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I recently purchased the complete series of Man In A Suitcase on dvd, and it's amazing how many episodes I'm seeing for the very first time. There was only one series of 30 episodes ever made, and I'd mistakenly assumed that I must've seen all of them over the years at one point or another. To think that I'm only just now seeing some episodes that were initially broadcast when I was around 8 or 9 years of age means that I'm sort of going back in time to see something I should've seen then, but didn't. (Or maybe I did, but just don't remember. Either way, it amounts to the same thing.)
Man In A Suitcase is an excellent show, and lead actor Richard Bradford is perfect as the disgraced former CIA agent who was set up to take the rap for helping someone defect to the other side. Bradford died four years ago (2016) at the age of 81 or 82 (depending on which source you read), but there he is on my TV screen, as young as fit as he ever was, when he was a grown-up and I was a mere kid. I'm now far older than he was then, which is a bit scary, but I temporarily forget that little fact while watching the show, as I'm returned to another house in another neighbourhood in another age, when I still enjoyed the illusion that I had eternity in front of me and Death was a stranger I'd never meet.
Did you watch Man In a Suitcase back in the '60s, readers, and what did you think of the show? How do you think it compared to other '60s shows like The Saint, The Baron, Department S, The Avengers, The Champions, Adam Adamant, Callan, and Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)? Tell all in the comments section.
Having now watched all 30 episodes, I'm astounded by the fact that I only seem to remember seeing about two of them back in the '60s. In fact, I may be remembering them from repeats in the '70s or '80s. I can only assume that I watched the opening credits for the great title music, then switched off my brain (not the TV) and read a comic or something. There are a few scenes in a few other episodes that seem vaguely familiar, but overall, my recent viewing of the show was like watching a completely new series starring a familiar character. Well, that's me caught up with another piece of my past - I wonder what'll be next?!
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Having now watched all 30 episodes, I'm astounded by the fact that I only seem to remember seeing about two of them back in the '60s. In fact, I may be remembering them from repeats in the '70s or '80s. I can only assume that I watched the opening credits for the great title music, then switched off my brain (not the TV) and read a comic or something. There are a few scenes in a few other episodes that seem vaguely familiar, but overall, my recent viewing of the show was like watching a completely new series starring a familiar character. Well, that's me caught up with another piece of my past - I wonder what'll be next?!