Starts at 60: "When everyone’s favourite U.N.C.L.E saved the world"
In the 1960s the word uncle referred to more than just one of your relatives. From 1964 to 1968, uncle also stood for the United Network Command for Law Enforcement (U.N.C.L.E) and formed the basis of a hit TV show about a crime fighting duo saving the world from evil. The Man from U.N.C.L.E starred Robert Vaughan and David McCallum as agents Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin who saved the world from the evil THRUSH organisation. Remember how charming and witty they were? What about the never-ending gadgets they used? The show gained notoriety for pairing an American agent (Solo) and a Russian agent (Kuryakin), particularly during the Cold War period of the ’60s. The first season was purely black and white, before the emergence of colour TV added colour to the rest of the series. Each episode was titled as “the (insert episode title) affair” except one, “Alexander the Greater Affair”. For 105, 50-minute episodes, the two U.N.C.L.E agents ruled our screens. In its pr...
