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<li id="toc-Series_6_(1968–1969)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Series_6_(1968–1969)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.4</span> <span>Series 6 (1968–1969)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Series_6_(1968–1969)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Cast" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Cast"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>Cast</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Cast-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Production" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Production"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Production</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Production-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon 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</ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Episodes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Episodes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Episodes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Episodes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Reception" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Reception"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Reception</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Reception-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Reception subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Reception-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-In_Canada_and_the_United_States" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#In_Canada_and_the_United_States"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1</span> <span>In Canada and the United States</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-In_Canada_and_the_United_States-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Home_media" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Home_media"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Home media</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Home_media-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sequel" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sequel"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Sequel</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Sequel-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Sequel subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Sequel-sublist" 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<div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.1</span> <span>Novels</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Novels-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Comics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Comics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.2</span> <span>Comics</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Comics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Stage_play" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Stage_play"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.3</span> <span>Stage play</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Stage_play-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Radio_series" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Radio_series"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.4</span> <span>Radio series</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Radio_series-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Film" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Film"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.5</span> <span>Film</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Film-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Audio" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Audio"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.6</span> <span>Audio</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Audio-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Proposed_reboots" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Proposed_reboots"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.7</span> <span>Proposed reboots</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Proposed_reboots-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Bibliography" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bibliography"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>Bibliography</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bibliography-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span 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href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Avengers_(cyfres_deledu)" title="The Avengers (cyfres deledu) – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="The Avengers (cyfres deledu)" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mit_Schirm,_Charme_und_Melone" title="Mit Schirm, Charme und Melone – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Mit Schirm, Charme und Melone" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_vengadores_(serie_de_televisi%C3%B3n)" title="Los vengadores (serie de televisión) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Los vengadores (serie de televisión)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_ven%C4%9Dantoj" title="La venĝantoj – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="La venĝantoj" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chapeau_melon_et_bottes_de_cuir" title="Chapeau melon et bottes de cuir – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Chapeau melon et bottes de cuir" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%96%B4%EB%B2%A4%EC%A0%80%EC%8A%A4_(%EB%93%9C%EB%9D%BC%EB%A7%88)" title="어벤저스 (드라마) – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="어벤저스 (드라마)" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Avengers_(seri_televisi)" title="The Avengers (seri televisi) – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="The Avengers (seri televisi)" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agente_speciale_(serie_televisiva)" title="Agente speciale (serie televisiva) – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Agente speciale (serie televisiva)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ker%C5%A1ytojai_(serialas)" title="Keršytojai (serialas) – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Keršytojai (serialas)" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Wrekers" title="De Wrekers – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="De Wrekers" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%81%8A%E3%81%97%E3%82%83%E3%82%8C(%E7%A7%98)%E6%8E%A2%E5%81%B5" title="おしゃれ(秘)探偵 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="おしゃれ(秘)探偵" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Avengers_(TV-serie)" title="The Avengers (TV-serie) – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="The Avengers (TV-serie)" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Avengers_(Feernsehreeg)" title="The Avengers (Feernsehreeg) – Low German" lang="nds" hreflang="nds" data-title="The Avengers (Feernsehreeg)" data-language-autonym="Plattdüütsch" data-language-local-name="Low German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Plattdüütsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rewolwer_i_melonik_(serial_telewizyjny)" title="Rewolwer i melonik (serial telewizyjny) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Rewolwer i melonik (serial telewizyjny)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Os_Vingadores_(s%C3%A9rie_de_televis%C3%A3o)" title="Os Vingadores (série de televisão) – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Os Vingadores (série de televisão)" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8_(%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B0%D0%BB)" title="Мстители (телесериал) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Мстители (телесериал)" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Avengers_(TV_series)" title="The Avengers (TV series) – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="The Avengers (TV series)" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Avengers_(TV_series)" title="The Avengers (TV series) – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="The Avengers (TV series)" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Avengers" title="The Avengers – 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class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8c/%22The_Avengers%22_%28TV_series%29.jpg/330px-%22The_Avengers%22_%28TV_series%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8c/%22The_Avengers%22_%28TV_series%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="337" data-file-height="279" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption"><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Macnee" title="Patrick Macnee">Patrick Macnee</a> and <a href="/wiki/Diana_Rigg" title="Diana Rigg">Diana Rigg</a> in the episode "<a href="/wiki/The_Hour_That_Never_Was" title="The Hour That Never Was">The Hour That Never Was</a>", first aired in 1965</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genre</th><td class="infobox-data category"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Action_fiction" title="Action fiction">Action</a><sup id="cite_ref-auto_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spy-fi_(subgenre)" title="Spy-fi (subgenre)">Spy-fi</a><sup id="cite_ref-auto_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Television_comedy" title="Television comedy">Comedy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mystery_fiction" title="Mystery fiction">Mystery</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Created by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sydney_Newman" title="Sydney Newman">Sydney Newman</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Starring</th><td class="infobox-data attendee"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Macnee" title="Patrick Macnee">Patrick Macnee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ian_Hendry" title="Ian Hendry">Ian Hendry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Honor_Blackman" title="Honor Blackman">Honor Blackman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julie_Stevens_(English_actress)" title="Julie Stevens (English actress)">Julie Stevens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diana_Rigg" title="Diana Rigg">Diana Rigg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Linda_Thorson" title="Linda Thorson">Linda Thorson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Newell" title="Patrick Newell">Patrick Newell</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country of origin</th><td class="infobox-data">United Kingdom</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Original language</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> of series</th><td class="infobox-data">6</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> of episodes</th><td class="infobox-data">161 (22 <a href="/wiki/Lost_television_broadcast#Wiping" title="Lost television broadcast">missing</a>, 1 incomplete) <span class="nowrap">(<a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Avengers_(TV_series)_episodes" title="List of The Avengers (TV series) episodes">list of episodes</a>)</span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header summary">Production</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Production locations</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Teddington_Studios" title="Teddington Studios">Teddington Studios</a> (series 1–3)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Associated_British_Studios" class="mw-redirect" title="Associated British Studios">Associated British Studios</a> (series 4–6)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Running time</th><td class="infobox-data">50 minutes</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Production companies</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ABC_Weekend_Television" class="mw-redirect" title="ABC Weekend Television">ABC Television</a> (series 1–3)<sup id="cite_ref-ABC-TV_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ABC-TV-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Associated_British_Productions" class="mw-redirect" title="Associated British Productions">Associated British Productions</a> for <a href="/wiki/ABC_Weekend_Television" class="mw-redirect" title="ABC Weekend Television">ABC</a> (series 4)<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Associated_British_Corporation" class="mw-redirect" title="Associated British Corporation">ABC Television Films</a> for <a href="/wiki/ABC_Weekend_Television" class="mw-redirect" title="ABC Weekend Television">ABC</a> (series 5)<sup id="cite_ref-ABC-TV-Films_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ABC-TV-Films-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Associated_British_Corporation" class="mw-redirect" title="Associated British Corporation">ABC Television Films</a> for <a href="/wiki/Thames_Television" title="Thames Television">Thames</a> (series 6)<sup id="cite_ref-ABC-TV-Films_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ABC-TV-Films-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header summary">Original release</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Network</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/ITV_(TV_network)" title="ITV (TV network)">ITV</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Release</th><td class="infobox-data">7 January 1961<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1961-01-07</span>)</span> –<br />21 April 1969<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1969-04-21</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header summary">Related</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><i><a href="/wiki/The_New_Avengers_(TV_series)" title="The New Avengers (TV series)">The New Avengers</a></i></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>The Avengers</b></i> is a British <a href="/wiki/Spy_fiction" title="Spy fiction">espionage</a> television series that aired from 7 January 1961 to 21 April 1969. It initially focused on David Keel (<a href="/wiki/Ian_Hendry" title="Ian Hendry">Ian Hendry</a>),<sup id="cite_ref-Hendry_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hendry-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> aided by <a href="/wiki/John_Steed" title="John Steed">John Steed</a> (<a href="/wiki/Patrick_Macnee" title="Patrick Macnee">Patrick Macnee</a>). Ian Hendry left after the first series; Steed then became the main character, partnered with a succession of assistants. His most famous assistants were intelligent, stylish, and assertive women: <a href="/wiki/Cathy_Gale" title="Cathy Gale">Cathy Gale</a> (<a href="/wiki/Honor_Blackman" title="Honor Blackman">Honor Blackman</a>), <a href="/wiki/Emma_Peel" title="Emma Peel">Emma Peel</a> (<a href="/wiki/Diana_Rigg" title="Diana Rigg">Diana Rigg</a>), and <a href="/wiki/Tara_King" title="Tara King">Tara King</a> (<a href="/wiki/Linda_Thorson" title="Linda Thorson">Linda Thorson</a>). Dresses and suits for the series were made by <a href="/wiki/Pierre_Cardin" title="Pierre Cardin">Pierre Cardin</a>. </p><p>The series screened as one-hour episodes for its entire run. The first episode, "<a href="/wiki/Hot_Snow_(The_Avengers)" title="Hot Snow (The Avengers)">Hot Snow</a>", aired on 7 January 1961. The final episode, "Bizarre", aired on 21 April 1969 in the United States, and on 17 May 1969 in the United Kingdom. </p><p><i>The Avengers</i> was produced by <a href="/wiki/ABC_Weekend_TV" title="ABC Weekend TV">ABC Weekend TV</a>, a contractor within the <a href="/wiki/ITV_(TV_network)" title="ITV (TV network)">ITV</a> network. After a merger with <a href="/wiki/Rediffusion_London" class="mw-redirect" title="Rediffusion London">Rediffusion London</a> in July 1968, ABC Weekend became <a href="/wiki/Thames_Television" title="Thames Television">Thames Television</a>, which continued production of the series, subcontracted to ABC Television Films. By 1969, <i>The Avengers</i> was shown in more than 90 countries. ITV produced a sequel series, <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_Avengers_(TV_series)" title="The New Avengers (TV series)">The New Avengers</a></i> (1976–1977), with Patrick Macnee returning as John Steed, and two new partners. In 2004 and 2007, <i>The Avengers</i> was ranked No. 17 and No. 20 on <i><a href="/wiki/TV_Guide" title="TV Guide">TV Guide</a></i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s Top Cult Shows Ever.