John Steed works for British Intelligence and works with various partners, notably: Ian Hendry (series one), Cathy Gale (series two and three), Emma Peel (series four and five), and Tara King (series six). The problems he finds are always a bit odd, just on the edge of science fiction (Cyborg killers, a city built under a disused coal mine, a gang put together for adrenaline junkies, and a killer who uses a concentrated cold virus to kill his victims by having them sneeze to death). Steed is always the ultimate in culture and grace as he saves the world each week.
This is the complete collection of every episode known to exist of ‘The Avengers’ which is a British BBC cult classic Spy-Fi TV series that was broadcast from 1961 to 1969.
Only two complete episodes from the show’s first series are known to exist, as 16mm film tele-recordings. These are “The Frighteners”, an extract of which is playing on a television in the film Quadrophenia, and “Girl on the Trapeze”, which was found in the UCLA Film and Television Archive via an internet search of their on-line database. Part of the show’s pilot episode was found in the United States. The footage is of the episode’s first 21 minute act, up to the first commercial break. Source: Wikipedia
Note: As of 2011, the only episodes known to still exist in their entirety from the debut first season are Girl on the Trapeze (which does not feature John Steed) and The Frighteners. The first 20 minute act of the premiere episode, Hot Snow, have also been rediscovered. Source: Wikipedia
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Thank you for responding so quickly.
Thank you too Readnut247
Hi MD, many thanks for your hard work and getting us all these lovely movies & TV Shows etc. I am in awe of the old TV Shows you find.
Thanks for the Avengers which is an awesome classic.
I noticed there are there only 3 episodes for download in season 1. Any chance of finding the misssing episodes? Could find them on the VIP links???
Hello Sp00k, this is the note from the original source:
Presently only “The Frighteners,” “Girl on the Trapeze” and the first twenty minutes of “Hot Snow” are known to exist of the first season. All the other episodes of season one were destroyed by the BBC. Still, if these were somehow preserved and found decades later, there may yet be hope for further discoveries… We may hope that the rest will pop up someday, somewhere, somehow…
Thank you very much
Many thanks MD for the information and of course your help.