genuine diamonds in his bathtub. This is the second time Templar has matched wits with a would-be alchemist; in "The Gold Standard", a novella in Once More the Saint, he went up against a man who claimed he could create gold. Variation For reasons unknown, later British editions of this collection omit either one or both of the two stories "The Uncritical Publisher" and "The Noble Sportsman". "The Uncritical Publisher" has been released by the Saint Club and as a DVD extra. Publication history and alternate titles Most of the stories, save for three - noted as applicable - were first published in the UK newspaper Empire News, and most were retitled for omnibus publication (alternate titles listed where applicable). The Empire stories are collected in the order of first publication: "The Ingenuous Colonel" - 1 October 1933 (as "Keep an Eye on the Clock" "The Unfortunate Financier" - 8 October 1933 (as "The Whipping of Titus Oates") "The Newdick Helicopter" - 15 October 1933 (as "The Inventions of Oscar Newdick") "The Prince of Cherkessia" - 22 October 1933 (as "The Vanishing of Prince Schomyl") "The Treasure of Turk's Lane" - 29 October 1933 "The Sleepless Knight" - 5 November 1933 (as "The Slave-Driver Sees the Red Light") "The Uncritical Publisher" - 12 November 1933 (as "The Smashing of Another Racket") "The Noble Sportsman" - first publication; later reprinted in Thriller - 9 February 1935 "The Damsel in Distress" - 19 November 1933 (as "The Kidnapping of the Fickle Financier") "The Loving Brothers" - 26 November 1933 (as "Green Eye of the Greedy Brothers") "The Tall Timber" - 3 December 1933 (as "The Moustache and the Tea-Cup") "The Art Photographer" - first publication "The Man Who Liked Toys" - first publication as a Saint story; previously published featuring a different protagonist in American Magazine, September 1933 "The Mixture as Before" - first publication Television adaptations "The Noble Sportsman" was adapted for the TV series The Saint during its second season, first airing on 9 January 1964. (The story itself was one of two that was not included in British editions of the book.) Three stories were adapted for the programme's third season: "The Loving Brothers" (19 November 1964), "The Man Who Liked Toys" (26 November 1964), and "The Damsel in Distress" (31 December 1964). "The Newdick Helicopter" was retitled "The Chequered Flag" and aired on 1 July 1965, as the