Classic TV - The Persuaders

[@Rangersly]

One of my favorite tv series of all time! The intro musical theme by John Barry is a classic. It was very popular cult series in France where it was titled "Amicalement Vôtre" (Friendly Yours). For a while, it even had it's own comic book series in the anthology magazine Pif Gadget. In my province of Quebec, the french translation was also very popular and had regular reruns for many years. Older viewers of that era (like me) still remember the tv series very fondly.

[@johnortiz1964]

I Barry theme song is a classic from this five-time Oscar

[@iansharp7422]

Barry had a lot of good TV themes. The Persuaders one was a classic. Did great work on the James Bond movies as well.

[@63mckenzie]

I know every episode off by heart, but still watch it when it comes on TV.

[@this_is_who_we_are]

In Germany the series was called 'Die 2' ('The 2') and as we do not know how to handle british humor or certain phrases the show's translation was abolutely over the top and pretty unusual, yet loads of fun.

[@edwardburek1717]

I'd love to read that comic book version

[@bryanpalmer9660]

I remember this 💎,Dept S and Jason King thoroughly enjoyed them then and still do now Auckland New Zealand 2023

[@guntertorfs6486]

These two had a lot of fun making this series and it shows.

[@johanprx7985]

One of the best series of all time. I rewatch it frequently.

[@edwardburek1717]

This remains one of the best British TV shows ever devised, more than 50 years on. This showed ITC at its best, with Curtis and Moore at the top of their game, and that unforgettable John Barry title theme. Thanks very much for this retrospective.

[@jimihendrix991]

...the best theme music of any TV series ever. The End.

[@christianguitard3932]

I remember 51 years ago!!! I was 16 and a big fan of the series (in France, I am French, nobody is perfect!!) and the theme music was my favorite and will always be linked with my first real love, Nelly.

[@grayfool]

I've rewatched a few episodes a couple of weeks ago. I loved it in the seventies a nd it still stands up well.

[@stevenjohnson7442]

Funny, action packed and very entertaining. I loved it and still watch it now as it's shown daily in the UK.

[@MrSteeljazz]

Well done. This show was a very special part of my childhood, so I remember it fondly. It smacks of when men were men. British TV was excellent back then. And that John Barry theme. Amazing stuff. Great post.

[@RodGardner]

Love this series, which I’ve watched over and over .

[@cw7422]

I loved this show

[@alvincash3230]

My late brother in law was an avid fan of this show. I was an adolescent and watched it each week with him. It was very cool & fun.

[@waltergiles86]

I miss itc soooooo much!❤️

[@richardclarke376]

I recall seeing Moore when he was very very elderly in the street, and there was a bunch of photographers shouting. He just stood there smiling politely and posing for pictures, when I'm sure he would rather have been doing anything else. A real pro.

[@JamesofQPR]

Very good i love anything wth Sir Roger

[@brianjones7907]

Tony Curtis once said that at the time he did not realise just how big a star roger moore was after the Saint , until they were filming in italy and were rushed by a large crowd of people who ignored him and ran to roger wanting a photo with him & asking for his autograph..

[@kevangeorge1357]

Fell in love with this show when it aired Back in the Day....Curtis was Classic and Moore ws Great...The Two of them made it Work...Golden TV.

[@Geezer-yf8hv]

I’ve got to find this on streaming or DVD! Looks so cool! Moore and Curtis, great cars, great clothes, cool music!

[@dazronch5450]

I remember watching that great series

[@lencolgan987]

Saw my first episode on LWT September 1971 at 730pm now at 66 I'm watching the blu rays 😂

[@perryjohnson6248]

The television series The persuaders starring Rodger Moore and Tony Curtis is one of my favorites along with the Avengers and the saint thank you for posting this on KZbin from Perry Johnson thank you very much KZbin

[@bobbarker1476]

The shows theme song is unmatched.

[@peterhoulis1184]

I loved the show as a kid and have 2 episodes on vhs and i love the theme music

[@scottstallings5029]

WE LOVE...I MEAN LOVE ❤️ 😍 YOUR WORK!! GREAT STUFF 👍 PLEASE KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK 👍 👌 👏

[@bigdmac33]

l came up in Northern Ireland, and every Saturday night, it was time to close out the bombings and shootings and settle down with my Da to watch The Persuaders. Magic times!

[@tracywilliams7929]

I loved this show! So much that I wrote a review of it for an English class at Dwight ( the sort of school the 18th Earl Lord Brett Sinclair might have attended had his parents saw fit to ship him off to America. 😂 Our former Headmaster was a Lord and former Ambassador to Canada.)

[@kevinmoore7255]

Loved these two! Loved the music ! Watched all the series and loved TC’s Ferrari !

