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|June 14, 2025
MARION MCMULLEN discovers how The Man from U.N.C.L.E became a television hit 60 years ago
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A TOP secret agency, international criminals and the latest spy gadgets.
The success of James Bond in cinemas led to the creation of The Man from U.N.C.L.E. It is said 007 writer Ian Fleming conceived the idea over a lunch with American TV bosses and it developed into a spy series starring Robert Vaughn as Napoleon Solo and David McCallum as his Russian colleague Illya Kuryakin.
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