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These DVD partworks comprised a magazine and a DVD — they are generally referred to as the 'kiosque edition'. Usually, the magazine's content would be focused upon the episodes included on the DVD. Although the magazines were printed in French language, all the DVDs had English soundtracks and French subtitles. The DVDs of Emma Peel and Tara King eras had additional French dubbed soundtracks, as did those of The New Avengers. The DVDs featured no extras unless stated.

DVDs are listed in release order. These releases were available in shops and by mail order.

CHAPEAU MELON ET BOTTES DE CUIR: LA COLLECTION OFFICIELLE — FIRST ISSUE
Region Code: 2 Media: Dual Layer DVD9

Packaging: Amaray Case

Number 1
August 2002
1967 — Series 5 — Volume 1

Episodes:
From Venus With Love
The Fear Merchants
Escape in Time
+ Avenging the Avengers
+ Strange Case of the
Missing Corpse

Number 2
4th September 2002
1968 — Series 6 — Volume 1

Episodes:
Invasion of the Earthmen
The Curious Case of the Countless Clues
Split!

Number 3
19th September 2002
1965 — Series 4 — Volume 1

Episodes:
The Town of No Return
The Grave-Diggers
The Cybernauts
+ 'exclusive interview'

Number 4
3rd October 2002
1967 — Series 5 — Volume 2

Episodes:
The See-Through Man
The Bird Who Knew Too Much
The Winged Avenger
+ biographies

Number 5
17th October 2002
1968 — Series 6 — Volume 2

Episodes:
Get-A-Way!
Have Guns — Will Haggle
Look — (Stop Me If You've Heard This One) But There Were These Two Fellers...

Number 6
31st October 2002
1965 — Series 4 — Volume 2

Episodes:
Death at Bargain Prices
Castle De'ath
The Master Minds

Number 7
14th November 2002
1967 — Series 5 — Volume 3

Episodes:
The Living Dead
The Hidden Tiger
The Correct Way to Kill
+ ZDF interviews with Patrick Macnee and Diana Rigg

Number 8
28th November 2002
1968 — Series 6 — Volume 3

Episodes:
My Wildest Dream
Whoever Shot Poor George Oblique Stroke XR40?
You'll Catch Your Death

Number 9
12th December 2002
1965 — Series 4 — Volume 3

Episodes:
The Murder Market
A Surfeit of H2O
The Hour That Never Was
+ 'exclusive documentary'

Number 10
28th December 2002
1967 — Series 5 — Volume 4

Episodes:
Never, Never Say Die
Epic
The Superlative Seven

Number 11
9th January 2003
1968 — Series 6 — Volume 4

Episodes:
All Done With Mirrors
Super Secret Cypher Snatch
Game
False Witness

Number 12
23rd January 2003
1965 — Series 4 — Volume 4

Episodes:
Dial A Deadly Number
Man-Eater of Surrey Green
Two's A Crowd
Too Many Christmas Trees

Number 13
6th February 2003
1967 — Series 5 — Volume 5

Episodes:
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Station
Something Nasty in the Nursery
The Joker

Number 14
20th February 2003
1968 — Series 6 — Volume 5

Episodes:
Noon Doomsday
Legacy of Death
They Keep Killing Steed

Number 15
6th March 2003
1965 — Series 4 — Volume 1

Episodes:
Silent Dust
Room Without A View
Small Game for Big Hunters

Number 16
20th March 2003
1967 — Series 5 — Volume 6

Episodes:
Who's Who...???
Return of the Cybernauts
Death's Door

Number 17
3rd April 2003
1968 — Series 6 — Volume 6

Episodes:
Wish You Were Here
Killer
The Rotters

Number 18
17th April 2003
1966 — Series 4 — Volume 2

Episodes:
The Girl from Auntie
The Thirteenth Hole
Quick-Quick Slow Death

Number 19
2nd May 2003
1967 — Series 5 — Volume 7

Episodes:
The £50,000 Breakfast
Dead Man's Treasure
You Have Just Been Murdered
The Positive Negative Man

Number 20
16th May 2003
1968 — Series 6 — Volume 7

Episodes:
The Interrogators
The Morning After
Love All

Number 21
30th May 2003
1966 — Series 4 — Volume 3

Episodes:
The Danger Makers
A Touch of Brimstone
What the Butler Saw

Number 22
13th June 2003
1967 — Series 5 — Volume 8

Episodes:
Murdersville
Mission... Highly Improbable
The Forget-Me-Knot

Number 23
27th June 2003
1968 — Series 6 — Volume 8

Episodes:
Take Me to Your Leader
Stay Tuned
Fog
+ Patrick Macnee in Paris

Number 24
11th July 2003
1966 — Series 4 — Volume 4

Episodes:
The House That Jack Built
A Sense of History
How to Succeed... at Murder
Honey for the Prince

