1966
50m

Summary 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. View more details

1966
50m

Adam Adamant Lives!

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Juliet Harmer Jack May Gerald Harper Peter Ducrow

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Genres : Adventure Sci-Fi

Release date : Jun 2, 1966

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Language : English

Production companies : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Details

Genres : Adventure Sci-Fi

Release date : Jun 2, 1966

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Language : English

Production companies : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

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Juliet Harmer and Gerald Harper in Adam Adamant Lives! (1966)

Juliet Harmer in Adam Adamant Lives! (1966)

Peter Ducrow in Adam Adamant Lives! (1966)

Frances Cuka, Juliet Harmer, and Jack May in Adam Adamant Lives! (1966)

Juliet Harmer and Jack May in Adam Adamant Lives! (1966)

Jack May and Derek Ware in Adam Adamant Lives! (1966)

Frances Cuka, Gerald Harper, and T.P. McKenna in Adam Adamant Lives! (1966)

Frances Cuka and T.P. McKenna in Adam Adamant Lives! (1966)

Frances Cuka and Gerald Harper in Adam Adamant Lives! (1966)

David Garth, Gerald Harper, and Jack May in Adam Adamant Lives! (1966)

David Garth in Adam Adamant Lives! (1966)

Juliet Harmer and T.P. McKenna in Adam Adamant Lives! (1966)

Episodes

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Episode 1 • Jun 22, 1966

A Vintage Year for Scoundrels

In 1902, Adam Adamant is lured into a trap by his arch nemesis 'The Face' and frozen in ice for eternity. That is until he is accidentally freed by workmen in 1966. Bewildered to find himself in the Swinging Sixties, Adamant is taken in by mod girl and lifelong fan Georgina Jones. When Georgie's grandfather is killed by a couple of thugs, Adamant decides his services are once again needed.

Episode 2 • Jun 29, 1966

Death Has a Thousand Faces

Adamant rescues Georgie from two motorcyclists who were chasing her because of a stick of rock candy. Inside they find a incomprehensible diagram which leads them to Blackpool to investigate. When Punch and Judy man William E. Simms overhears the villains plotting to kill Adamant, he decides to intervene.

Episode 3 • Jul 06, 1966

More Deadly Than the Sword

A highly placed intelligence officer has been jeopardised by oriental blackmailers. Adamant is sent to Tokyo and finds a geisha house where clients are regularly compromised by hidden cameras.

Episode 4 • Jul 13, 1966

The Sweet Smell of Disaster

Benjamin Kinthly steals a secret formula with the intention of making the entire UK addicted to the smell of his washing detergent 'Cloud 7'. Even Georgie and Simms become infatuated, leaving it to Adam Adamant to find the antidote before it's too late.

Episode 5 • Jul 20, 1966

Allah Is Not Always with You

After a strange girl comes to Adam, dying, from a gambling club, he goes there, and Miss Jones takes a job as a waitress. The owner is scheming to next kill an Arab sheik and set his weak son up to replace him.

Episode 6 • Aug 03, 1966

The Terribly Happy Embalmers

The conveniently-timed deaths of a number of rich businessmen appear to have taken place shortly before they were due to receive large tax demands, arousing the suspicions of the Inland Revenue. The only common factor seems to have been their psychiatrist; Adam Adamant, posing as a harassed financier, makes an appointment with the man, who concludes from his patient's unusual mental history that he is suffering severe delusions and takes the opportunity to prescribe a stay at a sinister health resort.

Episode 7 • Aug 10, 1966

To Set a Deadly Fashion

The Italian Vice Consul's wife drops dead in Adam Adamant's arms, leading him to investigate a string of similar deaths. It soon transpires her dress was bugged and booby-trapped by fashion designer Roger Clair. But by the time Adam learns this, Georgina is already wearing one of Roger's creations.

Episode 8 • Aug 24, 1966

The Last Sacrifice

Lord Pearmains exclusive parties routinely end with sacrificial ceremonies and lead to blackmail of high ranking government employees. When Adamant investigates and Georgina takes a job as a domestic at Pearmain Hall, both end up in danger of being the next victim.

Episode 9 • Aug 24, 1966

Sing a Song of Murder

Georgie's afternoon bottled party turns into a group bank robbery followed by amnesia for all concerned. After posting bail for Miss Jones, Adam Adamant investigates the cause of the subliminal criminal instructions: a single record produced by Hypersonic.

Episode 10 • Aug 31, 1966

The Doomsday Plan

BBC equipment is being stolen and some newscasters are kidnapped, only to return speaking of the end of the world. Dr. Mort, whose profession is predicting the apocalypse, sets the date of his latest prophecy to September 30th.

Episode 11 • Sep 07, 1966

Death by Appointment Only

Adamant's investigation of the murder of several businessmen leads him to investigate the Eve Escort Agency. Against his wishes, Georgie also tries to infiltrate the agency as an employee.

Episode 12 • Sep 14, 1966

Beauty Is an Ugly Word

A deadly virus has been discovered by accident and naturally it is almost immediately stolen. Adamants only clue requires him to witness the tail end of a beauty contest won by none other than Georgina Jones. Sinoda, owner of the Café Val Deum and organizer of the monthly contest offers Georgie a chance to build the world anew after the virus cleanses it of ugliness.

Episode 13 • Sep 21, 1966

The League of Uncharitable Ladies

The deaths of several important men leads Adamant to the Gentlewomen's Charity League. Georgie finds employment in the club's cloak room. But despite Adamant serving as a bodyguard, the League still manages to execute their next target.

Episode 14 • Sep 28, 1966

Ticket to Terror

Four hundred commuters - including Simms - disappear without trace on an underground line, in one of the most sinister conspiracies in British criminal history.

Episode 15 • Oct 05, 1966

The Village of Evil

On holiday in the country, Adam comes to a mysterious old inn near a rundown village, where the residents are secretly members of a murderous coven of Satan-worshiping witches and warlocks.

Episode 16 • Oct 12, 1966

D for Destruction

His old regiment plagued by mysterious deaths, Adamant is made C.O., when he discovers a plot to take over a nuclear missile installation.

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