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1976
ABC
BRIAN CLEMENTS & ALBERT FENNELL

 
BACKGROUND

Pacy, action-packed, tongue-in-cheek and as bizarre as its classic ancestor, The New
Avengers saw the return of Patrick Macnee as suave secret agent John Steed... now ably
assisted by Joanna Lumley as the lovely-but-lethal Purdey and Gareth Hunt as tough-guy
Mike Gambit. Three characters of contrasting styles, yet forming an unbeatable triumvirate! 

By reuniting many of the creative talents involved in the earlier series, and adding a unique
seventies flair, The New Avengers introduced the Avenging phenomenon to an entirely new
generation of grateful fans. 
 

 
CAST
JOHN STEED PATRICK MACNEE
PURDEY JOANNA LUMLEY
MIKE GAMBIT  GARETH HUNT
 

 

 
EPISODE GUIDE
SEASON 1 SEASON 2

THE EAGLES NEST 
HOUSE OF CARDS 
THE LAST OF THE CYBERNAUTS..? 
THE MIDAS TOUCH 
CAT AMONG THE PIGEONS 
TARGET! 
TO CATCH A RAT 
THE TALE OF THE BIG WHY? 
FACES 
SLEEPER 
THREE-HANDED GAME 
DIRTIER BY THE DOZEN 
GNAWS 
DEAD MEN ARE DANGEROUS 
MEDIUM RARE 
ANGELS OF DEATH 
THE LION AND THE UNICORN 
OBSESSION 
TRAP 
HOSTAGE 
K IS FOR KILL 1 
K IS FOR KILL 2 
COMPLEX 
THE GLADIATORS 
EMILY 
FORWARD BASE 

 

 
TRIVIA FAX

When asked once by Peter O'Toole what MacNee was working on,he replied that he was
doing The Avengers where upon O'Toole said ''But Patrick,your ALWAYS doing The Avengers!!!''

Patrick MacNee, Honor Blackman, Diana Rigg and Joanna Lumley have all appeared in a
Bond film...with Gareth Hunt in Doctor Who's Planet of the Spiders!