The Secret Service
Stanley Unwin as the head of Britain's secret service, while passing himself off as a vicar. Armed with a tiny man in a suitcase, he could fix anything, even a speeding ticket from the police.
Now that's what I call a mash-up.
Seemingly I alone watched that series, as none of my peers ever recalled it. Even when mentioning the unforgettable theme tune with a tolling church bell during the opening credits. For a while I thought I had dreamt it until WWW came along and eventually downloaded it as proof to my disbelieving mates.
Lew Grade considered that it would be incomprehensible to American audiences and pulled the series before it first screened. What? Only American's would find it incomprehensible? I think all oxygen breathing life the universe over would find it incomprehensible, including Mrs Unwin.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
