Five Miles to Midnight

Five people are standing in an expensively decorated old room. From left to right: Tony Curtis in a vinyl jacket, an older man who is kissing a woman's hand, Roger Moore standing in the background, the woman, who is Joan Collins with a massive hairdo, and a middle-aged man with a moustache who is wearing a crumpled suit and a dark shirt.

Episode 33
Saturday, 14 September 2019

– Where do these guns keep coming from?
– I get ’em wholesale.

This month, we’re watching The Persuaders! Season 1 Episode 17, Five Miles to Midnight, in which TV’s Roger Moore and sometime lady saxophonist Tony Curtis team up with Joan Collins to smuggle some guy out of Italy, accompanied by a series of excellent jokes written by Terry Nation.

And in the process, we answer the age-old question, “What did Tony Curtis call Joan Collins during the production that got her so annoyed?” Over and over again, I’m afraid.

The upsetting Joan Collins interview to which Richard refers can be found here.

See the episode

Well, no one has taken down the illegal copies of this that are up on YouTube, so why not try watching it here.

Otherwise — and this is the course of action we recommend — buy the Blu-ray box set of The Persuaders. (Amazon US) (Amazon UK) (Amazon AU)

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Download · Open in new window · Duration 1:01:42 · 59.40 MB · Recorded on Friday, 13 September 2019

The Persuaders!