I've emailed the author of my favorite avengers reference book 3 times and he answered me twice, but there was something very important that I never thought to tell him…
A couple of years ago when the show wasn't available anywhere for free, I did some sleuthing on the Internet and found an archive where people can upload media files and you can watch them there, and unless they are specifically designated as not to be downloaded, you can download them.
Anyhoo... I love the black-and-white Diana Rigg season and wanted 18 of the 26 episodes, and I found about 10 of them. However, somebody had uploaded all but the last two episodes of the season, but they had been colorized and one of the things that I love about that season is watching the episodes in the middle of the night with all the lights off because it's so moody and atmospheric because of the black and white but I figured it's better to have them in color than to not have them at all.
Anyhoo again… After I downloaded the color episodes I needed and started watching them, I realized that they were the complete uncut versions. I still kept the 10 black-and-white versions that I had because I prefer them in that format, but I never thought to tell David, the avengers guy, about it.
I emailed him at the start of last week and told him about it and told him about several of the missing things that are seen, including a hilarious blooper where Steed is talking to a woman who is knitting and while she's answering him at one point, she looks down at what she's knitting and continues talking, even though her lips aren't moving.
Saturday I got a response from him… Thank you, Sam for alerting me to this. I have already started downloading the episodes.
So I have gotten so much enjoyment out of his reference book and now I've given him a little back.