"this gadget-wielding Cary Grant-alike was the small screen's answer to 007 partly because Bond creator Ian Fleming was a consultant on the NBC series. Napoleon no relation to Han Solo and his stoic Russian sidekick Illya Kuryakin (David McCallum) worked for the United Network Command for Law & Enforcement, foiling the evil THRUSH (Technological Hierarchy for the Removal of Undesirables & the Subjugation of Humanity) and its dastardly plans for world domination. Somehow they kept straight faces amid all the absurd acronyms."
"Once you're in, there's no way out. With alumni of the equally ace Fauda on its writing team, this breathlessly tense espionage thriller became the first Israeli series to win an Emmy. It follows computer hacker Tamar (Niv Sultan) whose first field mission for the Mossad takes her to Iran to destabilise a nuclear reactor. It's twisty and timely as the coolly charismatic Tamar fights to escape from behind enemy lines."
Television espionage thrives with both classic and modern series capturing public interest. The Man from UNCLE features Robert Vaughn’s suave Napoleon Solo and David McCallum’s stoic Illya Kuryakin working for the United Network Command for Law & Enforcement to foil THRUSH’s global domination plots, complete with gadgetry and absurd acronyms. Tehran follows Mossad hacker Tamar Rabinyan on a dangerous mission in Iran to destabilise a nuclear reactor, winning an Emmy as Israel’s first triumphant series and adding Glenn Close and Hugh Laurie in later seasons. Roger Moore’s Simon Templar in The Saint presents a maverick, Robin Hood-style spy who preceded Moore’s Bond role.
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