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Volvo P1800 S
Season 4, Episode 1
Fuzz Townshend and Tim Shaw head to Croydon, south London, to rescue a star car that has been wallowing in its own garage for over 30 years. Its owner, Peter, is a serial petrolhead who has been fixing up motors for friends and family for most of his life, putting his own classic vehicle on the back burner. It's a 1964 Volvo P1800 S, one of the most stylish cars to come off any production line, and the vehicle synonymous with cult 1960s TV series The Saint, starring Roger Moore. Tim aims to show the newly refurbished Volvo to Moore, and get his verdict on their efforts
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Did You Know..
Tim Shaw
(Presenter)
Fuzz Townshend
(Presenter)
Roger Moore
(Contributor)
Born:
October 14, 1927
in
London
Best Known For:
Playing James Bond for a record 12 years.
Early-life:
Roger George Moore was born on October 14, 1927, in Stockwell, London, the only child of a policeman. He originally wanted to be an artist, gaining experience as a tracer at an animated film company. After National Service spent in military intelligence, he worked as an extra in the films Perfect Strangers and Caesar and Cleopatra. The director Brian Desmond Hurst arranged for him to train at Rada, which helped get rid of his cockney accent.
Career:
Moore's first important film role came in the 1949 musical comedy Trottie True, but he supplemented his income by modelling. In 1953 he moved to the US, gaining a contract with MGM. He appeared alongside Elizabeth Taylor in The Last Time I Saw Paris before concentrating on TV work. Ivanhoe made him a star and he followed that with Maverick and The Alaskans. After moving back to the UK, Moore starred in The Saint and The Persuaders before becoming James Bond in 1973's Live and Let Die. He stuck with the role until 1985's A View to a Kill. Other films include Gold, The Wild Geese and The Cannonball Run, as well as plenty of comic turns as parodies of himself. He died on May 23, 2017 at the age of 89.
Quote:
'My acting range? Left eyebrow raised, right eyebrow raised.'
Trivia:
Moore became a UNICEF ambassador in 1991.
