I was also a big fan of The Saint as a kid. - Does anyone remember Wiseguy with Ken Wahl? Thought that was a good one…
A few episodes (actually a lot, but I only watched a few) were shown on Belgian television recently.
I thought the show was entertaining, in a nostalgic sense, a bit like The Avengers. I liked the Saint as a kid, and I don’t how somebody who has never seen the show before will experience it as an adult. Really difficult to imagine.
I don’t think Moore ever was a great actor, but the role of Simon Templar fitted him like a glove; I reread an old Charteris while the episodes were shown, and the mental image of the Saint simply was Roger Moore (but with a bit more panache)
As a child, I was often called Simon Templar (my christian name is Simon), even though I wasn’t a saint!
Did you have a habit of seizing Muslim territory with fanatical Christian fervour? That might have explained the ‘Templar’ part of your nickname. 
I lost my faith at the age of twelve (or so), too young to be a Templar
I remember as kids we were told stories about young ambitious and religious guys going to the east, to liberate the Holy Land, killing cowardice muslims by the dozens; The Crusades were still thought of as heroic events in those days.
I don’t think these days boys are told similar stories …
I bet they are in certain parts of America.
Right. Didn’t think of that
Re Baywatch
The parody Son of the Beach is more fun, anybody else seen this?
Don’t watch much TV myself, especially not nowadays
But some TV series worth mentioning are The Professionals, the cult sci-fi series Space 1999, and the WW2 drama series Secret Army
[quote=“Lindberg, post:47, topic:1822”]Re Baywatch
The parody Son of the Beach is more fun, anybody else seen this?
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awesome show. Just a great comedy with excellent writing (and babes).
The best thing about Baywatch is that it made David Hasselhoff’s cameo in the Spongebob movie possible. It was brilliant. ;D
What parts?
[quote=“Lindberg, post:47, topic:1822”]Re Baywatch
The parody Son of the Beach is more fun, anybody else seen this?
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I have. It was great fun!
My fave shows are: Twin Peaks, Miami Vice, Monty Python’s Flying Circus and Magnum PI
Damn - just realised I forgot all about Twin Peaks. Although it was maddening, frequently incoherent and ultimately less than the sum of its parts, it was a revolutionary piece of pop-culture.
And it introduced me to Sherilyn Fenn. Enough said.
Amen!!! I even have her picture form Twin Peaks as my avatar on the other forum
Quite a few people here prefere modern TV series to be the best, were I prefere older ones, mainly because, in my opinion, that have better a writing standard (this may not be the case in America).
[glow=red,2,300]TWIN PEAKS[/glow]
without a doubt ! 
[glow=red,2,300]“Do you know who I am ?”[/glow]
The British Film Institute name these English TV series as the best British TV programs:
Fawlty Towers BBC2 1975, 1979
Cathy Come Home (The Wednesday Play) BBC1 1966
Doctor Who BBC1 1963-1989, 1996, 2005-
The Naked Civil Servant ITV 1975
Monty Python’s Flying Circus BBC2 1969-1974
Blue Peter BBC1 1958-
Boys from the Blackstuff BBC2 1982
Parkinson BBC1/ITV 1971-1982, 1998-2007
Yes Minister / Yes, Prime Minister BBC2 1980-1988
Brideshead Revisited ITV 1981
Abigail’s Party (Play for Today) BBC1 1977
I, Claudius BBC2 1976
