Talk:The Saint (TV series)

message: Please consider joining the project! HowardBerry 19:21, 11 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: I have added a part on filming locations (that I shall expand upon when I have time), as the Saint is quite well known for being one of the first TV series to give a really good impression that characters were going to lots of different locations, but in reality it was all set in a studio. I always thought it was quite impressive that the whole series was actually filmed at Elstree Studios, with hardly any on-location filming, yet you would not believe it when you see the series. Very few people believe this when you tell them, but Roger Moore admits this little know fact among fans in the documentary "The Saint Steps In....To Colour" on disk 7 of the UK Colour series DVD release, where he confirms that the saint is seen to be going to lots of exotic and glamourous locations, but in reality he almost never filmed anything outside of the Elstree Studio site, and just used lots of backdrops and blue-screen technology.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jrhilton (talk • contribs) 10:32, 6 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Filming locations

message: According to the Robert S Baker Obituary written by the Guardian Newspaper (http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2009/oct/02/robert-s-baker-obituary) the 1960s show made over £350m in profit, so I have added this info to the article, and put in a reference to this source. It also says each episode had a budget of £30,000, which in the 1960s was a huge sum of money, which I will add at a later date when I have more time.Jrhilton (talk • contribs) 10:38, 28 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Financial info

message: The section on the DVD releases should be removed, for many reasons I believe:
* The regions problem. They are realesed diffrently everywhere. Listing them all would take many pages.
* Evry few years new releases come out so the information get's outdated or takes on enormous proportions.
* It's not really relavent for the article, old VHS releases are also omitted and DVD whil also belong to the past in a couple of years.
TO BE CLEAR: The lists should be removed, a little sections about DVD releases is a good addition to the article, I think.
User:Allard Saturday 2 June 2007 23:12 CET
* You seem to contradict yourself a little bit here, though. You say "a little section" is OK, but not a list. So what information should be kept? And have you also posted this same comment on the dozens and dozens of other TV show articles with similar info? You make a few good points, but your final statement rather than being clear has instead made things a bit less clear. 23skidoo 02:55, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  DVD section should be removed. 

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:SaintGetaway.jpg

message: This -
"The character is nicknamed The Saint plausibly because the initial letters of his name ST are also the abbreviation for the word "saint"", is incorrect. It really needs to be revised. scope_creep 11:59, 5 July 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: The nickname is because of his initials but also because Templar is invariably on the side of right, or good. He may break rules, and go against the law or governments, but he is never on the side of evil. Hence the 'Saint' name. ... and he turns up just when people need him.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.7.147.13 (talk) 19:39, 15 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: The Saint

message: the network dvd set (region 2 pal) 'the complete monochrome series' packaging states that the set's 18 discs (71 b&w episodes) contain the complete series 1 & 2. every online source i find says the 71 b&w episodes make up seasons 1 thru 4 but the dvd packaging suggests only 2 season were filmed in b&w.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.34.145.82 (talk) 04:14, 14 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  confused about the seasons/series 

message: The Saint's full alias was: Sebastian Henry Ivor Toombs. Take just the first letters. I could not help but wonder if like Arthur Conan Doyle, Charteris also got fed up with his hero.(88.22.225.93 (talk) 12:05, 26 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Alias

message: I suggest that the line "The fictional detective-cambrioleur" should be replaced with "The fictional detective-thief".  "Cambrioleur" is a fantastically uncommon word that serves only to obfuscate the meaning of the sentence (and show off some editor's vocabulary).  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.147.103.98 (talk) 03:58, 20 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cambrioleur 

message: Robert S Baker said in a late interview that he was given "a fancy title" when the film "The saint" with Val was being made. That had to do with he was owner of film rights to the character. "I didn't produce anything". So the information in this piece is a bit wrong.The interview can be read here: http://roger-moore.com/old/Roger/interviews/bod-baker-interview.htm Wolfulf (talk) 10:00, 10 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: About Baker

message: > "Queen's Ransom" was both the first colour episode and the first episode not to be based on a Charteris work
This seems extremely dubious to me; if true, what Charteris stories were the following b/w episodes based on? Paul Magnussen (talk) 22:08, 17 December 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: * Sophia ---1948 short story Lucia
* The Imprudent Politician---1933 short story The Appalling Politician
* The Hi-Jackers--1937 novella The Unlicensed Victullars
* The Contract--1931 novella The Impossible Crime
* The Set-Up--1933 novella The Man from St Louis
* The Crime of the Century--- 1931 novella The National Debt
* The Chequered Flag----1934 short story The Newdick Helecopter
* The Abductors---1933 novella The Gold Standard
* The Persistent Parasite --1957 short story The Reluctant Nudist
Checked my book, I'll look at the rest shortly REVUpminster (talk) 07:54, 18 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Relationship to Charteris stories 

message: Don't know if its worth adding as trivia or not, but The Saint was a radio series, starring Vincent Price, long before it was a TV series 205.157.110.11 (talk) 20:41, 12 October 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Not sure it's relevant to this article. Radio adaptations are already covered at Simon Templar#The Saint on radio and The Saint (radio program). --VeryCrocker (talk) 20:49, 12 October 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Radio Series 

message: Someone recently changed this from 48 to 60 mins. I changed it back, but was beaten by seconds by another editor. In those days it was common to have 4x3 minutes of adverts in an hour of a drama shown on ITV in the UK, and so episodes were edited to last 48 mins. Imported dramas shown by the BBC were commonly scheduled in the Radio Times to last 50 mins and no doubt they were actually edited to 48 mins. 
Perhaps this still applies. These days I rarely watch live television – there are so many alternative platforms available! LynwoodF (talk) 09:19, 31 May 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Running time 

message: article says: "The black-and-white series were first syndicated in the US by NBC affiliate stations in 1967 and 1968" 
Wrong. Stations, both independent and network affiliated (all three), US and Canada, aired The Saint as early as September, 1963. Source: newspaper TV listings. 71.184.87.187 (talk) 02:49, 20 May 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  syndication