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The Three Handed Game @thgpodcast.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Brendan’s talk show appearance is to die for, Richard’s fiddling about with a gent’s new extension, and Steven’s developed a penchant for plushies. Strangely, all these things lead back to the machinations of one Mr Teddy Bear… #TheAvengers #Podcast open.spotify.com/episode/1KX9...

Mr Teddy Bear (Bernard Goldman) considers his options. He's a short, stout, dark haired and goateed man in evening dress. He holds a cigar in his right hand.

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The Three Handed Game @thgpodcast.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Something of a virtual successor...!

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The Three Handed Game @thgpodcast.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Steven's fixing a royal jack-in-the-box, Brendan's bouncing along, and Richard's playing with his dolls again. Childhood dreams are going to be shattered, however, because there's Something Nasty in the Nursery...   #podcast #TheAvengers open.spotify.com/episode/0JYO...

Mrs Peel (Diana Rigg) holds a blue and yellow swirl-striped ball and looks at it. Behind her is a cupboard with two shelves of the balls, with one shelf labelled “TREATED”.

The Avengers: Something Nasty in the Nursery.

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The Three Handed Game @thgpodcast.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Brendan is jumping out a window to escape from amorous ladies, Steven is cross-pollinating before tea with the bishop, and Richard is playing his cards just right. Annette Andre returns to show off her purdey to Purdey in The New Avengers: House of Cards.   #podcast open.spotify.com/episode/32Jh...

Suzy (Annette Andre) is surprised by Purdey.

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The Three Handed Game @thgpodcast.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

I crossed the streams. #TheAvengers #Blake’s7 maximumpowerpodcast.com/title-card/

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The Three Handed Game @thgpodcast.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

We're chatting with Annette Andre again this month about The New Avengers, acting, falls, spirituality, and a life well lived. Please join us. #TheAvengers #Acting #Podcast open.spotify.com/episode/79jk...

The front cover of Annette Andre's autobiography, 'Where Have I Been All My Life.'

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The Three Handed Game @thgpodcast.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

The Australian New Avengers Blu Ray set is currently on sale for $108AUD. It has the same features and booklets as the European Blu Ray set, plus an additional book featuring some great photos and an episode guide. www.jbhifi.com.au/products/new...

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New Avengers, The - Complete Series (Imprint Collection Limited Edition)

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The Three Handed Game @thgpodcast.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

In a novelty store-cum-surgery-cum-graveyard, Richard's popping a cracker up a ladder, Steven's exploiting a mine in an unexpected way, and Brendan's walking off a wrestling-related concussion. It's Annette Andre's first appearance in #TheAvengers, Mandrake. #podcast open.spotify.com/episode/73G0...

Judy (Annette Andre) charms Mr Steed (Patrick Macnee).

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The Three Handed Game @thgpodcast.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

We're thrilled to bring you the first part of our interview with Avengers and New Avengers guest star, the wonderful and warm Annette André. Please enjoy. open.spotify.com/episode/4F4G... #TheAvengers #ClassicTV #Podcast

Annette André as Judy in The Avengers: Mandrake; the cover of her autobiography, and as Suzy in The New Avengers: House of Cards.

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The Three Handed Game @thgpodcast.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

Steven's catfishing a lovelorn civil servant, Richard's developed Housemaid's Knee, and Brendan's been hypnotised into prompting AI romance novels. At the end of the End of Empire, there's nothing left to do but L♡ve All. #TheAvengers #podcast open.spotify.com/episode/4b4p...

John Steed (Patrick Macnee) grabs Tara King (Linda Thorson) as she attempts to jump out a window, after Tara has been brainwashed into doing so. The Avengers: L♡ve All.

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The Three Handed Game @thgpodcast.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Yup. Documentaries, 8 new commentaries (including one from Joanna Lumley, plus Cyd Child and Rocky Taylor), and interviews from the 50th anniversary convention.

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The Three Handed Game @thgpodcast.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

A quick rough comparison of shots from To Catch a Rat from the Optimum DVD and the new HD trailer. Some caveats: The first three are from the opening titles of To Catch a Rat, so the DVD looks worse than the relevant episodes. The shots aren't exact frame matches as I wanted to be quick.

A collection of comparison images between the earlier DVD release and upcoming Blu Ray of The New Avengers: To Catch a Rat.

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Imprint Films @imprintfilms.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

Coming to Imprint Television in 2026: THE NEW AVENGERS (1976 - 77)! 🔍 Join British secret agent Steed and his two partners as they thwart evil plots for world domination, dealing with suspended animation, biological warfare, robotics, and other threats.

