"Tunnel of Fear" 16mm Film Print Recovered!
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Fabulous news – found this article from the Observation Deck web-site:
“Great news for fans of cult British television series The Avengers. Film preservation society Kaleidoscope announced today on their facebook page that an episode from the very first season, long thought to have been lost and wiped forever, has been discovered in pristine condition in a private collection, and will be shown to the public next month for the first time in 55 years as part of their semiannual Missing Believed Wiped event.
This episode, Tunnel of Fear, is only the third complete episode known to still exist from the original 1961 season, which featured Ian Hendry as lead protagonist Dr David Keel, and Patrick Macnee in a supporting role as John Steed, long before the series found its legs with the pairing of Macnee with Honor Blackman and Diana Rigg. Written by John Kruse (who also penned several other classic episodes of The Avengers, The Saint, The Persuaders, etc.) the story was recently adapted for audio by Big Finish as part of their ongoing Lost Stories range.”
“Great news for fans of cult British television series The Avengers. Film preservation society Kaleidoscope announced today on their facebook page that an episode from the very first season, long thought to have been lost and wiped forever, has been discovered in pristine condition in a private collection, and will be shown to the public next month for the first time in 55 years as part of their semiannual Missing Believed Wiped event.
This episode, Tunnel of Fear, is only the third complete episode known to still exist from the original 1961 season, which featured Ian Hendry as lead protagonist Dr David Keel, and Patrick Macnee in a supporting role as John Steed, long before the series found its legs with the pairing of Macnee with Honor Blackman and Diana Rigg. Written by John Kruse (who also penned several other classic episodes of The Avengers, The Saint, The Persuaders, etc.) the story was recently adapted for audio by Big Finish as part of their ongoing Lost Stories range.”
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By the way, it's worth mentioning that considering that the vast majority of Series 1 was directed by Don Leaver (10 episodes out of the 26) and Peter Hammond (9 of the 26), this episode is by one of Series 1's one-hit wonder directors, Guy Verney. Indeed, it's the only Avengers episode he directed!
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I would assume that the possibility of a DVD release would depend on the current rights holders more than StudioCanal themselves. Being as it's the 21st Century, I would love to see a digital download option. That would likely hasten its availability. In fact, I would love to see the whole series available in that way!
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The current rights holders are Studio Canal / Canal +, aren't they? - but I would love a digital download or fast-tracked release, otherwise I'll wait years for it, like Hot Snow and Girl on the Trapeze
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Every episode from 1961 to 1977 plus more trivia than you can shake a brolly at.