"Adam Adamant Lives" was something quite different from the BBC in attempting to be a more original television series. I became susceptible to this from the moment I first heard of this series.
One of those mid 60's adventure series I actually don't remember ever watching as a child so it was nice to research and then track it down for perusal. The background apparently is that it was devised by the production and writing team behind Dr Who, setting down a time-travelling Edwardian adventurer for king and country in the modern day, modern day being 1966 swinging London, with a young girl as his crimefighting companion.
I'm pleased to report that Adam Adamant remains largely as entertaining to its fans who remember it as when first viewed 40 years back. Adamant is the gracious man of action propelled through the marvels of suspended animation by a devious foe, Samurai Jack-like, to the future - an enigmatic event revisited in brief flash back by the programme most weeks.
Gerald Harper reprises the role of earlier hero 'Captain Moonlight' as back-from-the-dead Adam Adamant.The Edwardian gentleman-hero is seduced by a femme-fatale and defeated by his arch enemy.
Adam Adamant Lives! is very much a product of it's time.
I regret to say that I never saw 'Adam Adamant Lives!' at the time.
