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Celebrating the 1960s icon that is The Avengers, we select triptychs of episodes based around specific themes of the 1960s and today. This is a commentary podcast best listened to with the accompanying episode on DVD, Blu Ray, or streaming.

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The Three Handed Game @thgpodcast.bsky.social · Sep 29

In the first of a new chain of hotels, Richard takes care of the most valuable guests, Brendan watches his pounds on the banana diet, and Steven finds his mattress stuffed with straw in his Room Without a View.

#TheAvengers #Podcast #Commentary

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Mrs Peel lies on the straw-covered floor of a cell while a guard stands over her menacingly with a riding crop. Image source: https://dissolute.com.au/the-avengers-tv-series/series-4/415-room-without-a-view-other.html

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The Three Handed Game @thgpodcast.bsky.social · Sep 30

Yup. Documentaries, 8 new commentaries (including one from Joanna Lumley, plus Cyd Child and Rocky Taylor), and interviews from the 50th anniversary convention.

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The Three Handed Game @thgpodcast.bsky.social · Sep 30

A quick rough comparison of shots from To Catch a Rat from the Optimum DVD and the new HD trailer. Some caveats:

The first three are from the opening titles of To Catch a Rat, so the DVD looks worse than the relevant episodes.

The shots aren't exact frame matches as I wanted to be quick.

A collection of comparison images between the earlier DVD release and upcoming Blu Ray of The New Avengers: To Catch a Rat.

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Imprint Films @imprintfilms.bsky.social · Sep 27

Coming to Imprint Television in 2026: THE NEW AVENGERS (1976 - 77)! 🔍

Join British secret agent Steed and his two partners as they thwart evil plots for world domination, dealing with suspended animation, biological warfare, robotics, and other threats.

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Jason (Spy Vibe) @spyvibe.bsky.social · Sep 27

on my Spy Vibe: IMPRINT Australia confirm their own upcoming release of The New Avengers! spyvibe.blogspot.com/2025/09/impr...

IMPRINT AVENGERS

1960s Pop Culture, Design, TV, Movies, Music, Comics, Fashion, Architecture, James Bond, Man From UNCLE, Op Art, Pop Art, Mid-Century Modern, Mod

spyvibe.blogspot.com

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Jason (Spy Vibe) @spyvibe.bsky.social · Sep 22

on my Spy Vibe: classic TV series, The New Avengers, heading to new 4K, Blu-ray, and DVD editions! spyvibe.blogspot.com/2025/09/new-...

NEW AVENGERS 4K

1960s Pop Culture, Design, TV, Movies, Music, Comics, Fashion, Architecture, James Bond, Man From UNCLE, Op Art, Pop Art, Mid-Century Modern, Mod

spyvibe.blogspot.com

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The Three Handed Game @thgpodcast.bsky.social · Sep 29

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Brendan Jones @retrobrendo.bsky.social · Sep 25

Subtly downgrade a band

The Dave Lee Duo

CJ (Gay Geeky Canuck) @simplygeeky86.bsky.social · Sep 25

Subtly downgrade a band

Matthew Okay Band

Will Morrison @wamorrison95.bsky.social · Sep 25

Subtly downgrade a band.

My Chemical Bromance

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The Three Handed Game @thgpodcast.bsky.social · Sep 24

So, @imprintfilms.bsky.social... about The New Avengers...

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The Three Handed Game @thgpodcast.bsky.social · Sep 23

You may enjoy our related podcast, Startling Barbara Bain! We’re about halfway through the first season now… bsky.app/profile/flig...

Fright Through Entirety 🧛 @flightthroughentirety.com · Sep 13

Happy Breakaway Day to those of you who celebrate!

