Espionage/Adventure
Aired 1964-1969.
Primary Characters
Napoleon Solo -- U.N.C.L.E.'s primary U.S.-based
operative. A dashing, lady's-man spy!
Illya Kuryakin -- An enigmatic Russian
agent on 'loan' to U.N.C.L.E. from the USSR.
Alexander Waverly -- The head of U.N.C.L.E.'s
North American divisions.
April Dancer -- One of U.N.C.L.E.'s first
American female operatives.
Mark Slate -- A British-born agent; April's
partner.
Premise
U.N.C.L.E. is an international peace-keeping organization
with offices around the world. Its chief nemesis is Thrush, an agency
bent on world domination (the singular goal of all spy baddies in the 1960s).
Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin operate from U.N.C.L.E.'s New York headquarters
and travel the globe to thwart Thrush and other evils. They're equipped
with such "state of the art" gadgetry as global communicators (cleverly
disguised as pens), thermal heat capsules that can burn through any lock,
guns that fire sleep-darts, transmitter bugs, triangulation beams and many
other James-Bondian widgets capable of getting them out of (almost) any
fix!
The Man From U.N.C.L.E. utilized "camp"
humor, witty repartee and strong character interaction and contrast to
comprise a series that riveted millions of us in the 1960s. It is,
sadly, seldom seen today except in very occasional (and irregular) late
night timeslots on the TNT cable network. A few episodes are available
on commercial video tape. |