Australia-based ViaVision's Imprint video line is taking pre-orders for a limited edition (1500) Blu-ray release of "The Avengers: The Emma Peel Collection".The set will be released on 30 November.
This set is Region-Free, which is good news for fans worldwide.
Here is the relevant information:
Number of Blu-ray
Discs
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16
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Rating
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PG
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Release Date
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30
November 2022
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Runtime (in
minutes)
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2255
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Product Code
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IMP3065
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Mrs.
Peel… We’re needed!
Extraordinary
crimes against the people and the state have to be avenged by agents
extraordinary. Two such people are John Steed, top professional, and his
partner, Emma Peel, talented amateur. Otherwise known as The Avengers.
With lethal bowler hat and umbrella, killer fashion and kung fu, the secret
agents investigate bizarre and colourful adventures with nonchalant efficiency,
sophistication and charm.
Whilst
every era of the long-running, enduringly popular and trend-setting British
series has its own unique style, charm and wit, it is the Emma Peel years that
have become the programme’s most iconic and recognisable, with Diana Rigg’s
portrayal of Mrs. Emma Peel ushering in a new era of excitement, fashion and
iconology, coupled with Patrick Macnee’s continuing depiction of the urbane and
sublime John Steed.
Now,
this 16-disc Blu Ray set brings together every episode from the Emma Peel era
in stunning high-definition encompassing the complete Series 4 and 5, plus a
copious collection of vintage and new Special Features celebrating this peak
era of The Avengers.
Special
Features and Technical Specs:
- 1080p
high-definition presentation from the original 35mm elements
- Collectable
double-sided Hardbox packaging LIMITED to 1500 copies
- 120-page booklet
featuring essay by Dick Fiddy of the British Film Institute and Story
Information for every episode taken from the original studio files
- Original ‘as
broadcast’ mono audio tracks (LPCM)
- Original ‘as
broadcast’ “The Avengers in Color” opening slate on Series 5 episodes
- Audio Commentary
on “The Town of No Return” by producer / writer Brian Clemens and director
Roy Ward Baker
- Audio Commentary
on “The Master Minds” by writer Robert Banks Stewart
- Audio Commentary
on “Dial A Deadly Number” by writer Roger Marshall
- Audio Commentary
on “The Hour That Never Was” by director Gerry O’Hara
- Audio Commentary
on “The House That Jack Built” by director Don Leaver
- Audio Commentary
on “The Winged Avenger” by writer Richard Harris
- Audio Commentary
on “Epic” by guest actor Peter Wyngarde
- NEW Audio
Commentary on “The Joker” by filmmakers Sam Clemens and George Clemens
(sons of writer/producer Brian Clemens) (2022)
- Audio Commentary
on “Return of The Cybernauts” by Diana Rigg’s stunt-double Cyd Child
- Audio Commentary
on “Murdersville” by producer / writer Brian Clemens
- Filmed
introductions to eight Series 5 episodes by producer / writer Brian
Clemens
- Filmed
introduction to “The ?50,000 Breakfast” by guest actress Anneke Wills
- Brief audio
recollection from guest actor Francis Matthews on filming “The Thirteenth
Hole”
- “THE AVENGERS
AT 50” – Footage captured from the 50th anniversary celebration
of the series, held at Chichester University in 2011. Includes: video
message from Patrick Macnee, interviews with producer / writer Brian
Clemens, director Don Leaver (never before released), director Gerry
O’Hara (never before released), stunt co-ordinator Raymond Austin, guest
actress Carol Cleveland, guest actress Anneke Wills, writer Roger
Marshall, and Patrick Macnee’s biographer Marie Cameron
- “Dame Diana Rigg
at the BFI” – 2015 on-stage interview and Q&A held at the British Film
Institute in London to celebrate 50 years of Emma Peel
- “The Series Of
No Return” – audio interview with actress Elizabeth Shepherd, who was
originally cast as Emma Peel
- Granada Plus
Points featuring actor Patrick Macnee, composer Laurie Johnson, writer
Roger Marshall and stunt-double Cyd Child
- Bonus Series 6
episode “The Forget-Me-Knot” – Emma Peel’s final story and the
introduction of Tara King
- “K Is For Kill”
– excerpt from The New Avengers episode featuring appearances by
Emma Peel
ARCHIVAL
MATERIAL
- Armchair Theatre episode “The
Hothouse” starring Diana Rigg (the performance that led to Rigg’s casting
as Emma Peel in The Avengers
- Chessboard
Opening Title sequence used on US broadcasts for Series 4
- German and
French title sequences
- Series 4 UK
Commercial Break Bumper slates
- Alternative
titles / credits / end tag of select Series 4 episodes
- Series 4
Commercial Break Bumpers
- Production trims
from select Series 5 episodes
- “The Strange
Case Of The Missing Corpse” – Series 5 teaser film
- German
television interview with Patrick Macnee and Diana Rigg by Joachim
Fuchsberger
- Colourisation
test footage for “Death At Bargain Prices” and “A Touch Of Brimstone”
- Reconstructed
John Stamp Series 4 trailer
- “They’re Back”
Trailers, Series 5 Trailer and Series 5 German Cinema Trailer
- Extensive Photo
Galleries from the studio archives
- 1973 Interview
with Diana Rigg discussing her US sitcom Diana, and leaving The
Avengers
- Original Aspect
Ratio 1.33:1, b&w / colour
- Audio English
LPCM 2.0 Mono
- English
subtitles for the Hard of Hearing (Series 4 & 5 episodes only)
BONUS
DISC 1: ADDITIONAL SPECIAL FEATURES
- More interviews
from “THE AVENGERS AT 50” including composer Laurie Johnson, writer
and guest actor Jeremy Burnham, stunt-double Cyd Child, and a
screenwriters’ panel discussion featuring Brian Clemens, Richard Harris,
Richard Bates and Terrance Dicks
- “Brian Clemens
In Conversation” – on-stage interview at the British Film Institute in
London discussing his early writing career
- Diana Rigg
German Super8 films: “Das Diadem”, “Minikillers”, “Der Goldene Schlüssell”
- Extensive Photo
Gallery from The Avengers Fashion Show
- Diana Rigg Photo
Gallery
BONUS
DISC 2: THE ORIGINAL EPISODES FILE
- Featuring the 4
original episodes from the Cathy Gale era of the series which were remade
in Series 5: “Death Of A Great Dane”, “Don’t Look Behind You”, “Dressed To
Kill” and “The Charmers” (Standard Definition)
- Audio Commentary
by writer Roger Marshall on “Death Of A Great Dane”
- Audio Commentary
by actress Honor Blackman and UK presenter Paul O’Grady on “Don’t Look
Behind You”
- Filmed
introduction by Patrick Macnee and Honor Blackman to “Don’t Look Behind
You”
- “Tunnel Of Fear”
– a full-length, previously lost episode from Series 1, recovered in 2016
- “THE AVENGERS
AT 50” – interview with Honor Blackman by Paul O’Grady