BABE Of The DAY - JENNY HANLEY...

JENNY HANLEY is a bonnie

lassie who most UK viewers likely

best-recall from THAMES TV show

'MAGPIE', when she took over from

SUSAN STRANKS.  She was doubt-

less in a number of other things as

well, but I don't recall even one of

 them.  How about you Crivs?

PART TWO Of TV TIE-INS Of The TIMES - DANGER MAN ANNUAL 1967...

DANGER MAN copyright relevant owner

In the first two series of DANGER MAN (which was broadcast under different names in different countries), JOHN DRAKE was an Irish-American working for an intelligence organization based in Washington DC in the USA.  After its initial run from 1960-'62, the show disappeared for a couple of years, until it was revived in 1964, with secret agent Drake now being of British nationality and working for a government department known as M9.

The show ended in 1968, and actor PATRICK McGOOHAN next popped up in The PRISONER.  McGoohan always denied that the Prisoner was John Drake, but this was doubtless prompted only by copyright issues, as there were several clues scattered through the 17 episode series that both characters were indeed the same man.

There were two Danger Man Annuals in 1966 & '67, plus a Television Story Book for 1965, but this one is all I have in my collection.  A few comic strips would've made it more interesting in my estimation, but it's a nice little reminder of the age in which it was published.  Maybe one day I'll acquire the others.

Coming in Part Three - The MAN From U.N.C.L.E. Annual 1967.  Don't dare miss it.

    

Interesting to see this scene from the JAMES BOND movie From
RUSSIA With LOVE on the back of a DANGER MAN Annual 

TV TIE-INS Of The TIMES: PART ONE - The SAINT ANNUAL 1970...

The SAINT copyright The Estate of LESLIE CHARTERIS

The SAINT ran on TV from 1962 to '69 and was a great success, particularly in the United States, where it was hugely popular.  (Early episodes based SIMON TEMPLAR in America, aiding its acceptance in the country.)  ROGER MOORE became the first British 'TV' millionaire due to the show being a massive worldwide hit.  There were three* tie-in Annuals to Moore's incarnation of the show (for 1968, '69 & '70) and a TV Picture Story Book for 1971.  Also, there were two Annuals issued for IAN OGILVY's revival of the character in RETURN Of The SAINT for the years 1979 & '80.

(*There was a fourth book in 1970 for '71, described as a 'Television Picture Story Book', but it was only an abridged reprint of the previous year's Annual, though with a different cover.  There was also a Saint book published in the Netherlands the same year as the U.K''s first Saint Annual, but again, it wasn't called an Annual.)

I only have the above Annual for 1970 (issued in '69), and as you can see from the accompanying pictures, it was a mixture of text stories and comic strips, although the former outnumbered the latter.  Still, it's a nice little reminder of the time when The Saint was a feature of British TV for most of the '60s.  Roger would go on to star in a new ITC show, The PERSUADERS (along with TONY CURTIS), and then play another iconic figure (from the world of cinema) called - h'mm, what was his name again?

Coming in Part Two - DANGER MAN Annual 1967.

(Update: I've since added a couple more Saint Annuals to my collection.)

Bet you didn't know that 'ELIZABETH TAYLOR' guest-starred
with The SAINT, eh?  Only in this story in the Annual though

BABE Of The DAY - KIRSTEN STEWART...

Never seen anything she's ever been

in (as far as I know), but isn't KIRSTEN

 STEWART a total babe?!  (Yeah!)