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American TV series or program

Secret Agent Man is an American spy-fi television series that aired on UPN from 7 March to 28 July The series was created by writer Richard Regen.

Premise

Secret Agent Man starred Costas Mandylor as Monk, a gallivanting secret agent, who was one of a team of agents that included Holliday, played by Dina Meyer and Davis, played by Dondre Whitfield. The team reported to Brubeck, played by Paul Guilfoyle. The periodically appearing guest villain is the former agent Prima, played by Musetta Vander.

All the lead characters share the last names of jazz musicians: Thelonious Monk, Billie Holiday, Miles Davis, Dave Brubeck and Louis Prima.

Cast

Main

Notable guest stars

Production

Secret Agent Man was originally scheduled to premiere on UPN in September , but was pushed back to a midseason premiere in August due to the desire to give the show's producers more time to work on props and special effects. It also did not have a traditional one-hour pilot filmed, and was instead ordered to series by UPN on the strength of just a presentation reel. Only 12 episodes were produced and broadcast before the series was cancelled due to poor ratings.

Theme song

The series used an updated version of the s hit, “Secret Agent Man”, performed by Supreme Beings of Leisure, for its theme song. Because the Johnny Rivers version of this song was used as the theme song for American broadcasts of another television series, the s British TV series, Danger Man (primarily broadcast in the U.S. as Secret Agent), there were some mistaken impressions that this series was somehow a spin off or remake of the earlier program, but other than the theme song, no connections were made evident.

Episodes

Reception

On Rotten Tomatoes, the series has an aggregated score of 0% based on 10 critic reviews.

For other uses, see Secret Agent (disambiguation).

British television series

The Secret Agent is a three-part British espionage television drama serial based on the novel The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad. The show stars Toby Jones, Vicky McClure, Stephen Graham, David Dawson and Ian Hart. The three-part series began airing on BBC One on 17 July It is the fourth BBC adaptation of the novel, others having previously been made in , and

Background

In the BBC ordered a three-part television series based on the novel. It was filmed around the United Kingdom from October to December , with Toby Jones, Vicky McClure, and Stephen Graham in leading roles. The series was written by Tony Marchant, directed by Charles McDougall and produced by Priscilla Parish.

RLJ Entertainment-owned Acorn will distribute The Secret Agent in the United States. Kew Media distributes the series worldwide.

Cast

• Toby Jones as Mr Anton Verloc, a businessman running a sex shop in London's Soho who is being secretly paid by the Russian embassy to spy on revolutionary groups. In Conrad's original novel, Verloc's first name is Adolf, but Jones stated in an interview that "no one can be called Adolf anymore". The Verloc character in the film Sabotage was also renamed Anton.
• Vicky McClure as Winnie, Verloc's wife who married him not for love, but to provide a home for her mother and autistic brother, Stevie, and so they could all escape from her abusive father.
• Charlie Hamblett as Stevie
• Marie Critchley as Jessie, Winnie and Stevie's mother
• Stephen Graham as Chief Inspector Heat who hates anarchists, believing them to be amateurish.
• Ian Hart as The Professor, the most nihilistic member of the anarchists. His nickname comes from the fact that he wears a lab coat.
• Tom Goodman-Hill as Assistant Commissioner Stone of Scotland Yard, an executive rank poli

For other uses, see Secret Agent (disambiguation).

British TV series or programme

The Secret Agent is a drama miniseries in three parts, made for the BBC. Directed by David Drury, it is the television adaptation of the novel The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad. Starring David Suchet, Cheryl Campbell, and Peter Capaldi, it was first shown in the United Kingdom from 28 October to 11 November In the U.S. it was the final production introduced for Masterpiece Theatre by host Alistair Cooke.

Plot

The mostly inactive spy Alfred Verloc is ordered by his superior Mr Vladimir to carry out a terrorist act. Verloc reluctantly plans the operation, seeking help from The Professor. Verloc is also an informant for the police and the Assistant Commissioner and Chief Inspector Heat add additional pressure on Verloc and his attempts to carry out his plan. Verloc’s subsequent actions gravely affect his wife who is devoted to her mentally unbalanced brother Stevie.

Cast

Reception

A contemporary review in The Los Angeles Times described the production positively, writing, "striking performances by both Suchet and Campbell, with the usual support from a clutch of good British character actors, are excellent reasons to keep watching. Another is the way this meticulously detailed psychological drama juxtaposes settings, from the fashionable salons of the upper crust to Verloc's own squalid shopkeeper's digs, as the battle between the empowered and the unempowered leads to an inevitable result."Hoyt Hilsman of Variety called the adaptation "finely drawn, yet somber and slow-paced. Acting is excellent and strong on character, but it has little dramatic story interest."

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