Product Details

• Actors: Patrick Macnee, Diana Rigg, Honor Blackman, Linda Thorson, Ian Hendry
• Writers: Sydney Newman
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: A&E Home Video
• VHS Release Date: September 4, 1998
• Run Time: 104 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: 0767011546
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #429,213 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

John Steed’s impeccable charm and Mrs. Peel’s imperturbable calm were the essence of "cool" to fans of THE AVENGERS in the 1960s and beyond. In certain episodes, however, the greatest fun can be found in watching a villain chip away at their impervious personae. Traps, tricks and mind-control were all in a day’s work for THE AVENGERS. "The Joker" First aired 11 April, 1967 A vengeful escaped lunatic plays a deadly game with Mrs. Peel, unaware she always has an ace up her sleeve: Steed! Trapping Emma with an amorous and amoral villain was an oft-used but always effective plot device of THE AVENGERS. Directed by Sidney Hayers, Written by Brian Clemens. "Who’s Who?" First aired 18 April, 1967 When an enemy trades the minds of Steed and Mrs. Peel with those of its own top agents, it takes THE AVENGERS to give the enemy a permanent identity crisis. Must see: the antics of the "evil" hip-swinging, gum-chewing Mrs. Peel and swaggering, cigar-smoking Steed. Directed by John Moxley, Written by Philip Levene.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Joker evokes sinister country house atmosphere, January 9, 2000

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This review is from: Avengers: Joker & Who's Who [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Diana Rigg as the poised Mrs. Peel is lured to a country house in an isolated spot. Steed feels he is doing a kindness by not warning her that a sinister German criminal, Prendergast, has escaped. Since Emma was influential in trapping him, leading to his arrest and imprisonment, Steed's friend suggests she be warned... Recurring Joker motifs- Joker playing card on door, multiple copies of one record, a figure that spies on Emma through a peep hole. Rigg conveys Emma's assurance and confidence, then her growing despair when she realizes she is locked in with a faceless murderer who has left her a corpse, cut the telephone wires, taken the door key. It is suitably claustrophobic and suspenseful. Who's who is less interesting, a 2 star episode. One of the stars was ill, the other on vacation so one gets a Steed and Mrs. Peel script with Steed and Mrs. Peel missing through much of the show! There is one teasingly kinky moment. Steed and Emma have been transplanted into different, more common bodies and enemy agents have appropriated theirs.

Emma succeeds in transferring herself back -only to be attacked by Steed who is sure the female enemy agent resides in Emma's body. "If you're not convinced....." She whispers something in his ear. "Oh, Mrs. Peel," The tag of Steed and Mrs. Peel has a great closing line. "One should never take a man for granted (she says of Steed)....but one does!" The producers should never have taken the sublime pairing of Diana Rigg and Patrick MacNee for granted and assumed that ANy female actress would be as good. The show was never as well acted or written after she left.