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-TopCultShows_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TopCultShows-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Premise">Premise</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Avengers_(TV_series)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Premise"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-More_citations_needed plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/The_Avengers_(TV_series)" title="Special:EditPage/The Avengers (TV series)">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a> in this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.<br /><small><span class="plainlinks"><i>Find sources:</i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?as_eq=wikipedia&q=%22The+Avengers%22+TV+series">"The Avengers" TV series</a> – <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?tbm=nws&q=%22The+Avengers%22+TV+series+-wikipedia&tbs=ar:1">news</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?&q=%22The+Avengers%22+TV+series&tbs=bkt:s&tbm=bks">newspapers</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?tbs=bks:1&q=%22The+Avengers%22+TV+series+-wikipedia">books</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%22The+Avengers%22+TV+series">scholar</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/action/doBasicSearch?Query=%22The+Avengers%22+TV+series&acc=on&wc=on">JSTOR</a></span></small></span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">September 2018</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i>The Avengers</i> was marked by different eras as co-stars came and went. The only constant was John Steed, played by Patrick Macnee. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Series_1_(1961)"><span id="Series_1_.281961.29"></span>Series 1 (1961)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Avengers_(TV_series)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Series 1 (1961)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/ABC_Weekend_TV" title="ABC Weekend TV">ABC Weekend TV</a> produced a single series of <i><a href="/wiki/Police_Surgeon_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Police Surgeon (UK)">Police Surgeon</a></i>, in which <a href="/wiki/Ian_Hendry" title="Ian Hendry">Ian Hendry</a> played police surgeon Geoffrey Brent, from September through December 1960.<sup id="cite_ref-screenonline.org.uk_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-screenonline.org.uk-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While <i>Police Surgeon</i> did not last long, viewers praised Ian Hendry, and ABC Television cast him in its new series <i>The Avengers</i>, which replaced <i>Police Surgeon</i> in January 1961. </p><p><i>The Avengers</i> began with the episode "<a href="/wiki/Hot_Snow_(The_Avengers)" title="Hot Snow (The Avengers)">Hot Snow</a>", in which medical doctor David H. Keel (Hendry) investigates the murder of his fiancée, office receptionist Peggy, by a drug ring. A stranger named John Steed who was also investigating the ring appears, and together Dr. Keel and Steed set out to avenge Peggy's death in the first two episodes. Steed asks Dr. Keel to partner with him, as needed, to solve crimes. Ian Hendry was considered the star of the new series, receiving top billing over Patrick Macnee, and Steed did not appear in two of the series' episodes. </p><p>As the first series of <i>The Avengers</i> progressed, Steed's importance increased, and he carried the final episode solo. While Steed and Dr. Keel used wit while discussing crimes and dangers, the series also depicted the interplay—and often tension—between Dr. Keel's idealism and Steed's professionalism. As seen in one of the three surviving episodes from the first series, "<a href="/wiki/The_Frighteners_(The_Avengers)" title="The Frighteners (The Avengers)">The Frighteners</a>", Steed also had informants among the general population to aid his investigations, similar to the "<a href="/wiki/Baker_Street_Irregulars" title="Baker Street Irregulars">Baker Street Irregulars</a>" of <a href="/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes" title="Sherlock Holmes">Sherlock Holmes</a>. </p><p>The other regular in the first series was Carol Wilson (<a href="/wiki/Ingrid_Hafner" title="Ingrid Hafner">Ingrid Hafner</a>), the nurse and receptionist who replaced the slain Peggy. Carol assisted Dr. Keel and Steed in cases, and in at least one episode ("<a href="/wiki/Girl_on_the_Trapeze" title="Girl on the Trapeze">Girl on the Trapeze</a>") was very much in the thick of the action, but without being part of Steed's inner circle. Ingrid Hafner had played opposite Ian Hendry as a nurse in one episode of <i>Police Surgeon</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-screenonline.org.uk_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-screenonline.org.uk-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The role of Carol Wilson was initially offered to Jan Watson, who turned it down for another film.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The series was shot on <a href="/wiki/405-line_television_system" title="405-line television system">405-line</a> videotape using a <a href="/wiki/Multicamera_setup" class="mw-redirect" title="Multicamera setup">multicamera setup</a>. There was little provision for editing and virtually no location footage was shot (although the first shot of the first episode consisted of location footage). As was standard practice at the time, videotapes of early episodes of <i>The Avengers</i> were <a href="/wiki/Lost_television_broadcast" title="Lost television broadcast">reused</a>. At present, only three complete Series 1 episodes are known to exist and are held in archives as <a href="/wiki/16_mm_film" title="16 mm film">16-mm film</a> <a href="/wiki/Kinescope" title="Kinescope">telerecordings</a>: "Girl on the Trapeze" (which does not feature Steed), "The Frighteners" and "<a href="/wiki/Tunnel_of_Fear" title="Tunnel of Fear">Tunnel of Fear</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-TOF_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOF-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Additionally, the first 15 minutes of the first episode, "Hot Snow", also exist as a telerecording; the extant footage ends at the conclusion of the first act, prior to the introduction of John Steed. </p><p>The missing television episodes were recreated for audio by <a href="/wiki/Big_Finish_Productions" title="Big Finish Productions">Big Finish Productions</a> under the title of <i>The Avengers – The Lost Episodes</i><sup id="cite_ref-bigfinish.com_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bigfinish.com-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and star <a href="/wiki/Julian_Wadham" title="Julian Wadham">Julian Wadham</a> as Steed, <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Howell_(actor)" title="Anthony Howell (actor)">Anthony Howell</a> as Dr Keel and Lucy Briggs-Owen as Carol Wilson. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Series_2–3_(1962–1964)"><span id="Series_2.E2.80.933_.281962.E2.80.931964.29"></span>Series 2–3 (1962–1964)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Avengers_(TV_series)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Series 2–3 (1962–1964)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:CathyGale.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/40/CathyGale.jpg/175px-CathyGale.jpg" decoding="async" width="175" height="318" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/40/CathyGale.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="184" data-file-height="334" /></a><figcaption>Patrick Macnee as <a href="/wiki/John_Steed" title="John Steed">John Steed</a> and <a href="/wiki/Honor_Blackman" title="Honor Blackman">Honor Blackman</a> as <a href="/wiki/Cathy_Gale" title="Cathy Gale">Cathy Gale</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Production of the first series was cut short by a strike. By the time production could begin on the second series, Ian Hendry had quit to pursue a film career. Patrick Macnee was promoted to star, and Steed became the focus of the series, initially working with a rotation of three different partners. Dr Martin King (<a href="/wiki/Jon_Rollason" title="Jon Rollason">Jon Rollason</a>), a thinly disguised recreation of the Dr. Keel character, saw action in only three episodes, which were produced from scripts written for the first series. Dr. King was intended to be a transitional character between Dr. Keel and Steed's two new female partners, but while the Dr. King episodes were shot first, they were shown out of production order in the middle of the season. The character was thereafter quickly and quietly dropped. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Nightclub_singer" class="mw-redirect" title="Nightclub singer">Nightclub singer</a> Venus Smith (<a href="/wiki/Julie_Stevens_(English_actress)" title="Julie Stevens (English actress)">Julie Stevens</a>) appeared in six episodes. She was a complete "amateur", meaning that she did not have any professional crime-fighting skills as did the two doctors. She was excited to be participating in a spy adventure alongside secret agent Steed (although some episodes—"The Removal Men", "<a href="/wiki/The_Decapod" title="The Decapod">The Decapod</a>"—indicate she is not always enthusiastic). Nonetheless, she appears to be attracted to him, and their relationship is somewhat similar to that later portrayed between Steed and <a href="/wiki/Tara_King" title="Tara King">Tara King</a>. Her episodes featured live musical portions showcasing her singing performances. The character of Venus underwent some revision during her run, adopting more youthful demeanour and dress. </p><p>The first episode broadcast in the second series introduced the partner who would change the show into the format for which it is most remembered. <a href="/wiki/Honor_Blackman" title="Honor Blackman">Honor Blackman</a> played Mrs. <a href="/wiki/Cathy_Gale" title="Cathy Gale">Cathy Gale</a>, a self-assured, quick-witted anthropologist who was skilled in <a href="/wiki/Judo" title="Judo">judo</a> and had a passion for <a href="/wiki/Leather" title="Leather">leather</a> clothes.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Widowed during the <a href="/wiki/Mau_Mau_rebellion" title="Mau Mau rebellion">Mau Mau rebellion</a> years in <a href="/wiki/Kenya" title="Kenya">Kenya</a>, she was the "talented amateur" who provided her aid to Steed's cases as a service to her nation. She was said to have been born on 5 October 1930 at midnight, and was reared in Africa. Mrs. Catherine Gale was in her early-to-mid 30s during her tenure, in contrast to female characters in similar series who tended to be younger. </p><p>Catherine Gale was unlike any female character seen before on British TV, and she became a household name. Reportedly, part of her charm was because her earliest appearances were episodes in which dialogue written for Keel was simply transferred to her. Series scriptwriter <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Spooner" title="Dennis Spooner">Dennis Spooner</a> described about this detail: "There's the famous story of how Honor Blackman played Ian Hendry's part, which is why they stuck her in leather and such—it was so much cheaper than changing the lines!"