The Adventures of Aggie
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The Adventures of Aggie was a black-and-white
sitcom
starring Joan Shawlee
that was made by ME Films and broadcast on ITV
. It lasted for one series of twenty-six episodes. Also being aimed at the American
market, it was broadcast in the US from December 1957 under the name Aggie. It was written by Martin Stern and Ernest Borneman
.
working in London
as a fashion buyer for an international company. Her job required her to travel often, and when abroad she often got into various troubles and accidents. These situations were often dangerous, and would involve spies and criminals.
, Dick Emery
, Gordon Jackson
, Christopher Lee
, Patrick McGoohan
, John Schlesinger
and Anthony Valentine.
Note - The dates given are those of broadcast in the Midlands. In the London region only twelve were shown to begin with, starting in March 1957, with other following later.
Black-and-white
Black-and-white, often abbreviated B/W or B&W, is a term referring to a number of monochrome forms in visual arts.Black-and-white as a description is also something of a misnomer, for in addition to black and white, most of these media included varying shades of gray...
sitcom
British sitcom
A British sitcom tends, as it does in most other countries, to be based on a family, workplace or other institution, where the same group of contrasting characters is brought together in each episode. Unlike American sitcoms, where twenty or more episodes in a season is the norm, British sitcoms...
starring Joan Shawlee
Joan Shawlee
Joan Shawlee , also credited as Joan Fulton, was an American film and television actress.Her most notable roles were small roles in Jack Lemmon and Billy Wilder films. Her most famous role was as Sweet Sue in the 1959 comedy classic, Some Like It Hot, starring Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, and Jack...
that was made by ME Films and broadcast on ITV
ITV
ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
. It lasted for one series of twenty-six episodes. Also being aimed at the American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
market, it was broadcast in the US from December 1957 under the name Aggie. It was written by Martin Stern and Ernest Borneman
Ernest Borneman
Ernst Wilhelm Julius Bornemann was a German crime writer, filmmaker, anthropologist, ethnomusicologist, jazz musician, jazz critic, psychoanalyst, sexologist, and committed socialist. All these diverse interests, he claimed, had a common root in his lifelong insatiable curiosity...
.
Plot
Aggie Anderson was an AmericanUnited States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
working in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
as a fashion buyer for an international company. Her job required her to travel often, and when abroad she often got into various troubles and accidents. These situations were often dangerous, and would involve spies and criminals.
Guest Cast
Many of those who appeared as guest stars in episodes would later achieve fame and success. These include Patrick AllenPatrick Allen
John Keith Patrick Allen was a British film, television and voice actor.-Life and career:Allen was born in Nyasaland , where his father was a tobacco farmer. After his parents returned to Britain, he was evacuated to Canada during World War II where he remained to finish his education at McGill...
, Dick Emery
Dick Emery
Richard Gilbert "Dick" Emery was an English comedian and actor. Beginning on radio in the 1950s, an eponymous television series ran from 1963 to 1981. He was the brother of Ann Emery.-Life and career:...
, Gordon Jackson
Gordon Jackson (actor)
Gordon Cameron Jackson, OBE was a Scottish Emmy Award-winning actor best remembered for his roles as the butler Angus Hudson in Upstairs, Downstairs and George Cowley, the head of CI5, in The Professionals....
, Christopher Lee
Christopher Lee
Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee, CBE, CStJ is an English actor and musician. Lee initially portrayed villains and became famous for his role as Count Dracula in a string of Hammer Horror films...
, Patrick McGoohan
Patrick McGoohan
Patrick Joseph McGoohan was an American-born actor, raised in Ireland and England, with an extensive stage and film career, most notably in the 1960s television series Danger Man , and The Prisoner, which he co-created...
, John Schlesinger
John Schlesinger
John Richard Schlesinger, CBE was an English film and stage director and actor.-Early life:Schlesinger was born in London into a middle-class Jewish family, the son of Winifred Henrietta and Bernard Edward Schlesinger, a physician...
and Anthony Valentine.
Episodes
- Episode One (17 September 1956)
- Episode Two
- Episode Three
- Episode Four
- Episode Five
- Episode Six
- Episode Seven
- Episode Eight
- Episode Nine
- Episode Ten
- Spanish Sauce
- Episode Twelve
- Episode Thirteen
- Episode Fourteen
- Cut Glass
- Episode Sixteen
- London Story
- Episode Eighteen
- Episode Nineteen
- Episode Twenty
- Swiss Stakes
- Cock and Bull
- Episode Twenty Three
- Episode Twenty Four
- Episode Twenty Five
- Episode Twenty Six (18 March 1957)
Note - The dates given are those of broadcast in the Midlands. In the London region only twelve were shown to begin with, starting in March 1957, with other following later.