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Post by Kev Mulrenan on Nov 3, 2008 13:10:09 GMT
From Friday week.
Shame it's not on in a more user friendly Thursday evening slot.
Haven't seen these since the 70's.
Will be interesting to see how they fare after such a long time.
Shame that the Avengers got pulled because the Americans withdrew their cash. It would have given Dr Who a run for it's money in the 70's with Steed evolving into a Mother type role and the assistants changing every few years.
I reckon it would have matched Dr who for longevity, with maybe the odd break.
I wonder how many of the younger audience think they are watching bbc shows rather than old ITV shows? c.f. Avengers, Batman etc.
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Post by Stephen Doran on Nov 4, 2008 12:23:27 GMT
Its best to buy 2nd hand sets off ebay i think as these are heavily edited!
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Post by Greg H on Nov 4, 2008 18:13:27 GMT
From Friday week. Shame it's not on in a more user friendly Thursday evening slot. Haven't seen these since the 70's. Will be interesting to see how they fare after such a long time. Shame that the Avengers got pulled because the Americans withdrew their cash. It would have given Dr Who a run for it's money in the 70's with Steed evolving into a Mother type role and the assistants changing every few years. I reckon it would have matched Dr who for longevity, with maybe the odd break. I wonder how many of the younger audience think they are watching bbc shows rather than old ITV shows? c.f. Avengers, Batman etc. No point in keeping you in suspense  The new avengers has aged extremely gracefully! A truly fabulous series. I too would recomend getting the box set off of ebay or some similar outlet of box sets. The complete series can be got quite cheaply these days  Happy hunting!! (although I dont really know why this is in the radio section, lol) |
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Post by Peter Stirling on Nov 8, 2008 14:45:24 GMT
Dont think the Americans had anything to do with the New Avengers? It was half heartedly shown in the states a couple of years after it was transmitted here.
It was the French who were enthusiastic about the remake and them who supplied a share of the cash IIRC, but wit the usual provision that they could influence the direction of the programme.
Declining ratings and I believe one French company pulled out to be replaced by another.
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Post by Stephen Doran on Nov 9, 2008 15:16:28 GMT
Some were made in Canada
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Post by William Martin on Nov 11, 2008 19:28:29 GMT
will they ever finish the current run of the rig series or ever show the Thorsen Series?
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Post by Kev Mulrenan on Nov 13, 2008 20:53:14 GMT
Wonderful camp fun!
Really enjoyed it tonight.
What a cracker Jo Lumley was!
The plot had more holes than a swizz cheese but who cares!
It was a whezz!
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Post by Simon Winters on Nov 14, 2008 17:55:39 GMT
Well done BBC4.
The New Avengers should now be put on BBC1, in the slot superbly vacated by Jonathan Ross. Lets get some culture onto BBC1!
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Post by Andy Howells on Nov 16, 2008 12:00:27 GMT
I actually enjoyed this too, though this was my initial introduction to The Avengers back in the 70s I've probably watched the original 60s shows more since. I agree some bits were a bit silly, Purdey wasnt very discreet trying to creep through a forest in 70s garb for instance, but it was still great fun and yes, I'd forgotten how gorgeous Joanna Lumley was back then. Good to see Patrick Macnee was still enjoying himself there too.
I would really like to see BBCFour do the Tara King and even the Cathy Gale episodes at some point, but Im more than happy with this run!
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Post by Stephen Doran on Nov 17, 2008 16:51:23 GMT
none are missing so why post about them?
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Post by Andy Howells on Nov 18, 2008 16:27:57 GMT
true, but lots has been said recently about bbc4 not showing archive tv shows and the new avengers does really fall into that slot, you could say the same for many shows that get discussed on here, and we still discuss the existing ones as well as the missing, I'm always appreciative of a heads up of any archive tv
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Post by Stephen Doran on Nov 18, 2008 18:05:50 GMT
OK Andy im with you
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Post by Peter Elliott on Nov 19, 2008 22:45:02 GMT
Further to Andy's last comment, it keeps reminding us that most of the first series of "The Avengers" remains missing which adds further relevance, Isn't it so so frustrating for instance we have the first part of the very first episode, but Steed makes his entrance in part two - a moment of TV history - and it's gone!
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The new avengers has aged extremely gracefully! A truly fabulous series. I too would recomend getting the box set off of ebay or some similar outlet of box sets. The complete series can be got quite cheaply these days 