<sup id="cite_ref-PeelJohnEmmaLastYearp46_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PeelJohnEmmaLastYearp46-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In "Conspiracy of Silence", she holds her own in a vociferous tactical disagreement with her partner. </p><p>Venus Smith did not return for the third series, and Cathy Gale became Steed's only regular partner. The series established a level of <a href="/wiki/Sexual_tension" title="Sexual tension">sexual tension</a> between Steed and Cathy Gale, but the writers were not allowed to go beyond <a href="/wiki/Flirting" title="Flirting">flirting</a> and <a href="/wiki/Innuendo" title="Innuendo">innuendo</a>. Despite this, the relationship between Steed and Catherine Gale was progressive for 1962–63. In "The Golden Eggs," it is revealed that Cathy Gale lived in Steed's flat; according to Steed, her rent was to keep the refrigerator well-stocked and to cook for him (she appears to do neither). However, this was said to be a temporary arrangement while Catherine Gale looked for a new home, and Steed was sleeping at a hotel. </p><p>During the first series, there were hints that Steed worked for a branch of British Intelligence, and this was expanded in the second series. Steed initially received orders from different superiors, including someone referred to as "Charles", and "One-Ten" (<a href="/wiki/Douglas_Muir_(actor)" title="Douglas Muir (actor)">Douglas Muir</a>). By the third series, the delivery of Steed's orders was not depicted on screen or explained. The secret organisation to which Steed belongs is shown in "The Nutshell", and it is Cathy Gale's first visit to their headquarters. </p><p>Small references to Steed's background were occasionally made. In the Series 3 episode "Death of a Batman," it was said that Steed was with <a href="/wiki/I_Corps_(United_Kingdom)" title="I Corps (United Kingdom)">I Corps</a> in the <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">Second World War</a>, and in <a href="/wiki/Munich" title="Munich">Munich</a> in 1945. In the Series 4 episode "The Hour That Never Was," Steed attends a reunion of his <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">RAF</a> squadron. Since the ties he wears are either cavalry or old school, it is apparent that he has attended a number of leading <a href="/wiki/Public_school_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Public school (UK)">public schools</a>. </p><p>A theatrical film version of the series was in its initial planning stages by late 1963, after Series 3 was completed. An early story proposal paired Steed and Catherine Gale with a male and female duo of American agents, to make the movie appeal to the American market. Before the project could gain momentum, Honor Blackman was cast opposite <a href="/wiki/Sean_Connery" title="Sean Connery">Sean Connery</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/Goldfinger_(film)" title="Goldfinger (film)">Goldfinger</a></i>, requiring her to leave the series. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Series_transformation">Series transformation</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Avengers_(TV_series)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Series transformation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the Gale era, Steed was transformed from a rugged trenchcoat-wearing agent into the stereotypical English gentleman, complete with <a href="/wiki/Savile_Row_tailoring" title="Savile Row tailoring">Savile Row</a> suit, <a href="/wiki/Bowler_hat" title="Bowler hat">bowler hat</a> and umbrella, with clothes later designed by <a href="/wiki/Pierre_Cardin" title="Pierre Cardin">Pierre Cardin</a>. (Steed had first donned bowler and carried his distinctive umbrella during the first series, as "The Frighteners" depicts.) The bowler and umbrella were soon revealed to be full of tricks, including a sword hidden within the umbrella handle and a steel plate concealed in the hat. These items were referred to in the French, German and Polish titles of the series, <i>Chapeau melon et bottes de cuir</i> ("Bowler hat and leather boots"), <i>Mit Schirm, Charme und Melone</i> ("With Umbrella, Charm and Bowler Hat") and <i>Rewolwer i melonik</i> ("A Revolver and a Bowler Hat"), respectively. With his impeccable manners, old-world sophistication and vintage car, Steed came to represent the traditional Englishman of an earlier era. </p><p>By contrast, Steed's partners were youthful, forward-looking and always attired in the latest mod fashions. Catherine Gale's innovative leather outfits suited her many athletic fight scenes. Honor Blackman became a star in Britain with her black leather outfits and boots (nicknamed "<a href="/wiki/Boot_fetishism" title="Boot fetishism">kinky boots</a>") and her judo-based fighting style. Patrick Macnee and Honor Blackman even released a novelty song called "<a href="/wiki/Kinky_Boots_(song)" title="Kinky Boots (song)">Kinky Boots</a>". Honor Blackman also carried a pistol in "Killer Whale". Some of the clothes seen in <i>The Avengers</i> were designed at the studio of <a href="/wiki/John_Sutcliffe_(designer)" title="John Sutcliffe (designer)">John Sutcliffe</a>, who published the <i><a href="/wiki/AtomAge" title="AtomAge">AtomAge</a></i> <a href="/wiki/Fetish_magazine" title="Fetish magazine">fetish magazine</a>. </p><p>Series scriptwriter Dennis Spooner said that the series would frequently feature Steed visiting busy public places such as the main airport in London without anyone else present in the scene: "'Can't you afford extras?' they'd ask. Well, it wasn't like that. It's just that Steed had to be alone to be accepted. Put him in a crowd and he sticks out like a sore thumb! Let's face it, with normal people he's <i>weird</i>. The trick to making him acceptable is never to show him in a normal world, just fighting villains who are odder than he is!"<sup id="cite_ref-PeelJohnEmmaLastYearp46_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PeelJohnEmmaLastYearp46-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Series_4–5_(1965–1967)"><span id="Series_4.E2.80.935_.281965.E2.80.931967.29"></span>Series 4–5 (1965–1967)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Avengers_(TV_series)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Series 4–5 (1965–1967)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The show was sold to the <a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">American Broadcasting Company</a> (ABC) in 1965, and <i>The Avengers</i> became one of the first British series to be aired on <a href="/wiki/Prime_time" title="Prime time">prime-time</a> US television. The US ABC network paid the then-unheard-of sum of $2 million for the first 26 episodes. The average budget for each episode was reportedly £56,000, which was high for the British industry. The fourth series aired in the US from March to the beginning of September 1966. Each episode still finished with the logo of ABC Weekend TV. </p><p>The US deal meant that the producers could afford to start shooting the series on <a href="/wiki/35_mm_movie_film" title="35 mm movie film">35mm film</a>, with production transferring from ABC's <a href="/wiki/Teddington_Studios" title="Teddington Studios">television studios in Teddington</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Associated_British_Studios" class="mw-redirect" title="Associated British Studios">Associated British film studios</a> in Elstree. The use of film, rather than the videotape of the earlier episodes, was essential, because British 405-line video was technically incompatible with the US <a href="/wiki/NTSC" title="NTSC">NTSC</a> videotape format. Filmed productions were standard on US prime-time television at the time. <i>The Avengers</i> continued to be produced in black-and-white. </p><p>The transfer to film meant that episodes would be shot using the <a href="/wiki/Single-camera_setup" title="Single-camera setup">single-camera setup</a>, giving the production greater flexibility. The use of film production and the single-camera production style allowed more sophisticated visuals and camera angles, and more outdoor location shots, all of which greatly improved the look of the series. As was standard on British television filmed production through the 1960s, all location work on Series 4 was shot mute, with the soundtrack created in post-production. Dialogue scenes were filmed in the studio, leading to some jumps between location and studio footage. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Emma-Peel_Avengers-Intro.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/31/Emma-Peel_Avengers-Intro.jpg" decoding="async" width="227" height="321" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="227" data-file-height="321" /></a><figcaption>Diana Rigg as Mrs <a href="/wiki/Emma_Peel" title="Emma Peel">Emma Peel</a></figcaption></figure> <p>New female partner Mrs. <a href="/wiki/Emma_Peel" title="Emma Peel">Emma Peel</a> (<a href="/wiki/Diana_Rigg" title="Diana Rigg">Diana Rigg</a>) debuted in October 1965. The name of the character derived from a comment by writers, during development, that they wanted a character with "man appeal". In an early attempt to incorporate this concept into the character's name, she was called "Samantha Peel", shortened to the awkward "Mantha Peel". Eventually, the writers began referring to the idea by the verbal shorthand "M. Appeal", which gave rise to the character's ultimate name.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After more than 60 actresses had been auditioned, the first choice to play the role was <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Shepherd" title="Elizabeth Shepherd">Elizabeth Shepherd</a>. However, after filming one and a half episodes (the pilot, "The Town of No Return", and part of "The Murder Market"), <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Shepherd" title="Elizabeth Shepherd">Elizabeth Shepherd</a> was released. Her on-screen personality was deemed less interesting than that of Honor Blackman's Catherine Gale, and it was decided that she was not right for the role. Another 20 actresses were auditioned before the show's casting director, <a href="/wiki/Dodo_Watts" title="Dodo Watts">Dodo Watts</a>, suggested that producers <a href="/wiki/Brian_Clemens" title="Brian Clemens">Brian Clemens</a> and <a href="/wiki/Albert_Fennell" title="Albert Fennell">Albert Fennell</a> check out a televised drama featuring the relatively unknown Diana Rigg. (She had earlier guested in an episode of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Sentimental_Agent" title="The Sentimental Agent">The Sentimental Agent</a></i> that Brian Clemens had written.) Diana Rigg's screen test with Patrick Macnee showed that the two immediately worked well together. </p><p>A prologue was added to the beginning of all the fourth-series episodes for the American broadcasts. This was to clarify some initial confusion audiences had regarding the characters and their mission. In the opener, a waiter holding a champagne bottle falls dead onto a human-sized chessboard, a dagger protruding from a target on his back. Steed and Mrs. Emma Peel (dressed in her trademark leather catsuit) walk up to the body as the voice-over explains: "Extraordinary crimes against the people, and the state, have to be avenged by agents extraordinary. Two such people are John Steed, top professional, and his partner Emma Peel, talented amateur. Otherwise known as The Avengers". During this voice-over, Steed pours two drinks from the wine bottle and Mrs. Peel replaces her gun in her boot. They clink glasses and depart together as the screen fades to black and the opening titles begin. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Avengersplate.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Avengersplate.jpg/250px-Avengersplate.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Avengersplate.jpg/375px-Avengersplate.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Avengersplate.jpg/500px-Avengersplate.jpg 2x" data-file-width="717" data-file-height="538" /></a><figcaption>Film location plate presented by ABC Weekend TV to the <a href="/wiki/Stapleford_Miniature_Railway" title="Stapleford Miniature Railway">Stapleford Miniature Railway</a>, which is still in use today</figcaption></figure> <p>In contrast to the Gale episodes, there is a lighter, comic touch in Steed's and Mrs. Emma Peel's interactions with each other and their reactions to other characters and situations. Earlier series had a harder tone, with the Gale era including some quite serious espionage dramas. This almost completely disappeared as Steed and Mrs. Emma Peel visibly enjoy topping each other's witticisms. The layer of conflict with Catherine Gale—who on occasion openly resented being used by Steed, often without her permission—is absent from Steed's interaction with Emma Peel. Also, the sexual tension between Steed and Catherine Gale is quite different from the tension between Steed and Emma Peel. In both cases, the exact relationship between the partners is left ambiguous, although they seemed to have <i>carte blanche</i> to visit each other's homes whenever they please, and it is not uncommon for scenes to suggest that Steed had spent the night at Catherine Gale's or Emma Peel's home, or vice versa. Although nothing "improper" is displayed, the close chemistry between Steed and Mrs. Emma Peel constantly suggests intimacy between the two. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Science_fiction" title="Science fiction">Science fiction</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fantasy" title="Fantasy">fantasy</a> elements (a style later known as <a href="/wiki/Spy-Fi_(subgenre)" class="mw-redirect" title="Spy-Fi (subgenre)">Spy-Fi</a>) also began to emerge in storylines. The duo encounters killer robots ("The Cybernauts"), telepaths ("Too Many Christmas Trees") and giant alien carnivorous plants ("The Man-Eater of Surrey Green"). </p><p>In her fourth episode, "Death at Bargain Prices," Mrs. Emma Peel takes an undercover job at a department store. Her uniform for promoting space-age toys is an elaborate leather <a href="/wiki/Catsuit" title="Catsuit">catsuit</a> plus silver boots, sash and welder's gloves. The suit (minus the silver accessories) became her signature outfit, which she wore primarily for fight scenes in early episodes and in the titles. Some episodes contain a <a href="/wiki/Fetish_fashion" title="Fetish fashion">fetishistic</a> undercurrent. In "<a href="/wiki/A_Touch_of_Brimstone" title="A Touch of Brimstone">A Touch of Brimstone</a>", Mrs. Peel dresses in a <a href="/wiki/Dominatrix" title="Dominatrix">dominatrix</a> outfit of corset, laced boots and spiked collar to become the "Queen of Sin". </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:1965_John_Bates_for_Jean_Varon_mindress_01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/1965_John_Bates_for_Jean_Varon_mindress_01.jpg/170px-1965_John_Bates_for_Jean_Varon_mindress_01.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="226" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/1965_John_Bates_for_Jean_Varon_mindress_01.jpg/255px-1965_John_Bates_for_Jean_Varon_mindress_01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/1965_John_Bates_for_Jean_Varon_mindress_01.jpg/340px-1965_John_Bates_for_Jean_Varon_mindress_01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="428" data-file-height="570" /></a><figcaption>John Bates minidress, 1965. Based on a design for Emma Peel in <i>The Avengers</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-bates38_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bates38-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>Emma Peel's avant-garde fashions, featuring bold accents and high-contrast geometric patterns, emphasise her youthful, contemporary personality. For the 1965 season, some of her most memorable outfits were designed by <a href="/wiki/John_Bates_(designer)" title="John Bates (designer)">John Bates</a>, including graphic black-and-white <a href="/wiki/Op_art" title="Op art">Op art</a> mini-coats and accessories, and a silver ensemble comprising a bra bodice, low-slung trousers and jacket.