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The Saint News: May 2004The Saint's Blog devoted to news and rumors about The Saint and Leslie Charteris. Simon Templar, alias The Saint, was played by Roger Moore in the 1960's TV show featuring the Volvo 1800.
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Thursday, May 20, 2004
 Ian Ogilvy, star of Return of The Saint, will publish his first children's book on June 3rd in the UK, and in August in the USA.
Measle and the Wrathmonk is a fantastic adventure story of magic, trains and Manolo Blahniks. Ian Ogilvy, with his first children's novel has created a rich world where nothing is quite what it seems. You'll never look at glazed doughnuts and lemonade in the same way again.
The original idea for Measle and The Wrathmonk came from an incident many years ago, when Ian visited a film director's house in London: "Apart from making very good films, this director was also a serious model train hobbyist. He had built an extraordinary train set in one of his spare rooms. The tracks were laid on shelves that ran around the walls of the room and the scenery was built up almost to the ceiling. The train set bore very close inspection - if you looked really carefully, you might spot along the tracks the tiny figure of an old fashioned, black-skirted, bonneted nursemaid, pushing a Victorian perambulator towards a sharp bend in the path. On the other side of the bend - and out of her view - sat a Bengal tiger (There's a Bengal tiger - or at least a model of one - in Measle and The Wrathmonk). The whole layout was like this and the trains themselves took a secondary place in the scheme of things. There was a boundless imagination - and a distinctly quirky humour - about the set up and it set me thinking about the idea of a live boy being placed somehow in a miniature world of somebody else's imagination."
The second title in the proposed three-volume series, "Measle and the Dragodon," has just been completed and is due out in the fall. Ian is currently hard at work writing the third book, "Measle and the Mallockee."
Robert Zemeckis' ImageMovers and Warner Brothers has purchased the rights to the entire three-volume series, and plan to use the same "performance capture" animation that they used in the forthcoming movie, "The Polar Express"
You can order all three of these books today from Amazon UK:
Measle and the Wrathmonk
Measle and the Dragodon
Measle and the MallockeeLabels: 2004, Amazon.com, Ian Ogilvy
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Monday, May 17, 2004
 The first 39 black and white episodes from the Roger Moore Saint TV series are being released in the UK today. This 10-disc DVD set is also in region two format, like the recent French editions.
Order today from Amazon UK!
This set contains all the episodes from the 1962 season:
The Talented Husband
The Latin Touch
The Careful Terrorist
The Covetous Headsman
The Loaded Tourist
The Pearls of Peace
The Arrow of God
The Element of Doubt
The Effete Angler
The Golden Journey
The Man Who Was Lucky
The Charitable Countess
The Fellow Traveller
Starring the Saint
Judith
Teresa
The Elusive Ellshaw
Marcia
The Work of Art
Iris
The King of the Beggars
The Rough Diamonds
The Saint Plays with Fire
The Well-Meaning Mayor
The Sporting Chance
The Bunco Artists
The Benevolent Burglary
The Wonderful War
The Noble Sportsman
The Romantic Matron
Luella
The Lawless Lady
The Good Medicine
The Invisible Millionaire
The High Fence
Sophia
The Gentle Ladies
The Ever-Loving Spouse
The Saint Sees It ThroughLabels: 2004, Amazon.com, DVD, French, Roger Moore, TV
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Sunday, May 16, 2004
www.posters.co.uk has a number of photographs of Roger Moore available to purchase from their website. If you are interested, you can view some samples here. As an added bonus, you can send any of them as free e-cards from their site.Labels: 2004, Roger Moore
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Saturday, May 15, 2004
French DVD Sets
TFI Video in France is releasing the Carlton DVD sets in French. The first three seasons were released in February, and the next two will be released in June. These region two DVD's are in both English and French languages, and can be ordered from Amazon.fr by clicking on any of the following cover artwork images:
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