History Trivia / TheNewAvengers

** Lumley had long hair on her first promo stills for the series. On the first day of filming, she surprised the producers and crew by coming up with a bowl cut, which would remain Purdey's trademark hairstyle. She was also consulted on what colours would feature in Purdey's apartment set - lilac with dashings of purple.

* In "Target", Creator/FrederickJaeger was originally cast as Bradshaw, but when filming was delayed because of bad weather, he had to leave to fulfil another commitment, so Roy Boyd was cast instead. Jaeger was instead cast as Jones.

* InspirationForTheWork: The idea for reviving ''Series/{{The Avengers|1960s}}'' came about due to the series' popularity in France. Creator/PatrickMacnee was hired to do some champagne commercials and the producer was an avid of the series and asked Brian Clemens when it would return.

** Creator/IanHendry, who had played Steed's initial partner Dr. David Keel in ''The Avengers'' in 1961, reappeared in "To Catch a Rat" as a different character, Irwin Gunner. Timing constraints prevented the script being re-written to have him actually be Keel.

* YouLookFamiliar: Creator/IanHendry, who had played Steed's initial partner Dr. David Keel in ''The Avengers'' in 1961, reappeared in "To Catch a Rat" as a different character, Irwin Gunner. Timing constraints prevented the script being re-written to have him be Keel.

* CreatorChosenCasting: Gareth Hunt was reportedly always Brian Clemens' favourite choice for Mike Gambit and following his audition, it was just a matter of convincing his fellow producers. Clemens later admitted that Creator/JoannaLumley was always his choice for Purdey, having met her five years previously when he visited the set of ''Film/TheAbominableDrPhibes'' (which was made at Elstree Studios and directed by series regular Robert Fuest), in which she had a small role that ended up being cut.

** Tony Williamson, who wrote nine episodes of the original series, suggested a possible story outline involving the kidnapping of UsefulNotes/HMTheQueen that would serve as the pilot for the series. Brian Clemens and Albert Fennell disliked the idea and it was discarded.

* In "Target", Frederick Jaeger was originally cast as Bradshaw, but when filming was delayed because of bad weather, he had to leave to fulfill another commitment, so Roy Boyd was cast instead. Jaeger was instead cast as Jones.