<sup id="cite_ref-bates38_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bates38-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She represents <a href="/wiki/Swinging_Sixties" title="Swinging Sixties">the modern England of the Sixties</a> – just as Steed, with his vintage style and mannerisms, personifies Edwardian-era nostalgia. According to Patrick Macnee in his book <i>The Avengers and Me,</i> Diana Rigg disliked wearing leather and insisted on a new line of fabric athletic wear for the fifth series. Alun Hughes, who had designed clothing for Diana Rigg's personal wardrobe, was suggested by the actress to design Emma Peel's "softer" new wardrobe. <a href="/wiki/Pierre_Cardin" title="Pierre Cardin">Pierre Cardin</a> was brought in to design a new wardrobe for Macnee. In the US, <i><a href="/wiki/TV_Guide" title="TV Guide">TV Guide</a></i> ran a four-page photo spread on Diana Rigg's new "Emmapeeler" outfits (10–16 June 1967). Eight tight-fitting jumpsuits were created, in a variety of bright colours and made of the stretch fabric <a href="/wiki/Crimplene" title="Crimplene">crimplene</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Move_to_colour">Move to colour</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Avengers_(TV_series)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Move to colour"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After one filmed series (of 26 episodes) in black and white, <i>The Avengers</i> began filming in colour for the fifth series in 1966. It was three years before Britain's ITV network began full colour broadcasting. The first 16 episodes of this series were broadcast concurrently in the US, in colour, and the UK, in black and white, from January to May 1967. Eight further episodes were broadcast in the UK beginning in late September, while these episodes were withheld in the US until early 1968, where they would be immediately succeeded by the first batch of episodes featuring Diana Rigg's replacement, <a href="/wiki/Linda_Thorson" title="Linda Thorson">Linda Thorson</a>. The American prologue of the fourth series was modified for the colour episodes. The show opened with the caption <i>The Avengers in Color</i> (required by the US <a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a> for colour series at that time), followed by Steed unwrapping the foil from a <a href="/wiki/Champagne" title="Champagne">champagne bottle</a> and Emma Peel shooting the cork away. Unlike the "chessboard" opening of the previous series, this new prologue had no narrative voice-over, and the scene was also included in UK broadcasts of the series. At the end of the closing credits, all previous series had ended with the ABC Weekend TV logo, but the fifth and sixth series — now made by ABC's sister company A.B.C. Television Films — instead featured an animation where the letters "ABC" were revealed to stand for "Associated British Corporation", a name apparently invented for ABC shows exported to the US to avoid confusion with the US ABC network.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (The legal name of ABC Weekend TV was originally "Associated British Cinemas (Television) Ltd",<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> later shortened to "A.B.C. Television Ltd".) </p><p>The first 16 episodes of the fifth series begin with Emma Peel receiving a call-to-duty message from Steed: "Mrs. Peel, we're needed". Emma Peel would be conducting her normal activities when she unexpectedly received a message on a calling card or within a delivered gift, at which point Steed suddenly appeared (usually in her apartment). The series also introduced a comic <a href="/wiki/Tagline" title="Tagline">tagline</a> caption to the episode title, using the format of "Steed [does this], Emma [does that]". For example, "The Joker" had the opening caption: "Steed trumps an ace, Emma plays a lone hand". "The Joker" was to a large extent a rewrite of "Don't Look Behind You", a black-and-white Cathy Gale episode. Three other colour Emma Peel episodes were rewrites of Cathy Gale episodes. </p><p>The "Mrs Peel, we're needed" scenes and the alternate taglines were dropped after the first 16 episodes, after a break in production, for financial reasons. They were deemed by the UK networks as disposable if <i>The Avengers</i> was to return to ITV screens (Dave Rogers' book <i>The Avengers Anew</i> lists a set for every Steed/Emma Peel episode except "The Forget-Me-Knot"). </p><p>Stories were increasingly characterised by a futuristic, science-fiction bent, with mad scientists and their creations wreaking havoc. The duo dealt with being shrunk to doll size ("Mission... Highly Improbable"), pet cats being electrically altered to become ferocious and lethal "miniature tigers" ("The Hidden Tiger"), killer automata ("Return of The Cybernauts"), mind-transferring machines ("Who's Who???") and invisible foes ("The See-Through Man"). </p><p>The series parodied its American contemporaries with episodes such as "The Girl From AUNTIE", "Mission... Highly Improbable" and "The Winged Avenger" (spoofing <i><a href="/wiki/The_Man_from_U.N.C.L.E." title="The Man from U.N.C.L.E.">The Man from U.N.C.L.E.</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Mission:_Impossible_(1966_TV_series)" title="Mission: Impossible (1966 TV series)">Mission: Impossible</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Batman_(TV_series)" title="Batman (TV series)">Batman</a></i>, respectively). The show still carried the basic format: Steed and his associate were charged with solving the problem in the space of a 50-minute episode, thus preserving the safety of 1960s Britain. </p><p>Humour was evident in the names and acronyms of the organisations. For example, in "The Living Dead," two rival groups examine reported ghost sightings: FOG (Friends of Ghosts) and SMOG (Scientific Measurement of Ghosts). "The Hidden Tiger" features the Philanthropic Union for Rescue, Relief and Recuperation of Cats—PURRR—led by characters named Cheshire, Manx and Angora. </p><p>The series also occasionally adopted a <a href="/wiki/Metafiction" title="Metafiction">metafictional</a> tone, coming close to breaking the <a href="/wiki/Fourth_wall" title="Fourth wall">fourth wall</a>. In the Series 5 episode "Something Nasty in the Nursery", Emma Peel directly refers to the series' storytelling convention of having potentially helpful sources of information killed off just before she or Steed arrive. This then occurs a few minutes later. In the tag scene for the same episode, Steed and Emma Peel tell viewers—indirectly—to tune in next week. </p><p>Diana Rigg's stunt double was stuntwoman Cyd Child, though stuntman Peter Elliot doubled for Diana Rigg in a stunt dive in "The Bird Who Knew Too Much". </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Diana_Rigg's_departure"><span id="Diana_Rigg.27s_departure"></span>Diana Rigg's departure</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Avengers_(TV_series)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Diana Rigg's departure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Diana Rigg was initially unhappy with the way she was treated by the show's producers. During her first series, she learned that she was being paid less than the cameraman. She demanded a raise to put her more on a par with her co-star, or she would leave the show. The producers gave in, thanks to the show's great popularity in the US.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the end of the fifth series in 1967, Diana Rigg left to pursue other projects. This included following Honor Blackman to play a leading role in a James Bond film, <i><a href="/wiki/On_Her_Majesty%27s_Secret_Service_(film)" title="On Her Majesty's Secret Service (film)">On Her Majesty's Secret Service</a></i>, as James Bond's wife <a href="/wiki/Tracy_Bond" title="Tracy Bond">Tracy Bond</a>. </p><p>On 25 October 2015, to mark 50 years of Emma Peel, the BFI (<a href="/wiki/British_Film_Institute" title="British Film Institute">British Film Institute</a>) screened an episode of <i>The Avengers</i> followed by an onstage interview with Diana Rigg, during which she discussed her reasons for leaving the show and Patrick Macnee's reaction to her departure.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Patrick Macnee and Diana Rigg remained lifelong friends. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Series_6_(1968–1969)"><span id="Series_6_.281968.E2.80.931969.29"></span>Series 6 (1968–1969)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Avengers_(TV_series)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Series 6 (1968–1969)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Patrick_MacNee_Linda_Thorson_1968.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Patrick_MacNee_Linda_Thorson_1968.JPG/200px-Patrick_MacNee_Linda_Thorson_1968.JPG" decoding="async" width="200" height="261" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Patrick_MacNee_Linda_Thorson_1968.JPG/300px-Patrick_MacNee_Linda_Thorson_1968.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Patrick_MacNee_Linda_Thorson_1968.JPG/400px-Patrick_MacNee_Linda_Thorson_1968.JPG 2x" data-file-width="703" data-file-height="916" /></a><figcaption>Macnee and <a href="/wiki/Linda_Thorson" title="Linda Thorson">Linda Thorson</a></figcaption></figure> <p>When Diana Rigg left the series in October 1967, the British network executives decided that the current series formula, despite resulting in popular success, could not be pursued further. Thus, they decided that a "return to realism" was appropriate for the sixth series (1968–69). Brian Clemens and Albert Fennell were replaced by <a href="/wiki/John_Bryce_(producer)" title="John Bryce (producer)">John Bryce</a>, producer of most of the Cathy Gale-era episodes. </p><p>John Bryce had a difficult situation to handle. He had to find a replacement for Diana Rigg and shoot the first seven episodes of the new series, which were supposed to be shipped to the US together with the last eight Emma Peel colour episodes. Bryce signed his then-girlfriend, 20-year-old newcomer Linda Thorson, as the new female co-star and chose the name Tara King for her character. Linda Thorson played the role with more innocence in mind and at heart, and unlike the previous partnerships with Cathy Gale and Emma Peel, the writers allowed subtle hints of romance to blossom between Steed and Tara King. Tara King also differed from Steed's previous partners in that she was a fully fledged (albeit initially inexperienced) agent working for Steed's organisation; his previous partners had all been (in the words of the prologue used for American broadcasts of the first Rigg series) talented amateurs. Bryce wanted Tara to be blonde, so Linda Thorson's brown hair was <a href="/wiki/Hair_coloring#Hair_lighteners_and_bleaches" title="Hair coloring">bleached</a>. However, the process badly damaged Linda Thorson's hair, so she had to wear wigs for the first third of her episodes, until her own hair grew back. Her natural brown hair was not seen until the episode, "All Done with Mirrors." </p><p>Production of the first seven episodes of the sixth series began, but the financial problems and internal difficulties undermined John Bryce's effort. He only managed to complete three episodes: "Invitation to a Killing" (a 90-minute episode introducing Tara King), "The Great, Great Britain Crime" (some of its original footage was reused in the 1969 episode "Homicide and Old Lace"), and "Invasion of the Earthmen" (which survived relatively intact except for the scenes in which Tara wears a brown wig). </p><p>After a <a href="/wiki/Rough_cut" title="Rough cut">rough cut</a> screening of these episodes to studio executives, John Bryce was fired and Brian Clemens and Albert Fennell were summoned back. At their return, a fourth episode called "The Murderous Connection" was in its second day of production. After revising the script, it was renamed as "The Curious Case of the Countless Clues" and production resumed. Production of the episode "Split!", a leftover script from the Emma Peel colour series, proceeded. Two completely new episodes were also shot: "Get-A-Way", and "Look (Stop Me If You've Heard This One) But There Were These Two Fellers". </p><p> Dennis Spooner said of the event:<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style></p><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Brian left <i>The Avengers</i> for about three episodes, someone took over, and when Brian came back, it was in a terrible state. He was faced with doing a rewrite on a film they'd already shot. The episode had a story error where Steed leaves for a destination. The villains then realise this and pursue him – yet arrive there before Steed does. It was fixed by having a character ask Steed 'What took you so long?', to which he replies 'I came the pretty way'. "You can only do that on <i>The Avengers</i> you see. It was just my favourite show to work on.