Sexton Blake (TV series)

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Sexton Blake
GenreDetective
Starring Laurence Payne
Roger Foss
Dorothea Phillips
No. of episodes50 episodes
Production
Running time30 Minutes
Production companies Rediffusion
Thames Television
Original release
Network ITV
Release1967 (1967) 
1971 (1971)

ITV aired Sexton Blake starring Laurence Payne as Sexton Blake and Roger Foss as Tinker from Monday 25 September 1967 to Wednesday 13 January 1971. [1]

Contents

Plot

In keeping with Sexton Blake's classic print adventures, Payne's Blake drove a white Rolls-Royce named "The Grey Panther" and owned a bloodhound named Pedro.

Typical of the TV show's sometimes-fantastic storylines (all of which lasted 2–6 episodes) was 1968's "The Invicta Ray" in which a villain dressed in a costume and hood of sackcloth-like material and, under the Invicta Ray, became invisible so that he could commit crimes without being seen.

Cast

Production

Development

The show was originally produced by Ronald Marriott for Rediffusion, with Thames Television taking over production in 1968.

Pedro was played by one or more bloodhounds (bitches), which doubled as 'Henry', for Chunky dog food adverts with Clement Freud, and were owned by the then secretary of the Bloodhound Club, Mrs Bobbie Edwards.

During rehearsals for the show in 1968, Laurence Payne was blinded in his left eye by a rapier. [1]

Episodes

Season 1

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Release

Availability

Of 50 episodes, only the first episode is thought to still exist. This is available to watch on YouTube.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Laurence Payne: Actor best known for playing the detective Sexton". 4 May 2009.

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