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.

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.

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

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-...

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...

Subtly downgrade a band The Dave Lee Duo

So, @imprintfilms.bsky.social... about The New Avengers... 🩰💥🌂

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!

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...

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)

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...

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

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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/

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!

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?...

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!

It's time for our imaginations to run wild, so naturally BJ is being chased by a bear while Bjay outwits an octopus using crabs and hand puppets. It's Lost in Play by Happy Juice Games. #Gaming #Podcast podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bja...

This week, a World War III–adjacent chat in Madeupistan, while a global apocalypse is self-organising somewhere in Yorkshire. Also, some scary people keep trying to invite us to a free Bible study. It’s The Pyramid at the End of the World. #DoctorWho flightthroughentirety.com/289

Good morning Shoppers, and welcome to The Pop Explosion. Steven’s wearing his best bandolier, Richard’s gathering up Louis Marx Daleks, and Brendan is in ladies’ underwear. Wigs, haberdashery, kitchenware and death, going up- it’s Death at Bargain Prices. #podcast #TheAvengers t.co/fZTFUB3gR6

In a distant future where all life has been destroyed by technology, Brendan, James and Nathan sit down with their friend Bjay to record a podcast about a Doctor Who episode called Smile. #DoctorWho flightthroughentirety.com/284

Brendan's stepped into a wrestlers' ring, Steven's stepped out of the shower to answer a call, and Richard's stepped out on the terrace to chat up and/or restrain Philip Madoc. May we take your coat? It's a tight fit for The Decapod. #TheAvengers #podcast podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the...

Steven's going gaga over creme de violette, Brendan's going to a fashion show, and Richard's going to the dry cleaners over an impossible lipstick stain. But is that familiar man a cad or a model citizen? Find out in Two's A Crowd. #theavengers #podcast podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the...

Richard's creating a craze in men's bathtubs, Steven's creating a scandal with a dignitary's daughter, and Brendan's creating a backstitch in an older man's trousers. It's time for The New Avengers and Ian Hendry To Catch a Rat. #Podcast #TheAvengers podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the...

In this episode of NCUTI SUMMONED A HOPEFUL DENTATE HARBINGER, a terrifying and omnipotent doglike entity returns from the distant past (oh, okay 1975), but we're all still mostly here for Bonnie, right? #DoctorWho thesecondgreatandbountifulhumanempire.com/10

Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory's front page showing recently added podcasts including: @guardianaustralia.bsky.social @thgpodcast.bsky.social www.greataustralianpods.com #GreatAusPods #AusPods #Podcast #Podcasts #Podcasting #Podcasters #Australia

Richard has made a scale model of outer space made with Christmas ornaments, Steven is exploring the absolutely safe Elstree Forest, and Brendan has developed an unhealthy obsession for wigs. Prepare yourselves for the Invasion of the Earthmen. #podcast #theavengers open.spotify.com/episode/4241...

I do a lot of admiring in this podcast, it has to be said, as another Australian podcast - but this time on The Avengers - begins!

Ooh. Now this is definitely going to be worth a listen.

And here’s Brendan and Richard and brilliant and adorable FoTP Steven B, finally joining forces on the podcast project they were born to do. Take a listen.