Adam Adamant Lives!

50min

Drama

Comedy

Action & Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Adam Adamant Lives! is a British television series which ran from 1966 to 1967 on the BBC, starring Gerald Harper in the title role. Proposing that an adventurer born in 1867 had been revived from hibernation in 1966, the show was a comedy adventure that took a satirical look at life in the 1960s through the eyes of an Edwardian.

Episodes

Cast

A Vintage Year For Scoundrels

1. A Vintage Year For Scoundrels

23rd Jun 1966

In 1902, Adam Adamant is lured into a trap by his arch nemesis 'The Face' and frozen in ice for eternity. That is until he is accidentally freed by workmen in 1966. Bewildered to find himself in the Swinging Sixties, Adamant is taken in by mod girl and lifelong fan Georgina Jones. When Georgie's grandfather is killed by a couple of thugs, Adamant decides his services are once again needed.

Death Has a Thousand Faces...

2. Death Has a Thousand Faces...

30th Jun 1966

Adamant rescues Georgie from two motorcyclists who were chasing her because of a stick of rock candy. Inside they find a incomprehensible diagram which leads them to Blackpool to investigate. When Punch and Judy man William E. Simms overhears the villains plotting to kill Adamant, he decides to intervene.

More Deadly Than the Sword

3. More Deadly Than the Sword

7th Jul 1966

After visiting a Japanese geisha house a government minister finds himself being blackmailed.

The Sweet Smell of Disaster

4. The Sweet Smell of Disaster

14th Jul 1966

Adam investigates the secrets of a high pressure sales campaign that seems to be something sinister.

Allah Is Not Always With You

5. Allah Is Not Always With You

21st Jul 1966

Investigating the last words of a dying girl leads Adam to become involved in a world of nightclubs and gambling.

The Terribly Happy Embalmers

6. The Terribly Happy Embalmers

4th Aug 1966

The conveniently-timed deaths of a number of rich businessmen appear to have taken place shortly before they were due to receive large tax demands, arousing the suspicions of the Inland Revenue. The only common factor seems to have been their psychiatrist; Adam Adamant, posing as a harassed financier, makes an appointment with the man, who concludes from his patient's unusual mental history that he is suffering severe delusions and takes the opportunity to prescribe a stay at a sinister health resort.

To Set A Deadly Fashion

7. To Set A Deadly Fashion

11th Aug 1966

Adam gets involved with murder and espionage when he enters the world of high fashion.

The Last Sacrifice

8. The Last Sacrifice

18th Aug 1966

Adam gets involved in a murky world of black magic.

Sing A Song of Murder

9. Sing A Song of Murder

25th Aug 1966

Adam and Georgina finds themselves in the music business after Georgina is accused of trying to rob a bank.

The Doomsday Plan

10. The Doomsday Plan

1st Sep 1966

Adam tangles with prophet of doom, Dr. Mort.

Death By Appointment Only

11. Death By Appointment Only

8th Sep 1966

A series of murders strikes terror into the hearts of the financial capitals in the world.

Beauty Is an Ugly Word

12. Beauty Is an Ugly Word

15th Sep 1966

Adam enters the world of bodybuilders and beauty pageants, when he learns of a plot that could destroy the world.

The League of Uncharitable Ladies

13. The League of Uncharitable Ladies

22nd Sep 1966

A murder leads Adam to a club in Pall Mall run by three strange old ladies.

Ticket to Terror

14. Ticket to Terror

29th Sep 1966

Adam is called in when 400 passengers disappeared into thin air.

The Village of Evil

15. The Village of Evil

6th Oct 1966

Even a quiet holiday ends with Adam getting involved in a sinister mystery involving a young boy and a lonely mill.

D For Destruction

16. D For Destruction

13th Oct 1966

Adam rejoins his old regiment to investigate a series of accidents.

First air date

23rd Jun 1966

Last air date

25th Mar 1967

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Original language

en

Networks