Who exactly is Avengers Mark 1 Productions and how are they related to London Weekend Televsion?
Avengers Mark 1 Productions (more usually referred to simply as “Mark 1”) was an independant company set up and run by Brian Clemens, Albert Fennell and Laurie Johnson: three highly-respected figures in British film and television. They had collaborated on the Diana Rigg and Linda Thorson Avengers episodes in the 1960s (indeed Brian’s Avengers connections go right back to the very first episode starring Ian Hendry) where Brian and Albert acted as producers. In from 1973 to 1976 they collaborated on Thriller, a successful horror anthology series for ITV. When the opportunity to relaunch The Avengers came about in late 1975, they formed Avengers (Film & TV) Enterprises Ltd Britains first truly independent television production company in order to produce The New Avengers after no British broadcaster was prepared to fund the series. As that series came to an end (after just 26 episodes), Brian decided he wanted to move completely away from that style of show and suggested the idea of The
