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.
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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. 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. A couple of months ago we asked your support in getting the great old TV show Banacek released on DVD.