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

open.spotify.com/episode/0dvK...
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Subtly downgrade a band

The Dave Lee Duo
Subtly downgrade a band

Matthew Okay Band
Subtly downgrade a band.

My Chemical Bromance
So, @imprintfilms.bsky.social... about The New Avengers...

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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!
I think our answer is pretty obvious!

Particularly the rest of Hot Snow and Brought to Book.
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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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)
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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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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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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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
Cancelled TV show that you will never stop thinking about.

I mean, obviously.
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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.
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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

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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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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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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.
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