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Jason (Spy Vibe) @spyvibe.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

on my Spy Vibe: IMPRINT Australia confirm their own upcoming release of The New Avengers! spyvibe.blogspot.com/2025/09/impr...

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IMPRINT AVENGERS

1960s Pop Culture, Design, TV, Movies, Music, Comics, Fashion, Architecture, James Bond, Man From UNCLE, Op Art, Pop Art, Mid-Century Modern, Mod

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Jason (Spy Vibe) @spyvibe.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

on my Spy Vibe: classic TV series, The New Avengers, heading to new 4K, Blu-ray, and DVD editions! spyvibe.blogspot.com/2025/09/new-...

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NEW AVENGERS 4K

1960s Pop Culture, Design, TV, Movies, Music, Comics, Fashion, Architecture, James Bond, Man From UNCLE, Op Art, Pop Art, Mid-Century Modern, Mod

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The Three Handed Game @thgpodcast.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

In the first of a new chain of hotels, Richard takes care of the most valuable guests, Brendan watches his pounds on the banana diet, and Steven finds his mattress stuffed with straw in his Room Without a View. #TheAvengers #Podcast #Commentary open.spotify.com/episode/0dvK...

Mrs Peel lies on the straw-covered floor of a cell while a guard stands over her menacingly with a riding crop. Image source: https://dissolute.com.au/the-avengers-tv-series/series-4/415-room-without-a-view-other.html

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Brendan Jones @retrobrendo.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Subtly downgrade a band The Dave Lee Duo

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The Three Handed Game @thgpodcast.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

You may enjoy our related podcast, Startling Barbara Bain! We’re about halfway through the first season now… bsky.app/profile/flig...

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The Three Handed Game @thgpodcast.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

The New Avengers- finally coming Blu Ray (and DVD and 4K!) with loads of new special features. Audition footage, interviews from the Chichester convention, and 10 commentaries, including Joanna Lumley on Sleeper and the late Gareth Hunt on The Eagle's Nest and Dead Men are Dangerous!

Packaging shot for The New Avengers Blu Ray, featuring an orange outer box, two digipacks, a collector's edition booklet and comic, and ten discs.

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The Three Handed Game @thgpodcast.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

I think our answer is pretty obvious! Particularly the rest of Hot Snow and Brought to Book.

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The Three Handed Game @thgpodcast.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

Steven’s infiltrating Jeremiah Chechik's secret underground base to find the 2 hour cut of the film, so Richard and Brendan have recalled Nathan and James to deal with the 90 minute visually spectacular disaster that is The Avengers 1998. (Original release: 2020) open.spotify.com/episode/41Rs...

John Steed (Ralph Fiennes) and Emma Peel (Uma Thurman) have seen you from across the bar and really like your vibe. Run.

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Alex Will Resurrect That Werewolf Pic 🔸🏳️‍🌈 @alexwilcock.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

Sad news. When I was about 13 and had just discovered and fallen in love with The Avengers on Channel 4 repeats, I used to marvel at the photos and descriptions in his first guide in a shop in Stockport without ever quite being able to afford it. Then later bought his ’90s ones (pictured downthread)

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The Three Handed Game @thgpodcast.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

Steven's polishing the silverware and Richard's brushing up on global gold exchange rates, which leaves Brendan scrubbing out the 'guest room.' We can hear the sound of empires toppling as we figure out who's trapping whom in The Gilded Cage. open.spotify.com/episode/0FTO...

Cathy Gale (Honor Blackman) raises as glass of wine with Abe Benham (Edric Connor) to celebrate a successful gold heist. The Avengers: The Gilded Cage.

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Flight Through Entirety @flightthroughentirety.com · 04/05/2025

We're walking on eggshells this week as we await the arrival of an army of marching Cybermen, approaching the Moonbase with a dastardly plan to change Doctor Who for ever. #DoctorWho 500yeardiary.com/s2/e2

A screenshot from the animated Episode 3 of the Moonbase. A Cyberman and the Doctor facing one another. The Doctor looks uncharacteristically serious.

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The Three Handed Game @thgpodcast.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Richard's left money for the eggs, Steven's gotten into a brawl over the booze, and Brendan's thrown himself into a carwash to draw out the Fox. All par for the course as we tour the Canadian countryside with Emily. #TheAvengers #Avengers #Podcast open.spotify.com/episode/6nyU...

