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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

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. 🙂

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