The Avengers: Complete Series 2 and Surviving Episodes of Series 1

Star Review

Those who only remember TV’s The Avengers being a campy, colourful ride on the James Bond bandwagon of the sixties are often surprised to see that it originated from a grittier, monochrome star vehicle for the semi-forgotten Ian Hendry.

An unofficial follow-on to Hendry’s 1960 show Police Surgeon, the first series saw him teaming up with Patrick Macnee (very much in support here) to avenge the death of his wife. But when an ITV strike interrupted Series 1, Hendry, then an ambitious young actor with real potential for stardom, left the show to pursue a film career. Honor Blackman, of all people, was brought in to replace him, and the rest is history.

Containing all the surviving Hendry episodes (and even a surviving episode of Police Surgeon), as well as the complete, Blackman-starring second series and a wealth of extras, this 8-disc set is a Godsend to hardcore Avengers fans and will also be fascinating to anyone with an interest with those early, ‘missing believed wiped’ days of British TV drama.

MovieMail on 1st September 2009
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Film Description

All the surviving episodes from the first series of The Avengers plus the complete second series. The first series saw Ian Hendry teaming up with Patrick Macnee to avenge the death of his wife. Hendry then left to pursue a film career and was replaced in the second series by Honor Blackman, and the format with which everyone is familiar was born. An essential release of a classic piece of British TV.

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DVD Extras

• 8 discs
• The Surviving Ian Hendry Episodes
• Exclusive Audio Commentary by Producer Leonard White on The Surviving Footage from The Pilot Episode 'Hot Snow'
• Police Surgeon - Easy Money (Surviving Episode Starring Hendry that is seen as the predecessor to The Avengers)
• Filmed Introduction to Police Surgeon By Producer Leonard White
• Exclusive Newly Filmed Interview with Honor Blackman
• Exclusive Audio Commentaries by Writer Martin Woodhouse, Producer Leonard White, Writer Roger Marshall, and Actress Julie Stevens
• Filmed Introductions by Actress Julie Stevens
• Insert Reprint of Original Publicity Brochure for The First Honor Blackman Season
• Insert Reprints of Leonard White Scrapbooks Featuring Telesnaps of Lost Episodes
• PDF Material Including Original Scripts
• Extensive Stills Galleries.

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Cast

Honor Blackman, Ian Hendry, Patrick Macnee

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