Sincerely yours – Wikipedia

Sincerely yours ^{[ a ]} ( The Persuaders! ^{[ b ]} ) is a British television series in 24 50 -minute episodes, created by Robert S. Baker and broadcast between the September 17, 1971 and the February 25, 1972 on the ITV network. She features Roger Moore in the role of Lord Brett Sinclair and Tony Curtis in that of Daniel Wilde.

In France, the series was broadcast from the October 3, 1972 on the second chain of the ORTF ^{[ first ]} . Produced by Incorporated Television Company, the series was distributed in French -speaking countries by Nadif Films. The dubbing took place at the Boulogne-Billancourt studios. The series was rebroadcast on Antenna 2, the five (until 1990), M6 (five years after the creation of M6, from April 11, 1992, one day before the end of the five), club series (from the month From March 1993 to its creation) and Paris Première (since the 2000s). Soap broadcast at RTB (Belgian French -speaking television) from Friday September 15, 1972 at 9:45 p.m.

The series features two rich and somewhat idle men, diametrically opposed: on the one hand, embodied by Roger Moore, the British aristocrat Lord Brett Sinclair, fifteenth of the name, a beautiful cultivated speaker from London, calm and posed, alive of his annuities and attached to the traditions conveyed by his family; On the other hand, an American businessman released from New York, energetic, playful and direct: Daniel Wilde dit “Danny”, interpreted by Tony Curtis.

They are put in contact by Judge Fulton (Laurence Naismith), a retired magistrate who has a few accounts to settle with the underworld, which will lead them into several perilous missions during which they will have to demonstrate the extent of their talents respective.
The character traits of the two protagonists play on the clichés frequently associated with the British and the Americans of a certain social class.

Roger Moore in 1973 (photo taken at the Belgravia studio in London)

• Original title : The Persuaders!
• French and Belgian French -speaking title: Sincerely yours
• Creation: Robert S. Baker
• Réalisation : Leslie Norman, Roy Ward Baker, Basil Dearden, Val Guest, Sidney Hayers, Roger Moore
• Scénarios : Terry Nation, Brian Clemens, Tony Barwick  (in) , Donald James  (in) , Michael Pertwee
• Artistic direction: Harry Pottle, Charles Bishop
• Costumes : John Briggs, Roger Moore
• Photography: Tony Spratling
• Montage : Bert Rule, Peter Pitt, Derek Chambers
• Music: John Barry (Generic), Ken Thorne
• Production : Robert S. Baker, Terry Nation
• Production company: Incorporated Television Company
• Distribution company: Incorporated Television Company
• Pays : United Kingdom
• English language
• Format: Colors – 35 mm -1,37: 1 -son: mono
• Number of episodes: 24 (1 season)
• Duration: 49 minutes
• First broadcast dates:

Main roles

The episodes are presented in the original order of broadcasting. Fulton judge appears in 11 episodes: 1+2+3+5+10+12+13+14+15+17+19

1. Premier Contact ( Overture ) the Basil Dearden
2. Gold coins ( The Gold Napoleon ) de Roy Ward Baker
3. Seven million pounds ( Take Seven ) by Sidney Hayers
4. A golden role ( Greensleeves ) David Greene
5. The dancer ( Powerswitch ) the Basil Dearden
6. The conspiracy ( The Time and the Place ) de Roger Moore
7. Someone like my kind ( Someone Like Me ) de Roy Ward Baker
8. The password ( Anyone Can Play ) Leslie Norman
9. A funny bird ( The Old, the New and the Deadly ) Leslie Norman
10. A childhood friend ( Angie, Angie… ) Val Guest
11. A sequence of circumstances ( Chain of Events ) The Peter Hunt
12. One and the other ( That’s Me Over There ) Leslie Norman
13. Formula for sale ( The Long Goodbye ) de Roger Moore
14. Between two lights ( The Man in the Middle ) Leslie Norman
15. A calculated risk ( Element of Risk Gerald Mayer)
16. A quiet little corner ( A Home of One’s Own ) James Hill
17. Midnight less eight kilometers ( Five Miles to Midnight ) Val Guest
18. The removal of Lisa Zorakin ( Nuisance Value ) Leslie Norman
19. The next morning ( The Morning After ) Leslie Norman
20. Secrets in the head ( Read and Destroy ) de Roy Ward Baker
21. Eternal regrets ( A Death in the Family ) by Sidney Hayers
22. Ozerov’s inheritance ( The Ozerov Inheritance ) de Roy Ward Baker
23. The dowry runner ( To the Death, Baby ) the Basil Dearden
24. A tenacious resentment ( Someone Waiting ) they Peter Medak ^{[ 2 ] , [ 3 ]}

