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The Avengers '63, Set 1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: A&E
Fabric Type: 9780767025133
Graphics Memory Size: Box set, Black & White, DVD, NTSC
Legal Disclaimer: 076702513X
Maximum Color Depth: A&E Home Video
Maximum Focal Length:
Metal Type: A&E Home Video
Pearl Type: 70076
Publisher: 2
Total Firewire Ports: A&E Home Video
Total Metal Weight: 1
Total Parallel Ports: October 03, 2000
Total S Video Out Ports: 312 minutes
A&E Home Video
1963
Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
Americans tuning into The Avengers in 1966 had never seen a woman on television quite like Emma Peel. But British viewers had. Her name was Cathy Gale (Honor Blackman, the future Pussy Galore in Goldfinger), "charming companion" and, at this point in this classic British series, unofficial partner to gentleman spy John Steed (Patrick Macnee). This boxed set contains six vintage, rarely seen episodes from the series' third season. Two of them are considered by one Avengers Web site to be among the 10 best of the Cathy Gale era. In "The Nutshell," Steed himself is charged with treason when an intruder manages to break into a seemingly impregnable underground security facility and copy secret documents. "The Gilded Cage" is solid gold, as Steed and Mrs. Gale bait a criminal mastermind by plotting the heist of $3 million in bullion. Also a keeper is "The Man with Two Shadows," in which Mrs. Gale must determine if Steed is Steed and not his replacement double. "The Undertakers," "Death of a Batman," and "November Five" are more uneven, but die-hard fans of this unconventional espionage series will relish the characteristically quirky, convoluted plots and eccentric characters. And Diana Rigg/Mrs. Peel-bias aside, Mrs. Gale cuts quite a formidable figure. At one point in "The Man with Two Shadows," Steed asks her what's for breakfast. She smartly replies, "Cook it and see." --Donald Liebenson
Average Rating: 
Rating:
- 65-67 is the bestI realize I'm in the minority here by not offering an optimistic review, but after having watched most of the episodes shot in 1965-1967 with Diana Rigg, I just simply couldn't get enthused about these older episodes. No, it isn't just because they are different and I don't like change...it is because they are inferior in every respect:
1. Technically, they are grainy, have poor lighting, and were clearly shot with lower production values and budgets. They are so bad that they have ... Read More
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- Don't expect strict transmission orderThis is easily the most watchable these pre-Diana Rigg episodes will ever get, but technically they still aren't a patch on the 4th season on up. Cameras bashing into things, boom mikes not being lowered in time, fight scenes underlit, dead body shots edited too abruptly, etc. The stories themselves aren't too bad(except for the ones featuring the utterly useless Venus Smith, where everything stops dead whenever she sings),but require more of an attention span than needed for the Emma Peel eps. The ... Read More
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- Addictive AvengersI am hooked on this series! Each season is special in its own way. The Honor Blackman episodes are really special; early televsion, flaws and all. If you want to see this sort of thing, you have it here. All the flowery words in the world won't do it justice. This is intelligent, witty, stylish stuff. Buy it.
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- Honor BlackmanI own all 4 VHS sets with Honor Blackman. As a yuppy with only the knowledge of Mrs. Peel replayed over and over, it was hard to accept another partner for Steed. But the more I watch Mrs. Gayle, the more I like her. Mrs. Gayle is more real, and more of an adversary to the foe than Mrs. Peel. Mrs. Gayle fights men and wins. Mrs. Gayle isn't put in "cat-fights" with other women. Sometimes the show seems to have been taped live, but it's fun to catch the mistakes and how they worked around them. You can ... Read More
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- Early adventures for SteedFor all the fans of The Avengers familiar with the Emma Peel/Tara King era of the show, these early episodes featuring Cathy Gale and Venus Smith may come as something of a disappointment. In fact, fans of the later shows may find it hard to believe that they are even part of the same TV series!
After the initial run of 26 episodes featuring Police Surgeon David Keel and his cohort John Steed had aired in the UK in 1961/62, the producers of the program opted to bring Steed to the forefront ... Read More
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