[@1kylecurry]

Thank you Jonny Baak...I haven't seen this show since the early eighties (re runs). Brings back the memories. Some watchable episodes, yes I remember the TV movies they did in reediting in the U.S. The episodes are on KZbin America I'll have to refamiliarize myself with the show.

[@vtbn53]

Fantastic series, one of the best if not the best.

[@Merylstreep1949]

These can be found on KZbin thankfully!!! 24 episodes

[@williamwilson5127]

I was 7 years old when this first aired and remember it quite fondly. Great locations and more believable action sequences than most programmes boasted at the time.

[@arricammarques1955]

Tony, enjoyed pot which effected his personality. Cheeky direction for the early 70's.

[@SaturnCanuck]

Thanks. I never saw it and now I'll have to look for it.

[@englishmaninfrance661]

I watched all these ITC programmes as a kid , they were all great , but I particularly liked the Persuaders having been a huge fan of Moore as the Saint .

[@hankmessaros6700]

Waited awhile for this. Please more , great job

[@rahibullahnordin1134]

The persuaders,the Saint,my favourite

[@quad5186]

Had never heard of this till about 15 years ago when I picked up the series on DVD for practically nothing. Fun show, the ad libs (verbal and physical ) could be pretty funny. Worth checking out.

[@i-a-g-r-e-e-----f-----jo--b]

Thanks for the TV history, I'll have to check out the rest of your channel! I'm a TV 1960s and later Anglophile from the US, and bought this on DVD. I had to purchase two sets to get one freaking season! Lol. I purchased it 15+ years ago when I lived alone working in the Middle East for 10 years. I watched a few episodes but its really lightweight escapism and not so much my thing. I should watch it again with my wife though, as I heard (in an interview with Sir Roger) that the ladies really liked it when it aired. I do really like the John Barry soundtrack though!

[@spudspuddy]

I loved Roger Moore, met him once in the pub I was running, such a lovely man, great sense of humour and not stuck up at all

[@zkovacs3652]

It was also very popular in Hungary, where very few Western series reached here at the time. The dubbing voices were also good (József Láng and István Sztankay). In Hungary, its title was: "Two spoons in every juice". Tony Curtis was of Hungarian origin. The title of "The Saint" in Hungary is "The Angel", perhaps "saint" was considered too clerical in socialism.

[@TheToonMonkey]

A classic, and oddly enough, one I've just rewatched. It's very "of It's day" but my god, what a great day that was.

[@WilliamHBaird-eq2hp]

Loved the Theme Song and the fast cars

[@Geezer-yf8hv]

A judge forces them to work together to solve crimes? Classic!

[@conorcarberry1830]

love the show

[@Neva2Soon]

Own the dvd box set. I remember when channel 7 used to show this of an afternoon in the 90s after the midday movie usually after running out of episodes of the saint.

[@rino7789]

This was also a very expensive show to produce as it shot on location in whatever country the episode was taking place in.

[@alexanderwal335]

🎉😊yes,Sir!- Was a great time!- it is one of the Favorit Thenes of Intro!!👌👌👌💐👏👏👏

[@dlschgo]

The opening sequence with John Barry score sold me on this series immediately. I never missed an episode until ABC started to play games and pre-empt episodes and move it around. I tried to find episodes to watch on the internet over the years, but I'm not sure that I've seen them all. I looked into the DVD, if I recall, but it wasn't complete when I checked.

[@PFNel]

There are 24 episodes and about two years ago they were still all on KZbin. Haven't checked since then.

[@dlschgo]

@@PFNel Yeah, I always knew there were 24. But often sites attach the incorrect title to an episode. I wound up watching duplicates and couldn't find the correct versions online.

[@PFNel]

@@dlschgo Sure, but I don't see how you can go wrong if you use this search format: "The Persuaders Episode 01", and so on. They are right here on KZbin. The order of episodes is different from the order in my DVD box set, but not in any way that matters. I suspect that one is the production order, and the other is the broadcast order, but no one can tell me which is which!

[@PFNel]

@@sarahjones2210 Nice-but I live in South Africa. I have the DVDs, though.

[@loftlegacy]

In Roger's book "Last Man Standing" he says he got on fine with Curtis but thought he was an odd character. He said at the end of a production you usually get offered an item of wardrobe as a souvenir, but Curtis took the lot then tried to sell it to the crew!

[@phillipbuechner9809]

I remember this show but I seem to remember it airing sometime between 74 to 76 here in the states. I love Roger Moore in this show and especially in The Saint. I never could take Moore seriously as Bond. His tongue in cheek-iness always manages to show thru. In The Persuaders and The Saint that perspective was necessary and Moore was absolute perfection in those roles.

