Scarecrow and Mrs. King

Scarecrow and Mrs. King ( Original title: Scarecrow and Mrs. King ) is an American television series that was produced from 1983 to 1987.

Action

In the pilot of the series is Amanda King, a divorced housewife and mother of two sons, enlisted as a freelancer for a small U.S. Secret Service. She works as an agent at the side of Lee Stetson, codename " Scarecrow" (English for scarecrow ), whom she married at the end of the fourth and final season. She always makes every effort to keep their spying activities before her sons and her mother, who lives with her ​​secret. Therefore, she pretends to work for a film production company.

The series reflects the America of the Reagan era and the espionage milieu of the Cold War. The scene is Washington, D.C. As a result Mysterious eyes you can see a wedding photo of Kathleen Kennedy and William Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington. In a dialogue between Amanda and Lee it claims that they were his parents who lost their lives. His mother, Lee said, would have been English.

Background

17 episodes were not broadcast on German television. Part of the problem will be seen that the actions did not serve the then state of détente with the communist bloc. This is particularly evident in those episodes unsent whose locations were located exclusively in Germany and then in Western Europe. However, other consequences of an action without espionage background were then not sent.

Occupation

Awards

The music by Arthur B. Rubinstein in 1986 won an Emmy Award.

DVD releases

The first to third season are available on DVD in the trade as box sets. The episodes are available in German and English. In addition, the boxes each contain a plurality in Germany unsent episodes (English original version with German subtitles ).

The fourth and final season is available on DVD on the market since April 2013.

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