Due to receiving numerous emails over the past few years — generally requesting details about DVDs of various UK series not covered by the book guide itself — I've compiled the following list which (hopefully) includes every single release on shiny disc to date.
As with the main book guide, the focus is essentially on UK telefantasy series and related episodes from otherwise non-telefantasy series. To the less geeky among you: everything sci-fi, horror and fantasy-related that I can think of that has been produced for UK television and which has been released on DVD. The emphasis is primarily on releases in the UK (Region 2) and the United States (Region 1).
High definition releases on Blu-ray are also mentioned where relevant, although it should be noted that the vast majority of UK television programmes prior to around 2005 would not see any major benefit from a Blu-ray release as they were not produced in a high definition format. Anything produced on 35mm film, however, would be ideally suited to a Blu-ray release — The Prisoner and Thunderbirds have already been released and the film seasons of The Avenegrs are due out in 2010.
As with the main section of the web site, it's almost inevitable that there will be something missing that should be included. If anyone manages to spot any omissions — or, indeed, anything that's incorrect — please get in contact via the email address at the top of the page.
Please note that, unless specified, the "Notes" generally refer to the Region 2 DVD releases and other editions may (or may not) differ.
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Black and White 26 Episodes / Videotape Regular Characters John Steed (Patrick Macnee) Dr David Keel (Ian Hendry) |
Of the twenty-six episodes from Season 1 of The Avengers, only Girl on the Trapeze and The Frighteners are known to exist in their entirety, although the first fifteen minutes of Hot Snow, the first episode, also exists. Ironically, the character of John Steed doesn't appear in either Girl on the Trapeze or the existing Hot Snow segment. The existing footage from Season 1 was finally released on Region 2 DVD in the UK in October 2009 when it was included with the complete release of Season 2 — see Season 2 below for further details. The existing Season 1 footage was released on Region 1 DVD in the United States on a bonus DVD which was included as part of the 2006 re-release of the Emma Peel Megaset from A&E. Luckily for people who had bought the earlier release of that DVD set, the bonus DVD was also made available to buy seperately, although both versions have now been deleted. As well as the existing Season 1 footage, the bonus DVD also included Channel 4's 1992 Without Walls documentary, Avenging the Avengers, the alternate "chessboard" title sequence used on the Emma Peel episodes in the United States, the three minute promotional episode The Strange Case of the Missing Corpse, and the New Avengers episode K is for Kill, Part 1: The Tiger Awakes which features a cameo appearance by Emma Peel. |
Series 2 amazon.co.uk |
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Black and White 26 Episodes / Videotape Regular Characters John Steed (Patrick Macnee) Cathy Gale (Honor Blackman) Dr Martin King (John Rollason) Venus Smith (Julie Stevens) |
All twenty-six episodes from Season 2 exist as 16mm telerecordings. Season 2 of The Avengers was finally released on Region 2 DVD in the UK in October 2009 as a complete boxset containing all twenty-six episodes. The set also included numerous extras: existing episodes from Season 1; the only existing episode from Police Surgeon; interviews with cast and crew; commentaries and various other extras such as PDF versions of scripts and tele-snaps to thirteen of the missing Ian Hendry episodes from Season 1 courtesy of series producer Leonard White. All twenty-six episodes have been released on Region 1 DVD in the United States over three sets. The Avengers '62 Mr Teddy Bear / Propellant 23 / The Decapod / Bullseye / Mission to Montreal / The Removal Men / The Mauritius Penny / Death of a Great Dane / The Sell-Out / Death on the Rocks / Traitor in Zebra / The Big Thinker / Death Dispatch / Dead on Course The Avengers '63, Set 3 Intercrime / Immortal Clay / Box of Tricks / Warlock / The Golden Eggs / School For Traitors The Avengers '63, Set 4 The White Dwarf / Man in the Mirror / Conspiracy of Silence / Chorus of Frogs / Six Hands Across a Table / Killer Whale This set also includes Brief for Murder, the first episode of Season 3, as a bonus. |
Series 2 amazon.co.uk |
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| Season 3 | Notes |
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Black and White 26 Episodes / Videotape Regular Characters John Steed (Patrick Macnee) Cathy Gale (Honor Blackman) |