[@jamesmaclennan4525]

Yes you always got the feeling that Moore's Bond was just an extension of Lord Brett Sinclair

[@albundy7718]

The Series was called "Die 2" = "The Two" in Germany and was a big success in the 70s and 80s. One of the Reasons for the success was the special german Dubbing by Rainer Brandt. At the Time his Dubbing Studio became famous for inserting humorous lines into the dialog that wasn't in the original. It turned the Series more into a Comedy with Action Scenes. Allegedly Tony Curtis, who spoke a bit german, liked it so much that he wanted Rainer Brandt to write for the Series, but it never came to be.

[@stirbjoernwesterhever6223]

Yes, and the French version had the German scripts as the basis for the French dubbing. And therfore the series was also a great hit in France. In Germany the series was so beloved that was on an nearly instant replay through the 70s til the 90s. On the German DVD set was an interview with Rainer Brandt and he told, that after season 1 the German broadcaster did send a few tapes with the German version of the show to Tony Curtis and he loved it. And when you switch on the German DVD between the German soundtrack and the English one you can see how much dialog was added. A lot of dialog from the off and generaly much more funny dialogs then in the original version. I ahve seen the series a lot of times during the re-runs on TV and later on on DVD. This was the first time in Germany that an original script was heavyly altered in the dubbing process. Rainer Brandt became very famous with his dubbing and founded his own dubbing studio. He later on would made all the German versions of the Terence Hill and Bud Spencer movies and had a big role in the success of those movies in Germany. It went so far, that during the shooting of one of the last films of the series Bud Spencer was a lot complaining about the very bad scripts and diaolgs they had to say and Terence Hill calmed him down with the remark, that he dont have to worry, because Rainer Brandt would be doing a good job in rewriting the script during the dubbing.

[@tintindb]

Thanks for reminding me of Randall and hopkirk.

[@63mckenzie]

I'm a huge Roger Moore fan and his chemistry with Tony Curtis was wonderful. Both had a very dry, tongue in cheek sense of humour. Add a gorgeous young actress like Susan George or Suzy Kendal to each episode and you have a sure fire winner.

[@sensemaya1]

Imogen Hassall...

[@63mckenzie]

@@sensemaya1 I think every gorgeous British actress from the early 1970s was in it!

[@sensemaya1]

@@63mckenzie Yes and they were more beautiful than the plastic dolls we have now with their botox, fillers and such like.

[@63mckenzie]

@@sensemaya1 Absolutely. Susan George is my screen saver!

[@colindowd9756]

It's still being shown on sky 157 as well as Randall and Hopkirk Deceased 😊 I'd love to see a rerun of The Baron with Steve Forrest

[@GNeuman]

John Barry was a genius. Just how good is that theme tune?

[@stephencurran5429]

If only they made a second series of this show another 24 episodes would of been great

[@jamesstuart3346]

At the time I thought it was an Americanised version of The Avengers but it did have its charm. The Prisoner blew all the other shows away though

[@mickey1849]

Hasn't been one like the Prisoner since: "We want information!" "You won't get it!"

[@Thunderpuddle]

Can't believe you didn't mention the Terry Thomas episode, so funny.

[@darrensmith6999]

Great show have them now on DVD thanks Johnathan (:

[@cellpat2686]

If this show was a success and is a cult classic today it must mean Roger & Tony gave it their very best. RIP to both men, no longer with us.

[@janath9118]

CellPat2 My Regards!

[@Jmcg1961]

Great show great actors loved the cars Aston Martin dbs and Ferrari 246 dino gt

[@robertc8110]

Great series!

[@royandjacqueline1294]

The Persuaders are on at 2200hrs The very first one Tonight on the Great TV channel If you miss it it's on again on Great TV plus one Enjoy ✝️

[@georgfriedrichhandel4390]

The Persuaders was immensely popular in every country it was shown - except in its primary target market, the United States. Had this series not been cancelled after just one season since ITV had originally planned a long run, Moore most likely would not have played James Bond. So if anyone doesn't like Moore's Bond, it's your fault because you didn't watch the Persuaders!

[@ketchup5344]

Wow, looks like im far from being the only one who loved this series that's for sure. Actually, along with the Saint, it's my favourite tv series of all time. It's style and vibe over substance (although style has more substance than substance sometimes) and the way Roger and Tony came across on screen was magic. The theme music-and the incidental music-is unforgettable and best in class, and the overall sense of style, glamour and freedom exuded a charm that still resonates to this day. That's why endless re-runs in which i shall always indulge, work like a tonic. I've even been known to park up outside Lord Brett Siclairs' residence in central London from time to time (the building used for the exterior shots) to 'catch the vibe'. Once in a lifetime never to be forgotten magic.

