The Avengers: First Ever Episode - Hot Snow! (Part One)

Well the First 21 Minutes of what is left of this episode, taken from a private collectors 16mm film.

[@WolfRanger2008]

Thank You so much for uploading this video. It is remarkable how different the characters, mood and direction these "Classic TV" show detoured from the Pilot Episode. This version is Dark and Serious as opposed to Light and Witty in coming episodes. The same was true of "Lost In Space"--Smith's character was a icy assassin and a bumbling coward. "Gilligan's Island", also had different actors playing the parts as well as a subtly differently comedy. I really looking forward to seeing how this will turn out.

[@woohooboy]

From such humble beginnings emerged a television series that is now considered a classic, and rightly so..... No one would have guessed that this straight forward little crime drama would end up becoming such a blockbuster hit (as well as undergoing a major change in style and tone)...... "The Avengers", much like the era it was made in changed with the times. From it's conversative start in the early 60's to a surreal spy series at the close of the decade, it had a remarkable life.....

[@tomservo56954]

The shows with Honor Blackman didn't air in the U.S. until the 1990's. I was shocked to see how visually, they looked like the daytime soap operas of the early 1960's.

[@MacJaxonManOfAction]

Between these two clips we have Philip Stone, Godfrey Quigley AND Murray Melvin? Why do I get the feeling that Stanley Kubrick was watching this?

[@cliff9685]

The bald guy calling for Maggie in the office is the caretaker from The Shinning that murdered his wife and twin daughters! Dr. Treading’s fiancé was the future wife of Patrick Macnee

[@jeffscheiner1553]

You a married man Mr. Grady?

[@hadorstapa]

The tension is wonderfully done

[@kamakirinoko]

The music was just outstanding. The other day I was playing some old TV show-Gathering Storm, 1990s-and my wife from the next room said "What are you watching?" because she heard the *quality* music from the soundtrack. Just from the 90s! It just goes to underline how mediocre *everything* about our culture has become: music, movies, TV, entertainment in general-since the advent of the Internet. I'm no social scientist and I'm certainly not one of those old codgers who pines for "the old days" but it's just an overarching truth: the future ain't what it used to be.

[@michaelt977]

I agree,ian Hendry was indeed a great actor,he was also in children of the damned.i wish they were more of these first season episodes of the avengers with macnee and Hendry.

[@snedshill]

So good. I would definitely watch next week.

[@jazzmandan50]

This Is Great!!!!! I've always wanted to know about what the first seaon of The Avengers was like on actual tv. I had read about the 1st season, in a few books by Dave Rogers,which they showed a few pictures in them. If you can get any more episodes,please let me know. Thank You Very Much

[@Mark-lx6xj]

If you buy The Avengers box sets the remaining available episodes are on there. I have had many "discussions" on social media over whether this was or was not the first series. Further some people get confused with Ian Hendrys role in Police surgeon and the avengers. He played a completely different character, Dr Brent.

[@Noveltooner]

Peggy was the stunning Kate Woodville, for a time Mrs. Patrick Macnee. In the USA, in addition to a hitch on "Days of Our Lives" in the 70's, she's probably best known to "Star Trek" fans as the high priestess and Dr. McCoy's wife in the 3rd season episode, "For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky." I had such a crush on her growing up!

[@herbertpetrillo485]

Omg! I forgot she was in Star Trek tos....basically the first avenger girl in a way, then was ingrid hafner as keels assistant

[@TheWwgb]

I wish there were more of these episodes existing. Quite a different dynamic to the girls and Steed. And Ian Hendry was gorgeous ...

[@Foefromthefuture]

Wonderful audio remake of "Hot Snow" is now available from Big Finish Productions in their first box set of Avengers missing episodes. Highly recommended!

[@BobBlanchett]

I wish they'd redo the missing bits of Callan

[@mrxman581]

I read that the show is named the Avengers due to the fact that the husband avenges his wife's murder. The first murder in the series.

[@kbc163]

You are correct. Most of the episodes, especially the earlier ones, are set up to "avenge" a crime. It got a little more lax about that requirement later on.

[@herbertpetrillo485]

Kate Woodville as his fiance...and then later ingrid hafner- first 2 avenger ladies....one as his fiance, the other his assustant...technically ingrid was the real first ' avenger girl'

[@inurafacititia7352]

Poor Peggy... She's the First person killed on The Avenger's First episode. She did, however, continue on to marry The Avenger's Star - Patrick MacNee in 1965. She quit acting in the early 70s and created a business breeding, training, and general care for other's horses. She died just last year (5 June 2013) in Portland, Oregon >> a long way from her home of birth in London on 12 March 1938. Quite a pretty girl.

[@pauthomp]

From the series'title, wasn't it her death they were avenging?

