Adam Adamant Lives!

TV Series
1966–1967
50m

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Gerald Harper in Adam Adamant Lives! (1966)

In 1902, Edwardian adventurer Adam Adamant freezes in ice by his nemesis. In 1966, he's revived, bewildered by 60s London until meeting Georgina Jones. He adapts, resuming adventures, solvin... Read allIn 1902, Edwardian adventurer Adam Adamant freezes in ice by his nemesis. In 1966, he's revived, bewildered by 60s London until meeting Georgina Jones. He adapts, resuming adventures, solving crimes and fighting evil.In 1902, Edwardian adventurer Adam Adamant freezes in ice by his nemesis. In 1966, he's revived, bewildered by 60s London until meeting Georgina Jones. He adapts, resuming adventures, solving crimes and fighting evil.

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Trivia
The series suffered from the BBC's lack of a proper archiving policy until 1978. It was BBC policy before 1978 to wipe master tapes and reuse them for other programmes, hence saving money and storage space. Twelve episodes out of the twenty-nine made for this series are believed to no longer exist; those that do are 16mm film sales copies. Season 1 is almost complete with only one episode missing (Ticket to Terror (1966)), whilst Season 2 is almost completely missing with only two episodes surviving (Black Echo (1967) and A Sinister Sort of Service (1967)). In 2003, D for Destruction (1966), the Season 1 finale episode, was found by the BBC in a mislabeled film can. The complete audio soundtrack for The Basardi Affair (1967) was recovered in 2017.

Connections
Featured in This Man Is the One (2006)

Soundtracks
The Adam Adamant Theme
Written by Hal Shaper and David Lee
Performed by Kathy Kirby
[series theme tune]

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10/10

Amazin 💥💪

First I would like to lament over the missing episodes and I hope they are found like Adam Adamant was: a perfectly preserved time capsule to better days.

This a great series that I can't recommend enough. Absolutely amazing! It wastes no time in the opening episode and is a no fuss sort of show. It is a well written, well acted, simply shot, rather innocent show with a compelling hero, a dastardly villain, and a strong moral compass.

It is also of great value in the modern world. If it were well known it would be highly quotable and memeable, and that's good for such an old work. It's good swashbuckling fun from a different era, much like Adam Adamant was to the people of the 60's.