The New Avengers

Name: The New Avengers
Released: 1976-10-17T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Patrick Macnee, Joanna Lumley, Gareth Hunt

TV Show · Thriller · Adventure

The New Avengers joins John Steed as he takes a jaunty step forward into a new decade, this time with two sidekicks – the first time a male and female companion join him – Gambit (Gareth Hunt) and Purdey (Joanna Lumley). The mighty trio join forces to fight evil and put a stop to any attempts at world domination.

1976 · 53m

Starring Patrick Macnee, Joanna Lumley, Gareth Hunt

EPISODE 1

The Eagle's Nest

British secret agent fantasy adventure series. Investigating the murder of agent Stannard, the team uncover a plot by Nazis to form a new Third Reich, complete with a resurrected Adolf Hitler.
EPISODE 2

House of Cards

Steed, Purdey and Gambit find themselves fighting people they thought were their friends after a network of sleeper agents, called the House of Cards, is activated.
EPISODE 3

The Last of the Cybernauts...??

The creator of the cybernauts, the deadly robots which Steed and Mrs Peel faced a decade before, is kidnapped by a scarred double agent and forced to reactivate the remaining cybernauts, which are sent on a mission to kill Steed and his companions.
EPISODE 4

The Midas Touch

The murder of Steed's old adversary Hong Kong Harry leads the team to Professor Turner and his creation Midas, an Adonis who is a carrier of every disease known to man, and whose very touch leads to instant death.
EPISODE 5

Cat Amongst the Pigeons

A dying man warns Steed that an ecologist called Rydercroft is going to be killed at midday. Rydercroft is on an air journey and all possible steps are taken to protect his aircraft, but it still crashes. Soon the team find they are dealing with a completely new kind of enemy.
EPISODE 6

Target!

When five top agents die of natural causes, Steed suspects foul play. Having put the clues together, Steed and Gambit realise that Purdey is in grave danger.