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RTBWTV The Review show October 15th 2023 -- Rotating Leads and Musical Chairs. A leisurely swim (rather than a deep dive) through the classic television that flitted across the black and white screens of the UK, from the Suez Crisis of 1956 until 1974's 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 hav...

RTBWTV The Review show September 10th 2023 -- The Gold Robbers Addendum A leisurely swim (rather than a deep dive) through the classic television that flitted across the black and white screens of the UK from the Suez Crisis of 1956 until 1974's 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 existe...

RTBWTV The Review show September 10th 2023 -- Strings Attached A leisurely swim (rather than a deep dive) through the classic television that flitted across the black and white screens of the UK from the Suez Crisis of 1956 until 1974's 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 per...

RTBWTV The Review show August 6th 2023 The Saint Bids Farewell to Black and White -- the phone-in programme...... A leisurely swim (rather than a deep dive) through the classic television that flitted across the black and white screens of the UK from the Suez Crisis of 1956 until 1974's three day week. Co hosts Guy Morgan and David Newell consider shows that are still available, others that have b...

RTBWTV Review show July 17th 2023 We take a leisurely swim (rather than a deep dive) through the classic television that flickered across the black and white screens of the UK from the Suez crisis of 1956 until the three day week in 1974. This time David and Guy catch up with three episodes of series 4 of Roger Moore's black and white The Saint, with The Smart Detective, The Persistent Parasites a...

RTBWTV Review show June 18th 2023 We take a leisurely swim (rather than a deep dive) through the classic television that flickered across the black and white screens of the UK from the Suez crisis of 1956 until the three day week in 1974. This time David and Guy kick off their analysis of series 4 of Roger Moore's black and white The Saint with The Checkered Flag, The Abductors and The Crooked Rin...

RTBWTV Review show June 4th 2023 series 3 finales We take a leisurely swim (rather than a deep dive) through the classic television that flickered across the black and white screens of the UK from the Suez crisis of 1956 until the three day week in 1974. This time David and Guy round off series 3 of Roger Moore's black and white Saints with Crime of the Century and The Happy Suicide. They find the...

RTBWTV Review show May 7th 2023 We take a leisurely swim (rather than a deep dive) through the classic television that flickered across the black and white screens of the UK from the Suez crisis of 1956 until the three day week in 1974. And with a bumper bank holiday three Saint edition, David and Guy are back again with reviews of three black and white episodes of Roger Moore's Simon Templar, cur...

RTBWTV Review show May 7th 2023 We take a leisurely swim (rather than a deep dive) through the classic television that flickered across the black and white screens of the UK from the Suez crisis of 1956 until the three day week in 1974. After a pre-Coronation delay, lest they inadvertently gave away any security details, David and Guy are back with reviews of two Terry Nation scripted black and wh...

RTBWTV Review show April 5th 2023 We take a leisurely swim (rather than a deep dive) through the classic television that flickered across the black and white screens of the UK from the Suez crisis of 1956 until the three day week in 1974. After a longish pre-ramble about their various activities, David and Guy have reviews of three black and white episodes of Roger Moore's Simon Templar, currently...

RTBWTV Review show March 15th 2023 We take a leisurely swim (rather than a deep dive) through the classic television that flickered across the black and white screens of the UK from the Suez crisis of 1956 until the three day week in 1974. After a delay due to some snow on the tracks, we have reviews of four of the black and white episodes of Roger Moore's Simon Templar, currently going out on the...

RTBWTV Review show February 13th 2023 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 the Suez crisis of 1956 until the three day week in 1974. After the final, final word on The Return of The Saint, we have reviews of the black and white episodes of Roger Moore's Simon Templar, currently going out on...

RTBWTV showcase January 23rd 2023 - Location, location, location! 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 the Suez crisis of 1956 until the three day week in 1974. This week, co hosts Guy Morgan and David Newell tie up some loose ends from the last show and ponder the merits of using a studio (...

RTBWTV Review show January 23rd 2023 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 the Suez crisis of 1956 until the three day week in 1974. As is traditional, we have reviews of the black and white episodes of Roger Moore's Saint, currently going out on the UK's Talking Pictures TV. This week, co ho...

There have been many Simon Templars. But who's best? In this New Year showcase edition, co hosts Guy Morgan and David Newell consider the other Saintly options; from Vincent Price on American radio to Val Kilmer in the big screen 1997 blockbuster, which goes large on authentic Moscow locations and disguises (thankfully some of which went unused). And of course, we discuss other big budget versions...

RTBWTV Review show January 8th 2023 We take a leisurely New Year swim (rather than a deep dive) through the classic television that flitted across the black and white screens of the UK from the Suez crisis of 1956 until the three day week in 1974. Co hosts Guy Morgan and David Newell consider the first three black and white episodes of series three of The Saint which is currently being broadcast b...

RTBWTV Review show December 2022 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 the Suez Crisis of 1956 until the three day week in 1974. Co hosts Guy Morgan and David Newell consider the final black and white episodes of UK series 2, starring Roger Moore which have been unspooling on Talking Pictures...

RTBWTV December 2022 - Unwrapping the mystery of Christmas Specials When did Christmas shows become a thing? In our leisurely swim (rather than deep dive) through the classic television that flitted across the black and white screens of the UK from the Suez Crisis in 1956 until the three day week in 1974, Co hosts Guy Morgan and David Newell ponder on why there were no overt ITC Xmas episodes, whe...

RTBWTV Review show November 23 2022 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 the Suez crisis of 1956 until the three day week in 1974. Co hosts Guy Morgan and David Newell consider four of the black and white episodes of The Saint which are currently being broadcast by Talking Pictures TV: The G...

Comic Strip connections  In our leisurely swim (rather than a deep dive) through the classic television that flitted across the black and white screens of the UK from the Suez Crisis in 1956 until the three day week in 1974, Co hosts Guy Morgan and David Newell muse upon the comic strips that were turned into TV series and the series that became comic strips either in magazines or the inevitable a...

RTBWTV Review show October 30th 2022 - Luella and the Lawless Lady A leisurely swim (rather than a deep dive) through the classic television that flitted across the black and white screens of the UK from the Suez Crisis 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 existe...

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...

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 ep...

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 doin...

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 e...