About this episode

The episode concludes the two-part feature on Leslie Charteris' collection, exploring The Saint's final three adventures across the globe.

In the conclusion of our two-part feature on Leslie Charteris' globetrotting collection from 1956, we join The Saint on his three final adventures. In "the Lovelorn Sheikh", Simon Templar buddies-up with a sympathetic dowser in the Middle East to aid his zany struggle for freedom and finance. Then it's off to Singapore, where a Somerset Maugham story holds the key to understanding the criminal conflict and history behind "The Pluperfect Lady". This gives way to the final yarn, "A Sporting Chance", wherein The Saint looks to expose the links of a drug chain while enjoying a spot of fly-fishing in Canada's great outdoors. Story 1@01:30; Story 2@30:00; Story 3@57:30

Topics covered

• Leslie Charteris
• The Saint
• adventures
• crime
• literature
• fly-fishing
• drug chain

Keywords

• Leslie Charteris
• The Saint
• adventures
• Middle East
• Singapore
• Canada
• crime
• fly-fishing
• drug chain

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Saint, The Pluperfect Lady, A Sporting Chance, the Lovelorn Sheikh, Somerset Maugham

Places: Middle East, Singapore, Canada

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