For the uninitiated, Adam Adamant is an Edwardian adventurer, betrayed to his arch enemy, frozen in a block of ice and is thawed out in 1966. Sixties dollybird Georgina Jones helps him come to terms with his strange surroundings, and with butler Simms resumes his mission of thwarting dastardly criminal schemes.
To emphasise his anachronistic circumstances and dashing style, Adamant retains his Edwardian attire. A big but unavoidable plot hole is that while his revival was front page news, few people he encounters seem to know who he is. Quite a few episodes are somewhat formulaic. Against strict instructions, Miss Jones scampers after him like an eager puppy, infiltrating dodgy organisations as a night club hostess, domestic servant, even an unlikely Geisha girl.
Sadly, barely more than half the 29 episodes still exist. I have no strong preference about which are the best, a couple piqued my curiosity due to similarities with other anthologies. The Terribly Happy Embalmers echoes The Avengers ep Dial a Deadly Number in which put options (which allow the holder to profit from a falling share price) are bought in companies prior to the Chief Executive being bumped off. I had an even stronger feeling of deja vu with The League of Uncharitable Ladies. John Carson plays hypnotist Randolph, leader of a sinister occult group, exactly as he did years later in the Hammer House of Horror story (in my view the best one) Guardian of the Abyss. Far too much of a coincidence.
It's sometimes suggested AA should be remade as a Hollywood movie. This sounds like expecting a modern artist to knock out a Rembrandt, what could possibly go wrong?
To emphasise his anachronistic circumstances and dashing style, Adamant retains his Edwardian attire. A big but unavoidable plot hole is that while his revival was front page news, few people he encounters seem to know who he is. Quite a few episodes are somewhat formulaic. Against strict instructions, Miss Jones scampers after him like an eager puppy, infiltrating dodgy organisations as a night club hostess, domestic servant, even an unlikely Geisha girl.
Sadly, barely more than half the 29 episodes still exist. I have no strong preference about which are the best, a couple piqued my curiosity due to similarities with other anthologies. The Terribly Happy Embalmers echoes The Avengers ep Dial a Deadly Number in which put options (which allow the holder to profit from a falling share price) are bought in companies prior to the Chief Executive being bumped off. I had an even stronger feeling of deja vu with The League of Uncharitable Ladies. John Carson plays hypnotist Randolph, leader of a sinister occult group, exactly as he did years later in the Hammer House of Horror story (in my view the best one) Guardian of the Abyss. Far too much of a coincidence.
It's sometimes suggested AA should be remade as a Hollywood movie. This sounds like expecting a modern artist to knock out a Rembrandt, what could possibly go wrong?