All episodes of Season 3 exist as 16mm telerecordings. A box set of the complete Season 3 is due to be released on Region 2 DVD in the UK in February 2010. As well as including new transfers of all twenty-six episodes, the release will also included various interviews and commentaries, PDF files of all 26 scripts and the extended version of the Without Walls documentary Avenging the Avengers. Season 3 has also been released on Region 1 DVD in the United States over four sets, with the exception of Brief for Murder, which was included as a bonus episode on The Avengers '63, Set 4. The Avengers '63, Set 1 The Undertakers / Man With Two Shadows / The Nutshell / Death of a Batman / November Five / The Gilded Cage The Avengers '63, Set 2 Second Sight / The Medicine Men / The Grandeur that was Rome / The Golden Fleece / Don't Look Behind You / Death à la Carte / Dressed to Kill The Avengers '64, Set 1 The White Elephant / The Little Wonders / The Wringer / Mandrake / The Secrets Broker / The Trojan Horse The Avengers '64, Set 2 Build a Better Mousetrap / The Outside-In Man / The Charmers / Concerto / Esprit de Corps / Lobster Quadrille |
Series 3 (February 2010) amazon.co.uk |
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| Season 4 | Notes |
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Black and White 26 Episodes / 35mm Film Regular Characters John Steed (Patrick Macnee) Emma Peel (Diana Rigg) |
A new box set, comprising fully restored versions of all twenty-six episodes, is due to be released on both DVD and Blu-ray in the UK in 2010. The season has also been released on Region 1 DVD in the United States over four volumes, and as part of the Emma Peel Megaset. The Avengers '65, Set 1 The Town of No Return / The Gravediggers / The Cybernauts / Death at Bargain Prices / Castle De'ath / The Master Minds The Avengers '65, Set 2 The Murder Market / A Surfeit of H2O / The Hour That Never Was / Dial a Deadly Number / Man-Eater of Surrey Green / Two's a Crowd The Avengers '66, Set 1 Silent Dust / Room Without a View / Small Game for Big Hunters / The Girl from Auntie / The Thirteenth Hole / Quick-Quick Slow Death The Avengers '66, Set 2 The Danger Makers / A Touch of Brimstone / What the Butler Saw / The House that Jack Built / A Sense of History / How to Succeed...at Murder / Honey For The Prince |
Series 4 (DVD) amazon.co.uk (Blu-ray) amazon.co.uk |
The Avengers '65, Set 1 amazon.com The Avengers '65, Set 2 amazon.com The Avengers '66, Set 1 amazon.com The Avengers '66, Set 2 amazon.com Emma Peel Megaset amazon.com |
| Seasons 5 and 6 | Notes |
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Colour 24 Episodes / 35mm Film Regular Characters John Steed (Patrick Macnee) Emma Peel (Diana Rigg) |
A new box set, comprising fully restored versions of all twenty-four colour Emma Peel episodes, is due to be released on both DVD and Blu-ray in the UK in 2010. The episodes have also been released on Region 1 DVD in the United States over four volumes, and as part of the Emma Peel Megaset. Set 4 also included The Forget-Me-Knot, the first episode of Season 7, which wrote out the character of Emma Peel and introduced Tara King. The Avengers '67, Set 1 From Venus With Love / The Fear Merchants / Escape in Time / The See-Through Man / The Bird Who Knew Too Much / The Winged Avenger The Avengers '67, Set 2 The Living Dead / The Hidden Tiger / The Correct Way to Kill / Never, Never Say Die / Epic / The Superlative Seven The Avengers '67, Set 3 A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Station / Something Nasty in the Nursery / The Joker / Who's Who??? / Return of the Cybernauts / Death's Door The Avengers '67, Set 4 The £50,000 Breakfast / Dead Man's Treasure / You Have Just Been Murdered / The Positive-Negative Man / Murdersville / Mission...Highly Improbable / The Forget-Me-Knot |
Series 5 (DVD) amazon.co.uk |
The Avengers '67, Set 1 amazon.com The Avengers '67, Set 2 amazon.com The Avengers '67, Set 3 amazon.com The Avengers '67, Set 4 amazon.com Emma Peel Megaset amazon.com |
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Colour 33 Episodes / 35mm Film Regular Characters John Steed (Patrick Macnee) Tara King (Linda Thorson) |
A new box set, comprising fully restored versions of all thirty-three episodes, is due to be released on both DVD and Blu-ray in the UK in 2010. Season 7 has also been released on Region 1 DVD in the United States over five volumes. It should be noted that the first volume omits the first episode, The Forget-Me-Knot, as it was included on the final volume of Emma Peel episodes. The Avengers '68, Set 1 Game / Super Secret Cypher Snatch / You'll Catch Your Death / Split / Whoever Shot Poor George Oblique Stroke XR40? / False Witness The Avengers '68, Set 2 All Done with Mirrors / Legacy of Death / Noon Doomsday / Look — (Stop Me if You've Heard This One) But There Were These Two Fellers... / Have Guns — Will Haggle / They Keep Killing Steed The Avengers '68, Set 3 The Interrogators / The Rotters / Invasion of the Earthmen / Killer / The Morning After / The Curious Case of the Countless Clues The Avengers '68, Set 4 Wish You Were Here / Stay Tuned / Take Me To Your Leader / Fog / Homicide and Old Lace / Love All / Get-A-Way! The Avengers '68, Set 5 Thingumajig / Pandora / Requiem / Take-Over / Who Was That Man I Saw You With? / My Wildest Dream / Bizarre |
Series 6 (DVD) amazon.co.uk |
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Colour 85 Minutes / 35mm Film Characters John Steed (Ralph Fiennes) Emma Peel (Uma Thurman) |
The Avengers movie has been released on Region 2 DVD in the UK and on Region 1 DVD in the United States. | amazon.co.uk | amazon.com). |