[@woohooboy]

Paul Thompson - Correct, thus the show found it's name and purpose

[@mothertree]

wow I did not know that ...thank you both.

[@SuperWolsey]

Surprising News! Big Finish Productions (home to the Doctor Who audios) have acquired the rights from StudioCanal to adapt the missing David Keel episodes.

[@MariaLacsamana-ik3in]

Awesome episode thanks!!! 👏 I just got to watch if now 😅😅😅😅

[@vashna3799]

Steed was a very different character in the first half of season 1, a shadowy mysterious tough nut who wore a raincoat and carried a gun, and for reasons obvious, didn't flirt with his original partner.

[@kurtb8474]

I hope not. I think his original partner was a man.

[@vashna3799]

Yeah that was my point bagpipe man

[@porflepopnecker4376]

Yes, quite, blar har lar!

[@davidgiardina5424]

+Storm Hawk Why? He could have done much worse than Ian Hendry as a partner.

[@porflepopnecker4376]

But not many non-gay men would enjoy flirting with Ian Hendry.

[@djrichylaurence8991]

I just saw the titles on another video and thought I'd check it out. I'm old enough to recognise most of the names in this. A couple of the cast also appeared in the movie Get Carter.

[@TheMike7701]

i love this when i was a kid watching this on CBS late night on fridays

[@royandjacqueline1294]

The Avengers are on now. Nanny Roberts. ITV4. Starts 1545hrs. On again at 1645hrs on ITV4 plus one. Absolutely brilliant episode 🥰🇯🇲🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🕊️🔥✝️

[@felix121984]

Ian hendry was thrity back then. Thirty looked so old back then.

[@clevelandphil]

Prime time shows aren't missing any episodes. America rocks!

[@believeinfuturedream1104]

I was watching this tv series when I was 12 years old .i love it 😍,

[@anthonymackey222]

I never new about a season 1 and since most the cast have expired, is there any way to reboot this series only focusing on the 1st 2 seasons since they're rebooting everything now? Aren't the titles and scripts archived?

[@russedav5]

That's a silly criticism. No one even imagined video recording would even be possible outside big professional studios costing big money and it never occurred to folk that there would really be such interest in old episodes, just like no one ever imagined the phenomenal technological development that would make the Star Trek communicator, computer, etc. totally obsolete long before their time.

[@avariceichiban]

Ian Hendry was a great actor.

[@michaelt977]

ian Hendry was also in 1971's get carter.

[@royandjacqueline1294]

The Avengers are on now. Nanny Roberts. ITV4. Starts 1545hrs. On again at 1645hrs on ITV4 plus one. Absolutely brilliant episode 🥰🇯🇲🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🕊️🔥✝️

[@mikegandalf]

Fantastic thank you.

[@electricdreams1616]

Very serious and noire when the follow on episodes corrected that, maybe they thought the dark look wouldn't be popular. I do prefer the witty and off the wall humour of the later episodes. I'm with most people Diana Rigg was the most alluring and nice to watch. Blackman with her husky voice didn't do it for me, even if she did like to wear a catsuit most of the time. Emma Peel had that natural rapport with Steed where characters like Tara King didn't quite replicate it. I'm in my early 40s but I do miss this type of look and feel, I need a time machine lol.

[@joelleifer5594]

Diana Ring played Francie in one of these episodes... Which one, please?

[@Charizarzar]

Why do you have a ton of comments criticising the Brits? We're not that bad.

[@michaeljw3602]

I remember watching the first ever episode, they showed it really late one night in the 90s and it was really good, just desecended into campimess from 2nd season, the first season was about a Doctor.. Obviously not the doctor lol

[@19XWyomingGrizFan]

I'm still wondering where the lost three hours or so from the 1963 movie of Cleopatra went off to. Premiere was cut down to some 248 minutes from about six hours? Have to wonder what Joseph L. Mankiewicz did with all that. Imagine finding that somewhere stuck in some vault.

[@sklantharregulus2100]

wow great find- lets hope they unearth more of the first season

[@jwg5774]

Only three complete episodes from Season One exist in their entirety. The premiere episode "Hot Snow" only exists as a partial recording up to the first story break. The only way to experience the entire season is by listening to Big Finish's audio recreations The Avengers:The Lost Episodes.

[@BlackMonk66]

Peter Cushing played a doctor. His last name was Who. He wasn't The Doctor. He wasn't a Time Lord or from Gallifrey. I suppose the BBC could bring him into continuity by saying The Doctor was living as a human like he did in Human Nature, but they haven't done that yet.

[@Ray-mw1fx]

what does that have to do with the Avengers btw?

[@benediktmorak4409]

RIP a great lady and actress! Known in-Germany - as - Mit Schirm, Charme und Melone - always a must see. -John Steed - ALWAYS the gentleman and Chauvinist, a great pair indeed!

