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No Trees in the Streets (J. Lee Thompson, 1959).
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Virgin of the Secret Service (ATV, 1968)
"A bomb, at Dawki, on Tuesday, killed nine enlisted men; an explosion in the mess at Chamba bereaved eleven British women; and furthermore, Major Hamilton lost three fingers of his right hand, a great loss! Major Hamilton was one of the finest polo players in the North-West Frontier."
That most prolific of TV writers, Ted Willis, might have been excused for resting on his laurels by 1968. He had two long-running hits under his belt already; Sergeant Cork (1963 - 1968) was just drawing to a close on ATV, whilst BBC juggernaut Dixon Of Dock Green (1955 - 1976) rumbled gamely on, and Ted himself was now Baron Willis of Chislehurst - he had well and truly made it. Never one to stay idle, however, Ted pitched a new series to ATV, something a little different: where much of his work until this point had concentrated on the police procedural, his new show was to eschew the groundings of realism in favour of dashing spies, exotic locales and grand comic book style adventures. So Virgin Of The Secret Service was born.
Even by the standards of mid-60s, non-ITC television, Virgin is pretty obscure, and there's precious little information out there about the series. I can make some informed guesses, but they are only guesses; clearly Ted wanted to try something different, and the series is certainly unlike anything he had created to that point - or indeed, much of what came after. Gone were methodical investigations and wise, older detective figures - in came sword fights and deadly tarantulas and exploding tennis balls. The subtle, wry humour of Cork and Dixon is replaced with outlandish, arch pastiche. Drawing heavily on the Boys' Own magazine style of serialised adventure story, with dashing heroes and foreign villainy clashing all around the British Empire of Old, the series is a larger than life tribute to a style of storytelling that had already fallen out of fashion.
Whether it was a success or not, I don't really know - like I say, there is very little information out there. I suspect not, and it certainly hasn't entered the public consciousness in anything like the way some of its' contemporaries have. Certainly it didn't last long - one series of thirteen episodes. I suspect - though I'm guessing again - that it was never conceived to be the sort of durable hit that Ted was known for. The sets and the costumes look impressively expensive, and the concept simply doesn't lend itself to multiple seasons of adventure. It is, though, for thirteen brief episodes, gloriously, brilliantly fun.
#Virgin of the secret service#Classic tv#Atv#1968#Ted willis#Clinton greyn#Veronica strong#John cater#Noel coleman#Alexander Doré#Peter Swanwick#Robert D. Cardona#Paul bernard#Peter diamond#Larry adler#this is verbatim the post i dug out of my drafts#the fact that i never posted it suggests i wanted to add something but i couldn't for the life of me tell you what it was#bc i watched this show and wrote this post around 4 yrs ago#shrug#this will have to do#ETA: it occurs to me now that this may have been a stepping stone in getting the Lochinvar pilot i posted about a while back made#considering Peter Diamond worked on the series and Coleman and Doré both ended up in supporting roles in Lochinvar#this would have probably filmed in late '67 or thereabouts and Lochinvar was being shot in mid 68#foods for thought
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It was right there all this time... TED LASSO 2.01 | 3.12
#tedlassoedit#ted lasso#jason sudeikis#coach beard#willis beard#tedlassosource#userspacey#nessa007#tuserliliana#uservalentina#usersugar#appletvsource#userbbelcher#chewieblog#tvedit#cinemapix#userthing#my*gifs#entering my photopea era#richmond till we die#the fact that he wasn't just quoting 'diff'rent strokes'
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#ted lasso text posts#ted lasso tv#jamie tartt#thierry zoreaux#colin hughes#keeley jones#willis beard#coach beard#royjamie#roy kent#afc richmond#ted lasso#textposts#text post meme#ted lasso series
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There are perfect films, perfect foods, perfect works of art. Perfection is all around us, everywhere we look. But I was talking about perfection in people.
TED LASSO (2020–2023) S03E12: So Long, Farewell
#ted lasso#tedlassoedit#willis beard#leslie higgins#roy kent#trent crimm#tedlassogif#tedlassosource#userrobin#usersugar#userdiana#userava#usergiu#useraurore#tuserliliana#usermandie#usernik#uservalentina#tvedit#by anja#gifs#ted lasso spoilers
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Fellas is it gay to kiss your co-coach for good luck? 🤨
#cristinadrawss#procreate#ted lasso#ted lasso fanart#coach beard#willis beard#tedbeard#beard ted#beardted#I just know they’ve kissed fr fr
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#Ted lasso#jason sudeikis#coach beard#willis beard#brendan hunt#basically canon lbh#caseys silly shit
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With the immense aid of @orbitalpirate, I present to you the Season 2 Players.
