Look (Stop Me If You've Heard This One...) But There Was This TV Show
Look (Stop Me If You've Heard This One...) But There Was This TV Show

Author: Roy Bettridge

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2016-11-11

Total Pages: 154

ISBN-13: 1326843060

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The Avengers was a classic television show that lighted the sixties from 1961 to 1969. Its repeat runs have garnered a mass of fans. One such fan is Chris. He's a regular man and has had what everyone would call a regular life. But on one of these regular days, The Avengers burst into his world and set him on an interesting course that would lead him not only to a deep affection for the show as a fan but also towards a possible career. This semi-autobiographical work of fiction is fascinating reading from beginning to end.

Avengerworld - The Avengers in Our Lives
Avengerworld - The Avengers in Our Lives

Author: Alan Hayes

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2016-02-21

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13: 1326522507

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The Avengers was a revolutionary series that always playfully twisted perceptions, pushed the boundaries of its genre and defied those who wished to pigeonhole it. The team behind The Avengers never forgot its primary objective was to entertain. And entertain it certainly did, inspiring successive generations to welcome The Avengers into their hearts. Right from its foreword by pioneering television historian Dave Rogers to its afterword by Jason Whiton of SpyVibe, Avengerworld celebrates the series, its international fandom and its fans. Over the course of more than forty essays, Avengers fans the world over relate how they first encountered the series, how they grew up with it at their sides, made friends, engaged with fandom and were inspired to do extraordinary things. Proceeds from this book will be donated to Champion Chanzige, a charity organisation that exists to improve conditions for underprivileged children at a primary school in Southern Tanzania - and helps them to do extraordinary things too.

Love All
Love All

Author: Roy Bettridge

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2019-12-30

Total Pages: 604

ISBN-13: 0244242127

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Ben Hendry is a telly addict. He takes his job very seriously and takes in all manner of programmes for the job. Yet his world is soon to change. A rerun of The Avengers TV series introduces Ben to the beautiful partners of John Steed. He cannot just love one. He must love them all...

My Wildest Dream
My Wildest Dream

Author: Roy Bettridge

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2018-12-18

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 0244143404

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William Anderson has just turned 75. His family hardly see him apart from his grandson David, with whom he shares a unique bond. But as David begins to see his grandfather feel his age, a certain TV show rekindles William's youthful spirit, deepening the bond between them - but also unearthing some hidden secrets.

Split!
Split!

Author: Roy Bettridge

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2017-10-06

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 0244937737

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Mark and Jennifer are married. He is a builder. She is an accountant. Life is happy until an accident at the job site causes Mark to behave strangely. The marriage becomes troubled. But does The Avengers hold the key to the salvation of their love and their marriage?

Remake Television
Remake Television

Author: Carlen Lavigne

Publisher: Lexington Books

Published: 2014-02-27

Total Pages: 266

ISBN-13: 0739183346

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Remakes are pervasive in today’s popular culture, whether they take the form of reboots, “re-imaginings,” or overly familiar sequels. Television remakes have proven popular with producers and networks interested in building on the nostalgic capital of past successes (or giving a second chance to underused properties). Some TV remakes have been critical and commercial hits, and others haven’t made it past the pilot stage; all have provided valuable material ripe for academic analysis. In Remake Television: Reboot, Re-use, Recycle, edited by Carlen Lavigne,contributors from a variety of backgrounds offer multicultural, multidisciplinary perspectives on remake themes in popular television series, from classic cult favorites such as The Avengers (1961–69) and The X-Files (1993–2002) tocurrent hits like Doctor Who (2005–present) and The Walking Dead (2010–present). Chapters examine what constitutes a remake, and what series changes might tell us about changing historical and cultural contexts—or about the medium of television itself.

The Avengers Dossier
The Avengers Dossier

Author: Paul Cornell

Publisher: Gateway

Published: 2013-10-31

Total Pages: 217

ISBN-13: 057513321X

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More than any other series, THE AVENGERS typified the Swinging Sixties - beginning in 1961 with Patrick Macnee starring with Ian Hendry in a grainy, realistic spy thriller, and ending in 1969 with Macnee and the glamorous Linda Thorson blasting off into space in a surreal episode appropriately entitled 'Bizarre'. Meanwhile we had seen the memorable Honor Blackman and Diana Rigg in roles unusually progressive for British television. THE NEW AVENGERS in the mid-seventies reflected changing times but retained the essence of the show - as Macnee returned to play alongside another strong, independent heroine in the form of Joanna Lumley's Purdey. And then there was the film... THE AVENGERS DOSSIER is a uniquely comprehensive yet humorous survey of all the show's incarnations. As well as a remarkably detailed episode guide to both series - even covering the kinkiness factor and champagne count in both - this volume gives behind the scenes insights and revelations about every aspect of the programme. The film and its production are examined, and critical essays look at the history behind the cult.

Quite Quite Fantastic! The Avengers for Modern Viewers
Quite Quite Fantastic! The Avengers for Modern Viewers

Author: Michael Scott Phillips

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2018-05-02

Total Pages: 452

ISBN-13: 1532375166

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Based on the popular website, this exciting new volume examines the classic television programs, The Avengers and The New Avengers. Quite Quite Fantastic! provides insight into the behind-the-scenes production of both programs and their relevance to viewers today. Each episode is reviewed and analyzed, and the main characters and actors are profiled in depth. Plus, mini-biographies of dozens of guest actors, directors and writers are included. And the long-missing Season One is reconstructed with a special look at the newly recovered episode "Tunnel of Fear"!

Saints and Avengers
Saints and Avengers

Author: James Chapman

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2002-04-26

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13: 0857716638

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Eccentric, ironic and fantastic series like The Avengers and Danger Man, with their professional secret agents, or The Saint and The Persuaders, featuring flamboyant crime-fighters, still inspire mainstream and cult followings. Saints and Avengers explores and celebrates this television genre for the first time. Saints and Avengers uses case studies to look, for example, at the adventure series' representations of national identity and the world of the sixties and seventies. Chapman also proves his central thesis: that this particular type of thriller was a historically and culturally defined generic type, with enduring appeal, as the current vogue for remaking them as big budget films attests.

Two Against the Underworld - the Collected Unauthorised Guide to the Avengers Series 1
Two Against the Underworld - the Collected Unauthorised Guide to the Avengers Series 1

Author: Alan Hayes

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2017-01-26

Total Pages: 594

ISBN-13: 1326466267

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Two Against the Underworld brings together eight years of research to tell the story of The Avengers from both sides of the camera. It has now been further revised following the recovery of the episode Tunnel of Fear. The authors lift the lid on all 26 Series 1 episodes. Comprehensive chapters detail the narratives in extended synopsis form, as well as the production, transmission and reception of each episode, and the talented personnel who made them. The creation of The Avengers, Ian Hendry's departure, the series' destiny and the mystery of the missing episodes are explored in a series of essays, each of which has been revised. Avengers writer Roger Marshall and Neil Hendry both contribute forewords to this volume. The book also boasts black-and-white illustrations by Shaqui Le Vesconte and 70 pages of appendices that deal in depth with the unproduced episodes of Series 1, Keel and Steed's further adventures in the comic strip The Drug Pedlar and the novel Too Many Targets, and much more.