RTBWTV Episode 10 Fashion - icons or victims?

The death of Avengers designer John Bates has led Guy and Dave to explore the wilderness of mirrors in the world of fashion -- the deals, the tie ins and the merchandise. Did TV set the tone or just pick up on it? And why doesn't anyone wear a bowler or a cravatte any more?

Here are the sources we used, but there's a lot more out there, go and explore.......

https://telos.co.uk/shop/cult-tv/bowler-hats-and-kinky-boots-guide-to-the-avengers/

BBC Four Documentary The Avengers Revisited https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGABXgyT85Y

Excerpt from the BBC documentary British Style Genius: A Cut Above:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=np-myoje0_8

Avenging the Avengers:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVHufBObnmI

https://www.dissolute.com.au/the-avengers-tv-series/fashion/

Extract from song "Kinky Boots" featuring Honor Blackman and Patrick Macnee rights Decca Music Group

Anneke Wills interview Kindred Productions for the Strange Report special edition box set by Network 2004

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 dissect Starring The Saint, Episode 2 of British season 2 which is currently showing on Talking Pictures TV.

Questions for this episode include, will the real Inspector Claude Eustace Teal stand up?

Why doesn't Simon Templar get arrested more often?

And what exactly is a "rain check"?

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In this episode, David Newell and Guy Morgan ponder on the army of stalwarts who guested in countless series across British television in the 50s 60s and 70s, and created the atmosphere and added colour to both dramas and comedies.

What did you need to become a stalwart?

Why did casting directors and producers choose them?

And what might be the downsides?

Spoiler Alert! The conclusion is that British TV and film couldn't do without them.......

Don't forget to listen to David and Guy reviewing Starring The Saint on the sibling Review show which can be found on our Soundcloud channel at https://soundcloud.com/soundstagenorth/rtbwtv-podcast-episode-9-review-show

If you enjoy the show, please write a review on your podcast provider's site and tell other people to tune in.

A leisurely swim (rather than a deep dive) through the classic television that flitted across the black and white screens of the UK from 1960 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 upon the exotic location of Stevenage in The Fellow Traveller, the first show in the UK's season 2 of the Black and White series of The Saint starring Roger Moore, and currently being transmitted on Talking Pictures TV.

Vital questions that we ask include:

Why is there so much snow around?

Has Simon Templar's chat up technique dated?

And how can villains just shake off being hit by a chair?

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Episode 8

A leisurely swim (rather than a deep dive) through the classic television that flitted across the black and white screens of the UK from Suez 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, we explain how small town american TV stations saved The Saint and pushed it onto greater things.

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RTBWTV Epsiode 7 - The Review show This is Rose Tinted Black and White TV's spin off Review Show. Currently we've been watching the Black and White episodes of The Saint available on Sunday evenings on Talking Pictures TV. In this episode, we finish off Season One with The Man Who was Lucky. It was written and directed by one of Dave's faves John Gilling, responsible for Plague of the Zombies and led to the "homage episode" of Darius Darque - Supernatural Detective! The Dead who Walk and Skip and Play. You can hear that if you hang on to the end of the review. It stars the much missed Paul Bushell and as it's coming up to ten years since we lost him, it's well worth another listen.

RTBWTV Episode 7

A leisurely swim (rather than a deep dive) through the classic television that flitted across the black and white screens of the UK from Suez 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, after we catch our breath from Dave's Cigar Night, we reflect on gangsters/mobsters in Black and White Television of the 60s and early 70s.

A leisurely swim (rather than a deep dive) through the classic television that flitted across the black and white screens of the UK from Suez 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 show, we reflect on how the Taming of The Shrew story and its male counterpart, Scrooge, is so popular in Hollywood, and how Shakespeare also made its way into The Outer Limits.

Look for the review show on Soundstagenorth's Soundcloud channel https://soundcloud.com/soundstagenorth/rtbwtv-podcast-episode-6-review-show, along with the archived Buzzsprout shows.

A leisurely swim (rather than a deep dive) through the classic television that flitted across the black and white screens of the UK from Suez in 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...........

RTBWTV Epsiode 6 - The Review show This is Rose Tinted Black and White TV's spin off Review Show. Currently we've been watching the Black and White Episodes of The Saint available on Sunday evenings on Talking Pictures TV. In this episode, we mull over The Golden Journey or "Simon Templar does Taming of the Shrew" and all its attendant problems for a modern audience. We'll also be wandering off down some internet rabbit holes including the champion of uncredited casino croupiers......... For more general ramblings on the burning issues of 1960s television, there's the original RTBWTV shop window available on Buzzsprout, but also archived here on Soundcloud for posterity.

A leisurely swim (rather than a deep dive) through the classic television that flitted across the black and white screens of the UK from 1960 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 Episode 5 - Where can you find the spin off Review show?

The thorny issue of making up white actors to play ethnic roles when there were plenty of actors of colour to play them, and a brief history of the "Gangster's" Citroen.