The New Avengers, Series 1 — Episode 3
The Last of the Cybernauts...??

Production details

Regional broadcasts

This episode was shown in the Netherlands before it was broadcast on any ITV region in the UK, see below.

TV Times listing

International broadcasts

This episode was shown in the Netherlands on October 21 1976, thirteen days before it was broadcast on any ITV region in the UK.

Continuity and trivia

In the pre-titles sequence, when everyone is singing Happy Birthday, we cut to a reverse mid shot and in that shot Joanna Lumley’s mouth is out of sync with her voice. It looks like she’s delivering a line that’s been dubbed out. Maybe they trimmed the scene a bit but ran on the audio.

During the carpark chase scene, you catch occasional glimpses of the camera crew on the edges of the carpark and, in one great shot through a car, reflected on the window panes.

Kane parks in the bay reserved for Nicholas Gillott, production manager for The Sweeney and The Professionals and unit manager for Hostage.

After Kane’s contact crashes his Peugeot into the Hillman Minx, Kane legs it for his own car - and runs past the contact’s Peugeot, undamaged and parked in a bay.

Near the end of the chase around the carpark, the purple Hillman Kane’s contact had crashed into can be seen, completely undamaged, in the background.

The wrecked car in Kane’s lair is not the Austin Westminster he was driving, so why is it there? It’s a 1950 Austin A135 Princess MkII

Kane loves to crush obviously feeble things - a completely rotten apple, and a clearly plastic toy gun thrown at him by Purdey.

This episode has a video Q&A and commentary with Renée Glynne and Philip Hawkins on the Lives in the Pictures YouTube channel.

The Transport

Who’s Killing Whom?

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The Fashions

Gambit’s fashions

1. black tuxedo with silk shawl collar, white frilled dress shirt, black bow tie
2. light brown checked single-breasted 3-piece suit with flared trousers, slit breast pocket, tailored with darts, light brown shirt, dark brown tie
3. light brown single-breasted 3-piece suit with flared trousers, slit breast pocket, double covered dpockets at waist (R only?), light orange-brown shirt, brown tie
4. navy chalk stripe single-breasted suit, purple tie with white spot, pale blue shirt
5. dark brown single-breasted 3-piece suit with flared trousers with a white shirt

Purdey’s fashions

1. gold and white dress, spaghetti shoulder straps
2. pink t-shirt, grey slacks
3. lavender/white body suit
4. chocolate jacket with huge lapels, white piping, cream shirt with loose, turned back cuffs, brown slacks
5. brown culottes, gold and brown silk gathered shoulderless blouse, brown high heeled calf-length boots
6. pale mustard PVC cape and wrap-around skirt, pattened in brown, both with pleated hems, milk chocolate rollneck shirt with long sleeves, long brown socks
7. brown rollneck long-sleeved woollen, patterned pyramid/diamond skirt
8. pink/purple/white sundress
9. lilac leotard & leg warmers, later with a purple jumper
10. blue floating skirt, leotard top with transparent cape

Steed’s fashions

1. dark green velvet tuxedo, white dress shirt, black bow tie, black cummerbund
2. blue single-breasted 3-piece suit, tartan red tie, pale blue shirt
3. brown single-breasted suit, felted collar, slanted waist pockets, covered, no breast pockets, single button on cuff, brown tie with white spot, blue shirt
4. yellow waistcoat, pale blue shirt, dark brown tie, cream trousers, brown chelsea boots
5. khaki riding coat with felted collar, single vent, blue shirt, brown paisley tie
6. blue single-breasted 3-piece suit, purple tie with white spot, pale blue shirt, black bowler hat
7. dark grey single-breasted 3-piece suit, covered waist pockets, single button at waist & single vent?, with matching bowler hat, nauve shirt and metallic gold tie
8. khaki riding coat with felted collar, single vent, cream shirt, brown paisley tie
9. above with old gold tie