The Man from U.N.C.L.E./Trivia

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  • Acting for Two: Diana Hyland played the wife of a presidential candidate and a THRUSH double for the missus in "The Candidate's Wife Affair", while Robert Vaughn, David McCallum and Leo G. Carroll all got to play dual roles ("The Double Affair", "The Gurnius Affair", and "The Bow Wow Affair" respectively).
  • Fake Nationality: British David McCallum as Russian Illya Kuryakin, and many American and British guest stars affecting various ridiculous European/Asian/Middle Eastern accents.
  • Missing Episode: "The Pieces of Fate Affair", written by none other than Harlan Ellison. Of course.
  • Real Life Relative: In the first season episodes "The Quadripartite Affair" and "The Giuoco Piano Affair", Illya Kuryakin got the Girl of the Week. She was played (in both episodes) by Jill Ireland, David McCallum's real-life wife at the time the episodes were filmed (q.v. Yoko Oh No).
    • Ms. Ireland also appeared in the second season episode "The Tigers are Coming Affair", and in both halves of the two-part third season episode, "The Five Daughters Affair". She did not play Kuryakin's love interest in either of those episodes, and by the time of the filming and airing of "The Five Daughters Affair" her marriage to McCallum was over.
  • Recycled Set: Entire drinking games could and probably have been based around this.
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