Details

Release year: 1966

Storyline

Stories of an antique dealer who is really an undercover agent.

Top credits

Cast

Steve Forrest — John Mannering 'The Baron'
Sue Lloyd — Cordelia Winfield
Paul Ferris — David Marlowe
Colin Gordon — John Alexander Templeton-Green

Did you know

• The first Incorporated Television Company (ITC)/British drama series to be filmed entirely in colour. Stingray (1964) and Thunderbirds (1965) (both in colour) preceded The Baron but these were science fiction shows featuring marionette puppets.

• In November 1965 production on the series was temporarily halted, after eight episodes, for series reformatting. Semi-regular cast members Colin Gordon (Templeton-Green) and Paul Ferris (David Marlowe, Mannering's assistant at his Mayfair shop) were permanently eased out by request of the US distributors ABC. Subsequently audience reaction was decidedly mixed, with some viewers complaining of the changes.

• Being filmed back to back with The Saint (1962) at Elstree's APBC Studios, the paths of Steve Forrest and Roger Moore often crossed. According to reports, Forrest found little time for Moore's trademark pranks.