Purdey lies on top of a car going through a carwash, in order to protect a palm print on the car’s roof. Purdey and the car are both covered in suds, and Purdey looks resigned and exhausted.

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Ten Acre Books @tenacrebooks.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

We're pleased to announce that @tobyhadoke.bsky.social's long-awaited history of the The Quatermass Experiment will be published in May in trade paperback, along with a limited edition hardback with special cover artwork by @roberthack.bsky.social. Order now from tenacrefilms.bigcartel.com

Cover for The Quatermass Experiment: The Making of TV's First Sci-Fi Classic trade paperback.

Cover for The Quatermass Experiment: The Making of TV's First Sci-Fi Classic limited edition hardback, illustrated by Robert Hack.

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The Three Handed Game @thgpodcast.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Cancelled TV show that you will never stop thinking about. I mean, obviously.

John Steed and Tara King stand in the cockpit of his home built rocket, ready to enjoy champagne, wearing evening wear, in the final episode of The Avengers, Bizarre.

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MJ Herbert @mjherbert.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

In my biography of Malcolm "Mac" Hulke , "Things are not always what they seem", I discuss his work on" The Avengers " 1963-1964. His episodes included "The Mauritius Penny" co-written with Terrance Dicks. The book is available on Lulu. www.lulu.com/shop/michael...

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The Three Handed Game @thgpodcast.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Our lost episode recovered! Steven's warming up his Snakes and Ladders, Brendan's broken out his miniature infantry, and Richard's playing cat and mouse with a soldier he judged harshly but fairly 20 years ago. It's all fair Game. #TheAvengers #Podcast open.spotify.com/episode/7cBb...

A top-down view of Steed standing in a tiny hexagonal room with a purple floor. It has six doors each labelled with the numbers 1–6, clockwise from the right, on the floor is an arrow labelled GUN pointing at a pistol inside a circle in the middle of the room. Photo is from https://www.dissolute.com.au/the-avengers-tv-series/series-6/601-game.html

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The Three Handed Game @thgpodcast.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Richard is particularly protective of his homebrew, Steven is particularly permissive of projectiles in the library, and Brendan is particularly perturbed to discover he has four children. This Green Unpleasant Land's first stop is Murdersville. #TheAvengers #Podcast open.spotify.com/episode/2oYI...

Mrs Peel is dunked in the village pond in The Avengers episode Murdersville.

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John Freeman @johnfreeman.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Escapades: An Exploration of Avengers Curiosities, a new book by JZ Ferguson and Alan Hayes exploring stage, radio and comic spinoffs of TV’s The Avengers, is available to preorder now

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Escapades: An Exploration of Avengers Curiosities available now

All you ever wanted to know about the TV “Avengers” comics and other spin-offs?

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Brendan Jones @retrobrendo.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

If I had a dollar for every time a Season 2 Avengers co-star ended up on a cruise ship with a secret mission, I’d have three dollars, which isn’t a lot but it’s weird that it happened to all of them.

Steed and Doctor Martin King in Mission to Montreal.

Venus Smith is threatened in A Chorus of Frogs.

Professor Lasky looks shocked in Terror of the Vervoids.

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The Three Handed Game @thgpodcast.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Sadly, Bristow himself has been making merry with our latest recording, resulting in some missing pieces so we’ll need to find time to set up the board again later this month to finish the Game. We will have a new ep next week though- stay tuned!* *not the title of the episode

Bristow (Peter Jeffrey) from The Avengers episode Game, looking smug. It’s probably due to the red and silver flocked wallpaper behind him.

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Flight Through Entirety @flightthroughentirety.com · 25/12/2024

This Christmas, we discover that the real battlefield was the friends we made along the way. Or something. Time to say goodbye to Peter Capaldi in Twice upon a Time. #DoctorWho flightthroughentirety.com/296

The smoke in the TARDIS console room is clearing, and standing at the console, with her back to us, is the new Doctor.

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The Three Handed Game @thgpodcast.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

Steven’s performing his party piece blindfolded, Richard’s throwing a guest star over Miss Havisham’s wedding spread, and Brendan’s set up Macnee’s headshots on a Lazy Susan. It's Christmas, but can one have Too Many Christmas Trees? #podcast #TheAvengers spotifycreators-web.app.link/e/uaWmzdPqBPb

Steed (Patrick Macnee) and Mrs Peel (Diana Rigg) are riding in a horse-drawn buggy through the countryside. Steed has raised a sprig of mistletoe above his head. He and Mrs Peel are looking into each other's eyes.

