The Avengers International Fan Forum

Via Vision Entertainment is releasing The Avengers: The Cathy Gale Years on the 17th of July in Australia and New Zealand and here are the list of extras for the release and the UK price is £62.49 also if you order the Prisoner blu ray boxset from them and enter PRISONER at checkout you will get 20% off all UK TV releases on their website https://viavision.com.au/shop/the-aveng ... ale-years/

Special Features:

Audio Commentary on Hot Snow and The Mauritius Penny by producer Leonard White
Audio Commentary on Mr. Teddy Bear by writer Martin Woodhouse
Audio Commentary on Death of a Great Dane and Mandrake by writer Roger Marshall
Audio Commentary on A Chorus of Frogs by actress Julie Stevens
Audio Commentary by writer Brian Clemens on Brief for Murder
Audio Commentary by director Don Leaver on Man with Two Shadows
Audio Commentary by script editor Richard Bates on The Grandeur That Was Rome
Audio Commentary by director Jonathan Alwyn for The Outside-In Man
Select episode introductions by Patrick Macnee, Honor Blackman and Julie Stevens
Gale Force: Honor Blackman Interview
Collector’s Lot – Honor Blackman interviews Avengers Memorabilia Collector
Avenging the Avengers – documentary + extended interviews
Leonard White’s Original Caption Cards
Full episode of Police Surgeon – the series percusor to The Avengers, plus introduction featurette
Episode Reconstructions for 13 “lost” Series 1 stories
UTV interviews with Patrick Macnee and Ian Hendry
Armchair Theatre – The Importance of Being Earnest – starring Patrick Macnee – Act 3 only (only surviving footage)
Stills Galleries

Have they had any remastering or restoration?

(Especially the audio, which suffered excessive noise reduction previously.)

https://viavision.com.au/shop/the-aveng ... ale-years/

If these sell well, it might be nice if they did a restoration on The New Avengers next!

Frankymole wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2024 6:46 am Have they had any remastering or restoration?

(Especially the audio, which suffered excessive noise reduction previously.)

https://viavision.com.au/shop/the-aveng ... ale-years/

If these sell well, it might be nice if they did a restoration on The New Avengers next!

Hopefully they have done some work on the sound and picture and it would definitely be nice if they could do a restoration on The New Avengers, time will tell I suppose.

I know from having purchased the Emma & Tara sets that their blu-rays are region-free. Are their DVDs region-free, as well, I hope? (I have a region 1 player and it isn't multi-region.)

Wow, that is great news! And it says subtitles are included!

Noel wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2024 11:50 am Hopefully they have done some work on the sound and picture and it would definitely be nice if they could do a restoration on The New Avengers, time will tell I suppose.

Apparently the film series releases (Emma and Tara) were "the same masters as the StudioCanal blu-rays and the download version from Amazon" (says user Paul Foster on Gallifrey Base)*, so I doubt there will be any restoration or new masters done for Cathy and co.


* at least I have the Network BluRays of the Cybernaut episodes! A shame if Imprint/VV couldn't use those - would the actual restored masters of those have reverted to StudioCanal?

good question .....and if I had to make a guess...NO.......unless studio canal reimburse for the 'improved' masters...

AgentCooper wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2024 11:00 pm I know from having purchased the Emma & Tara sets that their blu-rays are region-free. Are their DVDs region-free, as well, I hope? (I have a region 1 player and it isn't multi-region.)

I have checked with them and it will play on UK players but unfortunately I don't know about American players but If you sent them a message on there website they are very quick to reply back to you and they are very friendly.

https://viavision.com.au/contact-us/

Noel wrote: ↑Thu Apr 25, 2024 7:42 pm

AgentCooper wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2024 11:00 pm I know from having purchased the Emma & Tara sets that their blu-rays are region-free. Are their DVDs region-free, as well, I hope? (I have a region 1 player and it isn't multi-region.)

I have checked with them and it will play on UK players but unfortunately I don't know about American players but If you sent them a message on there website they are very quick to reply back to you and they are very friendly.

https://viavision.com.au/contact-us/

if the blu rays are region free, chances are very good, that they will play on U.S. disc players...of course, one could hedge their bets, by simply buying from amazon, etc all region blu ray player..

If they'd had any restoration, I would be impressed. I do think that being a niche release from within a niche interest makes it unlikely but having subtltles is a step forward.

Oh for a day where the sound gets fixed!!!!