The Saint (TV series)

""You're the famous Simon Templar!""

- The end of every pre-credits sequence

The series started in 1962. Its hero is charming, intelligent, British and ready to fight the bad guys - not to mention played by Roger Moore. We're talking, of course, about The Saint.

Created by Leslie Charteris in a series of books Simon Templar, nicknamed The Saint, is a world-famous amateur detective who operates as a modern-day Robin Hood.

After it finished in 1969, it was followed by the TV show The Return Of The Saint in 1978 starring Ian Ogilvy.


 * Breaking the Fourth Wall: Upon people recognising him, The Saint will often look upwards as an animated halo appears to segue into the credits.
 * He would also address the audience at the start of early episodes.
 * Cold Open: Home of the aforementioned fourth wall breaking.
 * Cool Car: The white Volvo P1800.
 * Disguised in Drag:
 * Idiosyncratic Episode Naming: Most episodes, especially in the black-and-white episodes, are called The Adjective Noun. ("The Careful Terrorist", "The Covetous Headsman", "The Romantic Matron", and so on.)
 * Inspector Antagonist: Chief Inspector Teal.
 * Just Like Robin Hood
 * Setting Update: The stories are contemporary, despite being based on a book series that started in the 1920s.
 * Values Dissonance: "The Golden Journey" opens with Simon Templar suggesting that his friend could 'cure' his fiancée's spoilt brat attitude by hitting her every now and then.