- Slim John
Slim John was a 1969 BBC series of scifi adventure of twenty-six episodes in black and white. It involved
android robots from outer space planning to take over the Earth, starting with London. They worked following the directions of an authority called Control. Slim John (Simon Williams) himself is a rebel robot who befriended a human couple, Stevie and Richard.This series was an educational tool use to provide English lessons. It was supported by books and records as an English teaching method. The series was broadcast for years all over the world, at least in Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden, and Cyprus. Hungary and Poland were the only
Eastern Bloc countries to show this series, with enormous response, in the 1970's. Given its purpose, the series is of course much better known out of the United Kingdom. The involvement of screenwriters having a "Doctor Who " background,John Wiles andBrian Hayles , provided anyway a solid and entertaining story line.Slim John, as a robot, had extraordinary strength, in a "
The Six Million Dollar Man " way. The intrigue always revolved around the other robots trying to eliminate him and also on the fact that Slim John and the other robots have a limited amount of power available and regularly need to recharge themselves.Cast
* Simon Williams................."Slim John"
*Allan Lee ..........................."Richard"
*Juliet Harmer ....................."Stevie"
*Valentine Dyall .................. "Dr Brain"
* Bruno Barnabe..................."Miller"
* Liz Reber..........................."Zero"List of episodes
#"The man in the cupboard"
#"Where is Robot Five?"
#"Is he in London?"
#"Orders from Control"
#"Catch that robot!"
#"Find the house!"
#"Robot Five is dangerous"
#"The shop in Park Street"
#"There were some men in the shop"
#"We're going away"
#"Out of London"
#"We need to sleep"
#"I want my car"
#"The village"
#"There's no one in the car"
#"The airfield"
#"Don't let him escape!"
#"The hospital"
#"Copies of Robot Five"
#"The football match"
#"Back to headquarters"
#"Ready for the meeting"
#"It's late"
#"Control is coming"
#"Our plan must work"
#"The last day"
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