With umbrella, charm and bowler hat
| Television series | |
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| German title | With umbrella, charm and bowler hat |
| Original title | The Avengers / The New Avengers |
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| Country of production | United Kingdom |
| original language | English |
| Year (s) | 1961-1969 / 1976-1977 |
| Episodes | 187 (161 + 26) in 6 + 2 seasons |
| genre | Drama , crime , action series |
| music | John Dankworth (1961–1964), Laurie Johnson (1965–1969, 1976–1977) |
| First broadcast | January 7, 1961 on ABC Television / ITV |
| German-language first broadcast |
October 18, 1966 on ZDF |
| occupation | |
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With Umbrella, Charm and Bowler Hat is a British television series that combines crime , action , agent films , science fiction and thriller elements. Between 1961 and 1969, 161 episodes were produced under the title The Avengers (German literally: The Avengers ). In 1976 and 1977 there were another 26 episodes of the follow-up series The New Avengers . The dubbed German version originally began with the fourth season of the British original from 1965 and premiered on Second German Television on October 18, 1966 . From December 6, 2010 to February 21, 2011, the TV broadcaster ARTE (starting with episode 15) showed 54 episodes of the first three seasons that had never been broadcast in Germany before in German synchronization. The television series served as a template for the film of the same name from 1998.
The film music for the series was composed by John Dankworth in 1961–1964 and in 1965–1969 and 1976–1977 by Laurie Johnson and Howard Blake . Numerous cover versions of the striking title music were created .
Development of the series
Season 1 (1961)
The first episode of the series, Hot Snow , aired in the UK on January 7, 1961. The English title The Avengers (Eng. The Avengers ) is explained by the first season and the collaboration of Dr. David Keel ( Ian Hendry ) and John Steed ( Patrick Macnee ). When Dr. Keel's fiancée falls victim to a crime, she swears vengeance. During his investigation, he meets the agent John Steed and together they manage to solve the murder. They solve more cases in 25 episodes.
When Ian Hendry left in May 1962, the series seemed doomed. Initially, Jon Rollason rose as Dr. King for Hendry, whereby the scripts that had already been written could be used. But then a new concept helped the series to success: John Steed rose to become the main character. When he was looking for a suitable partner for Steed, producer Sydney Newman saw a report on television about an English woman living in Kenya. The latter had struck down the three machete murderers of her husband and two of her children with a revolver. With this, the new type of intelligent, emancipated and powerful woman was found (initially in the form of Dr. Catherine Gale, portrayed by Honor Blackman ), who from then on would significantly shape the character of the series.
In terms of content, little changed: A changing team of agents - except for Patrick Macnee as John Steed - tirelessly protected the world from the diabolical plans of eccentric geniuses. The English title was retained even without any content related to the clearly changed profile of the series. The German version “ Mit Schirm, Charme und Melone ”, on the other hand, did not start until the fourth season when it was first broadcast.
Over the years John Steed has worked with various partners.
Season 2 (1962)
- Dr. Martin King ( Jon Rollason ), 3 episodes
- Venus Smith ( Julie Stevens ), 6 episodes
- Dr. Catherine Gale ( Honor Blackman ), 17 episodes
Season 3 (1963-1964)
- Dr. Catherine Gale ( Honor Blackman )
Seasons 4, 5a and 5b (1965–1967; from season 5 in color)
- Emma Peel ( Diana Rigg )
Seasons 6a and 6b (1968–1969)
- Tara King ( Linda Thorson )
Follow-up series The New Avengers , seasons 1 and 2 (1976–1977)
- Purdey ( Joanna Lumley )
- Mike Gambit ( Gareth Hunt )
When Honor Blackmann left the series to star in the Bond film Goldfinger (1964), Diana Rigg succeeded her as Mrs. Emma Peel . Through them, the unusually friendly relationship between men and women moved even more to the fore in the series. With noblesse and funny, mocking remarks, Steed and Mrs. Peel always keep their distance from each other in all professional cooperation. In retrospect, the strange relationship between the two was interpreted differently by Patrick Macnee and Diana Rigg themselves.
During the Emma Peel era, the series was at its peak, thanks in no small part to the new, popular Avengers theme from Laurie Johnson . Each episode cost £ 30,000 and was shot in ten days, from season 5 in color. Science fiction elements were becoming increasingly important .
As in many other countries, the audience in Germany thinks “ With umbrella, charm and bowler hat ”, especially Mrs. Emma Peel . The main reason for this is the fact that the previous episodes were not dubbed in German until 2010/2011 and were therefore not broadcast on German television. But even in Great Britain and the USA, after Diana Rigg left the show as Emma Peel , the series never again achieved the same popularity.
An attempt was made to give the 6th season a new profile by including the new role mother . People wanted to get away from stories that were becoming more and more fantastic. However, in the opinion of many viewers, the charm of the omnipotent Emma Peel was now missing . The rather naive young agent Tara King , played by Linda Thorson , was unable to close this gap. When the series flopped in the US, it was discontinued.
When an attempt was made to revive the series with The New Avengers in the 1970s, a new concept was turned, but without straying too far from the origins. The unmistakable music of Laurie Johnson and Patrick Macnee as John Steed have been retained from the successful previous seasons . In line with his advanced age, Steed acted more prudently and played out all his experience as a fatherly veteran , while Purdey and Gambit as the dynamic agent "couple" succeeded Steed and his partner, so to speak .
The New Avengers processed significantly more action elements than the previous seasons. Bomb explosions and shootings came to the fore, displacing the subtle approach that had characterized the Peel era in particular . A development that Patrick Macnee criticized while the series was being made.
Even decades after the first episode of The Avengers aired , the series still enjoys a large fan base worldwide.
main characters
John Steed
The main character of the series is the somewhat blasé agent John Steed , played by Patrick Macnee. Like the series as a whole, Steed has undergone an enormous change. In the beginning, his figure was comparatively dark - a tough undercover investigator , opaque, shirt-sleeved, clad in trench coats, the indispensable cigarette in the corner of his mouth. By the Emma Peel era, he then developed into an ultra-British, cultured and nobly dressed gentleman who abhorred violence and whose main weapons were acumen and irony.
As of the 1971 stage version, Steed's full name is John Wickham Gascoyne Berresford Steed , and he was the youngest of eight children (he had seven sisters). Steed served in Army intelligence and the Navy during World War II , and achieved the rank of major. In the New Avengers episode Poker about Purdey , Steed claims that when he was 21, he once earned his living as a cowboy while driving cattle.
In addition to the typical steel-reinforced melon , which also happens sometimes used in battle, wearing Steed tie his Magdalen College in Oxford , his rapier reinforced umbrella was obtained from James Smith made in London. Steed drives a vintage Bentley or a Rolls-Royce ; Rolls-Royce vehicles can be seen in almost every episode. In The New Avengers , he mostly uses a Jaguar XJ 5.3C or a Rover 3500 .
