The New Avengers UHD 4k

It’s time to dust off your bowler hat and practice those karate chops: “The New Avengers” are back, and looking sharper than ever in Ultra High Definition 4k.

It’s hard to overstate just how impressive Studiocanal‘s restoration of “The New Avengers” now looks in UHD 4k – Steed, Purdey & Gambit have never looked this good on TV before.

Take a look at Art & Hue’s unboxing of the new UHD 4k box-set and comparison images which demonstrate just how impressive “The New Avengers” now look.

The New Avengers restoration is available now via Amazon.

The UHD 4k is a revelation – misty childhood memories of the show are reinvigorated with the pin-sharp detail of the restoration. It’s no exaggeration to state that Steed, Purdey & Gambit have never looked this good on television before.

At the time of first broadcast, in 1976 & 1977, televisions weren’t up to the job; subsequent repeats in later years seem to get their tapes from video copies which cast everything with a green, blue or pink tinge (seemingly dependent on the colour of Purdey’s outfit); and recent satellite & freeview airings go with, shall we charitably say, “”standard” definition? (Although some airings look as if they’re streaming YouTube downloads at 480p).

Whilst the images below attempt to demonstrate quite how different the UHD 4k restoration make The New Avengers look now, watching the newly-restored episodes with your own eyes on a 4k-capable TV from a dedicated UHD 4k Blu-ray player is seriously impressive. (Side note: it’s surprising how few UHD 4k blu-ray models there are available to buy currently; looking to upgrade from a regular blu-ray player, I went with a Panasonic model – currently reduced to £299 at Amazon – which has been doing a sterling job so far of playing “The New Avengers”).

Taking a look at two episodes for comparison, two personal favourites of The New Avengers (“Sleeper” and “Angels of Death”), the difference is striking. The images below are taken with a camera of the TV screen (so not “screenshots”) and, as obvious as the differences are, physically watching the newly-restored episodes in 4k with your own eyes is a mind-blowing experience – it bears repeating that Steed, Purdey & Gambit have never ever looked this good before.

Always surprising to see Gavin Campbell as a baddie in “Sleeper” before he joined “That’s Life!” in the 80s.

If the UHD 4k box is proving elusive (check HMV or Zavvi if Amazon don’t currently have stock), I imagine that even the regular Blu-ray and DVD box-sets will be as impactfully sharp as the UHD thanks to the incredible work that’s gone into the restoration.

Looking at the technicalities of the new box set, the 4k restoration of the entire two series of “The New Avengers” was completed at Silver Salt UK for Studiocanal. The element for the New Avengers was 35mm original negative, with each reel inspected for wear and tear, and minor repairs made, before the film was then gently cleaned. It was then scanned in 6K resolution and down-sampled to 4K for the new release.

The raw scans were restored to remove issues such as scratches and tears, taking out visible distractions, a process that took around six months to restore all 26 episodes. References were sourced for grading and experts consulted for the general look and feel so that the colour preserved the creators’ artistic vision. HDR was applied subtly to show detail in the highlights and low-lights that can be lost in standard definition.

The maze image from “Angels of Death” made a real childhood impact, as did watching Joanna Lumley fight off Caroline Munro. A fun episode, it also features Melissa Stribling, Pamela Stephenson, Lindsay Duncan, Terence Alexander (who appeared in the first ever Emma Peel episode), and The Avengers & The Professionals stalwart Michael Latimer.

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Now available in a lavish 10-disc box set, available to order via Amazon, this collection is the ultimate tribute to the show that successfully revived The Avengers spirit for a new era – but a release of this calibre deserves a celebration that extends beyond the TV screen.

So, whether you’re ordering the box set or picking out pop art prints for your walls, it’s time to rejoin the most stylish spy trio of the 70s.

The Disc Extras: A Treasure Trove for Agents

The new 4K box set is bursting with extras, including a 64-page booklet, a 32-page comic, and hours of new bonus features, including:

New Interviews & Commentaries with Joanna Lumley, Caroline Munro, and key crew members.
In-Depth Featurettes including Becoming Purdey, The Impact of The New Avengers, and Kicks, Flips & Spy Tricks: The Stunt Magic.
New episode introductions for classics like Sleeper, House of Cards, & The Last of the Cybernauts…??.
Archive interviews with director John Hough, Patrick Macnee’s biographer, and composer Laurie Johnson.
A brand-new 4K restoration featurette.

“The New Avengers” 4K Edition was released on the 10th of November on UHD, Blu-ray & DVD, available via Amazon, and the Art & Hue pop art collection is available at artandhue.com/newavengers

Grab your brolly, polish your karate skills, and get ready to see the classic series in a whole new light. The mission is afoot, and The New Avengers have never looked better!

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