1 Kukoč (No 7) - Reserve Right Midfielder
2 Tyler Shannon (No 27) - Reserve Center Midfielder
3 Thierry Zoreaux (No 81) - Goalkeeper
4 Tom O’Brien (No 1) - Reserve Goalkeeper
5 Jack Dawkins (No 15) - Reserve Center Midfielder
6 Declan Cockburn (No 19) - Reserve Forward
7 Robbie Roberts (No 16) - Reserve Forward
8 Tommy Winchester (No 4) - Reserve Center Back
9 Paul Reynolds (No 20) - Reserve Center Back
10 Jan Maas (No 13) - Center Back
11 Richard Montlaur (No 8) - Center Midfielder
12 Moe Bumbercatch (No 21) - Center Midfielder
13 Kyle McCracken (No 28) - Reserve Forward
14 Gareth Canterbury (No 3) - Reserve Left Back
15 Jeff Goodman (No 17) - Left Back
16 Colin Hughes (No 12) - Left Winger
17 Dani Rojas (No 14) - Striker
18 Isaac McAdoo (No 5) - Captain & Center Back
19 Jamie Tartt (No 9) - Striker
20 Sam Obisanya (No 24) - Right Winger
21 Arlo Dixon (No 2) - Right Back
(Not numbered, but that is Coach Armada to the left in the second row. He shaved that beard off for season 3.) (Not numbered but next to Will is Kasali Casal. He is a former professional footballer who had a career ending injury 😭. He was brought on to help with authenticity and got put in a coaching uniform in case he ended up in shots 🤣)
#ted lasso#kukoč#tyler shannon#thierry zoreaux#tom o'brien#declan cockburn#jack dawkins#robbie roberts#tommy winchester#paul reynolds#jan maas#richard montlaur#moe bumbercatch#kyle mccracken#gareth canterbury#jeff goodman#colin hughes#dani rojas#isaac mcadoo#jamie tartt#sam obisanya#coach armada#coach beard#willis beard#roy kent#nathan shelley#nate shelley#will kitman#arlo dixon
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#I think about this a lot#Like Roy would be internally panicking while Jamie didn’t care and Beard wouldn’t even say anything#Just give them a nod and let himself in his room to pass out for a few hours#At least he wouldn’t say anything then but when Roy was being weird around him later he’d be like yeah I really don’t care if you’re#sleeping with Jamie if that’s what you’re worried about#RoyJamie#Roy Kent#Jamie Tartt#Coach Beard#Willis Beard#Ted Lasso#Mine
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Happy Friday the 13th!!!
#tgmm friday#friday the 13th#happy friday#friday vibes#the good morning man#good morning message#the entire morning#madonna#snoop#snoop dogg#taylor swift#jim from the office#riff raff#quantum leap#fight club#tyler durden#britney spears#sonic the hedgehog#daft punk#bandit#morgan freeman#beyonce#olivia rodrigo#miss rachel#super dave#homer simpson#willy wonka#barack obama#ted dibiase
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#my three moods
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Not a day goes by without me thinking about this.
#roy kent#ted lasso#keeley jones#trent crimm#rebecca welton#coach beard#willis beard#nate shelley#nate the great#nathan shelley#michelle lasso#dr. jacob
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Jamie: Hey Coach, are you wearing your running bottoms…and your hoodie?
Isaac: Coach are you going for a run?
Ted: *nods*
Trent: Have fun!
Keeley: Oh my god what is wrong with Ted, Trent?
Rebecca: Yeah, what happened, are you guys okay?
Trent: Ted is going for a run. If anything we should be asking what is right with Ted
Sam: He only goes running if he’s upset
Colin: And he’s wearing his sad hoodie
Zoreaux: and by the looks of it, it’s been washed
Dani: which is bone chilling
Trent: He’s fine, everything’s okay
Beard: I JUST PASSED TED ON THE STREET! RUNNING! ON PURPOSE! OH MY GOD
Trent: Maybe I was wrong
Beard: TED! ARE YOU OKAY?! I SEE YOU!! AND I LOVE YOU
Trent: In my defense, no one here emotes in a normal way
Roy: That’s fair
#ted lasso apple tv#ted lasso incorrect quotes#jamie tartt#isaac mcadoo#ted lasso#trent crimm#keeley jones#rebecca welton#sam obisanya#colin hughes#thierry van damme#thierry zoreaux#dani rojas#coach beard#willis beard#roy kent#source: new girl#tedtrent#tedependent
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Doesn’t matter what they’re saying, it’s just always like this 🧡
#THEYRE BESTIES YOUR HONOR#beard doesn’t show a lot but he feels a lot#and he’s wiggling his feet#platonic romantic doesn’t matter cuz either way they’re like this#and I love them sooooo much 😭😭😭#sketch.art#Ted lasso#tedbeard#coach beard#willis beard#ted lasso fanart
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Moe: The psychiatrist diagnosed me with divine madness.
Beard: Any other diagnoses you'd like to share?
Moe: Autism.
#incorrect quotes#incorrect ted lasso#ted lasso#moe bumbercatch#coach beard#willis beard#source: tumblr
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