Number 25
25th July 2003
1968 — Series 6 — Volume 9

Episodes:
Who Was That Man I Saw You With?
Pandora
Thingumajig

Number 26
8th August 2003
1968 — Series 6 — Volume 10

Episodes:
Homicide and Old Lace
Requiem
Take Over
Bizarre

Number 27
28th August 2003
1962 — Series 2 — Volume 1

Episodes:
Dead on Course
Mission to Montreal
The Sell-Out

Number 28
11th September 2003
1963 — Series 3 — Volume 1

Episodes:
Brief for Murder
The Undertakers
Man With Two Shadows

Number 29
25th September 2003
1962 — Series 2 — Volume 2

Episodes:
Death Dispatch
Warlock
Propellant 23

Number 30
9th October 2003
1963 — Series 3 — Volume 2

Episodes:
The Nutshell
Death of a Batman
November 5

Number 31
23rd October 2003
1962 — Series 2 — Volume 3

Episodes:
Mr Teddy Bear
The Decapod
Bullseye

Number 32
6th November 2003
1963 — Series 3 — Volume 3

Episodes:
The Gilded Cage
Second Sight
The Medicine Men

Number 33
20th November 2003
1962 — Series 2 — Volume 4

Episodes:
The Removal Men
The Mauritius Penny
Death of a Great Dane
Death on the Rocks

Number 34
4th December 2003
1963 — Series 3 — Volume 4

Episodes:
The Grandeur That Was Rome
The Golden Fleece
Don't Look Behind You
Death a la Carte

Number 35
18th December 2003
1962 — Series 2 — Volume 5

Episodes:
Traitor in Zebra
The Big Thinker
Intercrime

Number 36
2nd January 2004
1963 — Series 3 — Volume 5

Episodes:
Dressed to Kill
The White Elephant
The Little Wonders

Number 37
15th January 2004
1963 — Series 2 — Volume 6

Episodes:
Immortal Clay
Box of Tricks
The Golden Eggs

Number 38
29th January 2004
1964 — Series 3 — Volume 6

Episodes:
The Wringer
Mandrake
The Secrets Broker

Number 39
12th February 2004
1963 — Series 2 — Volume 7

Episodes:
School for Traitors
The White Dwarf
Man in the Mirror

Number 40
28th February 2004
1964 — Series 3 — Volume 7

Episodes:
Trojan Horse
Build a Better Mousetrap
The Outside-In Man

Number 41
11th March 2004
1963 — Series 2 — Volume 8

Episodes:
Conspiracy of Silence
A Chorus of Frogs
Six Hands Across A Table
Killer Whale

Number 42
25th March 2004
1964 — Series 3 — Volume 8

Episodes:
The Charmers
Concerto
Esprit de Corps
Lobster Quadrille

1961 — Series 1

Episode:
The Frighteners
+ Photo Gallery for 1965-66

This single episode disc was given to subscribers as a free promotion.

 

Brief:
The series was then reissued from 3rd August 2004,
but with editions featuring The New Avengers (referred to as Seasons 7 & 8) interspersed.
This run also saw the world home video debut of Hot Snow and Girl on the Trapeze.

Previously unreleased volumes are listed below, with their number in the 2004-2006 run.

The first disc and magazine for The New Avengers was included as a free bonus
with Number 1 — the first 1967 disc.

 

CHAPEAU MELON ET BOTTES DE CUIR: LA COLLECTION OFFICIELLE — SECOND ISSUE
Region Code: 2 Media: Dual Layer DVD9

Packaging: Amaray Case

Number 2
3rd August 2004
1976 — Season 7 — Volume 1

Episodes:
The Eagle's Nest
The Midas Touch
House of Cards

Number 5
16th September 2004
1976 — Season 7 — Volume 2

Episodes:
The Last of the Cybernauts...??
To Catch A Rat
Cat Amongst the Pigeons

Number 9
12th November 2004
1976 — Season 7 — Volume 3

Episodes:
Target!
Faces
The Tale of the Big Why

Number 9 (Bonus Disc)
12th November 2004
1961 — Series 1

Episodes:
The Frighteners
Girl on the Trapeze
Hot Snow (Act 1)
+ Photo Gallery for 1965-66

Number 13
6th January 2005
1976 — Season 7 — Volume 4

Episodes:
Three Handed Game
Sleeper
Gnaws
Dirtier by the Dozen

Number 17
3rd March 2005
1977 — Season 8 — Volume 1

Episodes:
Hostage
Trap
Dead Men Are Dangerous

Number 21
27th April 2005
1977 — Season 8 — Volume 2

Episodes:
Medium Rare
Angels of Death
Obsession

Number 25
22nd June 2005
1977 — Season 8 — Volume 3

Episodes:
The Lion and the Unicorn
K is for Kill —
Part 1: The Tiger Awakes
Part 2: Tiger by the Tail

Number 17
8th August 2005
1977 — Season 8 — Volume 4

Episodes:
Complex
The Gladiators
Forward Base
Emily

 

Compiled by Alan Hayes
with thanks to Denis Chauvet, Denis Kirsanov and Cedric Mueller

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