Send up of 1960s series The Champions & Department SSend up of 1960s series The Champions & Department SSend up of 1960s series The Champions & Department S
Photos
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe opening scenes where the white Jaguar Mk2 crashes into the quarry are recycled from appearances in: 1. The Saint 5/1 The Queen's Ransom [30/9/66]; 2. The Baron 1/3 Something For A Rainy Day [13/10/66]; 3. Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) 1/22 It's Supposed To Be Thicker Than Water [13/2/70] and in modified form commencing with a white Mk2 Jag being pushed across a field in Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense 1/7 Black Carrion [12/11/84]
Featured review
This is a wonderfully funny one-off spoof of all those impossibly cool sixties adventure shows, in which suave polo-neck clad heroes and girls in leather catsuits battle to outwit crazed villains with plans to take over the world. The bad guy in this is Lord Belvoir St Nash ("it's pronounced 'beaversnatch'") who wants to become part of the evil Consortium, which is taking over the world (of course) by brainwashing everyone into believing it is the 1960s.
All the cast are great - Robert Harley as the smooth but dim Craig Sturdy, Morwenna Banks as the enigmatic Penny Gold, and Chris England as "the third one", Mike Stallion. The high-class gags come thick and fast - I particularly like the Thunderbirds reversal, using obviously fake hands for the close ups, and the Mysterons' answer machine message - and there are some top comedy brains at work here. The only disappointment is that they only did one of these.
All the cast are great - Robert Harley as the smooth but dim Craig Sturdy, Morwenna Banks as the enigmatic Penny Gold, and Chris England as "the third one", Mike Stallion. The high-class gags come thick and fast - I particularly like the Thunderbirds reversal, using obviously fake hands for the close ups, and the Mysterons' answer machine message - and there are some top comedy brains at work here. The only disappointment is that they only did one of these.
- martinmakepeace
- Mar 13, 2001
- Permalink
Details
Contribute to this page
Suggest an edit or add missing content