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Sarah Miller Walters @20thcenturyicons.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Obituary for Carry on Cleo actress Julie Stevens in the weekend Yorkshire Post. #carryon

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The Three Handed Game @thgpodcast.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

We're very sad to report that Julie Stevens has passed away at the age of 87. Julie played Venus Smith for 6 episodes in Season 2. Despite her short tenure, Julie spoke highly of the show, and recorded introductions and commentaries for her episodes for the DVD/BD sets. Good night, Miss Venus Smith.

Venus Smith (Julie Stevens) talking to John Steed (Patrick Macnee) in The Avengers: Box of Tricks.

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Flight Through Entirety @flightthroughentirety.com · 08/12/2024

We've spent the last 12 weeks enjoying some unexpected extra time with Peter Capaldi and friends, and so it's finally time to kick back and chat about what we've loved, what we've learned, and (inevitably) who we'd snog. It's the Series 10 Retrospective. #DoctorWho flightthroughentirety.com/295

It’s a publicity shot for the end of Series 10. The Master, Missy and the Doctor are standing on a rooftop with a Mondasian Cyberman. The sky behind them is a lurid yellow. Missy is holding an umbrella, the Doctor is posing for a publicity photo and behind them Cybermen are shooting up into the sky.

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The Three Handed Game @thgpodcast.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Richard's causing widespread electrical problems, Steven's twisting up a storm in the barn, and Brendan's paying a biker gang for services rendered. All of which are what you can expect when you try to Build a Better Mousetrap. #TheAvengers #Podcast spotifycreators-web.app.link/e/9vH0Ifls9Ob

John Steed and Cathy Gale are on a motorcycle at dusk, smiling towards the camera.

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Tintinologist @tintinologist.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Mr Steed is back to reading #Tintin in French when colour arrives in “The Avengers” in Series Six. He’s shown with a copy of “Le Lotus Bleu” in the improbably titled “Look — (Stop Me if You’ve Heard This One) — But There Were These Two Fellers...”. 5/6

John Steed at home in his flat in “The Avengers”, his face obscured by the copy of “Le Lotus Bleu” he’s reading.

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Tintinologist @tintinologist.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

The 22nd episode of the third series gave us Steed perusing #Tintin in “The Secret of ‘The Unicorn’” (in English this time) during the tale of “The Outside-In Man”. 4/6

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Tintinologist @tintinologist.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

He then read a French copy of “ #Tintin in Tibet” in the third Avengers episode of the third series, “Man with Two Shadows”. 3/6

Patrick Macnee as John Steed, lying on a bunk, reading a French copy of “Tintin in Tibet” in the Avengers story “Man with Two Shadows”.

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Tintinologist @tintinologist.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Steed reads a French copy of “Land of Black Gold”… in an episode called "The Golden Fleece" (so possibly double points there as “The Golden Fleece” *might* count as a 2nd #Tintin reference… ;-)) 2/6

Patrick Macnee, playing John Steed in “The Avengers”, is interrupted by a phone-call while reading a French copy of the Tintin book “Land of Black Gold”.

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Tintinologist @tintinologist.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Actor Patrick Macnee was famous for playing John Steed in the TV classic, “The Avengers”. Do you know of Steed’s #Tintin connection? He’s seen enthusiastically reading Tintin books in four episodes… 1/6

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Maximum Power: A Blake’s 7 Podcast @maximumpowerpodcast.com · 03/11/2024

This week, Maximum Power’s Interrogation Division (otherwise known as Si and Pete) interview documentarian extraordinaire Chris Chapman and special effects wizard Chris Thompson about their work on the lavish new Blake’s 7: The Collection Series 1 (yes, we know) box set. maximumpowerpodcast.com/47/

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Si Hart @sihart.bsky.social · 04/11/2024

We're back for a special episode of Maximum Power which goes behind the scenes of the new Series One Blu-ray set with Chris Chapman and Chris Thompson!

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Brendan Jones @retrobrendo.bsky.social · 27/10/2024

My new YouTube video is up! It’s all about Retro Gaming and the Nintendo Switch 2. Reposts appreciated! #retrogaming #Switch2 #NintendoSwitch2 #NintendoSwitch youtu.be/vuOkAd_Cd38?...

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Nintendo Switch 2: What it means for Retro Gaming

YouTube video by Retro Brendo

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Brendan Jones @retrobrendo.bsky.social · 27/10/2024

Hey folks- my gaming podcast is now on Blue Sky. I'd really appreciate some follows, RTs, and listens if you feel so inclined. Thank you!

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