Strange route to an old acquaintance

This all happened on the same day, 29th November, 2017. </p> <p> I saw, by chance, a reference to a long, long defunct American magazine called 80-US. I remembered being an avid reader, and also having had an article published in it, so I searched on it and found that it was not only well referenced on the web, but some copies were downloadable in a multitude of formats and they included the edition with my article in it. It was the February, 1983 edition. </p> <p>Later that morning a friend called me and I told him about it. It was soon after the death of Rodney Bewes, and my friend commented that he expected that I, like Bewes, wanted some repeat fees for web publication. No such thought had entered my mind, but a memory came back to me of a chap I worked with in the late 1960s who was an aspiring actor and had landed a part in the BBC production of 'The Forsyte Saga.' He was delighted at the fee he got for the work, but even more delighted when he started getting repeat fees—it was shown in pretty nearly every country in the world that had television. I surprised myself by remembering his name since we haven't seen or heard from him since '68 or '69. I told my friend and he commented that most actors rely on repeat fees for their pension. We went on to talk about other things and the conversation eventually ended. </p> <p>Having put the phone down, I started thinking about Steve—his name was Stephen Hubay—and I looked him up and found an entry on IMDB (the Internet Movie Database.) He died in 2004 and had appeared in some films (including a Bond film) and several TV series including Dr Who, The Saint and The Avengers. I showed the entry to my wife, who also worked with him in the sixties, and then got on with my day. </p> <p>At lunchtime I was scanning the TV listings to see what was on that evening, and saw that The Avengers was being shown on one of the cheap channels. Of course I had to go back to IMDB to see which episode he appeared in, and yes, it was the very episode being shown that day. There were 161 episodes of The Avengers made and he was in only one of them. </p> <p>Does this qualify as a good coincidence? I have ticked the two-star once-in-a-lifetime option but would like to know how you rate it. </p> <p>-Graham Allan