Banacek also relies heavily on his close friend and bibliophile/bookstore owner Felix Mulholland (played by Murray Matheson) to help in background research. Jay usually has his own ideas on how the items were taken, and also has dreams of recovering the items himself first and get the reward. Banacek is aided in his efforts by his limo chauffer and gofer, Jay (played by Ralph Manza). Being of Polish decent, he also loves to recite enigmatic Polish proverbs.
#Banacek season 1 tv
TV Guide Presents BANACEK- The First Season (2 discs)Ī self-made millionaire, and living in Boston’s posh Beacon Hill area, Thomas Banacek (played by George Peppard) has a taste for only the finest things. Here is the Hart Sharp Video press release: I am sure that others growing up today could benefit from that lesson as well.Īccording to TVShowsonDVD, special features of the Season 1 release will include "a photo gallery, TV Guide Crossword puzzle and exclusive access to a Banacek microsite." Seeing Banacek dismiss people’s prejudices and make his way regardless of what others thought he was worth really did make a difference in how I saw my place in the world, and I am rather grateful to both the filmmakers and George Peppard for doing that fine little thing. What really seems to push him is a desire for justice-and a powerful wish to prove himself worthy of others’ respect.Īs such, Banacek has served as an inspiration to urban, working-class, ethnic youths such as I myself once was, in that he was proud of being of Polish descent and took no crud from anybody about it. Nonetheless, he does not seem driven by any lust for wealth. As I wrote in my earlier post on the program, "A large, bejeweled coach would disappear from a locked cargo hold of a ship in transit, a horse and rider would vanish from a racetrack during a practice run, an experimental car would be stolen from a train while in transit and watched by multiple witnesses, a football player would disappear after being tackled on the field before tens of thousands of fans in the stadium and millions of TV viewers, and other such puzzlers would occur in each episode."īanacek rose from humble roots to make a large fortune for himself, and he clearly enjoys the good things that money can buy. The neat twist is that each theft has been done in a way that seems impossible. In each episode, suave but tough Thomas Banacek (George Peppard) recovers stolen items that the insurance companies’ detectives cannot find, identifies the thief and any accomplices, and pockets double the percentage of value that is ordinarily offered.
#Banacek season 1 plus
The show ran for two seasons and constituted 16 episodes plus the pilot film, which ran in a two-hour time slot and was originally titled Banacek and later renamed Detour to Nowhere. The set will consist of the first eight Banacek episodes (although not the pilot episode, as far as I can discern) and will retail for $29.95.
#Banacek season 1 series
The 2-disc release will be the first in a series called TV Guide Presents, which will benefit from promotion in the magazine, on the TV Guide television channel, and the TVguide website. Season 1 of Banacek will be released on DVD on May 15, according to Hart Sharp. Well, it has finally happened, according to Hart Sharp Video. All and all, a decent, interesting tv mystery story, and 8 of them on one dvd.A couple of months ago we asked your support in getting the great old TV show Banacek released on DVD. Mostly all you see is the occasional fist fight. There is a small amount of violence, but nothing graphic that poses a problem for viewing by children. There are several fade outs that were designed for commercial breaks, which make for good restroom/kitchen snack opportunities, but each one only lasts a few seconds and do not impare the viewing. Aired as part of a trilogy of mystery movies, each of the 8 episodes runs about 60 to 80 minutes. The stories are original, inventive, and can keep one interested throughout the show. Banacek comes in and puts the pieces together, then explains the details while film clips show the action happening. Each episode begins by showing the crime in progress without showing the telling details. His forte finding supposed lost or stolen articles that have seemingly vanished under impossible circumstances.
George Peppard is at his best as a Polish, self-made millionaire who hires out as an independant insurance investigator. As a fan of this series when it was on tv, I had to get a dvd of it as soon as I saw it.
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