#Space1999

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Breakaway · Startling Barbara Bain

September 13th, 1999. A nuclear waste dump on the moon is destroyed in an explosion so violent and so catastrophic that it creates a major science fiction show on ITV...

startlingbarbarabain.com

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The Three Handed Game @thgpodcast.bsky.social · Sep 22

The New Avengers- finally coming Blu Ray (and DVD and 4K!) with loads of new special features. Audition footage, interviews from the Chichester convention, and 10 commentaries, including Joanna Lumley on Sleeper and the late Gareth Hunt on The Eagle's Nest and Dead Men are Dangerous!

Packaging shot for The New Avengers Blu Ray, featuring an orange outer box, two digipacks, a collector's edition booklet and comic, and ten discs.

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The Three Handed Game @thgpodcast.bsky.social · Aug 24

I think our answer is pretty obvious!

Particularly the rest of Hot Snow and Brought to Book.

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The Three Handed Game @thgpodcast.bsky.social · Aug 24

Steven’s infiltrating Jeremiah Chechik's secret underground base to find the 2 hour cut of the film, so Richard and Brendan have recalled Nathan and James to deal with the 90 minute visually spectacular disaster that is The Avengers 1998.
(Original release: 2020)

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John Steed (Ralph Fiennes) and Emma Peel (Uma Thurman) have seen you from across the bar and really like your vibe. Run.

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Alex Wilcock 🔸🏳️‍🌈 @alexwilcock.bsky.social · Jul 6

Sad news.
When I was about 13 and had just discovered and fallen in love with The Avengers on Channel 4 repeats, I used to marvel at the photos and descriptions in his first guide in a shop in Stockport without ever quite being able to afford it.
Then later bought his ’90s ones (pictured downthread)

Neil Norman And His Cosmic Orchestra @fubsyshabaroon.bsky.social · Jul 6

Stay Tuned to The Avengers
32m • ©

So very sorry to say that the great Dave Dean Rogers passed away yesterday.

Singer turned writer, Dave's legacy on The Avengers is immense and we probably wouldnt have the series so fondly remembered or looking so good today if it wasnt for Dave's involvement back then. His dedication to the series in his books and fanzines is unprecedented. Dave had a great integrity about him and always wanted to make sure the right people got their say, it was factual and they had were given their time to shine. Incredibly Dave and his wife "C" discovered the print of The Frightners on one of their regular Elstree visits back in the 80's.

It was only recently I became friends with Dave (during lockdown) when I contacted him about republishing some of his On Target and Stay Tuned issues into a hardback book, he was enthusiastic and lovely to work with. We never met in person but would have many chats and emails, he would quite often say he had been up in the loft and found a new little something and would scan or send it to me in the post to be added in to the book. He was delighted the books were very well received and made decent money for our chosen charity.

We last spoke a couple of weeks ago and he had just finished up a piece of work on a future Avengers project that we will find out more details on soon. Great to know that even at the end he still had a passion for The Avengers.

Our thoughts go out to his lovely family.
RIP Dave, we will all very much miss you, thanks for keeping The Avengers alive and your work will be remembered for a very long time.

I hope Patrick is waiting with a glass of champagne for you.

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The Three Handed Game @thgpodcast.bsky.social · Jul 6

Steven's polishing the silverware and Richard's brushing up on global gold exchange rates, which leaves Brendan scrubbing out the 'guest room.' We can hear the sound of empires toppling as we figure out who's trapping whom in The Gilded Cage.

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Cathy Gale (Honor Blackman) raises as glass of wine with Abe Benham (Edric Connor) to celebrate a successful gold heist. The Avengers: The Gilded Cage.

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Fright Through Entirety 🧛 @flightthroughentirety.com · May 4

We're walking on eggshells this week as we await the arrival of an army of marching Cybermen, approaching the Moonbase with a dastardly plan to change Doctor Who for ever.

#DoctorWho

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A screenshot from the animated Episode 3 of the Moonbase. A Cyberman and the Doctor facing one another. The Doctor looks uncharacteristically serious.

