The Avengers – Specials

Avenging The Avengers

Get the real story behind the sixties cult series in this definitive TV documentary, never before released in the US.

The Hothouse (Diana Rigg, Armchair Theatre)

The 'Chess Board' Introduction

When The Avengers was bought by the ABC network in the United States in 1966, network executives were concerned that the audience might not take to the show if it didn't understand the characters, so they commissioned a short introductory sequence to fill in the perceived gap. The sequence was only ever broadcast in the USA, so when Canal+ remastered the episodes, it was omitted from the DVDs produced for the US market. A&E and Canal+ were surprised at the uproar this caused, so when the Emma Peel episodes were repackaged after the Ian Hendry episodes came to light, it was included as a feature on the disc.

Interview with Diana Rigg

Trailer Season 4: 'The Avengers are Back', by John Slamp

The Cybernauts (s04e03): Behind the Scenes

Death at Bargain Prices (s04e04): Alternative Ending

A Touch of Brimstone (s04e21): Color Tests

The Strange Case of Missing Corpse

Filmed on the set of Honey for the Prince, this three-minute advertisement for the US market announced that "The Avengers" were switching to colour film - a move entirely motivated by the sale to America as Britain still broadcast in black & white. This is the only time we see Emma Peel is that tight leather catsuit with the zips in colour, and it's revealed to be a deep mahogany instead of the black everyone always assumed it was.

Trailer 1966

Television Awards: Diana Rigg honored

Deleted scenes (1) From Venus with Love (s05e01)

Deleted scenes (2) The Fear Merchants (s05e02)

Deleted scenes (3) Escape in Time (s05e03)

Deleted scenes (4) The See-Through Man (s05e04)

1967 Color Trailer

Season 05 Trailer

German Movie Theater Trailer

German Opening Credits

Interview with Diana Rigg and Patrick McNee in Germany by Joachim Fuchsberger

Did you know? (1) From Venus with Love (s05e1)

Did you know? (2) The Fear Merchants (s05e2)

Did you know? (3) Escape in Time (s05e3)

Did you know? (4) The See-Through Man (s05e4)

Did you know? (5) The Bird Who Knew Too Much (s05e5)

Did you know? (6) The Winged Avenger (s05e6)

Did you know? (7) The Living Dead (s05e7)

Did you know? (8) The Hidden Tiger (s05e8)

Did you know? (9) The Correct Way to Kill (s05e9)

Did you know? (10) Never, Never Say Die (s05e10)

Did you know? (11) Epic (s05e11)

Did you know? (12) The Superlative Seven (s05e12)

Did you know? (13) A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Station (s05e13)

Did you know? (14) Something Nasty in the Nursery (s05e14)

Did you know? (15) The Joker (s05e15)

Did you know? (16) Who's Who??? (s05e16)

Did you know? (17) Return of the Cybernauts (s05e17)

Did you know? (18) Death's Door (s05e18)

Did you know? (19) The £50,000 Breakfast (s05e19)

Did you know? (20) Dead Man's Treasure (s05e20)

Did you know? (21) You Have Just Been Murdered (s05e21)

Did you know? (22) The Positive Negative Man (s05e22)

Did you know? (23) Murdersville (s05e23)

Did you know? (24) Mission... Highly Improbable (s05e24)

Reconstruction of episode (1) One for the Mortuary (s01e13)

Reconstruction of episode (2) The Springers (s01e14)

Reconstruction of episode (3) The Yellow Needle (s01e16)

Reconstruction of episode (4) Death on the Slipway (s01e17)

Reconstruction of episode (5) Tunnel of Fear (s01e20)

Reconstruction of episode (6) The Far-Distant Dead (s01e21)

Reconstruction of episode (7) Kill the King (s01e22)

Reconstruction of episode (8) Dead of Winter (s01e23)

Reconstruction of episode (9) The Deadly Air (s01e24)

Reconstruction of episode (10) Dragonsfield (s01e26)

Introduction (1) The Bird Who Knew Too Much (s05e05)

Introduction by Brian Clemens (2) The Living Dead (s05e7)

Introduction by Brian Clemens (3) The Correct Way to Kill (s05e9)

Introduction by Brian Clemens (4) Epic (s05e11)

Introduction by Brian Clemens (5) The Superlative Seven (s05e12)

Introduction by Brian Clemens (6) A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Station (s05e13)

Introduction by Brian Clemens (7) The Joker (s05e15)

Introduction by Brian Clemens (8) Murdersville (s05e23)

Actor auditions (1) Lyn Ashley

Actor auditions (2) Diane Clare

Actor auditions (3) Susan Engel

Actor auditions (4) Jane Murdoch

Actor auditions (5) Toby Robins

Actor auditions (6) Susan Travers

Actor auditions (7) Wanda Ventham

Actor auditions (8) Valerie Van Ost

Actor auditions (9) James Maxwell and Moray Watson

Introducing Lisa Thorson as Tara King

Trailer featuring Linda Thorson

From Venus with Love (s05e01): Alternative End Credits

End credits

German Generics

Commercial Breaks

Minikillers (1) Operation Costa Brava

Minikillers (2) Heroin

Minikillers (3) Macabre

Minikillers (4) (Final) Flamenco

Invasion of the Earthmen (s06e16): American Closing Credits

Excerpts from The Diadem (Das Diadem) with Diana Rigg (1969)

The Diadem (Das Diadem) with Diana Rigg (1969)

Did you know? (25) The Forget-Me-Knot (s06e01)

Introduction by Cyril Frankel (9) Whoever Shot Poor George Oblique Stroke XR40 (s06e06)

Introduction by Linda Thorson (10) The Interrogators (s06e14)

Introduction by Linda Thorson (11) Love All (s06e21)

Introduction by Linda Thorson (12) Stay Tuned (s06e23)

Introduction by Linda Thorson (13) Thingumajig (s06e27)

Introduction by Linda Thorson (14) Pandora (s06e31)

Interview with Patrick Macee

Interview with Laurence Bourne

The Avengers: A Retrospective

Series retrospective presented by Patrick Macnee.

Interview with Brian Clemens

Special Tara King

On the Trail of Tara King

Orignal deutsch documentary « Auf den spuren von Tara King ».

Wish You Were Here? The Top Ten London Locations

Interview with Elisabeth Shepherd

Interview with Diana Rigg

Gale Force: Patrick needs a new partner - Honor becomes Cathy

Interview with Honor Blackman

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