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by mariocki
Sun Dec 10, 2023 10:28 pm
Forum: Announcements
Topic: Christmas banner competition 2023 - poll
Replies: 28
Views: 2709

Re: Christmas banner competition 2023 - poll

That’s great - thank you very much 8)
by mariocki
Sat Dec 09, 2023 5:15 pm
Forum: Announcements
Topic: Christmas banner competition 2023 - poll
Replies: 28
Views: 2709

Re: Christmas banner competition 2023 - poll

Off topic - is there a way to turn off the snowflake effect on the forum? I’m afraid it plays havoc with my eyes so I can’t look at the screen for more than a few seconds.
by mariocki
Tue Dec 05, 2023 11:51 am
Forum: Series 4 - Emma
Topic: 4.21 - A Touch of Brimstone
Replies: 26
Views: 8387

Re: 4.21 - A Touch of Brimstone

There’s going to be a screening of the episode from a 35mm print at the NFT next month, alongside an episode of The Saint. Tickets go on sale on Thursday: https://whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/default.asp?doWork::WScontent::loadArticle=Load&BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::article_id=5DF1299D-5F60-4...
by mariocki
Fri Nov 24, 2023 11:49 am
Forum: The Avengers on Television
Topic: The Late Ray Austin
Replies: 8
Views: 519

Re: The Late Ray Austin

Thinking back to that time, Raymond (as he later preferred to be called) was also on a couple of other forums but he stopped posting on those as well. I think he was using those to get in touch with other industry members he’d lost touch with - John Llewellyn Moxey being one of them, I remember. Lin...
by mariocki
Sat Oct 21, 2023 5:06 pm
Forum: The Avengers on Television
Topic: The Music of the Avengers
Replies: 67
Views: 13892

Re: The Music of the Avengers

The Howard Blake soundtrack for the 1968-69 series is to be released on vinyl next month:

http://www.juno.co.uk/products/howard-b ... 975818-01/
by mariocki
Thu Aug 10, 2023 3:15 pm
Forum: The Avengers on Television
Topic: Annual Dead Man's Treasure Hunt
Replies: 15
Views: 1728

Re: Annual Dead Man's Treasure Hunt

Here’s something we managed to determine at this year’s event - it may be known to some but we couldn’t find any definitive reference as to which direction on the bridge Linda Thorson was running during the opening titles of Series 6. An in-depth investigation found that she was running from the sch...
by mariocki
Thu Jul 27, 2023 3:49 pm
Forum: The Avengers on Television
Topic: John Steed And His Bowler Hat
Replies: 17
Views: 1399

Re: John Steed And His Bowler Hat

The crew on Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) should have had an arrow on the underside of Kenneth Cope’s wig - that way they could have prevented him from wearing it the wrong way around for the first few episodes.
by mariocki
Mon Jul 03, 2023 10:05 pm
Forum: The Avengers on Television
Topic: Annual Dead Man's Treasure Hunt
Replies: 15
Views: 1728

Re: Annual Dead Man's Treasure Hunt

Somewhere in the Home Counties, an event is about to start…. https://i.imgur.com/mZHPzow.jpg Good Lord, is that old thing still holding up! Absolutely! It only comes out once a year and apart from a couple of dinks that you can see along the bottom edge where it fell down a few years ago, it still ...
by mariocki
Sat Jul 01, 2023 11:15 pm
Forum: The Avengers on Television
Topic: Annual Dead Man's Treasure Hunt
Replies: 15
Views: 1728

Re: Annual Dead Man's Treasure Hunt

Bless you, Andrew - we certainly have done so far. The weather wasn’t great last night, meaning that the bridge was looking a bit drab, but no less atmospheric for it:

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by mariocki
Sat Jul 01, 2023 8:56 am
Forum: The Avengers on Television
Topic: Annual Dead Man's Treasure Hunt
Replies: 15
Views: 1728

Re: Annual Dead Man's Treasure Hunt

Somewhere in the Home Counties, an event is about to start….

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