After the series was canceled in 1969, Macnee had difficulty getting new offers because of his close association with this role. Fortunately for him, the new edition came on television in 1976 under the title The New Avengers , in which he was able to continue playing the role of John Steed . However, according to many fans, the magic and charm of the old series, especially the episodes with Diana Rigg as Emma Peel , could not regain the new episodes.
Dr. David Keel
With Dr. David Keel , played by Ian Hendry, started the idea for the television series. Ian Hendry had previously played a police doctor on the television series Police Surgeon . The series did not go over well with the audience, but the actor did. In the first season of The Avengers , he embodies the feisty doctor Dr. Keel helping a mysterious spy - John Steed - solve a crime.
In the first episode, Hot Snow , a packet of heroin is accidentally delivered to the wrong doctor's office. Dr. Keel's fiancée, who receives the package, is murdered to cover up the mistake. Since the police cannot solve the case, Dr. Keel does his own research and locates the practice for which the package was actually intended. There he meets the secret agent John Steed .
The doctor Dr. Keel was conceived as the main role of the series, so that John Steed does not appear in an episode of the first season. However, the sympathies of the audience shifted to the figure of the mysterious agent. The producers had therefore planned to introduce a female role in the 27th episode (of 39 estimated episodes), which would then alternate with Dr. Keel at Steed's side should solve cases. For lack of money, however, the series was initially discontinued after the 26th episode Dead of Winter .
Dr. Martin King
After production resumed, Ian Hendry was no longer available for the series. Jon Rollason was cast in the role of Dr. Martin King signed as successor. However, shortly afterwards the decision was made to provide John Steed with a female partner, so that Dr. King was only involved in three cases. These were leftover scripts from the first season, originally written for Dr. Keel were intended.
Compared to his predecessor, Dr. Kings more the medical aspect, while John Steed is more clearly in the foreground in clearing up the cases.
Dr. Catherine Gale
Dr. Catherine Gale , called Cathy , was born on October 5th, 1930 and grew up to be an independent, emancipated woman whose passion was anthropology and especially adventure. In London she met an English farmer from Kenya whom she married. She followed him to his plantation. In Kenya she learned a. a. handling weapons and repairing vehicles. After her husband's death during the Mau Mau uprising , she returned to London, where she earned a PhD in anthropology.
Cathy Gale is portrayed by Honor Blackman . She first came into contact with John Steed when he - working as a curator in a London museum - asked her about occult issues. However, the corresponding episode 42 Warlock was only broadcast at a later date. In the following years (1963/1964) she supports Steed more often in solving cases, initially in occasional alternation with Venus Smith , in the third season as a permanent partner at Steed's side . The relationship between the two was one of mutual respect, but Gale's disgust for Steed's unscrupulous methods led to repeated conflicts.
Cathy Gale was the first female television role to be a self-confident and independent woman who was able to defend herself in hand-to-hand combat. Characterized by her courage and tenacity, she became a model for the strong woman, as her successor Emma Peel skilfully continues in a very charming way. Catherine Gale also introduced one of the trademarks of the series, which also made the black and white 26 episodes of the first Peel season more than subtle: the skin-tight leather suit. An allusion to Cathy, who left the series with the episode “Tanz der Hummer” ( Lobster Quadrille ), or to Honor Blackman's role in the James Bond film Goldfinger appears in the early Emma Peel episode no. 83 “Christmas - a Nightmare ”( Too Many Christmas Trees ), in which Steed receives a Christmas greeting card from Fort Knox . In the episode “Pandora” there is another reference to Honor Blackman and Diana Rigg , when John Steed searches for clues to an ex-agent and the two names of Cathy Gale and Emma Peel can be clearly read on two folders in the filing cabinet while leafing through the files .
Venus Smith
Venus Smith is a jazz singer whose appearance was scheduled for the last third of the first season to take turns with Dr. Keel to act alongside John Steed . However, due to lack of money, production was interrupted. When a female partner for Steed was integrated into the series for the second season with Cathy Gale , the singer Venus Smith (played by Julie Stevens) appeared in six episodes.
In the series, John Steed comes into contact with Venus Smith during the investigation of a case (in episode 33, The Decapod) . As a naive and unsuspecting outsider who is involved in the criminal investigation work, she usually seems overwhelmed and thus acts in clear contrast to Cathy Gale .
Emma Peel
Emma Peel , b. Emma Knight , married to Peter Peel , works as an amateur agent for the British Secret Service and, alongside John Steed, was one of the two protagonists of the series from 1965 to 1967. The actress Diana Rigg replaced Elizabeth Shepherd , who was originally intended for the role and with whom the episode The Town of No Return had already been filmed, as well as half of The Murder Market . The figure was just as intelligent, independent and defenseless as Cathy Gale's, but laid out much more casual. Uma Thurman played her role in the 1998 cinema remake . At the beginning of the 6th season it turns out in episode 131 "Goodbye, Emma" (The Forget-Me Knot) that her husband Peter is still alive, which is why Mrs. Peel leaves the secret service. In the episode "Das Häuschen im Grünen" (The house that Jack built) we learn that Emma Peel was very successful in managing the large family company as a board member before she joined the Secret Service.
Emma Peel represents a particularly strong and emancipated type of woman who developed in Europe in the later 1960s. The origin of the name lies in "M-Appeal", a short form of "Man Appeal". As an agent, Emma Peel is up to any man and even masters martial arts. The German press described Diana Rigg in her role as Emma Peel as "Karate Emma".
The fashion Diana Rigg wore on the series was designed by John Bates in the black and white season and by Alun Hughes in the color season and was a trendsetter. Their suits are legends of film history. A leather corsage with a spiked collar in Sado-Maso look in episode 99 “The Night of Sinner” (A Touch Of Brimstone) even meant that the corresponding episode was not allowed to be broadcast in many countries. A vinyl suit in “H 2 O - tödliches Nass” (A Surfeit Of H 2 O) , a snakeskin jacket in “ The Club of the Black Rose” (The Danger Makers) and a gold lamé suit in “Club der Hirne” were also not without charm “ (The Master Minds) . As a kind of homage to Emma Peel's leather collection, the skin-tight leather catsuits and overknee boots were relaunched in the 1990s .
Emma Peel mostly drives a Lotus Elan (Type 26).
Tara King
In 1968 Tara King succeeds Emma Peel at the end of episode 131 "Auf Wiedersehen, Emma" (orig .: "The Forget-Me Knot" ) . In this episode, Tara King is introduced as a young agent 69 in training , presumably an allusion to the friend of the comic figure Sweet Gwendoline, who is only known as "Agent U69" . “Tschingbumm” -Tara - a nickname that she herself brought up - first accidentally meets the legendary John Steed , whom she admires and whom she can later actively help during a memory loss and thus play a key role in clearing up an internal plot.
