The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (1964 - 1968) 

The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (2015)

The Man From U.N.C.L.E. series became a worldwide sensation in the mid-60s, following closely behind the phenomenal cultural impact of the James Bond franchise. Agents, suave U.S. operative, Napoleon Solo and sexy Russian, Illya Kuryakin, work for a secret intelligence service working under the auspices of a multinational law enforcement and intelligence organization. Their immediate superior is Mr. Alexander Waverly.

Together they operate out of a secret base beneath the streets of New York City, and accesses through several cover business, such as Del Floria's Tailor Shop (U.N.C.L.E. New York headquarters) and the Masque Club (U.N.C.L.E.'s "Section VII: Public Relations and Propaganda") .

This secret intelligence service is called U.N.C.L.E. (United Network Command for Law and Enforcement) and battle evil international syndicate, THRUSH. 

Structure

U.N.C.L.E. is subdivided into eight sections, though six of these have overlapping areas of responsibility:

Section I: Policy and Operations

This is the administrative branch. It contains the five chiefs of U.N.C.L.E. as well as all sector and station chiefs. There is a conference for everyone in this section yearly as well as an annual meeting of the five chiefs alone.

The five chiefs administer the business of U.N.C.L.E. from five regional offices that correspond loosely (but not exactly --- there is overlap) to the five major continents. The five offices are: New York, Caracas, Nairobi, New Delhi and Berlin. Alexander Waverly designated as "Number One, Section One" and is in charge of U.N.C.L.E.'s New York headquarters.

Section II: Operations and Enforcement

This is the section that contains the field agents like Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin. Solo is assigned to Section Two, Number One and is U.N.C.L.E.'s Chief Enforcement Agent. Illya Kuryakin is appointed Section Two, Number Two and operates out of the New York office. Waverly sometimes worries that Solo "will not be with us very long", which will benefit no one except Illya, who is right behind him on the promotions list.

Section III: Enforcement and Intelligence

These are the armed, active-duty field agents, including all "junior" enforcement agents. Intelligence also controls couriers and similar functionaries.

Section IV: Intelligence and Communications

This is the beginning of the support personnel sections. Any agent who works at a computer terminal or provides information for the field agents is a member of this section. As with such organization as the C.I.A. and NSA, U.N.C.L.E. maintains a staff of trained analysts who evaluate everything from maps and strike photos to data obtained in a raid.

Section V: Communication and Security

Given the global responsibilities of U.N.C.L.E., communications is a key supportive function. Security overlaps, providing guards for such things as field meetings, including the "Summit Five" conference attended yearly by Waverly and the other Section Heads.

Section VI: Security and Personnel

Internal security is the responsibility of this section, supplying the various internal guards and also conducting the "sanitizing" or "clean-up" operations after a field operation - including the removal of bodies, which would attract unwanted police attention and prove very hard to explain. Those who handle basic personnel matters (like hiring and medical insurance processing, among other normal business functions) are also members of this section.

Section VII: Propaganda and Finance

The Propaganda section is located on the third floor of the whitestone building adjacent to the N.Y. headquarters and functions as U.N.C.L.E.'s public "front" as one of the "think tanks" common in New York and Washington and also houses a charity fundraising organization. It is part of this section's job to see to it that the public never sees the very secret face of the real U.N.C.L.E.

Section VIII: Camouflage and Deception

Known more colloquially as "The Lab."

THRUSH is the name of a bird or a disease, and the acronym for the evil organization battled by U.N.C.L.E. THRUSH is a thinly disguised variant of SMERSH, a real-life Soviet counterintelligence agency. Joseph Stalin, leader of the Soviet Union,  coined the name "СМЕРШ" (SMERSH) as a portmanteau of the Russian-language phrase Смерть шпиoнам (Smert’ shpiónam, "Death to spies").   The original series never explained the THRUSH acronym. The co-creator and producer, Norman Felton always insisted that THRUSH was not an acronym and stood for nothing. In the Expanded Universe The Man from U.N.C.L.E. paperback series postulated that THRUSH stood for the  "Technological Hierarchy for the Removal of Undesirables and the Subjugation of Humanity". 