Origins of the series [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

Robert S. Baker, the creator of the series, is a British director and producer to whom we owe several adventure or fantastic films. Also producer of the series The Saint , Robert S. Baker has the idea of ​​the concept of Sincerely yours Following episode 18 of season 6, entitled The king ( The Ex-King of Diamonds ) ^{[ 4 ]} , broadcast the January 26, 1969 And in which Simon Templar (played by Roger Moore) competes with a rich and idle Texan played by Stuart Damon. The name Rock Hudson circulates to serve as a partner in Moore, but the two actors have too many common points, physically speaking. Then it is that of Glenn Ford, with whom Moore hardly heard – according to his own book of memories ^{[ 5 ]} . Tony Curtis is ultimately committed. The character is therefore fundamentally modified, going from the rich Texan cowboy to the New York businessman, closer to the personality of Curtis.

Filming [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

The two actors have always claimed to have had good relationships despite diametrically opposed characters. In an interview with Tony Curtis to the Roger Moore official website in 2005, he mentioned the latter with affection and said that he would not have wanted to shoot this series with someone other than him. Roger Moore defines their relationships in the following terms: “Tony and I had good relations in the city as on the screen; We are two very different men, but we had the same sense of humor. »»

However, third parties reported several incidents during the shootings. Producer Lew grade indicates in Still Dancing , Autobiography published in 1987, that the actors did not get along very well because of a conception different from their profession. Roger Moore, very applied, was always ready to replay the scenes until they are good, while Tony Curtis sought to ship them as quickly as possible.

In an interview with the British Film Institute in 2005, the director Val Guest confirmed that the impetuous character of Tony Curtis created incidents on the set. When in 1973 Curtis and Moore won a bambi in Germany for the series and the question of a sequel arose, Roger Moore would have said: “With Tony Curtis, never life!” »»

Roger Moore was very involved in the shooting since he made two episodes and drawn the outfits carried by his character himself (see credit to the end credits).

Most of the episodes take place in the United Kingdom and in the south of France. It was at the very heart of London, in front of a building located Queen Anne’s Gate, that the exteriors of Lord Brett Sinclair’s apartment were shot.

The filming in London took place on Sunday to avoid excessive circulation of the week. The studios used were those of the Victorine in Nice, for their position in the south of France, and those of Pinewood in London, in particular because of their proximity to an important forest area.

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Many episodes have been shot in France (in Paris and on the Côte d’Azur) and in general in continental Europe (Monaco, Rome, Geneva, Stockholm, etc.) ^{[ 8 ]} . Thus, the first episode, Premier Contact , is shot in the Alpes-Maritimes, surrounded by Nice, notably in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat at the Hotel La Voile d’Or, where many scenes are filmed and included in the credits ^{[ 9 ]} and also in Monaco.

Music [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

Generic [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

The famous theme of the credits of Sincerely yours is signed John Barry.

