The Avengers · SEASON 0
The 'Chess Board' Introduction
Episode 3 · 1965-10-02

- Action & Adventure
- Crime
- Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Episode overview
When The Avengers was bought by the ABC network in the United States in 1966, network executives were concerned that the audience might not take to the show if it didn't understand the characters, so they commissioned a short introductory sequence to fill in the perceived gap. The sequence was only ever broadcast in the USA, so when Canal+ remastered the episodes, it was omitted from the DVDs produced for the US market. A&E and Canal+ were surprised at the uproar this caused, so when the Emma Peel episodes were repackaged after the Ian Hendry episodes came to light, it was included as a feature on the disc.
Season 0 episodes
1. Avenging The Avengers
2. Armchair Theatre: "The Hothouse"1964-12-12
3. The 'Chess Board' Introduction1965-10-02
4. Interview with Diana Rigg1965-01-01
5. Reconstructed John Stamp Trailer for Series 41965-01-01
6. The Cybernauts (s04e03): Behind the Scenes1965-10-16
7. Death at Bargain Prices (s04e04): Alternative Ending1965-10-23
8. A Touch of Brimstone (s04e21): Color Tests1966-02-19
9. The Strange Case of the Missing Corpse1966-03-27
10. The Avengers - They're Back! (1960s Trailer)
11. ATV Newsreel Footage - Diana Rigg Receives TV Award1966-02-17
12. Deleted scenes (1) From Venus with Love (s05e01)1966-11-02
13. Deleted scenes (2) The Fear Merchants (s05e02)1966-11-18
14. Deleted scenes (3) Escape in Time (s05e03)1966-09-30
15. Deleted scenes (4) The See-Through Man (s05e04)1966-04-13
16. 1967 Color Trailer1967-01-01
17. Series 5 Trailer1966-03-26
18. German Movie Theater Trailer1967-01-01
19. German Opening Credits1967-11-18
20. Interview with Diana Rigg and Patrick McNee1967-07-01
21. Did you know? (1) From Venus with Love (s05e1)2002-10-07
22. Did you know? (2) The Fear Merchants (s05e2)2002-10-07
23. Did you know? (3) Escape in Time (s05e3)2002-10-07
24. Did you know? (4) The See-Through Man (s05e4)2002-10-07
25. Did you know? (5) The Bird Who Knew Too Much (s05e5)2002-10-07
26. Did you know? (6) The Winged Avenger (s05e6)2002-10-07
27. Did you know? (7) The Living Dead (s05e7)2002-10-07
28. Did you know? (8) The Hidden Tiger (s05e8)2002-10-07
29. Did you know? (9) The Correct Way to Kill (s05e9)2002-10-07
30. Did you know? (10) Never, Never Say Die (s05e10)2002-10-07
31. Did you know? (11) Epic (s05e11)2002-10-07
32. Did you know? (12) The Superlative Seven (s05e12)2002-10-07
33. Did you know? (13) A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Station (s05e13)2002-10-07
34. Did you know? (14) Something Nasty in the Nursery (s05e14)2002-10-07
35. Did you know? (15) The Joker (s05e15)2002-10-07
36. Did you know? (16) Who's Who??? (s05e16)2002-10-07
37. Did you know? (17) Return of the Cybernauts (s05e17)2002-10-07
38. Did you know? (18) Death's Door (s05e18)2002-10-07
39. Did you know? (19) The £50,000 Breakfast (s05e19)2002-10-07
40. Did you know? (20) Dead Man's Treasure (s05e20)2002-10-07
41. Did you know? (21) You Have Just Been Murdered (s05e21)2002-10-07
42. Did you know? (22) The Positive Negative Man (s05e22)2002-10-07
43. Did you know? (23) Murdersville (s05e23)2002-10-07
44. Did you know? (24) Mission... Highly Improbable (s05e24)2002-10-07
45. Reconstruction of episode (1) One for the Mortuary (s01e13)2015-10-20
46. Reconstruction of episode (2) The Springers (s01e14)2015-10-20
47. Reconstruction of episode (3) The Yellow Needle (s01e16)2015-10-20
48. Reconstruction of episode (4) Death on the Slipway (s01e17)2015-10-20
49. Reconstruction of episode (5) Tunnel of Fear (s01e20)2015-10-20
50. Reconstruction of episode (6) The Far-Distant Dead (s01e21)2015-10-20
