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The Strange Case of the Missing Episodes - The Avengers More Detail
The Strange Case of the Missing Episodes - The Avengers By Alan Hayes, Richard McGinlay, Alys Hayes
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In the mid-Sixties, The Avengers proved itself to be a cultural phenomenon. Despite its quintessential Englishness, it transcended international barriers, and established itself as British... More > television’s most successful export of the day. Today, it remains hugely popular, perhaps because of the schizophrenic nature of the show as it developed; it was a series of many colours, with something for everyone. But the earliest episodes of the show have, since their 1961 broadcast, disappeared from view, the vast majority of the recordings lost forever. The Strange Case of the Missing Episodes lifts the lid on that first year, and retells the stories in extended synopsis form, covering twenty-four episodes, often with script extracts, in greater depth than ever before. The book also boasts a detailed introduction, which explores how these much sought after programmes came to be lost, and a detailed retelling of an alternative, untransmitted version of the episode Double Danger.< Less
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The Strange Case of the Missing Episodes - The Avengers By Alan Hayes, Richard McGinlay, Alys Hayes
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In the mid-Sixties, The Avengers proved itself to be a cultural phenomenon. Despite its quintessential Englishness, it transcended international barriers, and established itself as British... More > television’s most successful export of the day. Today, it remains hugely popular, perhaps because of the schizophrenic nature of the show as it developed; it was a series of many colours, with something for everyone. But the earliest episodes of the show have, since their 1961 broadcast, disappeared from view, the vast majority of the recordings lost forever. The Strange Case of the Missing Episodes lifts the lid on that first year, and retells the stories in extended synopsis form, covering twenty-four episodes, often with script extracts, in greater depth than ever before. The book also boasts a detailed introduction, which explores how these much sought after programmes came to be lost, and a detailed retelling of an alternative, untransmitted version of the episode Double Danger.< Less
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The Moonstone Inn and Other Stories By Alan Hayes, Francis W. Strapp
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DELUXE ILLUSTRATED EDITION (+ LARGE PRINT - 11pt) - Written in 1924-1937 by a hard-up Englishman living in Australia, these engaging stories and other writings now see their first publication. The... More > Moonstone Inn and The Man Who Tossed A Sixpence are mystery adventures with Australian and South Pacific settings. Dark schemes, evil deeds, hidden hoards and guarded secrets abound, mixed with dashes of romance, humour and local colour, not forgetting of course, the stiff-upper-lipped heroes and virtuous heroines. The collection also contains Strapp’s other surviving writings, including two short stories, letters to the press, and draft versions of two novella chapters (both reproduced directly from Francis W. Strapp’s handwritten manuscripts). The collection also boasts photographic illustrations, a Foreword by the author’s great-niece Mary Steel, biographical information by Rita Hayes and Afterword essays by Alan Hayes, focusing on the author’s life and the settings for his stories.< Less
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Tales from the Moonstone Inn By Francis W. Strapp
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An engaging collection of stories and other works that were written in the 1920s and 1930s by a down-on-his-luck Englishman living in Australia. The Moonstone Inn and The Man Who Tossed A Sixpence... More > are mystery thrillers with Australian and South Pacific settings. Dark schemes, evil deeds, hidden hoards and guarded secrets abound, mixed with dashes of romance, humour and local colour, not forgetting of course, the stiff-upper-lipped heroes and virtuous heroines. The collection also contains Strapp’s other surviving writings, including two short stories, letters to the press, and draft versions of two novella chapters (both reproduced directly from Francis W. Strapp’s handwritten manuscripts). The collection also boasts photographic illustrations, a foreword by the author’s great-niece Mary Steel, biographical information by Rita Hayes and afterword essays by Alan Hayes, focusing on the author’s life and the settings for his stories.< Less
Fury from the Deep - A Relic of the Old Time [PDF] More Detail
Fury from the Deep - A Relic of the Old Time [PDF] By Alan Hayes, Jim Mortimore
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ELECTRONIC EDITION (PDF) Once upon a time before the internet and computers, there were things called typewriters and a wondrous television programme called Doctor Who. Love for the latter drove... More > young fans towards the use of the former and after much clacking at the unforgiving keys, many hundreds of fanzines were born. Some were good, some were bad and some were unintentionally hilarious. This book collects together all four original issues of one of those Doctor Who fanzines, Fury From The Deep, produced in 1979-80 by the fourteen year old Alan Hayes. It was never a classic, but over the space of thirty years and more, these fanzines have grown into a fascinating time capsule which afford a peek into the fan experience of a bygone age. Also presented in this collection are an introduction by Alan Hayes, an afterword by Jim Mortimore and a series of contemporary letters to the editor from Doctor Who's cast and crew. Includes full colour sections exclusive to this electronic edition!< Less