• In 1971 released a 45 rpm disc from the generic theme ^{[ ten ]} , which was first officially marketed in 1971 by CBS, in a version re -orchestrated by John Barry, in stereo, at a rhythm slightly slower than that of the recording used for the original credits ^{[ c ]} (with opposite B The Girl with the Sun in Her Hair , version reaches by John Barry of his melody composed in 1967 for the advertising campaign of Sunsilk shampoos).
• In 1972, the theme of the credits appeared on numerous compilations, the first of which, Theme from The Persuaders! , made in 33 laps per CBS, and since reissued in CD.
• In 2009, the compilation released The Music of ITC ^{[ 11 ]} , a CD distributed by Network. This compilation of British series music from the 1960s and the early 1970s (including Sincerely yours , The Saint , Destination Danger , The man with the suitcase , The prisoner , Jason King , Iron handle and seduction …) has the particularity of presenting pieces from audio strips and original masters. Under the title Main Titles The version of the credits at the start of Sincerely yours There is thus presented in its original faster version, in its monophonic, lasting 1 minute 12, different from the version marketed since 1972, one minute longer and in stereo. The song Gotta Get Away Also figure on this compilation, in its monophonic ^{[ d ]} . It had never been the subject of commercial dissemination.

John Barry said he was influenced by the use of the synthesizers of François de Roubaix ^{[ twelfth ] , [ 13 ]} .

The theme of the credits was taken up by many orchestras, including particularly those of Geoff Love and John Keating in 1972; There are jazz versions (by Claude Salmiéri), ​​Downbeat (by Ricky Bolognesi and Diego di Fazio), and even electronic music, including that recorded by the Hungarian group Neo, accompanied by the Budapest Symphony Orchestra, in 1999 ^{[ 14 ]} , and that of the Franco-Lebanese musician Camille Bazbaz in 2008 ^{[ 15 ]} .

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The other music music was mainly carried out by Ken Thorne and David Lindup (in) :

• Ken Thorne produced instrumental music which practically accompanies the series of the series. It has not been the subject of any edition before the inclusion of a few pieces in the compilation The Music of ITC ^{[ 11 ]} , a CD distributed by Network in 2009;
• English composer David Lindup (in) composed and directed the music of two episodes, The dowry runner And Gold coins ^{[ 16 ]} ;
• Several songs have also been used: Gotta Get Away ^{[ It is ]} , written and interpreted by Jackie Trent and Tony Hatch (in) , made up specially to accompany the chase between Brett Sinclair and Danny Wilde, from Nice-Côte d’Azur Airport to the Paris hotel in Monte-Carlo, in Premier contact ( first ^is episode); Groovy City (1967) Composed by Cliff Johns and interpreted by The Screaming Najgers ^{[ f ]} , source music For the disco scenes of episodes A childhood friend (where Danny Wilde meets Angie) and A calculated risk (sequence with twin sisters);
• The Stripper (1962), famous instrumental composition of David Rose, is heard in the episode Seven million pounds , when appears Mandy the superb governess of Brett Sinclair.

Cars [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

Danny Wilde rolls in Dino 246 GT (the Dino brand was a subsidiary of Ferrari) ^{[ 17 ]} . Brett Sinclair in Aston Martin DBS, registered BS1 in the series; The car, presented and badged like a DBS V8, equipped with alloy GKN rims, was actually a 6 -cylinder DBS. The soap opera then represented a formidable promotion for the brand, especially in the United States, but the V8 version was not ready commercially on the date of the shooting ^{[ 18 ]} . The copy of the series, in color Bahama Yellow ^{[ 18 ]} , was bought in 1995 by a fan of the series, who had him restored in his original state ^{[ 19 ]} .

As in many adaptations of the time, the French version takes certain liberties compared to the original version. Also it happens that the actors doubling the English voices of the actors of the series add or modify replicas.

Examples:

• In the first episode (the one that has the most crisp improvisations in the French version), the duo walking in the middle of the debris following their fight with henchmen, Danny declares in French: “But who is Who lets it hang around on the ground? Listen, it’s messy at the end! Put it all on my note and reserve us a table for tomorrow. I love this family atmosphere! “, While, in the original version, he simply asks to book a table for their return.
• In this same episode, Danny, leaving the plane, said to the hostesses: “Do not be too abuse of your physique!” “, While in English, he simply asked them to thank the owner of the plane for his loan.
• In the episode Eternal regrets , Michel Roux (French voice of Tony Curtis) says: ” He understood ! »» While in the original English -speaking version, Curtis is content to smile in the image.

