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The Avengers: Mark spots a room full of radio gear in Season 5

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Mark Hirst, who writes:

Thomas,

I picked up Season 5 of the cult TV show “The Avengers” at a street market last weekend.

In the episode “Never, never say die”, Mrs Emma Peel follows a lead and meets a radio ham playing chess with other radio hams around the world.

With all the little details in the room, I wonder if someone involved in setting up the scene knew something about amateur radio?

Mark

I bet they did, Mark! How many of these fine radios can the SWLing Post community identify? Please comment!

TW Communicator spotted in “The Avengers” TV series

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Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Andy Howlett, who writes:

Some while back I spotted an elderly ‘TW Communivator’ in use the a late episode of The Avengers TV series. The episode in question is called ‘All done with Mirrors’.

Studio Canal are a bit touchy about people nicking stills from their videos, but I sent my screen-grab to the website ‘TW Radio’ which is a site dedicated to Tom Withers and his products. The owner got permission for a one-off reproduction.

You can see the photo by going to http://www.twradio.uk/page98.html

Thanks, Andy! The Avengers is one of my favorite action/adventure TV shows of the 1960s. Lately, I’ve been waiting for a used DVD box set of the series to appear at a local retailer. The fact that I’ve always had a crush on Diana Rigg (a.k.a. Emma Peel) has nothing to do with this.