51. Reconstruction of episode (7) Kill the King (s01e22)2015-10-20
52. Reconstruction of episode (8) Dead of Winter (s01e23)2015-10-20
53. Reconstruction of episode (9) The Deadly Air (s01e24)2015-10-20
54. Reconstruction of episode (10) Dragonsfield (s01e26)2015-10-20
55. Introduction (1) The Bird Who Knew Too Much (s05e05)2002-10-07
56. Introduction by Brian Clemens (2) The Living Dead (s05e7)2002-10-07
57. Introduction by Brian Clemens (3) The Correct Way to Kill (s05e9)2002-10-07
58. Introduction by Brian Clemens (4) Epic (s05e11)2002-10-07
59. Introduction by Brian Clemens (5) The Superlative Seven (s05e12)2002-10-07
60. Introduction by Brian Clemens (6) A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Station (s05e13)2002-10-07
61. Introduction by Brian Clemens (7) The Joker (s05e15)2002-10-07
62. Introduction by Brian Clemens (8) Murdersville (s05e23)2002-10-07
63. Actor auditions (1) Lyn Ashley1968-07-01
64. Actor auditions (2) Diane Clare1968-07-01
65. Actor auditions (3) Susan Engel1968-07-01
66. Actor auditions (4) Jane Murdoch1968-07-01
67. Actor auditions (5) Toby Robins
68. Actor auditions (6) Susan Travers
69. Actor auditions (7) Wanda Ventham1968-07-01
70. Actor auditions (8) Valerie Van Ost1968-07-01
71. Actor auditions (9) James Maxwell and Moray Watson1969-07-01
72. Girl About Town promotional trailer1968-01-01
73. Introducing Linda Thorson as Tara King1968-01-01
74. Forget-Me-Knot: American End Credits1968-09-25
75. Textless Closing Credits for Series 61968-09-01
76. German Opening and Closing Titles1968-09-01
77. Standard Bumper Slate for Commercial Breaks1968-11-01
78. Minikillers (1) Operation Costa Brava1969-01-03
79. Minikillers (2) Heroin1969-01-04
80. Minikillers (3) Macabre1969-01-05
81. Minikillers (4) (Final) Flamenco1969-01-06
82. Invasion of the Earthmen (s06e16): American End Credits1969-01-15
83. Excerpts from The Diadem (Das Diadem) with Diana Rigg (1969)1969-01-01
84. The Diadem (Das Diadem) with Diana Rigg (1969)1969-01-01
85. Did you know? (25) The Forget-Me-Knot (s06e01)2002-10-07
86. Introduction by Cyril Frankel (9) Whoever Shot Poor George Oblique Stroke XR40 (s06e06)2002-10-07
87. Filmed Episode Intro by Linda Thorson to The Interrogators2002-10-07
88. Filmed Episode Intro by Linda Thorson to Love All2002-10-07
89. Filmed Episode Intro by Linda Thorson to Take Me To Your Leader2002-10-07
90. Filmed Episode Intro by Linda Thorson to Thingumajig2002-10-07
91. Filmed Episode Intro by Linda Thorson to Pandora2002-10-07
92. Interview with Patrick Macee1992-07-01
93. Interview with Laurence Bourne1992-07-01
94. The Avengers: A Retrospective1993-03-27
95. Interview with Brian Clemens2008-01-01
96. Special Tara King2010-01-01
97. On the Trail of Tara King2012-01-02
98. Wish You Were Here? The Top Ten London Locations2010-01-01
99. The Series Of No Return: A Telephone Interview with the Original Mrs Peel2010-01-01
100. Interview with Diana Rigg2012-01-01
101. Gale Force: Patrick Needs a New Partner - Honor Becomes Cathy
102. Interview with Richard Harris
103. Camera Murder: Peter Wyngarde's Commentary
104. The Return of the Cybernauts: Commentary by Cyd Child
105. Double Personality: Commentary by Roy Ward Baker and Brian Clemens
106. Noon Doomsday: Commentary by Cyd Child
107. Games: Commentary by Robert Fuest
108. In the Footsteps of Tara King
109. Killer: Commentary by Jennifer Croxton
110. The Morning After: Commentary by Director John Hough
111. Love, When You Hold Us...: Commentary by Jeremy Burnham and Veronica Strong
112. Filmed Episode Intro by Linda Thorson to Requiem
113. Police Surgeon: Easy Money1960-09-10
114. John Dorney on Tunnel of Fear1960-09-12
115. UTV Interview: Ian Hendry1962-11-23
116. UTV Interview: Patrick MacNee1964-10-10