<sup id="cite_ref-PeelJohnEmmaLastYearp47-8_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PeelJohnEmmaLastYearp47-8-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>Brian Clemens and Albert Fennell decided to film a new episode to introduce Tara King. This, the third episode filmed for the sixth series, was titled "<a href="/wiki/The_Forget-Me-Knot" title="The Forget-Me-Knot">The Forget-Me-Knot</a>" and bade farewell to Emma Peel and introduced her successor, a trained but inexperienced agent named Tara King. It would be broadcast as the first episode of the sixth series. Tara debuts in dynamic style: when Steed is called to Headquarters, he is attacked and knocked down by trainee agent Tara King, who mistakes him for her training partner. </p><p>No farewell scenes for Emma Peel had been shot when Diana Rigg left the series. She was recalled for "The Forget-Me-Knot", through which Emma acts as Steed's partner as usual. Diana Rigg also filmed a farewell scene for Emma that appeared as the tag scene of the episode. It was explained that Emma's husband, Peter Peel, was found alive and rescued, and she left the <a href="/wiki/Secret_Intelligence_Service" class="mw-redirect" title="Secret Intelligence Service">British secret service</a> to be with him. Emma visits Steed to say goodbye, and while leaving she passes Tara on the stairway giving the advice that "he likes his tea stirred anti-clockwise". Steed looks out of the window as a departing Emma enters the Bentley driven by Peter, who from a distance seems to resemble Steed (and was played by Steed's regular stunt double, with bowler hat and umbrella). </p><p>John Bryce's original episode introducing Tara, "Invitation to a Killing", was revised as a regular 60-minute episode named "Have Guns Will Haggle". These episodes, together with "Invasion of the Earthmen" and the last eight Emma Peel colour episodes, were shipped to the US in February 1968. </p><p>For this series the government official who gave Steed his orders was depicted on screen. <a href="/wiki/Mother_(The_Avengers)" title="Mother (The Avengers)">Mother</a>, introduced in "The Forget-Me-Knot," is a man in a wheelchair. The role was taken by <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Newell" title="Patrick Newell">Patrick Newell</a>, who had played different roles in two earlier episodes, most recently in Series 5. Mother's headquarters would shift from place to place, including one episode in which his complete office was on the top level of a <a href="/wiki/Double-decker_bus" title="Double-decker bus">double-decker bus</a>. Several <a href="/wiki/James_Bond" title="James Bond">James Bond</a> films of the 1970s would make use of a similar gimmick for Bond's briefings. </p><p>Added later as a regular was Mother's mute Amazonian assistant, Rhonda, played by uncredited actress Rhonda Parker. There was one appearance by an agency official code-named "Father", a blind older woman played by Iris Russell. (Iris Russell had appeared in the series several times previously in other roles.) In one episode, "Killer", Steed is paired with Lady Diana Forbes Blakeney (<a href="/wiki/Jennifer_Croxton" title="Jennifer Croxton">Jennifer Croxton</a>) while King is on holiday. </p><p>Scriptwriter Dennis Spooner later reflected: "When I wrote 'Look (Stop Me If You've Heard This One) But There Were These Two Fellers', that was definitely the last series. They were going to make no more, so in that series we went right over the top; we went <i>really</i> weird, because they knew there weren't going to be any more".<sup id="cite_ref-PeelJohnEmmaLastYearp47_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PeelJohnEmmaLastYearp47-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Dennis Spooner said the series "worked because it became a parody on itself, almost. You can only do that so long." He attributes the overall success of the show to its light approach: "We spoofed everything; we took <i>Mission: Impossible</i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Bad_Day_at_Black_Rock" title="Bad Day at Black Rock">Bad Day at Black Rock</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/High_Noon" title="High Noon">High Noon</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Dirty_Dozen" title="The Dirty Dozen">The Dirty Dozen</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Birds_(film)" title="The Birds (film)">The Birds</a></i>... we took them all. The film buffs used to love it. There were always lines in it that people knew what we were talking about".<sup id="cite_ref-PeelJohnEmmaLastYearp47_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PeelJohnEmmaLastYearp47-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The revised series continued to be broadcast in the US. The episodes with Linda Thorson as Tara King proved to be highly rated in Europe and the UK. However, in the US, the ABC network chose to air it opposite the number-one show in the country at the time, <i><a href="/wiki/Rowan_and_Martin%27s_Laugh-In" class="mw-redirect" title="Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In">Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In</a></i>. Steed and Tara King could not compete, and the show was cancelled in the US. Without this vital commercial backing, production could not continue in Britain either, and the series ended in May 1969. The final scene of the final episode ("Bizarre") has Steed and Tara King, <a href="/wiki/Champagne_(wine)" class="mw-redirect" title="Champagne (wine)">champagne</a> glasses in hand, accidentally launching themselves into orbit aboard a rocket, as Mother breaks the <a href="/wiki/Fourth_wall" title="Fourth wall">fourth wall</a> and says to the audience "They'll be back!", before adding in shock "They're unchaperoned up there!" </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cast">Cast</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Avengers_(TV_series)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Cast"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Avengers_and_The_New_Avengers_cast_members" title="List of The Avengers and The New Avengers cast members">List of The Avengers and The New Avengers cast members</a></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Macnee" title="Patrick Macnee">Patrick Macnee</a> as <a href="/wiki/John_Steed" title="John Steed">John Steed</a> (Series 1–6)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ian_Hendry" title="Ian Hendry">Ian Hendry</a> as Dr David Keel (Series 1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Honor_Blackman" title="Honor Blackman">Honor Blackman</a> as <a href="/wiki/Cathy_Gale" title="Cathy Gale">Cathy Gale</a> (Series 2–3)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jon_Rollason" title="Jon Rollason">Jon Rollason</a> as Dr Martin King (Series 2)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julie_Stevens_(English_actress)" title="Julie Stevens (English actress)">Julie Stevens</a> as Venus Smith (Series 2)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diana_Rigg" title="Diana Rigg">Diana Rigg</a> as <a href="/wiki/Emma_Peel" title="Emma Peel">Emma Peel</a> (Series 4–5)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Linda_Thorson" title="Linda Thorson">Linda Thorson</a> as <a href="/wiki/Tara_King" title="Tara King">Tara King</a> (Series 6)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Production">Production</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Avengers_(TV_series)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Production"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Music">Music</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Avengers_(TV_series)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Music"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 1961 series featured a jazz-influenced theme by <a href="/wiki/John_Dankworth" title="John Dankworth">John Dankworth</a>. Library music was used sparsely as a soundtrack, sometimes with variations based on the main theme. Dankworth's theme music was reworked for the third series. John Dankworth's first theme was recorded on the Columbia label, on a 45rpm single, and a new recording, similar to the reworked television theme was issued on Fontana in 1963. A very faithful cover version was released by <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Gregory_(bandleader)" class="mw-redirect" title="Johnny Gregory (bandleader)">Johnny Gregory</a>. </p><p>When Diana Rigg joined the series in 1965, the opening credits of the series were redesigned and new theme music by <a href="/wiki/Laurie_Johnson" title="Laurie Johnson">Laurie Johnson</a> was introduced. This was based on a previously released title on LP, called "The Shake"<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (which capitalised on "<a href="/wiki/The_Shake_(dance)" title="The Shake (dance)">The Shake</a>" dance craze of the '60s).<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For the colour series (1967), a percussion section was added to accompany the new teaser sequence at the start of each episode. Laurie Johnson re-scored the theme when Linda Thorson joined the series, adding a counter-melody on trumpet, based on the <a href="/wiki/Leitmotif" title="Leitmotif">leitmotif</a> for Tara King from the final Diana Rigg episode "The Forget-Me-Knot." The new theme debuted in the closing titles of the episode "The Forget-Me-Knot," which introduced Linda Thorson. It was altogether more dynamic, and included a much more frenetic percussion section, for the revised teaser sequence. Importantly, the filmed episodes contained specially composed scores by Johnson. To accompany Steed's request, "Mrs. Peel – we're needed!", he composed a brief 'sting', and there was also a special theme for 'Emma'. For the 'Linda Thorson' series, a characteristic piece was composed to accompany the tag scene, at the end of each episode. Many of the most memorable cues from the Rigg/Thorson series, including the opening, and closing titles themes, and the 'Tag Scene' were released commercially on CD in 2009. </p><p>Owing to a professional commitment to score for the film <i><a href="/wiki/Hot_Millions" title="Hot Millions">Hot Millions</a></i> (starring <a href="/wiki/Peter_Ustinov" title="Peter Ustinov">Peter Ustinov</a> and <a href="/wiki/Maggie_Smith" title="Maggie Smith">Maggie Smith</a>), Laurie Johnson requested assistance from his keyboard player, <a href="/wiki/Howard_Blake" title="Howard Blake">Howard Blake</a>, who scored some of the episodes of the final season, as well as additional music for other episodes which Laurie Johnson did not have time to complete. These were composed in a style remarkably similar to Laurie Johnson's. In 2011, to mark the 50th anniversary of the series, these almost-complete scores by Howard Blake−including Laurie Johnson's themes for the main and end titles—were issued on a double-CD set. Of the original Johnson theme, countless cover versions have been released on vinyl and CD, and the opening motif was retained on the series <i>The New Avengers</i>. </p><p>Laurie Johnson subsequently collaborated with Brian Clemens on other projects, including the theme for <i>The New Avengers</i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cars">Cars</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Avengers_(TV_series)&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Cars"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The cars used in the series became almost as famous as the actors.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From the 4th series on, Steed's signature cars were six vintage, green 1926–1928 <a href="/wiki/Bentley" title="Bentley">Bentley</a> racing or town cars, including <a href="/wiki/Blower_Bentley" class="mw-redirect" title="Blower Bentley">Blower Bentleys</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bentley_Speed_Six" title="Bentley Speed Six">Bentley Speed Sixes</a> (although, uniquely, in "The Thirteenth Hole" he drives a <a href="/wiki/Vauxhall_30-98" title="Vauxhall 30-98">Vauxhall 30-98</a>). In the final series, he drove two yellow <a href="/wiki/Rolls-Royce_Limited" title="Rolls-Royce Limited">Rolls-Royces</a> – a 1923 <a href="/wiki/Rolls-Royce_Silver_Ghost" title="Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost">Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost</a> and a 1927 <a href="/wiki/Carrosserie_Vanvooren#Working_with_Rolls-Royce" title="Carrosserie Vanvooren">Rolls-Royce New Phantom</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Peel drove <a href="/wiki/Lotus_Elan" title="Lotus Elan">Lotus Elan</a> convertibles (a white 1964 and a powder blue 1966),<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which, like her clothes, emphasised her independence and vitality. During the first Peel series (Series 4), each episode ended with a short, humorous scene of the duo leaving the scene of their most recent adventure in some unusual vehicle. Mother occasionally appeared in a silver Rolls-Royce. Tara King drove an <a href="/wiki/AC_428" class="mw-redirect" title="AC 428">AC 428</a> and a <a href="/wiki/Lotus_Europa" title="Lotus Europa">Lotus Europa</a>. Lady Diana Forbes Blakeney drove an <a href="/wiki/MG_MGB#MGC" title="MG MGB">MGC Roadster</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Production_team">Production team</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Avengers_(TV_series)&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Production team"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Sydney_Newman" title="Sydney Newman">Sydney Newman</a>, who would later go on to spearhead the creation of <i><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who" title="Doctor Who">Doctor Who</a></i> for the BBC, never received screen credit as the creator of <i>The Avengers</i>. In his memoir, <i>The Avengers and Me</i>, Patrick Macnee interviewed Newman about this. Newman explained that he never sought on-screen credit on the series because during his previous tenure at the <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Broadcasting_Corporation" title="Canadian Broadcasting Corporation">Canadian Broadcasting Corporation</a>, such credits were not given, and he never thought to get one for <i>The Avengers</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The production team changed during the series' long run, particularly between the third and fourth series, but the influence of <a href="/wiki/Brian_Clemens" title="Brian Clemens">Brian Clemens</a> was felt throughout. He wrote the second episode and became the series' most prolific scriptwriter. Succeeding producers <a href="/wiki/Leonard_White_(producer)" title="Leonard White (producer)">Leonard White</a> and John Bryce, <a href="/wiki/Julian_Wintle" title="Julian Wintle">Julian Wintle</a> became the producer of the 4th series with Brian Clemens credited as associate producer and <a href="/wiki/Albert_Fennell" title="Albert Fennell">Albert Fennell</a> credited as "In charge of production". For series 5, made by A.B.C. Television Films (which was created during the run-up to ABC Weekend TV and Associated-Rediffusion forming Thames TV) Clemens and Fennell became co-producers, with Wintle as executive producer. For series 6, after its initial producer John Bryce left, Clemens and Fennell returned as co-producers; early episodes also credit Julian Wintle as consultant to the series and <a href="/wiki/Philip_Levene" title="Philip Levene">Philip Levene</a> as story consultant. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Ray_Austin_(director)" title="Ray Austin (director)">Ray Austin</a> became the fight arranger for series 4 and 5, introducing kung fu to the series. Ray Austin had been training with <a href="/wiki/Chee_Soo" title="Chee Soo">Chee Soo</a> and they worked techniques from <a href="/wiki/Feng_Shou" title="Feng Shou">Feng Shou</a> kung fu and <a href="/wiki/Lee-style_tai_chi" title="Lee-style tai chi">tai chi</a> into the fight scenes and credit sequences. Ray Austin, Diana Rigg and Chee Soo were later awarded a <a href="/wiki/Guinness_World_Records" title="Guinness World Records">Guinness world record</a><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as the first people to show kung fu on television. Later he became a prolific television director. Joe Dunne took over for series 6. