Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3192 in DVD
• Released on: 2009-10-05
• Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
• Format: PAL
• Number of discs: 8

Synopsis
Extraordinary crimes against the people and the state must be avenged by agents extraordinary.

See the crime solving capers of the eponymous 60s secret agents for the first time restored and packed with extras.

Extras
The surviving Ian Hendry episodes
Exclusive audio commentary by Producer Leonard White on the surviving footage from the pilot episode Hot Snow
Police Surgeon – Easy Money (surviving episode starring Hendry that is seen as athe predecessor to The Avengers)
Filmed introduction to Police Surgeon by Producer Leonard White
Exclusive newly filmed interview with Honor Blackman
Exclusive audio commentary by writer Martin Woodhouse on Mr Teddy Bear
Exclusive audio commentary by Producer Leonard White on The Mauritius Penny
Exclusive audio commentary by writer Roger Marshall on Death of A Great Dane
Exclusive audio commentary by actress Julie Stevens on A Chorus of Frogs
Filmed introductions by actress Julie Stevens
Insert reprint of original Publicity brochure for the first Honor Blackman season
Insert reprints of Leonard White scrapbooks featuring telesnaps of lost episodes
PDF material including original scripts
Extensive stills galleries

Plus more to be confirmed

Customer Reviews

Optimum deserve to be praised
I produced these dvds for Optimum and am pleased to be able to announce the following:


Optimum Releasing - The Avengers - Series 2 And Surviving Episodes From Series 1

We have been informed that on the above release, two episodes, Conspiracy of Silence and The Golden Eggs, have been cut and one episode, Propellant 23, has an encoding error.

We make every effort to ensure that our products are released uncut and that all masters are encoded to the highest possible standards.

Noting these faults, we have decided to repress the discs that contain the three episodes and will shortly be making an announcement of where to send in your old discs so that they can be replaced with new, corrected discs. The new discs will be available at the end of November 2009.

We know The Avengers fan base is very important and we thank you for your patience while we investigated and corrected these faults.

The Beginning of a classic
starting originally as a vehicle for the late ian hendry the avengers would become a successful series and here we can see how it developed.
cramming all that sadly survives from the first series and all of the second,this release also scores for the excellent book that is included comprising
producer Leonard Whites telesnaps from the missing episodes and original billings.
Hopefully the later series will be released and the avengers can be appreciated again by the public.
A GOOD START

Keel rushes in , where Steed and Angels fear to tread - series one and two
The complete series 2 and i mean the complete series 2 [with the acts picture cards at the start and at the end of the acts]and the surviving Ian Hendry Series 1 episodes Hot Snow (Act One only),Girl on the Trapeze and The Frighteners. Hot snow has an audio commentary by Producer Leonard White and at the end of the surviving episode it explains what happens in acts 2 and 3. It also has the surviving episode of Police Surgeon [Easy Money] starring Ian Hendry with a filmed introduction to Police Surgeon by Producer Leonard White. Also an exclusive, newly filmed interview with Honor Blackman plus another interview involving Honor Blackman quizing a fan.
also - exclusive audio commentary by writer Martin Woodhouse on Mr Teddy Bear
exclusive audio commentary by Producer Leonard White on The Mauritius Penny
exclusive audio commentary by writer Roger Marshall on Death of A Great Dane
exclusive audio commentary by actress Julie Stevens on A Chorus of Frogs
filmed introductions by actress Julie Stevens on some episodes
a reprint of original publicity brochure for the first Honor Blackman season
a book with reprints of Leonard White's scrapbooks featuring telesnaps of lost Series 1 episodes
and episode guide to series 1
PDF material including original scripts and more
extensive stills galleries and i mean extensive with over 2,000 [i think about 2,500] which gives
insight into series 1 and 2 [series 1 is great]

The box is also great and the only flaw is that they mispronouce Patrick Macnee name on the back as Mcnee! which is nothing really. But best of all are the episodes themselves [all have been REMASTERED and they are sharp and clear] They are 10 times better than the other Avengers dvds of the same episodes.

I look forward to feb 2010 for series 3.