The Avengers Series 2

Steed and Gale

The Avengers: Series 2, Episode 4 – Bullseye

Like one of those arcane “tontine plots”, the fourth episode of series two offers us a scenario where a string of people die so somebody in the same eco-system can ultimately benefit. Julie Stevens womanfully did sidekick duty in the … Read more

Edina Ronay and Douglas Muir

The Avengers: Series 2, Episode 6 – The Removal Men

Heady Europeanism, alcohol, jazz music and sexual licence are the watchwords of The Removal Men, number six in the second series. And Julie Stevens, appropriately, returns as Steed’s helpmeet in an episode set on the French Riviera, where a Bardot-like … Read more

Peter Arne as Cosmo Gallion

The Avengers: Series 2, Episode 18 – Warlock

Woo hoo, the suggestion of nudity and all sorts of pagan goings-on are all over the screen in the opening sequence of Warlock, as groovy hipsters gyrate themselves into a frenzy around a photo of… a middle aged man. All … Read more

Steed, Gale and Dr Ashe

The Avengers: Series 2, Episode 19 – The Golden Eggs

Because The Avengers were not broadcast in production order*, you do get the odd anomaly. Fore example, the getting-to-know-you dialogue between Steed and Mrs Gale in Warlock, the 18th (broadcast order) episode of series 2, makes more sense when you … Read more

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