Avengers on Film book series

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Avengers on Film book series

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With the recent publication of Avengerland Regained (The New Avengers) the four volumes to date have covered all 109 filmed episodes. This leaves one volume to complete, the most ambitious as it is a thematic guide to the show. Titled Avengerland Revisited, at the moment the line-up is as follows but there is still time to add chapters:

Foreword: the ‘Timeless Appeal’ of The Avengers by JZ Ferguson
Avengerland Revisited: A Preface by Rodney Marshall
The Avengers, Television & Cultural Revolution by Rodney Marshall
The Avengers and the Cold War by Dan O’Shea
Subversive Champagne & The Art of Murder by Rodney Marshall
Graveyards & Churches by Sunday Swift
The Country House Trap by Rodney Marshall
Main Title Sequences by JZ Ferguson
Teasers by Rodney Marshall
Tag scenes by Piers Johnson
Set design/Locations by Darren Burch
Fashions by Sunday Swift
Music by Matthew Lee
Cars by ?
Censorship and Guidelines by ?
Publicity and Promotion by Jaz Wiseman
Chapeau Melon et Bottes de Cuir by Denis Chauvet
Script-writers by Matthew Lee
Direction by Darren Burch
Gender by Sunday Swift
John Steed by Lauren Humphries-Brooks
Emma Peel by Sunday Swift
Tara King by Frank Hui
Mother by Piers Johnson
Purdey by JZ Ferguson
Mike Gambit by JZ Ferguson
Diabolical Masterminds & Henchmen by Matthew Lee
Eccentric Guest Characters by Margaret J Gordon
Martial Arts in The Avengers by James Speirs
Afterword: Monochrome/Colour: aesthetic appeal by JZ Ferguson
The Avengers: a product of the sixties and a timeless piece of sublime art
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I'm still looking for someone to take on cars! Unless they become drawn in to the character chapters.
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I'll take the cars if no-one else with more of a grease monkey pedigree is willing to step up.
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You're a star, Piers. Please get your car manuals out!
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