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Episodes">Episodes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Avengers_(TV_series)&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Episodes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Avengers_(TV_series)_episodes" title="List of The Avengers (TV series) episodes">List of The Avengers (TV series) episodes</a></div> <p>Six series of <i>The Avengers</i> were made between 1961 and 1969. There was an enforced break in filming and transmission towards the end of series five due to financial problems. Television researcher Andrew Pixley and authors <a href="/wiki/Paul_Cornell" title="Paul Cornell">Paul Cornell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Martin_Day_(writer)" title="Martin Day (writer)">Martin Day</a> and <a href="/wiki/Keith_Topping" title="Keith Topping">Keith Topping</a> in their book <i>The Avengers Dossier: The Unauthorised and Unofficial Guide</i> consider the last eight episodes produced after the break as constituting a short series six, and therefore count seven series in total. Within the internal production of <i>The Avengers</i> the last eight episodes were considered to be a continuation of series five. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="4">UK</th> <th colspan="3">US</th> <th rowspan="2">Principal characters</th> <th rowspan="2">Production format<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">& company</span> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3"><span style="font-size:85%;">Series</span> / <span style="font-size:85%;">episodes</span></th> <th>First broadcast</th> <th colspan="2"><span style="font-size:85%;">Season</span> / <span style="font-size:85%;">episodes</span></th> <th>Air dates </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Avengers_(TV_series)_episodes#Series_1_(1961)" title="List of The Avengers (TV series) episodes">1</a> </th> <td colspan="2">26</td> <td>Jan–Dec 1961</td> <td colspan="3" style="background:silver">—</td> <td>Keel and Steed</td> <td rowspan="3">black and white video<br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/ABC_Weekend_TV" title="ABC Weekend TV">ABC Television</a> (UK)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Avengers_(TV_series)_episodes#Series_2_(1962–1963)" title="List of The Avengers (TV series) episodes">2</a> </th> <td colspan="2">26</td> <td>Sep 1962 – <span class="nowrap">Mar 1963</span></td> <td colspan="3" style="background:silver">—</td> <td>Steed, Smith and Gale </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Avengers_(TV_series)_episodes#Series_3_(1963–1964)" title="List of The Avengers (TV series) episodes">3</a> </th> <td colspan="2">26</td> <td>Sep 1963 – <span class="nowrap">Mar 1964</span></td> <td colspan="3" style="background:silver">—</td> <td>Steed and Gale </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Avengers_(TV_series)_episodes#Series_4_(1965–1966)" title="List of The Avengers (TV series) episodes">4</a> </th> <td colspan="2">26</td> <td>Sep 1965 – <span class="nowrap">Mar 1966</span></td> <td><b>1</b></td> <td>26</td> <td>Mar–Sep 1966<sup id="cite_ref-Forever-4-5_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Forever-4-5-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td rowspan="3">Steed and Peel</td> <td>black and white film<br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Associated_British_Productions" class="mw-redirect" title="Associated British Productions">Associated British Productions</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Avengers_(TV_series)_episodes#Series_5_(1967)" title="List of The Avengers (TV series) episodes">5</a> </th> <td rowspan="2">24</td> <td>16</td> <td>Jan–May 1967</td> <td><b>2</b></td> <td>16</td> <td>Jan–May 1967<sup id="cite_ref-Forever-4-5_34-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Forever-4-5-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td rowspan="4">colour film<br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Associated_British_Corporation" class="mw-redirect" title="Associated British Corporation">ABC Television Films</a> (UK)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>8</td> <td>Sep–Nov 1967</td> <td rowspan="2" style="height:4em;"><b>3</b></td> <td rowspan="2">15</td> <td rowspan="2">Jan–May 1968<sup id="cite_ref-Forever-4-5_34-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Forever-4-5-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Forever-6_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Forever-6-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Avengers_(TV_series)_episodes#Series_6_(1968–1969)" title="List of The Avengers (TV series) episodes">6</a> </th> <td rowspan="2" colspan="2">33</td> <td rowspan="2" style="height:4em;">Sep 1968 – <span class="nowrap">May 1969</span></td> <td rowspan="2">Steed and King </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>4</b></td> <td>26</td> <td>Sep 1968 – <span class="nowrap">Apr 1969</span><sup id="cite_ref-Forever-6_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Forever-6-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception">Reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Avengers_(TV_series)&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="In_Canada_and_the_United_States">In Canada and the United States</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Avengers_(TV_series)&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: In Canada and the United States"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Although telerecordings of the second and third series were seen in Canada as early as 1963, the first two series of <i>The Avengers</i> were not broadcast on television in the United States. The American ABC purchased the rights to broadcast seasons 4 and 5 in the United States in 1965. The sale of <i>The Avengers</i> to United States television prompted a change in production style from the 405-line British multi-camera stand to the single-camera shooting method, originated on <a href="/wiki/35mm_movie_film" class="mw-redirect" title="35mm movie film">35mm film</a>. </p><p>The series' stunt man and stunt arranger <a href="/wiki/Ray_Austin_(director)" title="Ray Austin (director)">Ray Austin</a> expressed the opinion that the show's violence ultimately harmed its popular success in the United States. There <i>The Avengers</i> was given a late timeslot due to its violence: "They did that with the first <i>Avengers</i> here [in the U.S.], with Diana Rigg. They put us on at 11:30 pm on CBS  [<i><a href="/wiki/Sic" title="Sic">sic</a></i>], because it was too violent". Austin goes on to explain that US television follows a "different code". Austin said that on <i>The Avengers</i> "we were determined to do the show our way, the English way, and no one was going to stop us! And, indeed, no one did stop us. We never, never got to prime time. And it was our own faults, because we would not comply to the Midwest. That's where the money comes from in this country, nowhere else. Forget Los Angeles, forget New York—you have to aim for the Midwest. If the Midwest watches your show, you've made it".<sup id="cite_ref-PeelJohnSeasons3&4p83_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PeelJohnSeasons3&4p83-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In fact the first and second series of Emma Peel episodes mainly aired at 10:00 pm on ABC.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The final Rigg episodes and all the Linda Thorson episodes mainly ran at 7:30 pm, also on ABC.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>American censors objected to some content, in particular the episode "A Touch of Brimstone", which featured a modern-day version of the <a href="/wiki/Hellfire_Club" title="Hellfire Club">Hellfire Club</a> and climaxed with Emma being dressed in a skimpy corset costume with spiked collar and high-heeled boots to become the Queen of Sin, and being attacked with a whip by guest star <a href="/wiki/Peter_Wyngarde" title="Peter Wyngarde">Peter Wyngarde</a>. The American broadcast network refused to air it.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In total five episodes from the first Emma Peel series were not initially broadcast by ABC.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These were: "A Surfeit of H<sub>2</sub>O", "Silent Dust" (which featured Emma being attacked with a horsewhip), "Quick-Quick Slow Death", "A Touch of Brimstone" and "Honey for the Prince" (in which Emma performed the <a href="/wiki/Dance_of_the_seven_veils" class="mw-redirect" title="Dance of the seven veils">dance of the seven veils</a>), although they were seen in later syndicated repeats. </p><p>Earlier Cathy Gale and Venus Smith episodes had aired in Canada before the arrival of Mrs. Peel. US audiences saw the 1962–1964 Gale and Smith episodes of the series for the first time in the early 1990s when they were broadcast on the <a href="/wiki/A%26E_Network" class="mw-redirect" title="A&E Network">A&E Network</a>. No Keel episode of the series was ever repeatedly broadcast outside Britain, contributing to the fact nearly all first-series episodes are now lost, and even in the UK only one surviving episode, "The Frighteners", was rebroadcast (as part of a run of classic episodes on <a href="/wiki/Channel_4" title="Channel 4">Channel 4</a> in early 1993, otherwise mostly consisting of Gale episodes).<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Home_media">Home media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Avengers_(TV_series)&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Home media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Only three complete episodes from the show's first series, plus a portion of another episode, are known to exist, as 16mm film <a href="/wiki/Telerecording" class="mw-redirect" title="Telerecording">telerecordings</a>. These are "The Frighteners" (an extract of which is playing on a television in the film <i><a href="/wiki/Quadrophenia_(film)" title="Quadrophenia (film)">Quadrophenia</a></i>), "Girl on the Trapeze", which was found in the <a href="/wiki/UCLA_Film_and_Television_Archive" title="UCLA Film and Television Archive">UCLA Film and Television Archive</a> via an internet search of their on-line database, and "Tunnel of Fear", which was found in 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-TOF_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOF-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Additionally, part of the show's first episode was also found in the United States. The footage is of the episode's first 21 minutes, up to the first commercial break. </p><p>All series 2 and series 3 episodes survive as <a href="/wiki/16mm" class="mw-redirect" title="16mm">16mm</a> telerecordings. These have been released to <a href="/wiki/DVD" title="DVD">DVD</a>, as have all of the Emma Peel and Tara King episodes, which were shot on film. The two earlier-found surviving complete Keel episodes, plus the remnant of the first episode, have also been released in the UK and US, but are not currently available in the US. None of the original videotapes of series 1, 2 and 3 survive. </p><p>From the late 1990s to the early 2000s, <a href="/wiki/A%26E_Home_Video" class="mw-redirect" title="A&E Home Video">A&E TV Home Entertainment</a> (under license from <a href="/wiki/Studiocanal" class="mw-redirect" title="Studiocanal">Canal+ Image International</a>) released the remaining surviving series on Region 1 DVD in North America, with newly remastered picture and sound quality. </p><p>Series 4, 5 and 6 were remastered and released on <a href="/wiki/Blu-ray" title="Blu-ray">Blu-ray</a> by Studio Canal. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sequel">Sequel</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Avengers_(TV_series)&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Sequel"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_New_Avengers"><i>The New Avengers</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Avengers_(TV_series)&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: The New Avengers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/The_New_Avengers_(TV_series)" title="The New Avengers (TV series)">The New Avengers (TV series)</a></div> <p>The sustained popularity of the Tara King episodes in France led to a 1975 French television advertisement for <a href="/wiki/Laurent-Perrier" title="Laurent-Perrier">Laurent-Perrier</a> champagne, in which Thorson and Macnee reprised their roles. The advertisement's success spurred financing interest in France for new episodes of <i>The Avengers</i>. </p><p>The result was a new series, <i>The New Avengers</i>. Patrick Macnee reprised the role of Steed, with two new partners, Mike Gambit (<a href="/wiki/Gareth_Hunt" title="Gareth Hunt">Gareth Hunt</a>) and Purdey (<a href="/wiki/Joanna_Lumley" title="Joanna Lumley">Joanna Lumley</a>). It aired on <a href="/wiki/ITV_(TV_network)" title="ITV (TV network)">ITV</a> in the UK in 1976–1977, <a href="/wiki/CTV_television_network" class="mw-redirect" title="CTV television network">CTV</a> in Canada, <a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a> in the United States (in 1978–79) and <a href="/wiki/TF1" title="TF1">TF1</a> in France (series 1 in 1976–1977 and series 2 in 1979). The final four episodes were almost completely produced by Canadian interests and were filmed there. In some markets they carried the title <i>The New Avengers in Canada</i>. </p><p>Although Macnee was the only actor from the original series to reprise his role, archival footage of Diana Rigg allowed Emma Peel to make a cameo appearance in a second-season episode "K is for Kill: The Tiger Awakes", while Macnee's first co-star, Ian Hendry, made a guest appearance as a different character in the episode "To Catch a Rat". </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Spin-offs">Spin-offs</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Avengers_(TV_series)&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Spin-offs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Novels">Novels</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Avengers_(TV_series)&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Novels"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A number of original novels based on the series were published in the 1960s.