THE AVENGERS - THE COMPLETE SERIES 5 STARRING DIANA RIGG AND PATRICK MACNEE
RELEASED FOR THE FIRST TIME ON BLU-RAY ON 22ND JUNE 2015
John Steed (Patrick Macnee and Emma Peel (Diana Rigg) return as the incorrigible secret agents extraordinaire. Together they continue to defeat criminal masterminds and solve unfathomable mysteries in the original cult TV series The Avengers.
THE AVENGERS: THE COMPLETE SERIES 5 was seen as a game changer for two key reasons; first and foremost the transition into colour, having previously been shot in black and white, and it was also the last series starring Diana Rigg.
Sure to prompt a wave of nostalgia, THE AVENGERS: THE COMPLETE SERIES 5 seven disc box set includes the complete and uncut Series 5, on Blu-ray™ for the first time, jam packed with special features, including an interview with Diana Rigg, it is not to be missed when released this summer.
Extras:
• Exclusive audio commentaries with: scriptwriter/producer Brian Clemens on Murdersville, guest star Peter Wyngarde on Epic, scriptwriter Richard Harris on The Winged Avenger, Diana Rigg's stunt double, Cyd Child, on Return of the Cybernauts
• The Avengers – A Retrospective documentary
• Archive German TV interview with Patrick Macnee and Diana Rigg
• Filmed episode introductions by Brian Clemens
• Episode trims from The Fear Merchants, Escape in Time, From Venus with Love and The See-Through Man
• ATV newsreel footage (Diana Rigg receives TV Award)
• The Avengers – They're Back archive trailer
• Granada Plus Points for each episode
• Episode Reconstructions for lost Series 1 episodes One for the Mortuary, Death on the Slipway, Tunnel of Fear and Dragonsfield
• Interview with Diana Rigg (extract from British Legends Of Stage & Screen)
• 1960s German Titles
• Stills galleries
Blu-ray tech specs: Cert: PG / Combined running Time: 1350 mins approx / Colour / Feature Aspect Ratio: 1:33:1 / 2.0 Mono CPCM / Region B / English language / English HOH Subtitles
EDIT: Or maybe it is true. I have 4 sources that say hes gone and another 4 that says he is "alive and well". Can anyone confirm? His webpage is down as well.
What a week. Slyly humorous in A View to a Kill, with any luck that performance would have prompted some to hunt out his Steed in the event that it had passed them by.
Avengers to me is Steed, Peel, English country lanes, Tara, Bentleys, oddness, style and staying up a bit later than normal bedtime on a school night - not the Marvel grouping (as much as I might enjoy it in a passing sort of way. I doubt I'll tell nostalgic about The Age of Ultron in 40 years' time).
Sad news, Gordon, and condolences to family and friends.
He's been quite ill for some time, I think one of his daughters have been taking care of him, but there you go...it ends. Thanks for those enjoyable hours of telly Patrick.
EDIT: Or maybe it is true. I have 4 sources that say hes gone and another 4 that says he is "alive and well". Can anyone confirm? His webpage is down as well.
Man, I am at a loss for words This one was my favorite of them all. Two years ago I was lucky to get a personalized autograph from him through his son Rupert who maintains his website. Over the years I collected every book/fanzine/collectible made for the Avengers/New Avengers. When Laurie Johnson released three volumes of music with Avengers material on them I snapped them up fast and listen to them a lot.
He was iconic to me as a teen and without knowing, helped me through some difficult years. When I didn't know I needed a hero...there he was... Dashing, Debonair and able overcome adversity with his brains, no guns, and great partners.
Yeah, I know its just television, but to someone that had nothing to believe in back then (1975 when I discovered Steed/Macnee in the New Avengers) it was a welcome breath of fresh air and maybe a bit of hope that I might overcome the odds too. Patrick Macnee made a difference in this person's life and I was happy to let him know that on his guestbook. A real gentleman with a great sense of humor.
My heart goes out to his family as well as my thanks to him.
Christ - they're dropping like f'cking flies now. That's the way it seems.
That's the way it IS. There are 7 billion people in the world today and they'll ALL go down... rich, poor, good, bad. In 125 years, the world will be exclusively populated with, and run by, strangers. So, as they used to say in hotels, please leave this room as you would expect to find it.
Thanks for that, William. I caught it first time around - 20 years ago! I shall be sharing that link. A delightful miniature. Macnee should have done more presenting of that kind. He was very good at it here.
Pity we've nearly lost the TV essay tradition of Betjeman-esque old boys taking us around the isles. Jonathan Meades may well be that last and he's spread pretty thin these days.
Yes 93 is a great age but it's still sad. He was one of a kind. An actor who filled his well loved character to the brim with charm. Infact I can't think of a single hero with anywhere near as much. Ralph Fines in the ill-fated movie was miscast as he was totally devoid of this, and he couldn't wear a bowler well!
Love The Avengers. Love John Steed. Both British greats, as was the actor responsible.
, BillyBard.
