Honey West (TV series)
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| Honey West | |
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 Honey West complete series DVD cover (UK version) |
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| Genre | Crime drama Action |
| Starring | Anne Francis John Ericson |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 30 |
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| Executive producer(s) |
Aaron Spelling |
| Running time | 30 mins. (approx) |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | ABC |
| Original run | September 17, 1965 – April 8, 1966 |
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| TV.com summary | |
Honey West is an American crime drama television series produced by the ABC network. The series ran for 30 episodes during the 1965-1966 television season and starred Anne Francis as female private detective Honey West.
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[edit] Synopsis
The Honey West character was created by Gloria and Forest Fickling under the pseudonym "G.G. Fickling" in the late 1950s. West was one of the first female "private eyes" to ever appear on television.
Francis first played West in an episode of Burke's Law, which led to this series being commissioned as a spin-off. Created as an American answer to the popular Emma Peel and Cathy Gale characters in the British series The Avengers, Honey West was not a ratings success and was canceled after one season. Francis nonetheless received a Golden Globe Award for her performance.
Decades later, Francis reprised the role of Honey West (though her last name is changed to "Best") in an episode of the 1994 revival of Burke's Law.
In the series, West had a partner, Sam, and a pet ocelot. For sneaking around at night, she wore a black fabric bodystocking, while for displaying herself as alluring or intimidating she wore a leopard coat. Her car was an AC Cobra.
[edit] Cast
- Anne Francis as Honey West
- John Ericson as Sam Bolt
- Irene Hervey as Aunt Meg
[edit] Episodes
[edit] Season 2
| Ep # | Title | Airdate |
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| 1 | "The Swingin' Mrs. Jones" | September 17, 1965 |
| 2 | "The Owl and the Eye" | September 24, 1965 |
| 3 | "The Abominable Snowman" | October 1, 1965 |
| 4 | "A Matter of Wife and Death" | October 8, 1965 |
| 5 | "Live a Little, Kill a Little" | October 15, 1965 |
| 6 | "Whatever Lola Wants...." | October 22, 1965 |
| 7 | "The Princess and the Paupers" | October 29, 1965 |
| 8 | "In the Bag" | November 5, 1965 |
| 9 | "The Flame and the Pussycat" | November 12, 1965 |
| 10 | "A Neat Little Package" | November 19, 1965 |
| 11 | "A Stitch in Crime" | November 26, 1965 |
| 12 | "A Million Bucks in Anybody's Language" | December 3, 1965 |
| 13 | "The Gray Lady" | December 10, 1965 |
| 14 | "Invitation to Limbo" | December 17, 1965 |
| 15 | "Rockabye the Hard Way" | December 24, 1965 |
| 16 | "A Nice Little Till to Tap" | December 31, 1965 |
| 17 | "How Brillig, O, Beamish Boy" | January 7, 1966 |
| 18 | "King of the Mountain" | January 14, 1966 |
| 19 | "It's Earlier Than You Think" | January 21, 1966 |
| 20 | "The Perfect Un-Crime" | January 28, 1966 |
| 21 | "Like Visions and Omens and All That Jazz" | February 4, 1966 |
| 22 | "Don't Look Now, But Isn't That Me" | February 11, 1966 |
| 23 | "Come to Me, My Litigation Baby" | February 18, 1966 |
| 24 | "Slay, Gypsy, Slay" | February 25, 1966 |
| 25 | "The Fun-Fun Killer" | March 4, 1966 |
| 26 | "Pop Goes the Easel" | March 11, 1966 |
| 27 | "Little Green Robin Hood" | March 18, 1966 |
| 28 | "Just the Bear Facts Ma'am" | March 25, 1966 |
| 29 | "There's a Long, Long, Fuse A'Burning" | April 1, 1966 |
| 30 | "An Eerie, Airy, Thing" | April 8, 1966 |
[edit] DVD release
In 2006, Delta Home Entertainment released the entire series on Region 2 DVD in the UK.[1] Meanwhile, VCI Entertainment announced in early 2008 that a North American Region 1 DVD release of the series is upcoming, though no release date had been announced as of the end of February.[1] In late March 2008, however, preliminary cover art for the as-yet unscheduled DVD set was released.[2]
