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• Persuaders, The - Vol. 1 - Episodes 1 And 2 - Overture / Angie, Angie | DVD | (10/07/2000) from £14.98   |  Saving you £-4.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Between heroic spells as the Saint and James Bond, Roger Moore was teamed with Tony Curtis in this derivative but fun series about a couple of millionaire dilettante adventurers who swan around the world competing for the attention of beautiful women and getting involved in perplexing mysteries. Moore is Lord Brett Sinclair, an uppercrust Brit of impeccable breeding, while Curtis is Danny Wilde, an up-from-the-streets self-made man whose trademark is a pair of brown gloves. The allegedly tasteful Brett and the crasser Danny both model a succession of garish early 70s fashions while their pursuits of duplicitous crumpet usually wind up with the women getting away and the heroes stuck with each other. Given that, this may well be the most blatantly homoerotic of all the buddy television pairings (see the eponymous stars of Starsky and Hutch, Regan and Carter in The Sweeney, Bodie and DoyleThe Professionals) that ran over the screen in the 70s, sublimating their feelings for each other by pulling out their guns and popping off at baddies. Volume One includes: "Overture" which features a gangster who has faked his own death and a brunette with a birthmark, with guest star Imogen (When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth) Hassall; and "Angie... Angie", which concerns a murder at the Cannes Film Festival, with Larry (F Troop) Storch. --Kim Newman

• The Persuaders - Vol. 4 - Old New And Deadly / Chain Of Events / That's Me / Long Goodbye | DVD | (16/07/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Danny Wilde (Tony Curtis) a street-smart self-made millionaire from the Bronx. Lord Brett Sinclair (Roger Moore) an upper-crust member of the British establishment. As opposite as two men can possibly be together they're 'The Persuaders!' Moving throughout the glittering capitals of Europe they are the seekers of justice in an unjust world. Episodes include: Episode 11 - 'The Old The New And The Deadly' Episode 12 - 'Chain Of Events' Episode 13 - 'That's Me' Episode 14 - 'The Long Goodbye

• The Persuaders - Vol. 3 - Power Switch / Time And Place / Someone Like Me / Anyone Can Play | DVD | (14/05/2001) from £7.25   |  Saving you £10.00 (166.95%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Danny Wilde (Tony Curtis) a street-smart self-made millionaire from the Bronx. Lord Brett Sinclair (Roger Moore) an upper-crust member of the British establishment. As opposite as two men can possibly be together they're 'The Persuaders!' Moving throughout the glittering capitals of Europe they are the seekers of justice in an unjust world. Episode 7 - Powerswitch: The body of a beautiful girl found floating in a Cote d'Azure bay plunges Danny and Brett into deep water. When it is discovered she has been murdered there are sinister implications for the Persuaders! Episode 8 - The Time And The Place: Danny and Brett stop to help a pretty girl whose car seems to have broken down but danger awaits when Danny comes across a man's body nearby then the girl vanishes. Episode 9 - Someone Like Me: Danny is faced with someone masquerading as Brett Sinclair. If dealing with the forceof Brett wasn't enough he now has to work out who is the imposter and who is the real McCoy - or is something more serious at play? Episode 10 - Anyone Can Play: While gambling at the seaside resort of Brighton a case of mistaken identity finds Danny playing a roulette game he can't lose. Unexpectedly Danny has become a communist network's paymaster Brett is inevitably involved and a whole series of bewildering events follow...

• The Persuaders - Vol. 2 - Five Miles To Midnight / Gold Nap / Take Seven / Greensleeves | DVD | (12/02/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Danny Wilde (Tony Curtis) a street-smart self-made millionaire from the Bronx. Lord Brett Sinclair (Roger Moore) an upper-crust member of the British establishment. As opposite as two men can possibly be together they're The Persuaders! Moving throughout the glittering capitals of Europe they are the seekers of justice in an unjust world. Episode 3 - Five Miles to Midnight: An assassin kills an Italian underworld boss. He cuts a deal with authorities for a reduced sentence by exposing a crime syndicate but first Danny and Brett must get him out of the country alive. Episode 4 - The Gold Napoleon: Someone takes a shot at Danny or was it the women next to him? The woman is a talented artist who created moulds to make replica Napoleon coins for her ageing uncle. Episode 5 - Take Seven: Danny and Brett find it dangerously explosive when trying to help an attractive heiress whose long-missing brother apparently has a rightful claim to the estate she has inherited. Episode 6 - Greensleeves: Greensleeves the derelict Sinclair family mansion is supposed to be unoccupied but Brett discovers by chance that someone is living in it and is required to impersonate himself to get to the heart of the mystery.