Dating from 1958/9, a fascinating series with lots of scope for trick photography. There's good support from
Lisa Daniely as Peter Brady's sister Diane ('Dee') and young Deborah Watling as Sally the Invisible Man's niece.
Each episode yields some ingenious way of putting invisibility to good use.
The whole series has been released once again in 2007 on dvd, with cleaned up copies at last. It was also the only complete series of this era to have been repeated on ITV c1990, albeit in the middle of the night. Bravo also screened all the stories so The Invisible Man has proved the least elusive 1950's British tv series. The fact that it has continued to be in demand is testimony to the excellent job that the producers did.
My favourite episode: Strange Partners. That vicious dog gave me nightmares when I was a child.Best moment: Hazel Court in The Mink Coat performing with a string puppet of Brady.
Dud episode: Shadow Bomb: Sorry 'Tony O'Grady,' but this is the original quickie that failed.
Here you can actually see the star of The Invisible Man. His identity was only revealed to the public some years after the series ended. Can you name him?
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Tim Turner played Peter Brady. He is pictured here in the story 'Man in Disguise,' as a one-off character who impersonates The Invisible Man! It's the only time Tim Turner's face is seen in the series.
Interestingly, though it is true that his identity was kept secret from the general public, press handouts to the trade of the cast lists back in 1959 included Tim's name (see example right), so anyone with any sleuthing knowhow should have noticed then his identity !