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The Avengers - This'll Kill You [PDF] By Cyril Abraham
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Long lost unfilmed script from the 1967 series of THE AVENGERS, complete with contextual notes. Electronic edition - PDF
Requiem for Sherlock Holmes More Detail
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Requiem for Sherlock Holmes By Paul Stuart Hayes
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Sherlock Holmes returns in five enthralling cases. Written in an authentic style, each tale adds new layers to the legend of the great detective. When Holmes’ father is arrested for the murder... More > of a servant, Sherlock has to prove his father's innocence and clear the family name. However, the fractious relationship between father and son makes the case doubly a challenge. Will they be able to put aside age-old hostilities and find the true culprit before the accused has his date with the gallows? After decades of forced absence, Holmes returns to his childhood home, in the process unlocking long-repressed feelings which force him to confront his troubled past and threaten to expose his darkest secrets. This collection also contains four short stories in which Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson pit their wits against their deadliest foes, culminating in a sea journey for Watson which takes an extraordinary turn that could solve the most fabled of mysteries.< Less
Fury from the Deep - A Doctor Who Fanzine Collection More Detail
Fury from the Deep - A Doctor Who Fanzine Collection By Alan Hayes
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Once upon a time before the internet and computers, there were things called typewriters and a wondrous television programme called Doctor Who. Love for the latter drove young fans towards the use of... More > the former and after much clacking at the unforgiving keys, many hundreds of fanzines were born. Some were good, some were bad and some were unintentionally hilarious. This book collects together all four original issues of one of those Doctor Who fanzines, Fury From The Deep, produced in 1979-80 by the fourteen year old Alan Hayes. It was never a classic, but over the space of thirty years and more, these fanzines have grown into a fascinating time capsule which afford a peek into the fan experience of a bygone age. Also presented in this collection are an engaging introduction by Alan Hayes, an afterword by Jim Mortimore and a series of contemporary letters to the editor from Doctor Who’s cast and crew.< Less
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Mysteries and Adventures By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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Originally published in Great Britain in 1890 by the Walter Scott Company, Mysteries and Adventures collected together seven of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s earliest fictional works. Three years... More > later, two international editions were issued and these featured five additional stories. Conan Doyle was not to profit from any of these ventures as, in order to have the stories carried by popular journals of the day, he had signed over all rights to their owners. Prior to their appearance in book form, several had been printed without credit and were not commonly known to be the work of Conan Doyle. The narratives in Mysteries and Adventures dance confidently across the genres, touching upon colonial life, political upheaval, the supernatural, romance and the furrow he would later plough to great acclaim, crime. These twelve entertaining tales plot Doyle’s development from budding young writer to the great author that he quickly became.< Less
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The Theatrical Sherlock Holmes By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, William Gillette
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PAPERBACK EDITION - Sherlock Holmes takes to the stage in four entertaining play scripts written between 1899 and 1921 by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and William Gillette. Even though Sherlock Holmes had... More > fallen to his supposed death at the culmination of 'The Final Problem' in December 1893, it proved very difficult to keep the great detective down as this collection of theatrical play scripts proves. Presented are: SHERLOCK HOLMES - A DRAMA IN FOUR ACTS (1899, by William Gillette and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle); THE PAINFUL PREDICAMENT OF SHERLOCK HOLMES (1905, attributed to William Gillette); THE SPECKLED BAND - AN ADVENTURE OF MISTER SHERLOCK HOLMES (1910, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) and THE CROWN DIAMOND - AN EVENING WITH SHERLOCK HOLMES (1921, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle). This collection also contains an introduction written by Paul Stuart Hayes, the author of REQUIEM FOR SHERLOCK HOLMES, which sets the scene for Sherlock Holmes’ stage debut and focuses on each of the four productions presented in this volume.< Less