A one hour dramatic series which ran from September, 1964 through January, 1968 on NBC. Created by Norman Felton and Sam Rolfe with limited assistance from Ian Fleming.  Ian Fleming contributed to the series after being approached by co-creator, Norman Felton According to the book The James Bond Films, Fleming proposed two characters, Napoleon Solo and April Dancer (later appearing on the spin-off series The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.). The original name for the show was Ian Fleming's Solo. 

The first season (broadcast in black and white because NBC had not yet transitioned to all-color broadcasting) is thought by many fans to be the best in the series' run. Producer Sam Rolfe left the series at the end of that season, frustrated with receiving too little credit for the series' success. Subsequent producers failed to understand the unique factors which made The Man From U.N.C.L.E. popular. Gradually, under the influence of the campy 1966 TV series Batman and Get Smart, the series attempted to be an outright spy spoof and wound up ranging into farce, but less-than competent execution resulted in the show's hemorrhaging viewers. The series starts out as an action-packed, often very violent spy show, before turning into a comedy in Season 3, then reverting to darker and edgier for its final season. 

Napoleon Solo [on his communicator]: Open Channel D. 

Napoleon Solo

Enforcement Agent (badge # 11), Section 2: Operations and Enforcement.

(1964-68): Robert Vaughn (November 22, 1932 – November 11, 2016), aged 83

(2015): Henry Cavill

Illya Kuryakin 

Enforcement Agent (badge # 2) , Section 2: Operations and Enforcement. 

(1964-68): David McCallum (September 19, 1933 – September 25, 2023), aged 90 

(2015): Armie Hammer, 

Alexander Waverly 

Chief of New York Headquarters, (one of five regional heads in charge of the multi-national organisation), (badge # 1), Section 1. 

Mr. Allison:  Chief of U.N.C.L.E. (Pilot): Will Kuluva  (May 2, 1917 – November 6, 1990), aged 73   

(1964-68): Leo G. Carroll (October 25, 1886 – October 16, 1972), aged 85

(2015): Hugh Grant 

The Girl From U . N. C . L . E . (1966-67)

April Dancer  

Enforcement Agent (badge # 22),

(1966-67): Stefanie Powers 

Mark Slade  

Enforcement Agent (badge # 14),

(1966-67): Noel Harrison

The Original Title Was The Girl From A . U . N . T . I . E .  "Associated Unified Nations Taskforce for International Enforcement". This spinoff from "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." features the adventures of sexy spy April Dancer, who works for an international agency called the United Network Command for Law and Enforcement, which is dedicated to protecting the world from evil doers such as those who work for THRUSH. April's sidekick is Mark Slate, (an agent transferred from U.N.C.L.E.'s London office), and their boss is Mr. Alexander Waverly. 

It premiered September 13, 1966 and only lasted one season ending on April 11, 1967 with 29 episodes. It received a Poorly-Disguised Pilot in the second season The Man from U.N.C.L.E. episode "The Moonglow Affair", which featured Mary Ann Mobley as April Dancer, and Norman Fell as her partner Mark Slate. When the series was actually put into production, the leads were recast; Stefanie Powers played American U.N.C.L.E. enforcement agent April Dancer and Noel Harrison backed her up as British partner Mark Slate. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. veteran Leo G. Carroll reprised his role as U.N.C.L.E. Chief Alexander Waverly (one of the first times, if not the first, that an actor played a major role as the same character in two separate shows).  

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GET SMART  ~ CONTROL vs KAOS 

"Get Smart" was an American comedy television series parodying the secret agent genre that had become widely popular in the first half of the 1960s with the release of the James Bond films. It was created by Mel Brooks and Buck Henry,  

The television series premiered September 18, 1965  and ended May 15, 1970 lasting five seasons. Season 1 = 30 episodes, Season 2 = 30 episodes, Season 3 = 26 episodes, Season 4 = 26 episodes and Season 5 = 26 episodes.

Maxwell Smart ~ Agent 86

Don Addams

Agent 99

Barbara Feldon

Chief

Edaward Platt