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Originally Posted by OceanBlue

Hadn't enjoyed as much the past two or three new editions of The Footage Detectives, but I certainly did with yesterday afternoon's new edition (plenty of Mike and Noel's comedy routines/conversations) The jubilee celebrations didn't overwhelm this new edition (I enjoyed the Platinum Jubilee concert this past Saturday night, as well as what I saw of the parade yesterday afternoon). They were the theme of some of the segments/features (I forgot to record the interview programme about the Queen's horses from the mid-eighties).

As for what was (in production order) the last episode of the first series of The Saint (cutback, is it correct that the first produced series/season of The Saint was broken up into two blocks? I read on Talking Pictures TV's Facebook page recently that the various ITV regions showed different episodes, not in the same order as stated on EpGuides for example), "The Man Who Was Lucky" was one of my favourite episodes so far, in what has been an uneven series so far (the episode got better as it went on (including a clever plan against the main villain), ending in a very satisfying way).

Ocean - my dvd set of The Saint has 30ish episodes listed as "season 1", so it does seem like this was split in two when broadcast.

I enjoyed the episode with the man who was blinded in Baja area of Mexico (otherwise known as Pinewood studios &#128517 as it was more personal than most episodes

Re Footage Detectives, i thought this episode was the best I've seen, a good mix of content, great colour footage of 1937. A nice tribute to Peter Bowles too and I'll have to look out for when they broadcast that rare film that they tracked down from 1962!