{"id":62719,"date":"2025-04-28T05:00:23","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T09:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=62719"},"modified":"2025-04-27T17:11:06","modified_gmt":"2025-04-27T21:11:06","slug":"the-avengers-mark-spots-a-room-full-of-radio-gear-in-season-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/the-avengers-mark-spots-a-room-full-of-radio-gear-in-season-5\/","title":{"rendered":"The Avengers: Mark spots a room full of radio gear in Season 5"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor Mark Hirst, who writes:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thomas,<\/p>\n

I picked up Season 5 of the cult TV show \u201cThe Avengers<\/a>\u201d at a street market last weekend.<\/p>\n

In the episode \u201cNever, never say die\u201d, Mrs Emma Peel follows a lead and meets a radio ham playing chess with other radio hams around the world.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

With all the little details in the room, I wonder if someone involved in setting up the scene knew something about amateur radio?<\/p>\n

Mark<\/p>\n

I bet they did, Mark! How many of these fine radios can the SWLing Post community identify? Please comment!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Mark Hirst, who writes: Thomas, I picked up Season 5 of the cult TV show \u201cThe Avengers\u201d at a street market last weekend. In the episode \u201cNever, never say die\u201d, Mrs Emma Peel follows a lead and meets a radio ham playing chess with other radio hams around the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,305,4796],"tags":[5458,5506,6483],"class_list":["post-62719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-nostalgia","category-vintage-radio","tag-mark-hirst","tag-radios-in-movies","tag-the-avengers"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-gjB","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":45443,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/09\/help-mark-identify-this-radio-in-the-new-avengers\/","url_meta":{"origin":62719,"position":0},"title":"Help Mark identify this radio in The New Avengers","author":"Thomas","date":"September 22, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Mark Hirst, who writes with another mystery radio to identify: This radio (see photo above) is featured in the mid 1970's TV show 'The New Avengers', an episode called \"To Catch a Rat\". 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