[@nofrackingzone7479]

Moore was picked for the Saint because he actually own the white Volvo sports car and would provide it for filming.

[@nickimontie]

I never saw this one, but now I want to see it!

[@shoutingstone]

My parents were big fans of this show when I was born and allegedly my name was decided by a coin toss between heads-Danny or tails-Bret. I'm forever grateful it landed on heads!

[@FatNorthernBigot]

It's one of those shows I regret not seeing at the time.

[@starshiptrooper2354]

Was a cool show. If you lived in metro NYC that had the 3 networks plus 3 indepenants station, you were lucky to see it. That and few other great British show

[@secretsymphony]

I think Return of the Saint was the last ITC show of this nature. The Persuaders and ROTS have quite a bit in common.

[@RobHollanderMusic]

It would be fun to see a few episodes now.

[@Merylstreep1949]

I never knew of the other shows existed except for Danger Man and the Avengers Please do in depth videos on the others please 🙏

[@Merylstreep1949]

This was a great show! I'd bet a million dollars no one remembers it tho....

[@DavidThomas-fb8bq]

Robert Vaughn resurrected his career by coming to the UK to do the protectors tv series.

[@MrTottihunter]

Brilliant, thankyou 👍

[@adieblackmore54]

love it got the box set

[@dorklyasmr6017]

Never saw it, but have been fully aware of it because of top Gears stories about the incredible Jensen Interceptor

[@geoffwright2845]

Harry Rule drove an Interceptor in 'The Protectors'...

[@joanne26]

What is it about the Persuaders The iconic theme music by John Barry Tony and Roger Watching it as a teenager It gave me escapism I saw exotic places Fast cars Wonderful fashion Great scripts I did not realise it only lasted around 18 months because of the timing with becoming James Bond? ❤️❤️🇬🇧🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🤩🤩

[@artcamp7]

Will you do one of these histories of The Sandbaggers?

[@carlgoddard_]

The Avengers wasn't an ITC production. That's an often made mistake. It was made by ABC who became London Weekend Television.

[@schizoidboy]

I like that remark "slightly stoned," sounds like it should be used somewhere else leading up to a major joke.

[@WILLIAM1690WALES]

I had to look up what car it was with the Baron and apparently it’s the Jensen CV8 to me. Not a looker I’ll go for the interceptor every time

[@tintindb]

Slightly stoned...🤣🤣

[@johnchristopher20]

My “mediocre life”? In the 60s, my life was far from mediocre… unfortunately, in the wrong direction.

[@MrWorf35]

In France, the series is named "Amicalement Vôtre", which means "Friendly Yours". Odd, isn't it?

[@jd4925]

Great video, but sorry for being a geek but 'The Avengers' was not an ITC production. It was not produced by Lew Grade. It was made by ABC which was another member of the British ITV network.

[@chazarcola7639]

THE PERSUADERS deserved to be rebooted or remade as an entertaining action movie like THE AVENGERS and THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. But who could replace Roger Moore and Tony Curtis ?? I can see Christian Bale and Christian Slater reprising their iconic parts in an early version thereof. Don't know who could today.

[@wesleyrodgers886]

Just got fhe series on dvd. Shame it was only 24eps. Have ironside, the avengers, the saint, starsky and hutch. Just starting my collection. 😊

[@MrEab2010]

it was noted that Tony Curtis' career was on the wane while Moore's was on the rise when they made this series. It showed.

[@snoo333]

thanks for the video.

[@mykehyslop198]

The Aston was a 6 cylinder but badged as a V8.

[@meertenwelleman4600]

Hi Jonny, I noticed a clip call The Theatrical Agent on the internet which apparently is a scene from an Persuaders episode. Do you know which episode.

[@JohnAnderson-jy2js]

Everybody knows Lew committed Roger to doing that show without his permission

[@zodiac7955]

Patrick Troughton (2. Doctor Who) as Count Marceau in The old, the new and the deadly, Richard Hurndall (1. Doctor Who in the five doctors) as Conron in Take Seven, Kate O´Mara (Rani in Doctor Who) as Heidi Schulman in Read and destroy and Larry Storch (Eddie Spencer in the Filmation Live Action Show The Ghost Busters from 1975) as Danny Wildes friend Angie in Angie, Angie

[@garychilds1130]

Don't you ever stop talking and don't You love your own voice

[@box4859]

I've never heard of it.

[@tomhenry897]

I don’t remember this Was it on in the us

[@bluesywalker501]

Isn't that Sinclair and Wilde ?

[@ericpleasant7225]

THE AVENGERS were not ITC though they did use the same studios with the Lew Grade productions.