Open Channel D: The Man From UNCLE Affair

Every fictional spy has an authoritarian chief/father figure. James Bond has "M". Illya Kuryakin and Napoleon Solo, the men from UNCLE, works under Mr Alexander Waverly leadership.  One of the biggest hits of the series' producers was the decision to choose the actor Leo G. Carroll for the role of Waverly. Carroll gave the authority and integrity to the character . In the final year, 1968, he was already debilitated by age and illness. He died four years after the cancellation of The Man From UNCLE . Leo Gratten Carroll was born in England in 1886. He started his career on stage and became a sort of amulet for director Alfred Hitchcock. Carroll worked in six of his pictures. During the 1960s he became very popular as Alexander Waverly in two parallel series: The Man From UNCLE and The Girl From UNCLE . Hugh Grant was chosen to be the new Alexander Waverly in Guy Ritchie's feature film premiering in August 2015. Todo espião ficcional tem um chefe auto...

The music theme of The Man From UNCLE series was composed by Jerry Goldsmith. It was the coolest mix in the mid-1960s with touches of jazz, rock and the growing influence of Brazilian bossa nova. Every season had a new opening and a new theme arrangement.  This clip below shows the openings of the first episodes of each of the four seasons (1964-1968): O tema de abertura da serie O Agente da UNCLE foi composta por Jerry Goldsmith. Somava o que havia de mais cool em meado dos anos 1960: uma base de jazz, um toque de rock e a influência cada vez mais presente da bossa nova brasileira. A cada temporada o tema ganhava um novo arranjo para a abertura da série, que se modificava a cada ano. Este clipe abaixo reproduz as aberturas dos primeiros episódios de cada uma das quatro temporadas (1964-1968):

  From the TV Shows on DVD site : In 2007, TimeLife.com began exclusively selling  The Man from U.N.C.L.E. - The Complete Series , a collection which came in a collectible attache case package. In 2008, Warner Home Video took over the product, selling the same package wide at general retail. While you can still find copies of it around, that item has actually been discontinued for a little while, and there are still many fans out there who still haven't gotten it...or don't want it in the oversized special packaging it's been available in so far. For those fans, Warner is re-releasing  The Man from U.N.C.L.E. - The Complete Series  this  November 4th  in a new "unlimited" (and shelf-friendly) package, with the same 41 DVDs as previously included, but apparently without all the accompanying bells and whistles. Expect the discs to come in slimmer season sets, and a separate case for the bonus "debriefing" discs, all slid into an outer slipcase t...