David McCallum

THE FIVE BEST TV RELEASES OF 2008:

5. "The Man From U.N.C.L.E.: The Complete Series": For four years, Robert Vaughn and David McCallum were TV's coolest cold warriors: Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin, top agents of U.N.C.L.E. (the United Network Command for Law and Enforcement,... more of course). Hatched in the era of James Bond and "The Manchurian Candidate," the show mixed espionage plots and high-tech gadgetry with a trace of sardonic humor and the continental charm of Vaughn's dashing Solo. The entire run is creatively packaged in a box set designed as a secret agent attaché case, and Warner fills it with the kind of supplements more often associated with James Bond films: hours of featurettes, bonus interviews and the funky ephemera that the cult show inspired.

(Warner Bros./Everett Collection)