Diabolical Masterminds: Working on The Avengers

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  • čas přidán 3. 01. 2014
  • Stories about the production of the ABC television series "The Avengers" (1961-1968).
    The stories are extracts from full-length interviews with each of the contributors about their careers working at studios in Elstree and Borehamwood, and form part of "The Elstree Project" - a collaboration between Elstree Screen Heritage and the University of Hertfordshire. This film premiered at the close of the second Elstree Film Season, before a screening of The Avengers episode "Something Nasty in the Nursery", on Thursday April 18 2013.
    With thanks to StudioCanal.
    This work has been done on a voluntary basis with student volunteers and staff giving up their own time to help preserve the legacy of the "British Hollywood".
    Contributors to this film are:
    Brian Clemens - series writer and producer
    John Hough - director
    Mick Mason - EMI Elstree camera technician
    June Randall - script continuity
    Tom Staples - boom operator
    To find out more about the project, visit: theelstreeproject.org
  • Krátké a kreslené filmy

Komentáře • 17

  • @haydenharris3059
    @haydenharris3059 Před rokem +3

    Highly skilled, expensive, magical. ❤

  • @oldproji
    @oldproji Před 6 lety +22

    I remember the end of production party for the last ever Avengers series. It took up the whole of Stage 2 and 3 with food and drink flowing at no expense spared. I was a young projectionist in the dubbing theatre at the time and if my memory serves me correctly we were still working on the American version at 10 pm in order for the master magnetic track to get the late night flight. They were good days along with the Saint, Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) and Department S, and many other TV shows made around that time. John Hough was an excellent second unit director and I always loved his scenic composition and find myself thinking about it in my own photography. keithtowers.zenfolio.com/

  • @airzulu2733
    @airzulu2733 Před 3 lety +5

    Friday night as a kid in the sixtys with a bottle of pop and crisps and around 8 pm on ITV we would watch the Avengers . What more could you want . And of course our Diana god bless her as mrs peel . Truly a most beautiful English rose . Great to watch on its day , somewhat bizarre in various episodes which made it even better . But British tv at it's best.

  • @photobygil
    @photobygil Před 10 lety +18

    Wonderful! This is exactly the reason I enjoy CZcams. It allows me to view interesting material just like this, which I'd otherwise never even know about. I love THE AVENGERS, thank you for sharing this terrific piece.

  • @pops1507
    @pops1507 Před 3 lety +4

    Brit film industry was superb and loads of fun.

  • @spiromentos
    @spiromentos Před 4 lety +5

    Something Nasty in the Nursery is probably my favorite episode.
    A psychedelic drug that produces a child like state.
    Nanny Roberts.
    Show Nanny Roberts where the missle locations are.
    Brilliant!

  • @unowen-nh9ov
    @unowen-nh9ov Před rokem +2

    Platinum.

  • @jerrylentz
    @jerrylentz Před 10 lety +8

    That was awesome!!!

  • @nohaylamujer
    @nohaylamujer Před 3 lety +2

    Where can one get the Tara King tag scenes theme (playing in the final credits here)? It's never been released in any of the compilations but it sounds pretty HI Fi here, as it if were form a CD. My eternal gratefulness to anyone who can reply.

  • @jazwiseman
    @jazwiseman Před 2 lety +2

    Brian Clemens saying that he wrote the pilot for The Avengers again - he didn't, he wrote episode 2 Brought to Book. Hot Snow, the first episode was written by Ray Rigby.

  • @dspole1
    @dspole1 Před 2 lety +2

    Without Brian Clemens, there would never have been The Avengers.

    • @jazwiseman
      @jazwiseman Před 2 lety +3

      Except there were three series made before he got heavily involved.

    • @unowen-nh9ov
      @unowen-nh9ov Před rokem +1

      Without M. Appeal, no one would remember it.

    • @justinkrivers
      @justinkrivers Před rokem +1

      @@unowen-nh9ov I think Honor Blackman was pretty popular. I mean, popular enough for James Bond to poach her.

    • @m.f.m.67
      @m.f.m.67 Před rokem +1

      @@justinkrivers Yes, but only one woman was good enough for James Bond to marry! And we all know who that was!