Adam Adamant Lives! is a British television series which ran from 1966 to 1967 on the BBC, starring Gerald Harper in the title role. Proposing that an adventurer born in 1867 had been revived from hibernation in 1966, the show was a comedy adventure that took a satirical look at life in the 1960s through the eyes of an Edwardian.
Episode 1
In 1902, Adam Adamant is lured into a trap by his arch nemesis 'The Face' and frozen in ice for eternity. That is until he is accidentally freed by workmen in 1966. Bewildered to find himself in the Swinging Sixties, Adamant is taken in by mod girl and lifelong fan Georgina Jones. When Georgie's grandfather is killed by a couple of thugs, Adamant decides his services are once again needed.
Episode 2
Adamant rescues Georgie from two motorcyclists who were chasing her because of a stick of rock candy. Inside they find a incomprehensible diagram which leads them to Blackpool to investigate. When Punch and Judy man William E. Simms overhears the villains plotting to kill Adamant, he decides to intervene.
Episode 3
After visiting a Japanese geisha house a government minister finds himself being blackmailed.
Episode 4
Adam investigates the secrets of a high pressure sales campaign that seems to be something sinister.
Episode 5
Investigating the last words of a dying girl leads Adam to become involved in a world of nightclubs and gambling.
Episode 6
The conveniently-timed deaths of a number of rich businessmen appear to have taken place shortly before they were due to receive large tax demands, arousing the suspicions of the Inland Revenue. The only common factor seems to have been their psychiatrist; Adam Adamant, posing as a harassed financier, makes an appointment with the man, who concludes from his patient's unusual mental history that he is suffering severe delusions and takes the opportunity to prescribe a stay at a sinister health resort.
Episode 7
Adam gets involved with murder and espionage when he enters the world of high fashion.
Episode 8
Adam gets involved in a murky world of black magic.
Episode 9
Adam and Georgina finds themselves in the music business after Georgina is accused of trying to rob a bank.
Episode 10
Adam tangles with prophet of doom, Dr. Mort.
Episode 11
A series of murders strikes terror into the hearts of the financial capitals in the world.
Episode 12
Adam enters the world of bodybuilders and beauty pageants, when he learns of a plot that could destroy the world.
Episode 13
A murder leads Adam to a club in Pall Mall run by three strange old ladies.
Episode 14
Adam is called in when 400 passengers disappeared into thin air.
Episode 15
Even a quiet holiday ends with Adam getting involved in a sinister mystery involving a young boy and a lonely mill.
Episode 16
Adam rejoins his old regiment to investigate a series of accidents.
