mrs_emma_peel

The Avengers on DVD … b/w Mrs Emma Peel/John Steed Series 4 … 1965-66 …
DVD Extras Update …



1965-66 … b/w Emma Peel/John Steed … Series 4 is due for release on 3rd May, 2010.

Latest update from Optimum DVD Releases … Monday … 1st February 2010 …
DVD box-set of The Avengers DVD Series 4 … an extremely impressive list of very rare Avengers DVD extras was announced by Optimum DVD on 1st February, 2010 …
The Avengers b/w Series 4 (1965-66) is due to be released on Region 2 DVD in 3 months time on 3rd May, 2010. Just discovered the DVD extras listing this evening
Emma

The Special Features for Set 3 UK Region 2 DVD set of The Avengers/Mrs Emma Peel/John Steed b/w Series 4 from Optimum Releasing have just been announced …

Special DVD Features - The Avengers: Series 4 (1965-1966)
Exclusive audio commentary on The Town of No Return with director Roy Ward Baker
and scriptwriter/producer Brian Clemens

Exclusive audio commentary on The Master Minds with scriptwriter Robert Banks Stewart
Exclusive audio commentary on Dial A Deadly Number with scriptwriter Roger Marshall

Exclusive audio commentary on The Hour That Never Was with director Gerry O’Hara
Exclusive audio commentary on The House That Jack Built with director Don Leaver

Exclusive audio interview with Elizabeth Shepherd … the first and original Mrs Emma Peel

Armchair Theatre – The Hothouse (1964) (pictured above)
(starring Diana Rigg in the role that brought her to the attention of The Avengers team)

USA Chessboard opening sequence
The Strange Case of the Missing Corpse promotional trailer

Alternate end tag from Death At Bargain Prices
Reconstructions of missing Series 1 episodes - Kill The King and Dead of Winter

Colourised test footage from Death At Bargain Prices, Silent Dust and the classic … A Touch of Brimstone
Reconstructed John Stamp trailer - The Avengers Are Back!

Original, un-transmitted UK opening and closing credits
Original, un-transmitted UK animated bumpers

UK animated bumpers
Variant opening title captions for The Gravediggers

French opening credits
German opening credits
ITN Newsreel footage

Stills galleries
PDF material

Plus more extras to be confirmed
Source … Avengers De-classified

Mrs Emma Peel

dpgmel

These Optimum Avengers releases are just so good, really looking forward to the rest of the releases coming our way this year, it really is not before time that this series is getting the treatment it properly deserves.

IMHO Optimum have and are producing the definitive versions of this splendid series.

crunchie

Will these sets be released on Blu-Ray? I don't want to buy the SD DVD's and then have to double dip a short time later....

I Started Out With Nothing & I've Still Got Most Of It Left

mrs_emma_peel

The Avengers – Series 4 DVD update
Just received this email update from Amazon …

‘Greetings from Amazon.co.uk
Unfortunately, the release date for the item listed below was changed by the supplier, and we need to provide you with a new estimated delivery date based on the new release date:

"The Avengers - Series 4 [DVD]"
Estimated dispatch date: 6th-7th June, 2010
Estimated delivery/arrival date: 9th/10th June, 2010 – 14th June 2010

One of Amazon's aims is to provide a convenient and efficient service; in this case, we have fallen short. Please accept our sincere apologies.’

The good news is that the latest Amazon pre-order prices for The Avengers Series 4 and 5 box-sets have been reduced to £42-98 each.
Emma

Mrs Emma Peel

mariocki

BD's are a possibility next year, depending on the sales of the SD's. I'd buy the BD's like a shot but am not sufficiently tempted by the SD's to upgrade from my Contender sets, so I'm in a bit of a Catch 22

You crazy idiots - my name's McGill!

Rowdon

I don't work for Play.com or anything, but I always recommend them because P&P is free for those of us abroad.

OK, the price is one penny above amazon's at 42.99 (for 3, 4, 5 and 6).

whatsthetime4

BUT Play shafts you by using its own, decidedly dodgy, exchange rate from pounds into euros. Unless, of course, you're paying in pounds, but with the pound as weak as it is I prefer to order from Amazon, pay the postage, and reap the exchange rate rewards by paying using the actual pound to euro exchange rate.

Rowdon

You're right! I've never noticed before (since I don't usually compare punds to euros), but the euros price of these sets (55.99) is actually closer to 49 quid - that's about 6 quid for 'postage'. Hmm...

whatsthetime4

Exactly. And when the euro/pound were near parity a few months ago it would have worked out at about £13 'postage'. Dodgy!

Rowdon

It's something you never notice with small stuff - after all, a 3.99 euro CD that 'should' be 3.50 ... who cares? But box sets and so on, I may have to rethink ... (If it was a bit easier to know what amazon are going to charge - they vary don't they?).

whatsthetime4

The worst incident of this kind I had was when I made a massive order (of around 25 items) from HMV using my foreign card - only to discover when I checked my bank statement that each item had been charged to my account individually rather than as one simple transaction, meaning that I had to pay the 'conversion' charge to my bank for using my card 'abroad' 25 times! I won't be using them again.

I find Amazon are the best of the bunch. You simply pay the equivalent in euros based on the exchange rate (with one euro to pound conversion charge to your bank for the whole order).