Tales Of The Gold Monkey - The Complete Series [DVD] [1982]

Blast from the past - I had not watched this from since the time it appeared on UK TV. I remember really enjoying it then & to be honest its still fun to watch now although showing its age in terms of tackiness & '80's style series material. It could of done with a much better clean up with regards to the picture & sound....with today's technology its possible to make '50's films look like they were shot last week so was a tad disappointed from that point of view. I guess the show just didn't warrant that level of attention by the studio or the quality of the film used in the day just doesn't clean up well.The set itself is well up to par & some effort has been made here. Its a 6-disc set with a nice colourful booklet....just a word of warning though the spindles that hold the floating disc trays inside the case are very easily broken as are the lugs of the trays themselves that fit into the spindles. I got my set 2nd hand & they broke in transit (£1.99 to replace & is a 24 mm spine box not the 22 mm I bought which meant I had to shave a mm or so off both the slip cover edges for it to slide in.......).Anyway the stories are still amusing & am currently working my way through the series.....if you were a fan before then its worth having another look - I always liked the little dog! Ahhhhhh....lol

One of the best tv series ever. Never could understand why it only ever got one season. Remember it on BBC tv as Monday night replacement to Blake's 7. Thought it was impossible to find a show that surpassed that. It did!!

This is a bit dated now, but I still love it. There is some genuinely amusing comedy still, and the melting pot of different nationalities and their different aims reflects the situation in the far east before WWII. Years since I saw this on telly and I was not disappointed with it when I watched it again. Some effects a bit naff by today's standards, but some of the plotlines still pretty good. I'd say the plots are a bit like of the writers of Blakes 7 tried to write Indiana Jones...

I expected to be disappointed by very B quality viewing. I have often got old DVDs or films only to think...uh...why did I like this the first time round?NOT the case here. The quality is great. They may well be "B" film stories and the fight scenes are definitely "theatrical" as someone else wrote, but it's GREAT. Really Great stuff. If you are a fan of "pulp" type novels and fiction or even the modern equivalent like say Hellboy graphic novels, then get this DVD. It has it all. Evil Nazis up to no good, a "goodish" nazi, a cruel and super sexy evil princess, the various "good girl" hotties and interviews with the cast presently, many years later.Don Bellisario still makes the best stuff, like NCIS and this shows why. Oh and yeah...this Gold Monkey stuff PRE_dated Indiana Jones, so THERE Steven Spielberg!

Loved this show when it was on TV, it's not the best quality transfer to DVD but it's watchable. Enjoying the trip down memory lane!

My husband has been after this series for a while and I have to say we waited until the price dropped quite a bit as I was concerned about the rose coloured glasses effect having watched this originally in our teens. However it's aged remarkably well, apart from the pretty bad special effects inherent in an 80's production and the rather daft storylines it is still fun. Our 11 year old daughter loves it which is both a sign that it's fairly robust while also indicating its intellectual level. If you liked it before you probably still will.

I watched this way back in the day, so I was very happy to see again.Its a little silly but great fun!!

Great series seen it when it came out lot of action has it’s funny moments great cast