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first by Douglas Enefer, published by Consul Books, was the only 60s novel to feature Cathy Gale. Panther Books published four novels written by John Garforth featuring Emma Peel in the United Kingdom in 1967; Berkley Medallion Books reprinted these in the United States. After Panther stopped publishing <i>Avengers</i> novels in the UK, Berkley Medallion continued publishing original novels of their own: one featuring Peel and four featuring Tara King for the US market only; three by <a href="/wiki/Keith_Laumer" title="Keith Laumer">Keith Laumer</a> in 1968; and two by Norman Daniels 1968/69. Berkley Medallion later re-printed all nine novels with new covers that featured photos of both Rigg and Thorson, regardless of which <i>Avengers</i> girl appeared in the novel. The two novels published by Hodder and Stoughton in 1965/66 were co-written by Patrick Macnee, making him one of the first actors to write licensed spin-off fiction of their own shows. The Macnee novels, <i>Deadline</i> and <i>Dead Duck</i>, were reprinted in the UK by <a href="/wiki/Titan_Books" class="mw-redirect" title="Titan Books">Titan Books</a> in standard paperback in 1994 and in France by Huitieme Art (1995 & 1996). They were also published in the US for the first time by TV Books in 1998. Titan reissued the books in <a href="/wiki/Trade_paperback_(comics)" title="Trade paperback (comics)">trade paperback</a> format (with the same covers) to coincide with the release of the <a href="/wiki/The_Avengers_(1998_film)" title="The Avengers (1998 film)">1998 feature film</a>. </p><p>The 1990 novel <i>Too Many Targets</i> by <a href="/wiki/John_Peel_(writer)" title="John Peel (writer)">John Peel</a> featured all of Steed's partners (David Keel, Cathy Gale, Emma Peel and Tara King) with the exception of Venus Smith and Dr Martin King. </p> <ul><li><i>The Avengers</i>, Douglas Enefer, 1963</li> <li><i>Deadline</i>, Patrick Macnee and Peter Leslie, 1965</li> <li><i>Dead Duck</i>, Macnee and Leslie, 1966</li> <li><i>The Floating Game</i>, John Garforth, 1967</li> <li><i>The Laugh Was on Lazarus</i>, Garforth, 1967</li> <li><i>The Passing of Gloria Munday</i>, Garforth, 1967</li> <li><i>Heil Harris!</i>, Garforth, 1967</li> <li><i>The Afrit Affair</i>, Keith Laumer, 1968</li> <li><i>The Drowned Queen</i>, Laumer, 1968</li> <li><i>The Gold Bomb</i>, Laumer, 1968</li> <li><i>The Magnetic Man</i>, Norman A. Daniels, 1968</li> <li><i>Moon Express</i>, Daniels, 1969</li> <li><i>John Steed: An Authorized Biography Vol. 1: Jealous in Honour</i>, <a href="/wiki/Tim_Heald" title="Tim Heald">Tim Heald</a>, 1977 (UK release only)</li> <li>A four volume fan fiction set produced in Australia but authorised. <ul><li>Vol. 1 <i>The Weather Merchants</i> (1989) by Dave Rogers and Barlow; Rogers had previously written several non-fiction books about the series</li> <li>Vol. 2 <i>The Monster of the Moor</i> (1990) by Barlow</li> <li>Vol. 3 <i>Before the Mast</i> (1991). A Tara short story, produced only in photocopied supplement format</li> <li>Vol. 4 (1994). Contains two stories, <i>Moonlight Express</i> and <i>The Spoilsports</i>.</li></ul></li> <li><i>Too Many Targets</i>, <a href="/wiki/John_Peel_(writer)" title="John Peel (writer)">John Peel</a> and Rogers, 1990.</li> <li><i>The Avengers</i>, Julie Kaewert, 1998 (film novelisation)</li></ul> <p>A <a href="/wiki/Short_story" title="Short story">short story</a> by Peter Leslie entitled "What's a Ghoul Like You Doing in a Place Like This?" appeared in <i>The Television Crimebusters Omnibus</i>, a hardback anthology edited by <a href="/wiki/Peter_Haining_(author)" title="Peter Haining (author)">Peter Haining</a>, first published by Orion in 1994 (this Steed and Tara story first appeared in the 1969 UK Avengers annual, from Atlas publications). Both of the Macnee/Leslie UK paperback titles were translated and published in Portugal in 1967 as <i>Os Vingadores: O Dia Depois De Amanha</i> (<i>Deadline</i>) and <i>Os Vingadores: O Pato Morto</i> (<i>Dead Duck</i>) by Deaga. All four UK John Garforth Panther book paperbacks were translated and published by Roman in France (1967), a paperback omnibus edition was published in 1998 by Fleuve Noir. Three of the Garforth paperbacks were also translated and published by Heyne in Germany (1967/68) (<i>Heil Harris!</i> was not translated for obvious reasons) and a German hardback omnibus edition of the three titles was published by Lichtenberg (1968), reprinted in paperback by Heyne in 1998. All four titles were also translated and published in the Netherlands by Bruna (1967) and in Chile by Zig-Zag (1968). <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2014)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Comics">Comics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Avengers_(TV_series)&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Comics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first UK Avengers comic strips,<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> featuring Steed and <a href="/wiki/Cathy_Gale" title="Cathy Gale">Cathy Gale</a>, first appeared in regional TV listings magazines <i>Look Westward</i> and <i>The Viewer</i> from 14 September 1963 to 9 May 1964 (and later in 1964, re-printed in the <i><a href="/wiki/Manchester_Evening_News" title="Manchester Evening News">Manchester Evening News</a></i>). This run consisted of four serials. </p><p>Steed and Mrs Peel comic strips began in <a href="/wiki/Polystyle_Publications" title="Polystyle Publications">Polystyle Publications</a>' <i><a href="/wiki/TV_Comic" title="TV Comic">TV Comic</a></i> in issue #720, dated 2 October 1965, beginning after the TV debut of <a href="/wiki/Emma_Peel" title="Emma Peel">Emma Peel</a>, and ran until issue #771, dated 24 September 1966 – this run consisted of 10 serials plus one 4-page one-off in <i>TV Comic Holiday Special</i> (June 1966). At that point the rights were sold to publishers <a href="/wiki/D.C._Thomson_%26_Co._Ltd" class="mw-redirect" title="D.C. Thomson & Co. Ltd">D.C. Thomson & Co. Ltd</a>, where the next version of the strip appeared in issue #199, dated 10 December 1966, of <i>Diana</i> the popular paper for girls. Its run ended in issue #224, dated 2 June 1967, with art by Emilio Frejo and Juan Gonzalez Alacrojo – this run consisted of 8 serials. </p><p>Earlier, <i>The Growing Up of Emma Peel</i> comic strip had appeared in <i>June and Schoolfriend</i> comic from issue #52, dated 29 January 1966, to issue #63, dated 16 April 1966. This had featured the adventures of 14-year-old Emma Knight and was run concurrent with the <i>TV Comic</i> strip and consisted of 11 instalments. </p><p>The Avengers returned to <i>TV Comic</i> issue #877, dated 5 October 1968, just after <a href="/wiki/Tara_King" title="Tara King">Tara King</a> debuted on TV, the Tara & Steed strip continued until issue #1077, dated 5 August 1972. This run consisted of 28 serials plus a 4-page one-off in <i>TV Comic Holiday Special 1972</i>. Also in 1966 <a href="/wiki/Thorpe_%26_Porter" title="Thorpe & Porter">Thorpe & Porter</a> published a 68-page Avengers comic featuring Steed & Peel, with original art by <a href="/wiki/Mick_Anglo" title="Mick Anglo">Mick Anglo</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mick_Austin" title="Mick Austin">Mick Austin</a> — this consisted of four 16-page stories. </p><p>A few <i>Avengers</i>-related comic books have been published in the USA. They are not named <i>The Avengers</i> because the rights to the names "Avengers" and "New Avengers" are held by <a href="/wiki/Marvel_Comics" title="Marvel Comics">Marvel Comics</a> for use with their <a href="/wiki/Avengers_(comics)" title="Avengers (comics)">Avengers</a> comics depicting a team of superheroes called <i>The Avengers</i>. <a href="/wiki/Gold_Key_Comics" title="Gold Key Comics">Gold Key Comics</a> published one issue of <i>John Steed Emma Peel</i> in 1968 (subtitled <i>The Avengers</i> on the <a href="/wiki/Indicia_(publishing)" title="Indicia (publishing)">Indicia</a> page), which included two newly coloured and reformatted <i>The Avengers</i> strips from <i>TV Comic</i>. </p><p>A 3-issue limited entitled <i>Steed and Mrs. Peel</i> appeared in 1990–1992 under the <a href="/wiki/Acme_Press" title="Acme Press">Acme Press</a>/<a href="/wiki/Eclipse_Comics" title="Eclipse Comics">Eclipse Comics</a> imprint; it featured a three-part story, "The Golden Game" in issues #1–3, by <a href="/wiki/Grant_Morrison" title="Grant Morrison">Grant Morrison</a> and a two-part story, in issues #2 & #3, "A Deadly Rainbow" by Anne Caulfield; both strips had art by <a href="/wiki/Ian_Gibson_(artist)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ian Gibson (artist)">Ian Gibson</a>. <a href="/wiki/Boom!_Studios" title="Boom! Studios">Boom! Studios</a> reprinted this series in six issues in early 2012, and later published a new ongoing series written by <a href="/wiki/Mark_Waid" title="Mark Waid">Mark Waid</a> and Caleb Monroe which lasted 12 issues. Boom! subsequently announced a six-issue follow-up series, <i>Steed and Mrs. Peel: We're Needed</i>, which was launched in the summer of 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite issue #1 showing "1 of 6", only 3 issues were produced ("2 of 3" and "3 of 3" showing on the other issues, with the cover for issue #3 being the one originally planned for issue #4 which was planned to be the start of another 3-issue story). </p><p>In the UK, where hardback annuals are traditionally produced for sale at Christmas, The Avengers first appeared in <i>TV Crimebusters Annual</i> (1962) and featured a 7-page comic strip with Dr David Keel titled <i>The Drug Pedlar</i>. Atlas Publications produced three <i>The Avengers</i> hardback Annuals for 1967, 1968 and 1969, which also featured original Avengers comic strips featuring Steed, Emma Peel, and Tara King, as well as text stories. </p><p>The <i>TV Comic</i> Avengers strips and the 1966 Avengers comic and a few comic strips from the Annuals have been translated and published in Germany, the Netherlands, France, and Chile. </p><p>The Avengers also have made a number of <a href="/wiki/Cameo_appearance" title="Cameo appearance">cameo appearances</a> in comics over the years: </p> <ul><li>In 1991's <i><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who_Magazine" title="Doctor Who Magazine">Doctor Who Magazine</a></i> #173, <a href="/wiki/Gary_Russell" title="Gary Russell">Gary Russell</a> and artists <a href="/wiki/Mike_Collins_(comics)" title="Mike Collins (comics)">Mike Collins</a> and Steve Pini show <a href="/wiki/Captain_Britain" title="Captain Britain">Captain Britain</a> about to hit John Steed when Emma Peel shows up behind him.</li> <li>Emma Peel and John Steed were seen among the crowd in a bar scene in <i><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_Come_(comics)" title="Kingdom Come (comics)">Kingdom Come</a></i> #2 (1996) by <a href="/wiki/Mark_Waid" title="Mark Waid">Mark Waid</a> and <a href="/wiki/Alex_Ross" title="Alex Ross">Alex Ross</a>.</li> <li>Emma Peel and John Steed appeared unnamed in <i><a href="/wiki/Superman_(comic_book)" title="Superman (comic book)">Superman</a></i> #13 (1988) by <a href="/wiki/John_Byrne_(comics)" title="John Byrne (comics)">John Byrne</a> and <a href="/wiki/Karl_Kesel" title="Karl Kesel">Karl Kesel</a>.</li> <li>A crossover series, <i><a href="/wiki/Batman_%2766" title="Batman '66">Batman '66</a> Meets Steed and Mrs. Peel</i>, was launched in June 2016 as a joint effort between <a href="/wiki/DC_Comics" title="DC Comics">DC Comics</a> and <a href="/wiki/Boom!_Studios" title="Boom! Studios">Boom! Studios</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Moore" title="Alan Moore">Alan Moore</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/League_of_Extraordinary_Gentlemen" class="mw-redirect" title="League of Extraordinary Gentlemen">League of Extraordinary Gentlemen</a></i> is littered with oblique references to events and characters in <i>The Avengers</i>, with three unnamed characters that are clearly Purdey, Tara and Emma appearing at the end of the book "Century: 2009".<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Stage_play">Stage play</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Avengers_(TV_series)&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Stage play"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A stage adaptation was produced in Britain in 1971, written by TV series veterans Brian Clemens and <a href="/wiki/Terence_Feely" title="Terence Feely">Terence Feely</a>, and directed by <a href="/wiki/Leslie_Phillips" title="Leslie Phillips">Leslie Phillips</a>. It starred <a href="/wiki/Simon_Oates" title="Simon Oates">Simon Oates</a> as Steed, <a href="/wiki/Sue_Lloyd" title="Sue Lloyd">Sue Lloyd</a> as new partner Hannah Wild, and <a href="/wiki/Kate_O%27Mara" title="Kate O'Mara">Kate O'Mara</a> as villainess Madame Gerda. All three had guest roles in the original series.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A character named Hana Wilde (played by <a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Rampling" title="Charlotte Rampling">Charlotte Rampling</a>) had essentially acted as Steed's partner in series five's "The Superlative Seven", an episode in which Emma Peel appears only briefly. According to John Peel in his overview of "The Superlative Seven", Charlotte Rampling was rumoured to be grooming up to replace Diana Rigg in this story, but nothing ever came of that".<sup id="cite_ref-PeelJohnEmmaLastYearp29_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PeelJohnEmmaLastYearp29-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Radio_series">Radio series</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Avengers_(TV_series)&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Radio series"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"The Avengers (radio series)" redirects here. Not to be confused with <a href="/wiki/The_Avenger_(radio_program)" title="The Avenger (radio program)">The Avenger (radio program)</a>.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Avengers_(radio_series)_episodes" title="List of The Avengers (radio series) episodes">List of The Avengers (radio series) episodes</a></div> <p>A radio series<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was transmitted between 6 December 1971 and 28 December 1973 on <a href="/wiki/Springbok_Radio" title="Springbok Radio">Springbok Radio</a>, the English-language service of the <a href="/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa">South African</a> Broadcasting Corporation (<a href="/wiki/SABC" title="SABC">SABC</a>); it was recorded at Sonovision Studios in <a href="/wiki/Johannesburg" title="Johannesburg">Johannesburg</a>, produced by Dave Gooden, the original TV scripts were adapted and directed by <a href="/wiki/Tony_Jay" title="Tony Jay">Tony Jay</a>, for the first six months and Dennis Folbigge for the remainder. South Africa did not have national television until 1976.