With Tara King , played by Linda Thorson , at Steed's side, the series makes a change that was significantly pushed by the American financier ABC : For the first time, a self-confident and independent partner is replaced by an agent who, as a newcomer, is significantly younger than John Steed . Linda Thorson herself decided on her name Tara King and also that she is not married / widowed like her predecessors. According to Linda Thorson, " a woman who spends so much time with a man can only be in love with him " - and so Linda Thorson plays her role too. The camera team takes up Linda Thorson's idea, as can be clearly seen in many episodes. She is also addressed by Steed by her first name. You can tell that a closer relationship is hinted at between the two. In the course of the 6th season, the image of Tara King gradually changes from the clumsy, vulnerable beginner to a full-fledged agent.
Tara King's official vehicle is an AC 428 Convertible or Lotus Europa in some episodes . In episodes 134 "Offer putsch, search for weapons" (orig .: "Have guns - will huggle") and 158 "Mother's stories" (orig .: "Homicide and old lace") Tara King drives a red Lotus Elan S2 ( Type 50).
Purdey
The main female role in the New Avengers is Purdey , no other additions to the name are mentioned. The role is played by Joanna Lumley . With Purdey , the series has again a powerful woman whose special trademark is her enormous leg mobility, with which she can get from standing up to head height - a skill she learned before working as a ballet dancer. In episode 19, " Obsession " ( Obsession ) is flashed back to this time when Purdey was about to build a life together with her ex-partner.
Throughout the series, Purdey is adored as a very special person , especially by the comments of Steed and Gambit, and is therefore surrounded by the aura of a noble figure of light. It is independent and characterized by determination, but brings an emotional element into the series.
Mike Gambit
With Mike Gambit (played by Gareth Hunt ) a completely different type of man is established in The New Avengers , who has little to do with the British gentleman. Mike Gambit is laid out more as the perky sun boy who is never at a loss for a pithy comment or a suggestive remark. A prominent characteristic of Gambit is a certain sexism , and in most episodes he is portrayed as an almost invincible close combat expert and a gun fetishist.
There is not much to learn about the background of the person Mike Gambit in the series. In his job he is quite the tough professional who seems to have only one vulnerable point, namely when someone gets too close to his partner Purdey . He woos them continuously, but unsuccessfully. However, both share a deep and friendly affection.
Minor characters
mother
Mother is the supervisor of the intelligence department in Season 6 and reports directly to the government. When she is in a wheelchair, mother is not on active duty. Surrounded by countless telephones, he pulls the strings in the background from the secret headquarters - the location of which changes again and again throughout the entire season. The real name and past of the mother remain unclear.
The character mother is portrayed by Patrick Newell , who previously appeared in the two Emma Peel episodes "Stadt ohne Returns" ( The Town of no Return ) and "1,2,3 ... who has the ball?" ( Something Nasty in the Nursery ) had played other supporting roles. The secret service chief, who is based on the model of the American TV series hero Ironside , is introduced to the series at the same time as Tara King in episode 131 "Goodbye, Emma" ( The Forget-Me-Knot ) when Steed visits the headquarters for internal treason . In the subsequent episodes, Mother appears mostly pseudo-astute, as many of his conclusions and instructions exactly follow Steed's arguments. The role is supposed to contribute to the humor in the series, but cannot compete with Emma Peel's subtle humor . Mother's permanently changing headquarters are a successful running gag .
Rhonda
Rhonda is Mother's constant companion , played by Rhonda Parker . Although she appears in numerous episodes, she never utters a single word. She acts as the girl for everything, her main job being to drape the phones around mother in the most impossible places and to hand over the receivers.
father
As mother's deputy father only appears in episode 153 “Vacation on installments” ( Stay tuned ) during mother's absence due to vacation . Father is a blind woman who has very good hearing and a good sense of touch. In contrast to mother , father is less in need of communication and acts more intuitively.
Episode overview (by production date)
First season (1961)
| Episode # | German title | Original title | First broadcast (EN) | First broadcast (DE) | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | none | Hot snow | Jan. 7, 1961 | never | Don Leaver |
| 2 | none | Brought to Book | Jan. 14, 1961 | never | Peter Hammond |
| 3 | none | Square root of evil | Jan. 21, 1961 | never | Don Leaver |
| 4th | none | Nightmare | Jan. 28, 1961 | never | Peter Hammond |
| 5 | none | Crescent moon | Feb. 4, 1961 | never | John Knight |
| 6th | The girl on the trapeze | Girl on the trapeze | Feb 11, 1961 | Dec 7, 2010 | Don Leaver |
| 7th | none | Diamond cut diamond | Feb. 18, 1961 | never | Peter Hammond |
| 8th | none | The radioactive man | Feb 25, 1961 | never | Robert Tronson |
| 9 | none | Ashes of roses | March 4, 1961 | never | Don Leaver |
| 10 | none | Hunt the man down | Apr 8, 1961 | never | Peter Hammond |
| 11 | none | Please don't feed the animals | Apr 1, 1961 | never | Dennis Vance |
| 12th | none | Dance with death | Apr 15, 1961 | never | Don Leaver |
| 13 | none | One for the mortuary | Apr 29, 1961 | never | Peter Hammond |
| 14th | none | The springers | May 13, 1961 | never | Don Leaver |
| 15th | Mission: fear | The frighteners | May 27, 1961 | Dec 6, 2010 | Peter Hammond |
| 16 | none | The yellow needle | June 11, 1961 | never | Don Leaver |
| 17th | none | Death on the slipway | June 24, 1961 | never | Peter Hammond |
