The Avengers: A Celebration 50 Years of a Television Classic

The Avengersburst onto televisions screens in the 1960rs"s, and the showrs"s mix of wit, adventure and beautiful women became an instant hit! Now fifty years on, Marcus Hearn has been granted unparalleled access to the showrs"s production archives and has collected together a fabulous array of material to celebrate the 50th anniversary ofThe Avengers. Lavishly illustrated, with many unpublished stills, behind-the-scenes photos, and snaps from the ABC & LWT private archive, this is a spectacular portrait of the world's best-loved cult action-adventure series, and its classic sequel, The New Avengers.

Marcus Hearn was the editor of Hammer Horror magazine, and with co-author Alan Barnes, he has written Hammer Glamour, The Hammer Story, Tarantino A-Zed, and Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang. Hearn is also the author of The Cinema of George Lucas.