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This DVD introduces us to The Saint starring Roger Moore as Simon Templar, the fictional detective created by Leslie Charterisin the 1920’s and featured in many novels and novellas over the years. The DVD shows how the series began as a straightforward mystery series, but over the years adopted more secret agent and fantasy-style plots. It also made a well-publicized switch from black and white to colour production midway through its run. The early episodes are distinguished by having Moore break the fourth wall and speak to the audience (in character as Simon) at the start of every episode; with the switch to colour, this gimmick was replaced by simple narration.

The film focuses on Moore's portrayal of Templar as it was considered a training ground for his later work as james Bond. He was reportedly offered the role of 007 at least twice during the run of the series, but had to turn it down both times due to his television commitments. In one early episode of the series, a character actually mistakes Templar for James Bond. Roger Moore had earlier tried to buy the production rights to the Saint books himself and was delighted to be able to play the part, with most of the wardrobe Moore wore in the series being his own.