| 18th | none | Double danger | July 8, 1961 | never | Roger Jenkins |
| 19th | none | Toy trap | July 22, 1961 | never | Don Leaver |
| 20th | none | Tunnel of fear | Aug 5, 1961 | never | Guy Verney |
| 21st | none | The far-distant dead | Aug 19, 1961 | never | Peter Hammond |
| 22nd | none | Kill the king | Sep 2 1961 | never | Roger Jenkins |
| 23 | none | The deadly air | Dec 16, 1961 | never | John Knight |
| 24 | none | A change of bait | 23 Dec 1961 | never | Don Leaver |
| 25th | none | Dragonsfield | Dec 30, 1961 | never | Peter Hammond |
| 26th | none | Dead of winter | Dec 9, 1961 | never | Don Leaver |
Second season (1962–1963)
| Episode # | German title | Original title | First broadcast (EN) | First broadcast (DE) | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | The diva's secret | Mission to Montreal (MK) | Oct. 27, 1962 | Dec 14, 2010 | Don Leaver |
| 28 | On a deadly course | Dead on course (MK) | Dec 29, 1962 | Dec 28, 2010 | Richmond Harding |
| 29 | The informant | The sell-out (MK) | Nov 24, 1962 | Dec 20, 2010 | Don Leaver |
| 30th | Deadly documents | Death Dispatch | Dec 22, 1962 | Dec. 27, 2010 | Jonathan Alwyn |
| 31 | Fuel 23 | Propellant 23 | Oct 6, 1962 | Dec 9, 2010 | Jonathan Alwyn |
| 32 | Mr. Teddy Bear | Mr. Teddy Bear | 29 Sep 1962 | Dec 8, 2010 | Richmond Harding |
| 33 | The death wrestler | The Decapod (VS) | Oct 13, 1962 | Dec 10, 2010 | Don Leaver |
| 34 | Arms deals | Bullseye | Oct 20, 1962 | Dec 13, 2010 | Peter Hammond |
| 35 | In the service of the hit man 1 | The removal man (VS) | Nov 3, 1962 | Dec 15, 2010 | Don Leaver |
| 36 | The red Mauritius | The Mauritius penny | Nov 11, 1962 | Dec 16, 2010 | Richmond Harding |
| 37 | Death of a Great Dane 2 | Death of a great dane | Nov 17, 1962 | Dec 17, 2010 | Peter Hammond |
| 38 | Murder in the diamond district | Death on the rocks | Dec. 1, 1962 | Dec 21, 2010 | Jonathan Alwyn |
| 39 | The traitors | Traitor in zebra | Dec 8, 1962 | Dec 22, 2010 | Richmond Harding |
| 40 | the Super brain | The big thinker | Dec 15, 1962 | 23 Dec 2010 | Kim Mills |
| 41 | Among criminals | Intercrime | Jan. 7, 1963 | 29 Dec 2010 | Jonathan Alwyn |
| 42 | Black magic | Warlock | Jan. 27, 1963 | Jan. 3, 2011 | Peter Hammond |
| 43 | White gold | Immortal Clay | Jan. 14, 1963 | Dec 30, 2010 | Richmond Harding |
| 44 | The bag of tricks | Box of Tricks (VS) | Jan. 21, 1963 | Dec 31, 2010 | Kim Mills |
| 45 | The deadly virus | The Golden Eggs | Feb 3, 1963 | Jan. 4, 2011 | Peter Hammond |
| 46 | School of Treason | School for traitors (VS) | Feb 11, 1963 | Jan. 6, 2011 | Jonathan Alwyn |
| 47 | The white dwarf | The white dwarf | Feb. 17, 1963 | Jan. 7, 2011 | Richmond Harding |
| 48 | The dead man in the mirror | Man in the mirror (VS) | Feb. 24, 1963 | Jan. 10, 2011 | Kim Mills |
| 49 | The oath of silence 3 | Conspiracy of silence | March 3, 1963 | Jan. 11, 2011 | Peter Hammond |
| 50 | Death of a frogman | A Chorus of Frogs (VS) | March 9, 1963 | Jan. 12, 2011 | Raymond Menmuir |
| 51 | Handshake murder | Six Hands Across a Table | March 16, 1963 | Jan. 13, 2011 | Richmond Harding |
| 52 | Dangerous ambergris | Killer Whale | March 23, 1963 | Jan. 14, 2011 | Kim Mills |
1 According to the title display on the German first broadcast on Arte, “Im Dienst der Profikiller”, although Arte stuck to the word “contract killer” in the EPG and other sources.
2 remake in the 5th season under the title "Where the dog is buried".
3 According to the title display on the German first broadcast on Arte, “Committed to the Mafia”.
Third season (1963–1964)
| Episode # | German title | Original title | First broadcast (EN) | First broadcast (DE) | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 53 | Instructions to murder | Brief for Murder | 28 Sep 1963 | Jan. 17, 2011 | Peter Hammond |
| 54 | The concert | Concerto | March 7, 1964 | Feb 17, 2011 | Kim Mills |
| 55 | The bunker | The Nutshell | Oct 19, 1963 | Jan. 20, 2011 | Raymond Menmuir |
| 56 | The golden fleece | The Golden Fleece | Dec. 7, 1963 | Jan. 31, 2011 | Peter Hammond |
| 57 | Death à la carte | Death à la carte | Dec 21, 1963 | Feb. 2, 2011 | Kim Mills |
| 58 | The lookalike | Man with two shadows | Oct 12, 1963 | Jan. 19, 2011 | Don Leaver |
| 59 | Don't look back 1 | Don't look behind you | Dec 14, 1963 | Feb. 1, 2011 | Peter Hammond |
| 60 | Death wears a toga | The grandeur that was Rome | Nov 30, 1963 | Jan. 28, 2011 | Kim Mills |
| 61 | Two coffins for a corpse | The Undertakers | Oct 5, 1963 | Jan. 18, 2011 | Bill Bain |
| 62 | A simple soldier | Death of a Batman | Oct 26, 1963 | Jan. 21, 2011 | Kim Mills |
| 63 | The mousetrap | Build a Better Mousetrap | Feb 15, 1964 | Feb 14, 2011 | Peter Hammond |
| 64 | The fifth of November | November five | Nov 2, 1963 | Jan. 24, 2011 | Bill Bain |
| 65 | Murder at second sight | Second sight | Nov 16, 1963 | Jan. 26, 2011 | Peter Hammond |
| 66 | Profitable secrets | The secrets broker | Feb. 1, 1964 | Feb 10, 2011 | Jonathan Alwyn |
| 67 | A perfect crime | The Gilded Cage | Nov 9, 1963 | Jan. 25, 2011 | Bill Bain |
| 68 | Bitter pills | The Medicine Men | Nov 23, 1963 | Jan. 27, 2011 | Kim Mills |
| 69 | The white elephant | The white elephant | Jan. 4, 1964 | Feb. 4, 2011 | Laurence Bourne |
| 70 | Deadly Masquerade 2 | Dressed to kill | Dec 28, 1963 | Feb 3, 2011 | Bill Bain |
| 71 | The interrogation | The wringer | Jan. 18, 1964 | Feb 8, 2011 | Don Leaver |
| 72 | Little wonders | The little wonders | Jan. 11, 1964 | Feb 7, 2011 | Laurence Bourne |
| 73 | The magic root | Mandrake | Jan 25, 1964 | Feb 9, 2011 | Bill Bain |
| 74 | The Trojan horse | Trojan Horse | Feb 8, 1964 | Feb 11, 2011 | Laurence Bourne |
| 75 | Risen to kill | The outside-in man | Feb 22, 1964 | Feb 15, 2011 | Jonathan Alwyn |
| 76 | The Flatterers 3 4 | The Charmers | Feb. 29, 1964 | Feb 16, 2011 | Bill Bain |
| 77 | Corps spirit | Esprit de Corps | March 14, 1964 | Feb. 18, 2011 | Don Leaver |
| 78 | Dance the lobster | Lobster Quadrille | March 21, 1964 | Feb 21, 2011 | Kim Mills |
1 remake in the 5th season under the title "Weekend in the Country"
2 remake in the 5th season under the title "Fly without it".
