Adam Adamant Lives!

S01E03: More Deadly Than the Sword

After visiting a Japanese geisha house a government minister finds himself being blackmailed.

Overview

Adam Adamant Lives! is a British television series which ran from 1966 to 1967 on the BBC, starring Gerald Harper in the title role. Proposing that an adventurer born in 1867 had been revived from hibernation in 1966, the show was a comedy adventure that took a satirical look at life in the 1960s through the eyes of an Edwardian.

Episodes

S01E01 A Vintage Year For Scoundrels

June 23, 1966 10.0
In 1902, Adam Adamant is lured into a trap by his arch nemesis 'The Face' and frozen in ice for eternity. That is until he is accidentally freed by workmen in 1966. Bewildered to find...

S01E02 Death Has a Thousand Faces...

June 30, 1966 10.0
Adamant rescues Georgie from two motorcyclists who were chasing her because of a stick of rock candy. Inside they find a incomprehensible diagram which leads them to Blackpool to investigate. When Punch and Judy man...

S01E03 More Deadly Than the Sword

July 7, 1966 10.0
After visiting a Japanese geisha house a government minister finds himself being blackmailed.

S01E04 The Sweet Smell of Disaster

July 14, 1966 10.0
Adam investigates the secrets of a high pressure sales campaign that seems to be something sinister.

S01E05 Allah Is Not Always With You

July 21, 1966 10.0
Investigating the last words of a dying girl leads Adam to become involved in a world of nightclubs and gambling.

S01E06 The Terribly Happy Embalmers

August 4, 1966 10.0
The conveniently-timed deaths of a number of rich businessmen appear to have taken place shortly before they were due to receive large tax demands, arousing the suspicions of the Inland Revenue. The only common factor...

S01E07 To Set A Deadly Fashion

August 11, 1966 10.0
Adam gets involved with murder and espionage when he enters the world of high fashion.

S01E08 The Last Sacrifice

August 18, 1966 10.0
Adam gets involved in a murky world of black magic.

S01E09 Sing A Song of Murder

August 25, 1966 10.0
Adam and Georgina finds themselves in the music business after Georgina is accused of trying to rob a bank.

S01E10 The Doomsday Plan

September 1, 1966 10.0
Adam tangles with prophet of doom, Dr. Mort.

S01E11 Death By Appointment Only

September 8, 1966 10.0
A series of murders strikes terror into the hearts of the financial capitals in the world.

S01E12 Beauty Is an Ugly Word

September 15, 1966 10.0
Adam enters the world of bodybuilders and beauty pageants, when he learns of a plot that could destroy the world.

S01E13 The League of Uncharitable Ladies

September 22, 1966 10.0
A murder leads Adam to a club in Pall Mall run by three strange old ladies.

S01E14 Ticket to Terror

September 29, 1966 10.0
Adam is called in when 400 passengers disappeared into thin air.

S01E15 The Village of Evil

October 6, 1966 10.0
Even a quiet holiday ends with Adam getting involved in a sinister mystery involving a young boy and a lonely mill.

S01E16 D For Destruction

October 13, 1966 10.0
Adam rejoins his old regiment to investigate a series of accidents.

Cast

Gerald Harper
Gerald Harper
Jack May
Jack May
Juliet Harmer
Juliet Harmer
Georgina Jones

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