The Three Handed Game: An Avengers Podcast

Richard and Brendan are extremely fortunate to be joined this episode by Annette Andre. Guest star of The Avengers and The New Avengers, plus such other series as The Saint and The Prisoner, and series regular on Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased), Annette joins the show to talk about her life and career in this candid and warm conversation. Our Annette Andre season concludes next time with our commen...

In a novelty store-cum-surgery-cum-graveyard, Richard is popping a cracker up a ladder, Steven is exploiting a mine in an unexpected way, and Brendan is walking off a wrestling-related concussion. It's Annette Andre's first appearance in The Avengers, Mandrake . The Three Handed Game is an Australian commentary podcast for the 1960s television classic, The Avengers. NEXT EPISODE: Richard a...

Richard and Brendan are extremely fortunate to be joined this episode by Annette Andre. Guest star of The Avengers and The New Avengers, plus such other series as The Saint and The Prisoner, and series regular on Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased), Annette joins the show to talk about her life and career in this candid and warm conversation. This kicks off our Annette Andre season, where we'll be...

Steven's catfishing a lovelorn civil servant, Richard's developed Housemaid's Knee, and Brendan's been hypnotised into prompting AI romance novels. At the end of the End of Empire, there's nothing left to do but L♡ve All. The Three-Handed Game is an Australian commentary podcast for the 1960s television classic, The Avengers. NEXT EPISODE: We welcome a very special guest. We ca...

In the first of a new chain of hotels, Richard takes care of the most valuable guests, Brendan watches his pounds on the banana diet, and Steven finds his mattress stuffed with straw in his Room Without a View. The Three-Handed Game is an Australian commentary podcast for the 1960s television classic, The Avengers. NEXT EPISODE: The End of Empire concludes with a score of L♡ve All. Please drop us...

With Steven infiltrating Jeremiah Chechik's secret underground base via a phone box to find the 2 hour version of the film, it falls to Richard, Brendan, Nathan and James to deal with the 90 minute visually spectacular disaster that is The Avengers 1998. Originally recorded and released in 2020 for Bondfinger , we bring you this special archival episode while we record our next few episodes. T...

Steven's polishing the silverware and Richard's brushing up on global gold exchange rates, which leaves Brendan scrubbing out the 'guest room '. We can hear the sound of empires toppling as we figure out who's trapping whom in The Gilded Cage . The Three Handed Game is an Australian commentary podcast for the 1960s television classic, The Avengers. NEXT EPISODE: We continue to...

Brendan’s barricaded himself in the kitchen, Steven’s knocking out some croquet on the lawn, and Richard’s lurking in the shrubbery in a swimsuit. It may be the world’s gaudiest mock Tudor hotel, but we really do Wish You Were Here. The Three Handed Game is an Australian commentary podcast for the 1960s television classic, The Avengers. NEXT EPISODE: Please drop us a review on Apple Podcasts, and...

Richard's left money for the eggs, Steven's gotten into a brawl over the booze, and Brendan's thrown himself into a carwash to draw out the Fox. All par for the course as we tour the Canadian countryside with Emily. The Three Handed Game is an Australian commentary podcast for the 1960s television classic, The Avengers. NEXT EPISODE: The Green Unpleasant Land concludes as Tara takes an...

Richard is particularly protective of his homebrew, Steven is particularly permissive of projectiles in the library, and Brendan is particularly perturbed to discover he has four children. This Green Unpleasant Land brings us to Little Storping in the Swuff- AKA Murdersville. The Three Handed Game is an Australian commentary podcast for the 1960s television classic, The Avengers. NEXT EPISODE: The...

Steven’s taken up card reading with his eyes closed, Richard’s throwing a guest star over Miss Havisham’s wedding spread, and Brendan’s setting up Patrick Macnee’s latest headshots on a Lazy Susan. It’s a bonus episode for the festive season, as we discover whether one can ever really have Too Many Christmas Trees . Steven wants everyone to know there really is a Santa Claus, specifically this ter...

Steven's warming up his Snakes and Ladders, Brendan's broken out his miniature infantry, and Richard's playing cat and mouse with a soldier he judged harshly but fairly 20 years ago. It's all fair Game. The Three Handed Game is an Australian commentary podcast for the 1960s television classic, The Avengers. NEXT EPISODE: The Green Unpleasant Land kicks off with the seminal Emma Peel centric episod...

Richard's causing electrical problems over a wide area, Steven's twisting up a storm in the barn, and Brendan is paying a biker gang for services rendered. Amazingly, all these things have something is common when you try to Build a Better Mousetrap. The Three Handed Game is an Australian commentary podcast for the 1960s television classic, The Avengers. NEXT EPISODE: The Pop Explosion culminates...

Good morning Shoppers, and welcome to The Pop Explosion. Steven’s wearing his best bandolier, Richard’s gathering up Louis Marx Daleks to overthrow the Emperor, and Brendan is in ladies’ underwear (well, you try stopping him). Wigs, habadashery, kitchenwear and death, going up- it’s Death at Bargain Prices . The Three Handed Game is an Australian commentary podcast for the 1960s television classic...

We finish our trip to The Cool War by taking in the cool sounds of a nightclub and the warm smells of a Turkish Bath as we welcome Venus Smith to the podcast. Brendan's stepping into a wrestlers' ring, Steven's stepping out of the shower to answer a call, and Richard's stepping out on the terrace to chat up and/or restrain Philip Madoc. May we take your coat? It's a tight fit f...

The Cool War continues with a trip back to Series 4, the first season featuring Diana Rigg as Emma Peel. Steven's going gaga over creme de violette, Brendan's going to a fashion show, and Richard's going to the dry cleaners over an impossible lipstick stain. But is that familiar man a caddish bon vivant or a model citizen? Find out as we discover Two's A Crowd. The Three Handed Gam...

It's time for a new theme and a new series! To kick off The Cool War, we're jumping forward to our first episode of The New Avengers. Richard's creating a craze in men's bathtubs, Steven's creating a scandal with a dignitary's daughter, and Brendan's creating a backstitch in an older man's trousers. We welcome Purdey and Gambit, and welcome back Ian Hendry, in To Ca...

This month, we conclude our first theme, Reach for the Stars. Steven has adopted a strictly disgusting and coincidentally vegetarian diet for smug reasons, Brendan's wondering what his Dad's been up to with that telescope at all hours, and Richard's set to make a killing (if only his accomplice was less squeamish about killing). It's the end of the world via a weird game of Spot Th...

We continue to Reach for the Stars this month! Richard can't wait to show off his scale model of outer space made with Christmas ornaments and the nice curtains, but unfortunately Steven is off exploring the absolutely safe Elstree Forest, while Brendan has developed an unhealthy obsession for wigs and tan leather. Prepare yourselves for the Invasion of the Earthmen. The Three Handed Game is a...

The Three Handed Game bursts onto the scene as the world's premiere Australian podcast showcases the iconic 1960s series The Avengers. This month, we start with the theme Reach for the Stars. Richard has bleached his best whites, Steven's admiring some tasteful 'art' in a bank vault, and Brendan won't come down from the chimney until that nasty optometrist goes away. It's F...