3 remake in the 5th season under the title “Do you know Snob?”.
4 According to the title display on the German first broadcast on Arte, “The Enchanters”.
Fourth season (1965–1966)
| Episode # | German title | Original title | First broadcast (EN) | First broadcast (DE) | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 79 | The murder institute | The murder market | Nov 12, 1965 | Jan. 5, 2003 | Peter Graham Scott |
| 80 | Brain Club / School of Killing 1 | The master minds | Nov 4, 1965 | Feb 21, 1967 | Peter Graham Scott |
| 81 | Be careful when calling | Dial a deadly number | December 3, 1965 | Dec 6, 1966 | Don Leaver |
| 82 | Selling out death | Death at bargain prices | Oct 21, 1965 | March 21, 1967 | Charles Crichton |
| 83 | Christmas - a nightmare | Too many christmas trees | Dec 23, 1965 | March 11, 1999 2 | Roy Baker |
| 84 | The robots | The cybernauts | Oct 14, 1965 | Oct 18, 1966 | Sidney Hayers |
| 85 | The gravedigger | The gravediggers | Oct 7, 1965 | Feb 7, 1967 | Quentin Lawrence |
| 86 | Closed spaces | Room without a view | Jan. 7, 1966 | Aug 8, 1967 | Roy Baker |
| 87 | H 2 O - deadly wet / an overdose of water 3 |
A surfeit of H 2 O | Nov 19, 1965 | Oct 15, 1998 | Sidney Hayers |
| 88 | 2: 1 = 1 | Two's a crowd | Dec 17, 1965 | Nov 22, 1966 | Roy Baker |
| 89 | Murderous dandelions | Man-eater of Surrey Green | Dec 11, 1965 | March 25, 1999 | Sidney Hayers |
| 90 | Deadly dust | Silent dust | Dec 31, 1965 | Nov 8, 1966 | Roy Baker |
| 91 | The missing hour | The hour that never was | Nov 26, 1965 | Dec 11, 1998 | Gerry O'Hara |
| 92 | City of no return 4 | The town of no return | 28 Sep 1965 | Dec 20, 1966 | Roy Baker |
| 93 | The Scottish Castle | Castle De'Ath | Oct 28, 1965 | Jan. 11, 1967 | James Hill |
| 94 | The 13th hole | The Thirteenth Hole | Jan. 28, 1966 | March 7, 1967 | Roy Baker |
| 95 | African summer | Small game for big hunters | Jan. 14, 1966 | Apr 4, 1967 | Gerry O'Hara |
| 96 | Mrs. Peel for the first, second, third / needles kill quieter 3 |
The Girl From Auntie | Jan. 20, 1966 | Jan. 7, 1999 | Roy Baker |
| 97 | Dangerous dance lesson | Quick-quick slow death | Feb. 4, 1966 | Jan. 24, 1967 | James Hill |
| 98 | The Black Rose Club | The danger makers | Feb 11, 1966 | July 18, 1967 | Charles Crichton |
| 99 | The night of sinners / To hell, sir! 3 |
A touch of brimstone | Feb. 18, 1966 | Nov 5, 1998 | James Hill |
| 100 | Butlers are dangerous | What the butler saw | Feb 25, 1966 | Apr 18, 1967 | Bill Bain |
| 101 | The little house in the countryside | The house that Jack built | March 4th 1966 | Dec 31, 1998 | Don Leaver |
| 102 | Robin Hood plays along | A sense of history | March 11, 1966 | Aug 1, 1967 | Peter Graham Scott |
| 103 | Fit for murder / murder the men 3 |
How to succeed ... at murder | March 18, 1966 | Jan. 14, 1999 | Don Leaver |
| 104 | Honey for the prince | Honey for the prince | March 22, 1966 | 4th July 1967 | James Hill |
1 alternative title (probably title of the mistaken re-dubbing that arose when this episode was mistaken for "Murder Market").
2 ran on December 23, 1997 on ORF in the original with subtitles under the title "The Christmas Nightmare".
3 titles from the Super 8 release.
4 remake in the 5th season under the title "The Spirit of the Duke of Benedict".
Fifth season (1967)
| Episode # | German title | Original title | First broadcast (EN) | First broadcast (DE) | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 105 | Shock free home | The Fear Merchants | Jan. 20, 1967 | Dec 19, 1967 | Gordon Flemyng |
| 106 | Tickets to the past | Escape in Time | Jan. 27, 1967 | 26 Sep 1967 | John Krish |
| 107 | A bird that knew too much | The bird who knew too much | Feb. 11, 1967 | Aug 28, 1967 | Roy Rossotti |
| 108 | Once Venus, there and back | From Venus with love | Jan. 13, 1967 | Oct 24, 1967 | Robert Day |
| 109 | The transparent ones | The see-through man | Feb. 3, 1967 | Nov 21, 1967 | Robert Asher |
| 110 | The winged avenger | The winged avenger | Feb. 17, 1967 | June 11, 1993 | Gordon Flemyng Peter Duffell |
| 111 | The spirit of the Duke of Benedict | The living dead | Feb. 24, 1967 | 21 Sep 1967 | John Krish |
| 112 | Beware, big cats | The hidden tiger | March 3, 1967 | Dec 5, 1967 | Sidney Hayers |
| 113 | Do you know Snob? | The correct way to kill | March 11, 1967 | Oct 11, 1967 | Charles Crichton |
| 114 | Fancy duplicates? | Never, never say die | March 17, 1967 | Nov 7, 1967 | Robert Day |
| 115 | Movie star Emma Peel | Epic | March 31, 1967 | Apr 9, 1968 | James Hill |
| 116 | Fly without it | The superlative seven | Apr 7, 1967 | March 12, 1968 | Sidney Hayers |
| 117 | This time with a bang | A funny thing happened on the way to the station | Apr. 14, 1967 | Jan. 2, 1968 | John Krish |
| 118 | One, two, three - who has the ball? | Something nasty in the nursery | Apr 21, 1967 | Feb 13, 1968 | James Hill |
| 119 | Weekend in the country | The Joker | Apr 28, 1967 | Jan. 30, 1968 | Sidney Hayers |
| 120 | Who is who? | Who's who? | May 5th 1967 | May 7, 1968 | John Moxey |
| 121 | The nightmare come true | Death's door | Oct 5, 1967 | 4th June 1993 | Sidney Hayers |
| 122 | And robots again | Return of the cybernauts | 28 Sep 1967 | Jan. 16, 1968 | Robert Day |
| 123 | Starting at 160 | Dead Man's Treasure | Oct 19, 1967 | Apr 23, 1968 | Sidney Hayers |
| 124 | Where the dog is buried | The £ 50,000 breakfast | Oct 12, 1967 | June 9, 1993 | Robert Day |
| 125 | You have just been murdered | You have just been murdered | Oct 26, 1967 | March 26, 1968 | Robert Asher |
| 126 | Welcome to the village of death | Murdersville | Nov 11, 1967 | June 7, 1993 | Robert Asher |
| 127 | The deadly suit | The positive-negative man | Nov 3, 1967 | June 8, 1993 | Robert Day |