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The episodes were adapted from both Emma Peel and Tara King episodes (with Tara changed to Emma Peel throughout). The Avengers were played by two British expatriate actors, Donald Monat as Steed and Diane Appleby as Mrs Peel, with Hugh Rouse as the tongue-in-cheek narrator. The stories were adapted into five-episode serials under <a href="/wiki/Tony_Jay" title="Tony Jay">Tony Jay</a> and six- and seven-episode serials under Dennis Folbigge, of approximately 15 minutes each (including adverts) and stripped across the week, Monday-Friday, on Springbok Radio. </p><p>Currently only 19 complete serials survive, all from <a href="/wiki/Reel-to-reel" class="mw-redirect" title="Reel-to-reel">reel-to-reel</a> off-air recordings made by John Wright in 1972. Also, the first three episodes of a remake of <i>Escape in Time</i> currently exist. Episodes 1 and 2 are copies from the original Sonovision tapes, and episode 3 is from an off-air recording, on audio cassette, made by Barbara Peterson; the rest of this serial is still missing. These episodes are also known to have been transmitted in New York on station <a href="/wiki/WBAI" title="WBAI">WBAI</a> on 99.5 FM, from 1977 to the early 1990s, and are currently being transmitted on Miami station <a href="/wiki/WRGP" title="WRGP">WRGP</a> on early Monday mornings. </p><p>Copies from the original off-air recordings have been restored by Alan and Alys Hayes, and can be heard at their "The Avengers Declassified" website and its sister website "Avengers on the Radio". </p><p>Many more serials were broadcast during its two-year run on South African radio; it is thought 83 serials were made and transmitted, but no other episodes are known to exist at present. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Film">Film</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Avengers_(TV_series)&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Film"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/The_Avengers_(1998_film)" title="The Avengers (1998 film)">The Avengers (1998 film)</a></div> <p>Plans for a <a href="/wiki/Film_adaptation" title="Film adaptation">feature-length adaptation</a> based upon the series circulated during the 1960s, 1980s and 1990s, with <a href="/wiki/Mel_Gibson" title="Mel Gibson">Mel Gibson</a> at one point being considered a front-runner for the role of Steed. Ultimately, the 1998 film, starring <a href="/wiki/Uma_Thurman" title="Uma Thurman">Uma Thurman</a> as Emma Peel and <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Fiennes" title="Ralph Fiennes">Ralph Fiennes</a> as John Steed, with <a href="/wiki/Sean_Connery" title="Sean Connery">Sean Connery</a> as the villain, received <a href="/wiki/List_of_films_considered_the_worst#The_Avengers_(1998)" title="List of films considered the worst">extremely negative reviews from critics</a> and fans, and is a <a href="/wiki/Box_office_bomb" class="mw-redirect" title="Box office bomb">notorious commercial failure</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Audio">Audio</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Avengers_(TV_series)&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Audio"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In June 2013, <a href="/wiki/Big_Finish_Productions" title="Big Finish Productions">Big Finish Productions</a> signed a license with <a href="/wiki/StudioCanal" title="StudioCanal">StudioCanal</a> to produce full-cast audio productions of 12 lost first-season episodes.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The main cast includes <a href="/wiki/Julian_Wadham" title="Julian Wadham">Julian Wadham</a> as Steed, <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Howell_(actor)" title="Anthony Howell (actor)">Anthony Howell</a> as Dr David Keel, and Lucy Briggs-Owen as Carol Wilson. The stories are adapted for audio by John Dorney. </p><p>In January 2014, Volume One, containing the first four stories, ("Hot Snow", "Brought to Book", "Square Root of Evil" and "One for the Mortuary") was released. Volume Two, containing the next four stories, ("Ashes of Roses", "Please Don't Feed the Animals", "The Radioactive Man" and "Dance with Death") was released in July 2014. Volume Three, containing the next four stories, was released in January 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-bigfinish.com_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bigfinish.com-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 2014, Big Finish extended the audio recreation programme to include all 26 season one episodes, including the then-two extant stories. A total of seven boxed sets were released.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Proposed_reboots">Proposed reboots</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Avengers_(TV_series)&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Proposed reboots"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In a 2023 interview, <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Higson" title="Charlie Higson">Charlie Higson</a> said he and <a href="/wiki/Paul_Whitehouse" title="Paul Whitehouse">Paul Whitehouse</a> had been offered an opportunity to helm a new series, but had declined.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 18 January 2024, it was announced that 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href="/wiki/List_of_The_Avengers_episodes" class="mw-redirect" title="List of The Avengers episodes">Episodes</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Series 1</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Hot_Snow_(The_Avengers)" title="Hot Snow (The Avengers)">Hot Snow</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Crescent_Moon_(The_Avengers)" title="Crescent Moon (The Avengers)">Crescent Moon</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Girl_on_the_Trapeze" title="Girl on the Trapeze">Girl on the Trapeze</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Dance_with_Death_(The_Avengers)" title="Dance with Death (The Avengers)">Dance with Death</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Frighteners_(The_Avengers)" title="The Frighteners (The Avengers)">The Frighteners</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Tunnel_of_Fear" title="Tunnel of Fear">Tunnel of Fear</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Series 2</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Mr._Teddy_Bear" title="Mr. Teddy Bear">Mr. Teddy Bear</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Propellant_23_(The_Avengers)" title="Propellant 23 (The Avengers)">Propellant 23</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Decapod" title="The Decapod">The Decapod</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Bullseye_(The_Avengers)" title="Bullseye (The Avengers)">Bullseye</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Mission_to_Montreal" title="Mission to Montreal">Mission to Montreal</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Removal_Men" title="The Removal Men">The Removal Men</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Mauritius_Penny" title="The Mauritius Penny">The Mauritius Penny</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Death_of_a_Great_Dane" title="Death of a Great Dane">Death of a Great Dane</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Sell_Out_(The_Avengers)" title="The Sell Out (The Avengers)">The Sell Out</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Death_on_the_Rocks" title="Death on the Rocks">Death on the Rocks</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Traitor_in_Zebra" title="Traitor in Zebra">Traitor in Zebra</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Big_Thinker" title="The Big Thinker">The Big Thinker</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Death_Dispatch" title="Death Dispatch">Death Dispatch</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Dead_on_Course" title="Dead on Course">Dead on Course</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Intercrime" title="Intercrime">Intercrime</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Immortal_Clay" title="Immortal Clay">Immortal Clay</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Box_of_Tricks_(The_Avengers)" title="Box of Tricks (The Avengers)">Box of Tricks</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Warlock_(The_Avengers)" title="Warlock (The Avengers)">Warlock</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Golden_Eggs" title="The Golden Eggs">The Golden Eggs</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/School_for_Traitors" title="School for Traitors">School for Traitors</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_White_Dwarf" title="The White Dwarf">The White Dwarf</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Man_in_the_Mirror_(The_Avengers)" title="Man in the Mirror (The Avengers)">Man in the Mirror</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Conspiracy_of_Silence_(The_Avengers)" title="Conspiracy of Silence (The Avengers)">Conspiracy of Silence</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/A_Chorus_of_Frogs" title="A Chorus of Frogs">A Chorus of Frogs</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Six_Hands_Across_a_Table" title="Six Hands Across a Table">Six Hands Across a Table</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Killer_Whale_(The_Avengers)" class="mw-redirect" title="Killer Whale (The Avengers)">Killer Whale</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Series 3</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Brief_for_Murder" title="Brief for Murder">Brief for Murder</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Undertakers_(The_Avengers)" title="The Undertakers (The Avengers)">The Undertakers</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Man_with_Two_Shadows" title="Man with Two Shadows">Man with Two Shadows</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Nutshell_(The_Avengers)" title="The Nutshell (The Avengers)">The Nutshell</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Death_of_a_Batman" title="Death of a Batman">Death of a Batman</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/November_Five" title="November Five">November Five</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Gilded_Cage_(The_Avengers)" title="The Gilded Cage (The Avengers)">The Gilded Cage</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Second_Sight_(The_Avengers)" title="Second Sight (The Avengers)">Second Sight</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Medicine_Men_(The_Avengers)" title="The Medicine Men (The Avengers)">The Medicine Men</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Grandeur_That_Was_Rome" title="The Grandeur That Was Rome">The Grandeur That Was Rome</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Golden_Fleece_(The_Avengers)" title="The Golden Fleece (The Avengers)">The Golden Fleece</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Don%27t_Look_Behind_You_(The_Avengers)" title="Don't Look Behind You (The Avengers)">Don't Look Behind You</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Death_a_la_Carte" title="Death a la Carte">Death a la Carte</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Dressed_to_Kill_(The_Avengers)" title="Dressed to Kill (The Avengers)">Dressed to Kill</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_White_Elephant" title="The White Elephant">The White Elephant</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Little_Wonders" title="The Little Wonders">The Little Wonders</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Wringer" title="The Wringer">The Wringer</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Mandrake_(The_Avengers)" title="Mandrake (The 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class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Town_of_No_Return" title="The Town of No Return">The Town of No Return</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Gravediggers_(The_Avengers)" title="The Gravediggers (The Avengers)">The Gravediggers</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Cybernauts" title="The Cybernauts">The Cybernauts</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/A_Surfeit_of_H2O" title="A Surfeit of H2O">A Surfeit of H<sub>2</sub>O</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Hour_That_Never_Was" title="The Hour That Never Was">The Hour That Never Was</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/A_Touch_of_Brimstone" title="A Touch of Brimstone">A Touch of Brimstone</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/What_the_Butler_Saw_(The_Avengers)" title="What the Butler Saw (The Avengers)">What the Butler Saw</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Series 5</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/From_Venus_with_Love" title="From Venus with Love">From Venus with Love</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Fear_Merchants" title="The Fear Merchants">The Fear Merchants</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Escape_in_Time" title="Escape in Time">Escape in Time</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_See-Through_Man" title="The See-Through Man">The See-Through Man</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Bird_Who_Knew_Too_Much" title="The Bird Who Knew Too Much">The Bird Who Knew Too Much</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Winged_Avenger" title="The Winged Avenger">The Winged Avenger</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Living_Dead_(The_Avengers)" title="The Living Dead (The Avengers)">The Living Dead</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Hidden_Tiger" title="The Hidden Tiger">The Hidden Tiger</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Correct_Way_to_Kill" title="The Correct Way to Kill">The Correct Way to Kill</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Superlative_Seven" title="The Superlative Seven">The Superlative Seven</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/A_Funny_Thing_Happened_on_the_Way_to_the_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Station">A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Station</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Death%27s_Door_(The_Avengers)" title="Death's Door (The Avengers)">Death's Door</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Series 6</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Forget-Me-Knot" title="The Forget-Me-Knot">The Forget-Me-Knot</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Have_Guns_%E2%80%94_Will_Haggle" title="Have Guns — Will Haggle">Have Guns — Will Haggle</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Morning_After_(The_Avengers)" title="The Morning After (The Avengers)">The Morning After</a>"</li></ul> 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