Avengers Bird Knew Too Much

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Director : Sidney Hayers, John Llewellyn Moxey
Actor : Patrick Macnee, Patrick Newell, Douglas Muir, Ingrid Hafner, Honor Blackman
Format : NTSC
Binding : VHS Tape
EAN : 9780767011013
Product Group : Video
Release Date : 1998-10-06
Studio : Sma Distribution
UPC : 733961171389

ASIN : 0767011015

Editorial Reviews

From Amazon.com

"The Bird Who Knew Too Much" is a Brian Clemens story in which John Steed and Emma Peel find carrier pigeons equipped with tiny cameras used to photograph top-secret missile bases. The photography theme extends to some comic moments in which Steed and Emma both do a little posing for a fashion cameraman, but there is also some fun with a parrot named Captain Crusoe, who requests political asylum at one point. Also on this tape is "The Winged Avenger," a truly crafty piece of work by writer Richard Harris, with good tongue-in-cheek references to the influence of comic-book culture on '60s television. A number of ruthless men are being ripped apart and killed by an unknown assailant, the only clue being that their murders seem to have been predicted in recent comic strips featuring a Batman-like superhero named the Winged Avenger. The zippy climax finds Mrs. Peel and a killer each wearing magnetic boots that allows them to fight on a ceiling. --Tom Keogh

Customer Reviews

Steed Reads the Comics - Emma Gets the Bird (2002-04-28)

Of the episodes on this tape, "The Winged Avenger" is more famous and fun, though "The Bird Who Knew Too Much" is actually the better-made.

"Avenger" is flawed by the too-quick revelation that a bizarre series of high-rise locked room murders are being committed by a freaky man in a razor-taloned bird costume, which spoils the suspense (a mistake not repeated in the very similar later episode, "The Hidden Tiger"). But this one is still too much fun for words, featuring some of the more memorable English eccentrics the series was so famous for, and some of its best high camp. It's not spoiling anything to reveal that Steed discovers his quarry is in the comic book industry by finding recent murders perfectly depicted in a superhero monthly's pages, creating a fabulous sequence in the story where he races to Mrs. Peel's rescue because he sees her there about to be killed. The concluding scene pays homage to the then-current original Batman T.V. series, in humorous fashion.

Sticking with the feathered motif, "The Bird Who Knew Too Much" is - in theory - a more realistic story, though in many ways it's just as camp. Steed and Mrs. Peel find top secrets making their way out of the country via clever and unexpected avian means.

Winged Avenger delightfully spoofs American show (1999-11-30)

The Winged Avenger is crisply directed. An unseen force makes scraping noises, scales multi-story buildings, and savagely destroys ruthless business men who "downsize" by throwing everyone out of work! Steed and Mrs. Peel consult books trying to find an animal that matches the description. When they realize it is a human predator.. "I have a theory, "Steed relates, "He uses a trampoline, bounces up,scales it with a pick.."

And your other theory? "He bribes the doorman!" Steed says in frustration. As the duo close in on a logical explanation Mrs. Peel meets a dashing explorer, "Nothing like authenticity" assures her as they scale a tiny replica of a mountain with fake snow and simulated high winds. The usual wit pervades Winged Avenger. Mrs. Peel meets an eccentric inventor of boots enabling a person to walk up the side of a house, a building, and on the ceiling. "It'll ruin the carpet trade," she sighs. The fight scene, Mrs. Peel and her insane assailant, in mortal combat upside down on the ceiling, is a delight. A frantic Steed is driving to the rescue. "How are we doing?" he asks the only sane one left alive. "Not good!" Emma's murderous fate is prefigured in huge cartoon drawings. The Bird who Knew too much also features delightful eccentrics. "Twitter" "I don't do bird impersonation," Mrs. Peelsays. "Edgar J. Twitter," he introduces himself. Mrs. Peel's sluthing leads her to a daffy, bird loving professor (recognize the actor from the previous season's HOney for the pRince as QQF Businessman: fantasies, imaginary assassinations!) who trains highly intelligent birds to communicate and memorize- leading to the bird being stolen and British agents being murdered.

all around fun (1999-05-13)

well if your in the mood for a little james bond, meets austin powers, meets the batman tv series this is what you want to watch. all in all these are great episodes! :)

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