closing music is the theme to Are You Being Served? by Ronnie Hazelhurst.

RTBWTV Episode 11 The Review show -- The Saint, The Elusive Ellshaw

A leisurely swim (rather than a deep dive) through the classic television that flitted across the black and white screens of the UK from 1956 until the three day week.

Co hosts Guy Morgan and David Newell consider shows that are still available, others that have been lost and some which should have existed and perhaps still could...........

In this episode, David Newell and Guy Morgan muse on The Saint's country house mystery The Elusive Ellshaw from Season 2 of The Saint (currently broadcast on Talking Pictures TV in the UK).

Topics include:

Why is paying in cash socially awkward in traditional British shops?

Why does Guy keep saying Willy Izard when the actor's real name is Philip Latham?

And why David never takes a cigar with him when he's on a stakeout.

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In this episode, David Newell and Guy Morgan brave the extreme heatwave and hail Canada's role in changing the face of British television in the late 1950's and 60's. Here we concentrate on three individuals, Drama producer Sydney Newman who created both The Avengers for ABC TV and Doctor Who for the BBC but also pioneered Armchair Theatre and The Wednesday Play, Harry W Junkin - script supervisor and writer for The Saint and other ITC shows plus actor turned presenter Bernard Braden who shaped the topical comedy/consumer format on both ITV and the BBC.

We use clips from a CBC interview with Sydney Newman in the late 60s which is available in full on YouTube at:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qXXnuuGnGU

And there are ghostly manifestations of Johnny Dankworth's original Avengers' theme and Ron Grainer and Delia Derbyshire's original 1963 Doctor Who theme.

Plus national anthem O Canada and Blame Canada (from South Park) also make an appearance.

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RTBWTV Episode 10 The Review show -- Judith and Teresa

A leisurely swim (rather than a deep dive) through the classic television that flitted across the black and white screens of the UK from 1956 until the three day week.

Co hosts Guy Morgan and David Newell consider shows that are still available, others that have been lost and some which should have existed and perhaps still could...........

In this episode, David Newell and Guy Morgan tackle the eponymous shows Teresa and Judith from Season 2 of The Saint (currently available on Talking Pictures TV in the UK).

Topics include: Of course you can trust Julie Christie -- can't you?

Hotel desk clerks, how would you find out what's going on without them?

Mexican bars in The Saint, why do they all look the same and have the same bartender?

And looking to future episode, The Elusive Ellshaw, if John le Mesurier is busy, who're you gonna to call?

Check out Episode 10 -- The Fashion Special, inspired by the contributions to 1960s TV of designer John Bates at:

https://soundcloud.com/soundstagenorth/rtbwtv-podcast-episode-10

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