| 128 | Don't you have it a little smaller? | Mission… highly improbable | Nov 17, 1967 | Feb. 27, 1968 | Robert Day |
Sixth season (1968–1969)
| Episode # | German title | Original title | First broadcast (EN / US) 1 | First broadcast (DE) | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 129 | Invasion of the Earthlings | Invasion of the earthmen | March 27, 1968 | Apr 11, 1999 | Don Sharp |
| 130 | The circumstantial murderers | The curious case of the countless clues | Apr 3, 1968 | Oct 20, 1970 | Don Sharp |
| 131 | Goodbye, Emma | The forget-me-knot | 25 Sep 1968 | 11 Aug 1970 2 | James Hill |
| 132 | Mind seeks body | Split! | Apr 11, 1968 | Apr 20, 1999 | Roy Baker |
| 133 | The chameleon factor | Get-a-way | Apr. 24, 1968 | May 8, 1999 | Don Sharp |
| 134 | Offer a coup, look for weapons | Have guns - will haggle | May 1, 1968 | May 15, 1999 | Ray Austin |
| 135 | There is a warning against clowns | Look - (stop me if you've heard this one) But there were these two fellers | May 8, 1968 | May 22, 1999 | James Hill |
| 136 | Therapy of Death | My wildest dream | Jan. 6, 1969 | Aug 21, 1999 | Robert Fuest |
| 137 | Operation George | Whoever shot poor George oblique stroke XR40 | Dec 9, 1968 | 22 Sep 1970 | Cyril Frankel |
| 138 | Death by mail | You'll catch your death | Oct 7, 1968 | June 12, 1999 | Paul Dickson |
| 139 | Mirror, mirror in hand | All done with mirrors | Nov 13, 1968 | 25 Aug 1970 | Ray Austin |
| 140 | The glass care institute | Super secret cypher snatch | Sep 30 1968 | 8 Sep 1970 | John Hough |
| 141 | Puzzle game | Game | 23 Sep 1968 | Nov 17, 1970 | Robert Fuest |
| 142 | The milk does it | False witness | Nov 6, 1968 | July 17, 1999 | Charles Crichton |
| 143 | When it strikes 12 o'clock | Noon Doomsday | Nov 27, 1968 | Dec. 1, 1970 | Peter Sykes |
| 144 | The dagger of a thousand deaths | Legacy of death | Nov 4, 1968 | June 26, 1999 | Don Chaffey |
| 145 | Who is John Steed? | They keep killing steed | Nov 11, 1968 | July 3, 1999 | Robert Fuest |
| 146 | Welcome to Shakespeare's Inn | Wish you were here | Nov 18, 1968 | July 11, 1999 | Don Chaffey |
| 147 | Remak | killer | Dec. 30, 1968 | Aug 14, 1999 | Cliff Owen |
| 148 | Rotten through and through | The rotters | Dec 16, 1968 | Aug 7, 1999 | Robert Fuest |
| 149 | Mannering's Question Time | The interrogators | Jan. 1, 1969 | Aug 28, 1999 | Charles Crichton |
| 150 | Tell me where the people are | The morning after | Jan. 27, 1969 | 4th Sep 1999 | John Hough |
| 151 | Hearts are trumps | Love all | Feb 3, 1969 | Nov 3, 1970 | Peter Sykes |
| 152 | Suitcase, suitcase, you have to hike | Take me to your leader | Feb 11, 1969 | Sep 18 1999 | Robert Fuest |
| 153 | Vacation in installments | Stay tuned | Feb. 24, 1969 | Oct 2, 1999 | Don Chaffey |
| 154 | The gas light killer's club | Fog | Feb. 17, 1969 | Oct 6, 1970 | John Hough |
| 155 | The lady in the center | Who was the man I saw you with | March 3, 1969 | Oct 9, 1999 | Don Chaffey |
| 156 | Pandora | Pandora | March 11, 1969 | Oct 16, 1999 | Robert Fuest |
| 157 | Attention! High tension! | Thingumajig | March 24, 1969 | Oct 30, 1999 | Leslie Norman |
| 158 | Mother's stories | Homicide and old lace | 17th March 1969 | Dec 15, 1970 | John Hough |
| 159 | requiem | requiem | March 31, 1969 | Nov 6, 1999 | Don Chaffey |
| 160 | Quiet days in the country | Take-over | Apr. 14, 1969 | Nov 13, 1999 | Robert Fuest |
| 161 | Next stay: paradise | Bizarre | Apr 21, 1969 | Nov 20, 1999 | Leslie Norman |
1 was mostly first broadcast in the USA
2 may not be broadcast until August 16, 1970
The New Avengers, first season
| Episode # | German title | Original title | First broadcast (EN) | First broadcast (DE) | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The eagle's nest | The Eagle's Nest | Oct. 19, 1976 | Sep 15 1991 | Desmond Davis |
| 2 | gold | The Midas Touch | Nov 9, 1976 | June 29, 1978 | Robert Fuest |
| 3 | Queen of Hearts | House of Cards | Oct 26, 1976 | June 1, 1978 | Ray Austin |
| 4th | The steel monster | The Last of the Cybernauts ...? | Nov 2, 1976 | July 21, 1991 | Sidney Hayers |
| 5 | The white rat | To catch a advice | Nov 30, 1976 | March 23, 1978 | James Hill |
| 6th | Out of the blue | Cat Amongst the Pigeons | Nov 16, 1976 | Jan. 12, 1978 | John Hough |
| 7th | Deadly training | Target! | Nov 23, 1976 | Apr 20, 1978 | Ray Austin |
| 8th | doppelganger | Faces | Dec 14, 1976 | Feb. 23, 1978 | James Hill |
| 9 | The mysterious Ypsilon | Tale of the Big Why | Dec. 7, 1976 | July 27, 1978 | Robert Fuest |
| 10 | Three minus one equals zero | The three-handed game | Jan. 19, 1977 | Aug 25, 1991 | Ray Austin |
| 11 | Sleep over the city | Sleeper | Jan. 12, 1977 | Aug 4, 1991 | Graeme Clifford |
| 12th | The monster | Gnaws | Dec 21, 1976 | July 7, 1991 | Ray Austin |
| 13 | The dirty dozen | Dirtier by the Dozen | Jan. 5, 1977 | June 23, 1991 | Sidney Hayers |
The New Avengers, second season
| Episode # | German title | Original title | First broadcast (EN) | First broadcast (DE) | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14th | Purdey poker | Hostage | Nov 17, 1977 | 22 Sep 1991 | Sidney Hayers |
| 15th | The trap | Trap | Oct 13, 1977 | Oct 20, 1991 | Ray Austin |
| 16 | Dead men are dangerous | Dead Men are Dangerous | 8 Sep 1977 | 29 Sep 1991 | Sidney Hayers |
| 17th | the Fortune teller | Medium rare | 22 Sep 1977 | Oct 6, 1991 | Ray Austin |
| 18th | Angel of Death | Angels of Death | Sep 15 1977 | Oct 27, 1991 | Ernest Day |
| 19th | The campaign of revenge | obsession | Oct 6, 1977 | Oct 13, 1991 | Ernest Day |
| 20th | A royal hostage | The Lion and the Unicorn | 29 Sep 1977 | Nov 3, 1991 | Ray Austin |
| 21st | The dragon awakens, part 1 | K is for Kill - The Tiger Awakes | Oct 27, 1977 | Nov 11, 1991 | Yvon Marie Coulais |
