| At the time of its production,
The
Persuaders! was the most expensive British television series made in
history. From the early stages of pre-production, series producer Robert
S. Baker made it clear that the series must have the best cast and crew
available. This is quite clearly the case when one reads the list of guest
stars & directors who appeared and worked on the series.
With Roger Moore and Tony Curtis being such huge stars, the series attracted a lot of interest from the media. This section takes a look at some rare behind the scenes and publicity photographs. All photographs © Carlton International Media. Not to reproduced without the consent of Carlton International Media or itc-classics.com. Sensible text written by Jaz Wiseman and interfered with by Drummond Grieve |
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A production still from, Angie... Angie. Note that Tony Curtis wears a different jacket from the one seen in the completed episode (see below). This is either a rehearsal shot or a different take. |
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Going for a third take of scene 20 from Angie...Angie. |
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This photograph shows how this scene, from Someone Like Me originally began. In the final cut, however, the action starts about 30 seconds later as Doctor Gordon (Gerald Sim) walking around the examination table. |
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It is well-known in fan
circles that in the transmitted version of this scene from Take Seven,
Tony Curtis delivers an ad-libbed line ("We want to get married").
This still shows how the scripted version of the scene included an attempt, by Danny, to crown his Lordship with, 'the hat'. |
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A second still from the crowning of Brett sequence |
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This part of a scene filmed for, Take Seven was trimmed in the cutting room. In the finished episode the scene cuts immediately after Danny calls out to Mandy (Julie Crosthwait). In the original script, Danny convinces Mandy he would be a better employer than Brett. |
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Mandy (Julie Crosthwait) looking none too impressed (but none the less statuesque) by the attentions of Danny Wilde in a second still from the cut scene |
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Director Leslie Norman, in conversation with Tony and Roger, during the filming of Nuisance Value. |
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Roger Moore gives an interview to a French television crew during the production of Powerswitch. The location is the exterior of Pekoe's (Annette André) apartment. |
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The crew photo is a tradition on all film and television sets. From personal experience it's not always the case that the stars make themselves available but when they do they're always up the front. |
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Greensleeves director, Peter Medak with Tony Curtis as "Gregor the Hungarian butler". Perhaps Medak is trying to talk Curtis out of doing the accent. |
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ex-Goon, ex-character actor and ex-alive individual, Peter Sellers had cause to visit the location set of "The Persuaders!" and is seen here chatting to Roger Moore while Producer Bob Baker looks on. |
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Roger Moore in Director mode, a huge Cuban stogie a-gob. |
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Roger Moore in suicidal mode |
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Wow! Lord Brett Sinclair and Jason King - what a great ITC series that would have been. |
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Wow! The Persuaders and
Rupert the Bear - what a great ITC series that wouldn't have been:
Rupert argues with Danny and Brett, |
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Roger Moore and Frank Watts trying their best to contract cancer of the tongue, throat and/or lungs. |