About this episode
James and Paul discuss the British TV series The Avengers and its episode 'The Cybernauts', exploring 1960s commercials and complicated revenge plots.
This time, James and Paul zip up their catsuits with the Avengers, but not the one you’re thinking. This time it’s the British TV series, The Avengers (1961-1969), and the episode, “The Cybernauts”.Along the way James, is astonished by 1960s commercials, Paul wonders how easily he could avoid a cybernaut, and they both wrangle with complicated revenge plots.
People in this episode
Host: Paul
Topics covered
- The Avengers
- British TV
- 1960s commercials
- revenge plots
Keywords
- catsuits
- cybernaut
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: The Avengers, The Cybernauts”
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