Roger Moore’s British humor and Tony Curtis’ joke ensure the show. However, the series, competed in particular by Mission impossible , do not convince the American public. Mixed success, Roger Moore’s departure for cinema (where he agrees to replace Sean Connery in the role of James Bond) as well as the failure of dissemination in the United States where only 20 24 episodes produced are broadcast, on the ABC network, lead to stopping the series, the American network being the main financier of the series ^{[ 20 ]} .

Another element that played in the balance: in order to reduce costs, production wanted to return to a full shoot in the studio, in the United Kingdom, while Moore and Curtis wanted to continue to turn exteriors in continental Europe. ^{[Ref. necessary]}

Roger Moore not having a correct cliché of his child, that supposed to represent Brett Sinclair young in the credits, is in fact a photo of his son Geoffrey ^{[ 21 ]} .

Michel Roux says that Tony Curtis was very happy with his French voice, to the point that he would have asked him to ensure by contract all his upcoming dubbing. Roux therefore doubled it for The mirror broke.

La Rolls-Royce Life in the episode One and the other is the car of this most filmed brand in the history of cinema and television. Chassis SRH2971, it was used and filmed in many productions from 1968 to 1983 (Source IMCDB.org) A website is dedicated to this automobile: shadow1967.weebly.com

France :

• VHS :
  • October 27, 1992 : Sincerely yours , flight. 1 to 4 VHS (12 episodes) at Sony Music France
  • April 5, 1993 : Sincerely yours , flight. 5 to 8 VHS (12 episodes) at Sony Music France
  • January 2001 : Sincerely yours , flight. 1 to 3 VHS (12 episodes) at TF1 Video
• DVD :
  • July 4, 2001 : Sincerely yours , the 7 DVD integral at TF1 Video ^{[ g ]}
  • June 2, 2004 :
    • Sincerely yours , flight. 1 (episodes 1 to 4) at TF1 Video
    • Sincerely yours , flight. 2 (episodes 5 to 8) at TF1 Video
    • Sincerely yours , flight. 3 (episodes 9 to 12) at TF1 Video
    • Sincerely yours , flight. 4 (episodes 13 to 16) at TF1 Video
    • Sincerely yours , flight. 5 (episodes 17 to 20) at TF1 Video
    • Sincerely yours , flight. 6 (episodes 21 to 24) at TF1 Video
  • May 22, 2008 : Sincerely yours , the 7 DVD integral at TF1 Video ^{[ g ]}
• Blu-ray:
  • October 23, 2013 : Sincerely yours , Ultimate edition in images remastered in HD – 6 Blu -ray (+ 2 Bonus DVDs) or 8 DVDs at TF1 Video.

To note : Following numerous complaints from buyers, the Blu-Ray edition no longer exists for sale at the moment. Indeed, the publisher committed the error to offer 9 episodes (out of 24) in SD, while all the other episodes were in HD. This error was subsequently corrected (among others) in new identical boxes but with a blue pellet stuck to the back on the blisters. But as there seem to have been confusions between the old and the new boxes on sales sites, the publisher only offers the DVD version (in a new edition).

United Kingdom :

• Blu-ray:
  • September 19, 2011 : Sincerely yours , the integral 5 Blu-ray + 3 Bonus DVDs (English VOS only)

Feature films [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

Several feature films were produced between 1974 and 1980, made from episodes of the Rélées, and intended for American wired chains or cinema outings in Europe: Mission Monte-Carlo (1974) Sporting Chance (1976), London Conspiracy (1980).

Comic [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

Unpublished adventures of the series were made in comics for the weekly PIF Gadget , under license of ITC. The drawings were from Marcello and the texts of Victor Mora ^{[ 22 ] , [ 23 ]} .

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References [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

Bibliography [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

• Didier Liardet, Friendly yours: the apology of opposites , Yris, coll. “Series television”, 2002 ( rompr. New large format edition 2020), 328 p. (ISBN  978-2-912215-46-8 )
• Véronique Denize and Éric Martinet, Sincerely yours , 8 ^{It is} Art, Paris, 1992
• Philippe Lombard, Sincerely yours: idleness in the service of good , Paris, DLM, 1995 ( read online )

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