[@royandjacqueline1294]

The Avengers are on now. Nanny Roberts. ITV4. Starts 1545hrs. On again at 1645hrs on ITV4 plus one. Absolutely brilliant episode 🥰🇯🇲🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🕊️🔥✝️

[@benediktmorak4409]

thanks for the info. but i live in Moscow and they have geo blocking. most of the EU Tv stations... so i have to wait for youtube. keep safe and dont let the bug get you!!!!

[@marchrabbit85]

Holly shit! Still looks like tv series

[@paacer]

Thank goodness they didn't continue with this format , it's like a run of the mill soap . A million miles away from Mrs Peel and Steed .

[@thomascooke17]

The Cable Bravo or Ifc was showing full b&w episodes of Series 1 2003 In American Cable Ne

[@zthunderdome]

I hope avengers episodes r still here . Had d/l several then puter turnrd belly up (chit) so now several have been removed ( grrr ) & also glad there r some current comments

[@Archie2c]

You read my mind i wanted to see this

[@opusv5]

I think the bald fellow is Philip Stone.

[@TheChange1961]

I was about eight, it was so blissful to watch...

[@righthand7648]

R.I.P.

[@joelleifer5594]

Rigg! not RING!

[@christopherdunbar394]

A great classic

[@DeanStrickson]

Actually, you're wrong. There's plenty of missing stuff from US TV from the 60s and even the 70s. For example, many Tonight Shows with Johnny Carson are gone as are many from game shows like Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy. Some of the early Siskel and Ebert are missing. Also, many soap opera episodes are gone. In fact, a 1983 episode of Search for Tomorrow got lost so so much for your supposed superior American television archiving skills.

[@grahamkeithtodd]

er not quite old son sadly the BBC decided to reuse the video tape and recorded over some of the most wanted shows,that they thought would not be wanted by the public

[@kathyfugere6085]

One of the doctor looks like he could be related to BEN MILLER( Death in Paradise)

[@aubreywallace7918]

My fav aftr lost in space😎

[@ezequielargana2853]

Me gusta

[@tedolphbundler724]

Where is Mrs. Peel?

[@royandjacqueline1294]

It might be Honor Blackman. The Avengers are on now. Nanny Roberts. ITV4. Starts 1545hrs. On again at 1645hrs on ITV4 plus one. Absolutely brilliant episode 🥰🇯🇲🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🕊️🔥✝️

[@jwg5774]

Peel didn't join the series until Season Four. Season One had Ian Hendry as the series lead playing Dr. David Keel. Patrick MacNee didn't become the lead until Season Two when Honor Blackman joined the series as Steed's partner Cathy Gale. Only three complete episodes exist from Season One "The Frighteners", "Girl on the Trapeze", and "Tunnel of Fear". Big Finish has recreated the entire first season on audio with Julian Wadham as Steed and Anthony Howell as Dr. Keel.

[@tedolphbundler724]

@@jwg5774 It was a rhetorical question but I appreciate the education!

[@thinkagain9457]

Where are the rest?

[@BadwolfGamer]

Destroyed.

[@untunedguitar45]

Swiped

[@arman2774]

Lost

[@colorado8avalanche]

Snapped

[@eventsotherthingswithchris9019]

I wonder if the Brits would own up to lost episodes like maybe William Hartnell era of Doctor Who, or, the fact that they don't acknowledge the fact that British actor Peter Cushing portrayed The Doctor in at least 2 movies

[@CottferLAD22]

Except it was ITV.

[@Filbi]

Where's Iron Man? (I'm kidding, kidding)

[@daniellmayberry06]

The Avengers

[@anthonysmith778]

The balding guy looks like Biden

[@shanditta1018]

2023

[@clevelandphil]

Typical Brit answer. Ain't no lost episodes from American tv shows from the 1960's.

[@willbuckley54]

What's the point in filming just the first 20minutes? Daft! If using 16mm presumably it wasn't 'filmed' impromptu.

[@TheNimshew]

I enjoyed the show when it aired in the 60's.However,I don't see much point in having just the first 20 minutes. What? Diana Rigg wants the royalties? A waste of time and a tad frustrating.

[@russedav5]

This theme music is ok, but so repetitious. Laurie Johnson's theme music was so much better! imdb. com/name/nm0006145

[@inurafacititia7352]

It's unfortunate you didn't simply video copy the last 21 minutes and upload them. I think it's ridiculous uploading any Part of any episode - leaving people dangling. It is actually a Pisser.

[@bondfool]

Inura Facititia The rest doesn’t exist.

[@156dave]

Thank god this stagnant show changed for the better.What a slow boring start

[@davidbarry9690]

Not as good as later avengers very bland