Dad’s Army BBC1 1968-1977
The Morecambe & Wise Show ITV/BBC1 1961-1983
Edge of Darkness BBC2 1985
Blackadder Goes Forth BBC1 1989
Absolutely Fabulous BBC2/BBC1 1992-1996, 2001-2004
The Wrong Trousers BBC2 1993
The World at War ITV 1973-1974
The Singing Detective BBC1 1986
Pennies From Heaven BBC1 1978
The Jewel in the Crown ITV 1984
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? ITV 1998-
Hancock’s Half Hour BBC1 1956-1961
Our Friends in the North BBC2 1996
28 Up ITV 1985
The War Game (The Wednesday Play) BBC1 1965 (transmitted 1985)
The Magic Roundabout BBC1 1965-1977
That Was The Week That Was BBC1 1962-1963
An Englishman Abroad BBC1 1983
The Royle Family BBC1 1998-2000, 2006, 2008
Life On Earth BBC2 1979
The Old Grey Whistle Test BBC2 1971-1987
University Challenge ITV/BBC2 1961-1987, 1994-
Porridge BBC1 1974-1977
Blue Remembered Hills (Play for Today) BBC1 1979
Mastermind BBC1/BBC2 1972-1997, 2003-
I’m Alan Partridge BBC2 1997, 2002
Cracker ITV 1993-1996, 2006
Coronation Street ITV 1960-
Top of the Pops BBC2/BBC1 1964-2006, 2007, 2008
Inspector Morse ITV 1987-2000
Grange Hill BBC1 1978-2008
Steptoe and Son BBC1 1962-1965, 1970-1974
Only Fools and Horses BBC1 1981-1996, 2001-2003
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (series 1) ITV 1983-1986
Tiswas ITV 1974-1982
Elgar BBC 1962
Nuts in May (Play for Today) BBC1 1976
Father Ted Channel 4 1995-1998
The Avengers ITV 1961-1969
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy BBC2 1979
The Forsyte Saga BBC2 1967
Hillsborough ITV 1996
Dennis Potter: The Last Interview (Without Walls Special) Channel 4 1994
Bar Mitzvah Boy (Play for Today) BBC1 1976
Edna, the Inebriate Woman (Play for Today) BBC1 1971
Live Aid for Africa BBC1 1985
World In Action ITV 1963-1998
Thunderbirds ITV 1965-1966
Talking Heads/Talking Heads 2 BBC2 1987, 1998
Ready Steady Go! ITV 1963-1966
Z-Cars BBC1 1962-1978
Culloden BBC1 1964
The Ascent of Man BBC2 1973
A Very British Coup Channel 4 1988
Civilisation BBC2 1969
Prime Suspect ITV 1991-1996, 2003-2006
The Likely Lads / Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? BBC2/BBC1 1964-1966, 1973-1974
Have I Got News for You BBC2/BBC1 1990-
The Snowman Channel 4 1982
Walking with Dinosaurs BBC1 1999
Nineteen Eighty-Four BBC1 1954
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin BBC1 1976-1979
Quatermass and the Pit BBC1 1958-1959
Between The Lines BBC1 1992-1994
Blind Date ITV 1985-2003
Talking to a Stranger (Theatre 625) BBC2 1966
The Borrowers BBC1 1992
One Foot in the Grave BBC1 1990-2000
Later with Jools Holland BBC2 1992-
Tutti Frutti BBC2 1987
The Knowledge ITV 1979
House of Cards BBC1 1990-1995
This is Your Life BBC1/ITV 1955-1964, 1969-2003, 2007
The Tube Channel 4 1982-1987
The Death of Yugoslavia BBC2 1995
Till Death Us Do Part BBC1 1966-1975
A Very Peculiar Practice BBC1 1986-1992
Michael Moore’s TV Nation BBC2 1995
This Life BBC2 1996-1997, 2007
Death on the Rock (This Week) ITV 1988
The Nazis: A Warning from History BBC2 1997
Drop the Dead Donkey Channel 4 1990-1998
Arena BBC2 1975-
The Railway Children BBC1 1968
Teletubbies BBC2 1997-2001
Spitting Image ITV 1984-1996
Pride and Prejudice BBC1 1995
Made in Britain ITV 1982
Another one I forgot to add to my list. The first two series were outstanding in every respect.
While I was away in the Lake District I descovered the joys of “MAS*H”. It was so well written and acted, it’s no supprise that it ran for eleven years.