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The Three Handed Game @thgpodcast.bsky.social · May 4

Richard's left money for the eggs, Steven's gotten into a brawl over the booze, and Brendan's thrown himself into a carwash to draw out the Fox. All par for the course as we tour the Canadian countryside with Emily. #TheAvengers #Avengers #Podcast

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Purdey lies on top of a car going through a carwash, in order to protect a palm print on the car’s roof. Purdey and the car are both covered in suds, and Purdey looks resigned and exhausted.

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Ten Acre Books @tenacrebooks.bsky.social · Mar 31

We're pleased to announce that @tobyhadoke.bsky.social's long-awaited history of the The Quatermass Experiment will be published in May in trade paperback, along with a limited edition hardback with special cover artwork by @roberthack.bsky.social. Order now from tenacrefilms.bigcartel.com

Cover for The Quatermass Experiment: The Making of TV's First Sci-Fi Classic trade paperback.

Cover for The Quatermass Experiment: The Making of TV's First Sci-Fi Classic limited edition hardback, illustrated by Robert Hack.

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The Three Handed Game @thgpodcast.bsky.social · Mar 27

Cancelled TV show that you will never stop thinking about.

I mean, obviously.

John Steed and Tara King stand in the cockpit of his home built rocket, ready to enjoy champagne, wearing evening wear, in the final episode of The Avengers, Bizarre.

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MJ Herbert @mjherbert.bsky.social · Mar 26

In my biography of Malcolm "Mac" Hulke , "Things are not always what they seem", I discuss his work on" The Avengers " 1963-1964. His episodes included "The Mauritius Penny" co-written with Terrance Dicks. The book is available on Lulu.
www.lulu.com/shop/michael...

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The Three Handed Game @thgpodcast.bsky.social · Mar 23

Our lost episode recovered!

Steven's warming up his Snakes and Ladders, Brendan's broken out his miniature infantry, and Richard's playing cat and mouse with a soldier he judged harshly but fairly 20 years ago. It's all fair Game.

#TheAvengers #Podcast

open.spotify.com/episode/7cBb...

A top-down view of Steed standing in a tiny hexagonal room with a purple floor. It has six doors each labelled with the numbers 1–6, clockwise from the right, on the floor is an arrow labelled GUN pointing at a pistol inside a circle in the middle of the room. Photo is from https://www.dissolute.com.au/the-avengers-tv-series/series-6/601-game.html

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The Three Handed Game @thgpodcast.bsky.social · Feb 10

Richard is particularly protective of his homebrew, Steven is particularly permissive of projectiles in the library, and Brendan is particularly perturbed to discover he has four children. This Green Unpleasant Land's first stop is Murdersville. #TheAvengers #Podcast
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Mrs Peel is dunked in the village pond in The Avengers episode Murdersville.

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John Freeman @johnfreeman.bsky.social · Feb 10

Escapades: An Exploration of Avengers Curiosities, a new book by JZ Ferguson and Alan Hayes exploring stage, radio and comic spinoffs of TV’s The Avengers, is available to preorder now

Escapades: An Exploration of Avengers Curiosities available now

All you ever wanted to know about the TV “Avengers” comics and other spin-offs?

downthetubes.net

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Brendan Jones @retrobrendo.bsky.social · Feb 7

If I had a dollar for every time a Season 2 Avengers co-star ended up on a cruise ship with a secret mission, I’d have three dollars, which isn’t a lot but it’s weird that it happened to all of them.

Steed and Doctor Martin King in Mission to Montreal.

Venus Smith is threatened in A Chorus of Frogs.

Professor Lasky looks shocked in Terror of the Vervoids.

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The Three Handed Game @thgpodcast.bsky.social · Feb 7

Sadly, Bristow himself has been making merry with our latest recording, resulting in some missing pieces so we’ll need to find time to set up the board again later this month to finish the Game. We will have a new ep next week though- stay tuned!*

*not the title of the episode

Bristow (Peter Jeffrey) from The Avengers episode Game, looking smug. It’s probably due to the red and silver flocked wallpaper behind him.

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