O Mighty F-list

[donutsweeper]

I need help coming up with tv shows that have spies or secret agents in it.  So far I've worked ten into a story (including Jack) and have a few more to try to slip in, but I have to be forgetting some.  Help!!

Comments

[hellenebright.livejournal.com]

Manhunt (set in WWII)
'Ello 'Ello (set in WWII)
Hannay (set between the wars, starred Robert Powell)
Reilly, Ace of Spies (Edwardian)

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

ooh, I'll have to look those up, I'm only familiar with 'Allo 'Allo.

although I'm already up to 15 different fandoms. there should probably be a limit somewhere

[mad-jaks.livejournal.com]

ooo Reilly Ace of Spies - Sam Neill - that takes me back *G*

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

it's a miniseries though. :( but yowsa - he looked yummy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reilly%2C_Ace_of_Spies)

[mad-jaks.livejournal.com]

I think their definition is squiffy - I definitely remember it being on every Sunday for *ages* To me a mini-series is something like 4x 1.5 hour episodes instead of 6 hour long ones... He did indeed look yummy

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

hmmm, good point. according to wiki it was 12 episodes, with the first being "lengthier" than the others, which averaged 50 minutes. That's like a typical BBC season then

[mad-jaks.livejournal.com]

Convention then was the 'pilots' or first episodes of things were like a movie so they were generally about 1.5 hours long. You remember that right??

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

yep. they were almost like movies in themselves.

Now I need to come up with a nickname for him though that will be easy enough to understand

[mad-jaks.livejournal.com]

Who? Reilly??
Maybe something Jewish... you'd know better than me
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_Reilly

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

oh cool, he's a real guy! *hee* his history seems as muddled as Jack's though.

[mad-jaks.livejournal.com]

Oh yes - real person - did you not know? Silly question - don't answer that!

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

I hadn't even heard of him or the Sam Neill show before today.

okay- I'm thinking 20 fandoms in 1200 or so words is probably a bit extreme...

[mad-jaks.livejournal.com]

But totally do-able *nods*

*hands donuts*

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

thank you. I'll need them!

[phoenix64.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, Sidney Reilly probably inspired a lot of interesting characters, but he was definitely a case of truth being more interesting than fiction!

I was prepared to throw all these titles at you, but it seems you're covered. Have fun!

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

I've read up a bit on him now, he seems fascinating.

the story's done and off to beta. 1300 words, 21 fandoms. *hides*

[hellenebright.livejournal.com]

Sam Neill. Always worth watching :)

[mad-jaks.livejournal.com]

*nods*
I don't go out of my way to watch things just because he's in them (I don't do that for anyone) but yeah *G*