A lost episode of the 1960s cult British spy-fi television series The Avengers is heading to DVD for the first time courtesy of STUDIOCANAL.
The DVD will be released on April 9th. Pre-order your copy from Amazon.co.uk
Starring Ian Hendry, Patrick Macnee and Ingrid Hafner, Tunnel of Fear is the twentieth episode of the show’s first series and is one of only three known complete season 1 episodes to have survived since the original broadcast.
Lost for 55 years, the episode came to light in a private film collection in 2016 and was recovered by the British television preservation group Kaleidoscope.
Synopsis:
Harry Black, an escaped convict, bursts into Dr David Keel’s surgery wounded. He claims to have been framed for a crime that he did not commit – and begs the doctor not to hand him over to the police.
Steed arrives and ascertains that Black has links to Southend-on-Sea which might well tie in with an investigation currently being undertaken by his department. They are aware that top government secrets are being leaked from a fun fair in Southend, and Black’s story, if true, could possibly lead them to the source of the operation.
Can Steed and Keel bring down the operation, prove Harry’s innocence and get out of Southend with their lives?
The DVD includes a host of exciting content, including a new interview with John Dorney, the writer of the Big Finish episode, historic interviews with Ian Hendry and Patrick Macnee, surviving scripts from Series 1 and reconstruction slideshows.
The DVD will also include an insert 64-page booklet of rare stills from the episode and of the stars of the show, with a forward by Neil Hendry, Ian Hendry’s nephew, and an essay from Alan Hayes, the author of ‘Two Against the Underworld’ – the guide to The Avengers Series 1.