| 22nd | The dragon awakens, part 2 | K is for Kill - Tiger by the Tail | Nov 3, 1977 | Nov 17, 1991 | Yvon Marie Coulais |
| 23 | The master spy | Complex | Nov 11, 1977 | Nov 24, 1991 | Richard Gilbert |
| 24 | The fighting machine | The gladiators | 6 Sep 1978 | Dec 1, 1991 | Claude Fournier |
| 25th | Adventure in Canada | Forward Base | Nov 24, 1977 | Dec 8, 1991 | Don Thompson |
| 26th | Emily | Emily | Dec. 1, 1977 | Dec 15, 1991 | Don Thompson |
The actors
Among the numerous actors who were cast for the productions of the episodes, many have been hired multiple times. This harbors potential for confusion at times, as distinctive faces can be seen in different episodes in different roles. Some of the actors made up to six appearances. For the successor The New Avengers , some Avengers stars from earlier times were hired. For example, in episode 5 " To Catch a Rat " Ian Hendry appears as an aged agent who suffered from memory loss for 17 years, while Diana in "The Dragon Awakens" ( K Is for Kill ; # 21 and 22) Rigg again briefly when Emma Peel can be seen. The sequence was cut from old film material.
In fact, there are also some major stars among the actors in the series. So z. B. the still young Donald Sutherland and the then also still unknown Charlotte Rampling (both in episode # 116 "Fly without it" ( The Superlative Seven )), the already famous Gordon Jackson or a then still quite unknown John Cleese . Carol Cleveland , who later had ongoing appearances with Monty Python , starred alongside Peter Wyngarde , who also appears in the Peel episode "Movie Star Emma Peel" ( Epic ) (and later received his own series as Jason King ) in the scandalous episode 99 “The Night of Sinners” ( A Touch of Brimstone ). Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee can be seen in two episodes, Julian Glover even in four episodes. The German actor Albert Lieven appeared in the 86th episode H 2 O - deadly wet in 1965 as Dr. Storm up. The actor, who lived in England at the time, is here a. a. known from the Durbridge classic The Scarf and some Edgar Wallace films . The Austrian actor Eric Pohlmann , who followed his Jewish fiancé and later wife, the actress Lieselotte Goettinger, to emigrate to England in 1939 , was seen as Mason in the 50th episode A Chorus of Frogs - Death of a Frogman in 1962 . After the Second World War, Pohlmann appeared in numerous German and English language film and television productions.
Voice actor
| actor | Role name | Season | speaker |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick Macnee | John Steed | 1-3 | Holger Mahlich |
| 4-6 / The New Avengers | Gert Günther Hoffmann | ||
| Episode "The Murder Institute" | Hans-Werner Bussinger | ||
| Super 8 episodes | Helmo Kindermann | ||
| Ian Hendry | Dr. David Keel | 1 | Tobias Master |
| Julie Stevens | Venus Smith | 2 | Jennifer Bottcher |
| Jon Rollason | Dr. Martin King | 2 | Helmut Zierl |
| Honor Blackman | Dr. Catherine Gale | 2-3 | Sabine Arnhold |
| Diana Rigg | Emma Peel | 4-5 | Margot Leonard |
| Joseline Gassen | |||
| Marietta Meade | |||
| Super 8 episodes | Brigitte Grothum | ||
| Linda Thorson | Tara King | 6th | Renate Küster |
| Madeleine proud | |||
| Episode "Invasion of Earthlings" | Marina Krogull | ||
| Patrick Newell | mother | 6th | Martin Hirthe |
| Michael Rüth | |||
| Gareth Hunt | Mike Gambit | The New Avengers | Elmar Wepper |
| Michael Schwarzmaier | |||
| Joanna Lumley | Purdey | The New Avengers | Andrea Brix |
| Dagmar Heller |
Parallels ...
The series With Umbrella, Charm and Melon is known for its very own style, which is derived from the combination of tension and humor and which reached its peak in the times of Emma Peel and Tara King . Nevertheless, on closer inspection, the series is also linked to other productions that are located in the secret service sector.
... to James Bond
A connection is often made to the series of James Bond films. The first parallel is that both lines of production ran in the UK and started around the same time. A resulting episode - and arguably the most obvious connection - is the casting of actors from the Avengers series for James Bond films.
More than 80 actors in the Avengers seasons were later hired for Bond films. In addition to a whole series of smaller roles, many of the main casts have made the appearance in a 007 film adaptation, such as the aforementioned Julian Glover, John Cleese or Christopher Lee. Another Avengers contributor was z. B. Lois Maxwell , who later became legendary as Miss Moneypenny . But many of the main actors themselves were seen in the Bond strips, above all Honor Blackman, who was seen as Pussy Galore in Goldfinger . This was even referred to with an allusion in episode 83 Christmas - a nightmare (see also Cathy Gale ). Another allusion to the Bond series can be found in the Canadian episode Complex of the New Avengers . Gambit ends up in police custody several times and is teased with the missing gadgets that would be typical for a British agent after James Bond.
In addition to Honor Blackman, Diana Rigg was also Bondgirl , who was the only woman to marry James Bond as Tracy in On Her Majesty's Secret Service . In this film, Joanna Lumley also starred in a small role. She is likely to be one of the few who was seen in a Bond film before her casting for the Avengers . Patrick Macnee played Sir Godfrey Tibbet, an agent disguised as a butler , in In the Face of Death .
The connection between the two film series was underlined once more when Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer released the complete Bond series on DVD. Patrick Macnee was hired as the spokesman for the documentaries on the background to the making of the individual films.
