On 29th January, STUDIOCANAL presents a very special event to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the ground-breaking cult sixties TV series THE AVENGERS, with an online event hosted by ourscreen, offering 5000 fans a unique chance to enjoy episodes of the show ‘together’.

Starring super fan Paul O’Grady, Richard Harris (writer for the first series and for several series thereafter), Raymond Austin (original stunt coordinator of The Avengers), Dick Fiddy (archive TV Consultant at The BFI) and director Sam Clemens. Fans will be able to interact using the ourscreen live chat bar, enjoying the social experience in real time, from the comfort of home.

A recorded introduction to the event will kick off proceedings from Director Sam Clemens, followed by Dick Fiddy talking about the first series of The Avengers, answering some questions and introducing our first episode of the evening Tunnel Of Fear.

Tunnel Of Fear is episode 20 from the first series, starring Ian Hendry, Patrick Macnee and Ingrid Hefner. It is one of the three known complete series 1 episodes to have survived, lost for 55 years the episode came to light in a private film collection in 2016.

Next up we have an interview with Avengers superfan Paul O’Grady, discussing his love for the show, his friendships with Linda Thorson, Honor Blackman and Diana Rigg, plus a guest appearance from Janet Clemens sharing with us some amazing Avengers memorabilia.

The Nutshell is episode 4 from series 3 in tribute to the wonderful Honor Blackman. This episode was directed by Raymond Menmuir. Steed and Cathy investigate espionage by a pretty burglar in “The Nutshell”, codename for a top-secret underground nuclear shelter.

Raymond Austin, original stunt coordinator on 50 episodes of The Avengers – will talk about his career and the late Diana Rigg, with lots of wonderful anecdotes and answering some questions as well as introducing the final episode of the evening – The-Forget-Me-Knot where Diana Rigg hands over her mantel to Linda Thorson.

The Forget-Me-Knot is episode 1 of series 6 introducing Linda Thorson as Tara King. The episode was directed by James Hill and written by Brian Clemens.

We end on an interview with Richard Harris who wrote the 3rd episode of the first series plus many others and then a final sign off from Sam Clemens.

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