That's Me Over There

This episode of "The Persuaders" was written by one of my favourites writers for British television, the late Brian Clemens. Best known for his work on "The Avengers", "The New Avengers" and "The Professionals", he also wrote many episodes of the excellent "Thriller" TV series. Whenever I saw his name in the credits of a programme, it was always with a sense of anticipation and I was actually surprised to see that he wrote this episode for this altogether more relaxed and light-hearted series. Cutting his cloth accordingly, while it may have started like a vintage case for Steed and Peel, as a pair of employees, a young man and woman, seek to expose the nefarious operations of a highly respected and extremely powerful captain of industry by the name of Krane, but I might as well call him Murwell or Maxdoch, if you catch my drift, it soon relaxes into another easy-going case for the intrepid duo to crack.

The young man in question is caught in the act and conveniently falls off a roof leaving the young woman to try to get their proof, a tape recording, to the proper channels and so expose and bring the criminal kingpin to justice which of course is when she bumps into our heroes who, egged on by the judge, join the fray.

The highlights of this episode are when Danny and Brett are forced to impersonate one another with outrageous accents and mannerisms to match, there are entertaining scenes at an auction where Danny unwittingly commits Brett to an extravagant purchase before the usual punch-up at the end sees our heroes prevail and the big baddie taken down.

So, even if it didn't perhaps exhibit Clemens' more typical cleverly-plotted style, with entertaining dialogue put over as ever in the usual winning Curtis and Moore style, this was still an above average episode of what was, as childhood memory serves and modern-day rewatches prove, an entertaining and enjoyable series.