... to the series Die Profis
The TV series Die Profis was first produced in 1977 and thus follows precisely on from The New Avengers . Both series are similar in the way they are staged, the structure of the storylines and, last but not least, the style of the accompanying music. The reason for this lies in the production company Mark One Productions , which produced both series. It belonged equally to the film composer Laurie Johnson as well as the producers Albert Fennel and Brian Clemens (also screenwriter), who had previously made a decisive contribution to the success of Mit Schirm, Charme und Melone .
In fact, the seasons of The New Avengers represent a kind of transition between the two productions, in which they take on the bizarre humor of previous seasons on the one hand, but on the other hand already show significantly more violent and firearm-dominated acts. The combination of the two series culminates in a joint longer appearance by the later The Pros - leading actors Martin Shaw and Lewis Collins in The New Avengers episode # 19 "The Revenge Campaign" ( Obsession ). Curiously, Lewis Collins said goodbye to his counterpart in his role with the words: " We should work together again - good team ". The casting for Die Profis was not yet over at this point.
... to science fiction
In addition to classic crime and espionage, the series also featured science fiction . Some episodes are similar to the science fiction elements of James Bond, others go far beyond that and take on fantastic features (such as "The Robots" # 84/1965, "The Missing Hour" # 91/1965, "Murderous Dandelion" # 89 / 1965, “And again robots” # 122/1967 and others).
reception
The scandalous episode
In the fourth season (in 1966, the first season with Diana Rigg) produced by Julian Wintle , was episode 99 "The Night of Sinner" ( A Touch of Brimstone ), in which Peter Wyngarde was the villain. This leads a secret society that has set itself the goal of excess and debauchery. The federal government uses the historical template of the “ Hellfire Club ” as a model.
The climax of the episode are orgiastic scenes that seem rather tame by today's standards. For the conditions at the time, it was enough to cause a minor scandal, especially in the USA, where this episode was not broadcast or was only broadcast censored. In the German-speaking countries, too, this episode only had its premiere in the late 1990s on the night program of the private broadcaster Sat.1 . The excitement arose u. a. through the provocative dominatrix costume of Diana Rigg as Queen of Sin , which she had designed herself.
Availability
The first episodes of 1961 were partly produced and broadcast live , so that only individual episodes have been preserved.
On April 3, 2009, the fourth season, for the first time in German, was released as Edition 1 on DVD. A special edition of this DVD box was already available in advance from Weltbild-Verlag . Many of the scenes cut for German television have been reintegrated into the episodes in the original with German subtitles. Additional scenes that were synchronized at the time but were not available on the restored master are included as bonus material.
The 5th season was released on August 21, 2009 as Edition 2 , the 6th season on October 16, 2009 in two parts as Edition 3 , and the 7th season followed as Edition 4 in two parts.
In the meantime, a limited special edition was published in 2010, in which all four seasons (editions) previously published in Germany are contained on 37 DVDs.
In March 2011, Kinowelt began to sell the 4th and 5th season not only as a season box (8 or 9 DVDs), but also, like the two later seasons before, in two smaller boxes (with 4 and 5DVDs) with almost identical covers on the market.
After the series was canceled on ZDF, a compilation of the episodes “The 50,000 Pound Breakfast” and “Murdersville” was shown in the cinema under the title “Emma Peel: my greatest adventures with John Steed”. Four more episodes were later released unabridged on Super 8 : "An Overdose of Water" ( A Surfeit of H2O ), "Needles Kill Quiet" ( The Girl from Auntie ), "To Hell, Sir!" ( A Touch of Brimstone ) and " Murder the men! ”( How to Succeed at Murder… ). At the time it was not possible to engage the original speakers , so that Steed and Peel were dubbed by Helmo Kindermann and Brigitte Grothum . This dubbed version is considered lost.
The second and third seasons as well as the two still intact episodes of the first season of the series were broadcast between December 6, 2010 and February 21, 2011 in German for the first time on the cultural channel Arte . The publication of these episodes by StudioCanal took place in two How everything began ... editions on December 8, 2011. A complete edition of all seasons was released at the same time.
Corgi vehicle models
At the beginning of the Peel episodes, Corgi Toys , later known for its model replicas of well-known film vehicles on a scale of 1:36 and 1:43, brought out the Steed-Bentley and the Lotus Elan as models. Around 2001 a new edition of the Steed Bentley was brought out. In the course of this new edition, Steeds Range Rover and Gambits Jaguar XJS from the last season were also offered for a short time .
literature
- Dave Rogers: The Avengers - All 161 Original Episodes - Story, Cast Pictures , ITV Books & Michael Joseph, London 1983 - ISBN 0-907965-09-1
- Tim Heald: John Steed an Authorized Biography - Vol, 1 Jealous in Honor , Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London - ISBN 0-297-77434-4
- Lars Baumgart: The Emma Peel Concept - The Unexpected Charm of Emancipation: The Avengers and their Audience , Ludwig, Kiel - ISBN 3-933598-40-0
- Franziska Fischer: Mrs. Peel, we are needed! With umbrella, charm and bowler hat. The book for the series , Bertz + Fischer Verlag , 4th edition Berlin 2009 - ISBN 978-3-86505-159-2
- Martin Compart: Crime TV. Lexicon of crime series , Dieter Bertz Verlag, Berlin 2000 - ISBN 3-929470-17-9
- Dave Rogers: The Complete Avengers: The Full Story of Britain's Smash Crime-Fighting Team !: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Avengers , St. Martin's Griffin, 1st US Edition, New York May 1998 - ISBN 0-312-03187 -4
- Andrew Pixley: The Avengers Files , Reynolds & Hearn Ltd / (2nd Revised edition), Surrey August 5, 2004 / (February 8, 2007) - ISBN 1-903111-74-9 / ( ISBN 1-905287-38-0 )
Web links
- The Avengers in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The New Avengers in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- SK: Avengers
- With umbrella, charm and bowler hat on arte.tv (web archive)
- Video meeting on retro TV
- The Avengers Forever (English)
- Mrs Peel ... We're Needed (English)
- The Fashion Guide of Seasons 4 - 6 especially Emma Peel and Tara King (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ cover versions of The avengers
- ↑ With umbrella, charm and bowler hat - In the laboratory of the Avengers ( Memento from March 20, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ The Avengers Forever - Frequently Asked Questions
- ↑ The Avengers forever - Behind the Scenes: Emma Peel Era
- ↑ Episode 19: The New Avengers , theavengers.tv
- ^ A b Pierre A. Wallnöfer: Mrs. Peel, you are needed . In: Salzburger Nachrichten . April 20, 2009, TV / people, p. 11 (to broadcast the program on ARTE 2009).
- ↑ With umbrella, charm and bowler hat / 50th Anniversary Complete Edition. Retrieved October 11, 2011 .