ITV programme from 2005 presented by Joan Collins.
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@NoosaHeads4 жыл бұрын
Along with The Prisoner, The Avengers was just about the most entertaining thing that has ever been on television.
@dougaldouglas8842 Жыл бұрын
Agree. The depth of The Prisoner was, also amazing, a true illustration of life under an autocratic system that we were heading for.
@SenileOtaku Жыл бұрын
Two of my favourite shows when I was 7, back when they were first on.
@michelehemlokhexwhite431010 ай бұрын
@@SenileOtakuyou were a very enlightened 7yo! 😊
@ForARide8 ай бұрын
Totally agree, but as a kid born in the early 60's I also have to add Gerry Anderson's Thunderbirds and Captain Scarlett!
@alexnelson95127 ай бұрын
@@dougaldouglas8842 *_Yes, the hidden hand that holds the real power and that which is never seen!_*
@WILLIAMSMITH-jd2hb2 жыл бұрын
I grew up as a child watching this with my mother in the late 1960's. The show was absolute "Class" with the fashion, the women, and the Exotic and Classic cars. This was without a doubt , one of the greatest tv series of its time.
@kendavies945 Жыл бұрын
Not much "Class" in this.
@happychappy492 Жыл бұрын
absolutely I grew up watching this show as well but I caught it on the reruns 70's and 80's in NZ on the other side of the world. It was amazing to me then and was much loved by me and my sister and our friends we loved the whacky stories
@spectator595 жыл бұрын
Diana Rigg and her chemistry with Macnee made this show for me -- a true classic!
@warrenoleary2168 Жыл бұрын
Agree 100 % !
@MrToombstone11 ай бұрын
I couldn’t agree more. Steed and Peel were magical together. I was sad when Diana Rigg left the show. Tara King would never compare.
@magovenor8 ай бұрын
Talk about having a serious crush! Diana Rigg was fine for days! There was something about her that made watching that show a quiet experience. 😊
@richardherrington28524 жыл бұрын
The Avengers was one of the very best shows ever produced. There will never again be such a show.
@eyelidman093 жыл бұрын
RIP Diana Rigg. You will never be forgotten.🥂🌂🥂2020. “Always keep your bowler on in times of stress and watch out for diabolical masterminds”.
@johnshields6852 Жыл бұрын
As a kid in the 60's I loved this show. Thank you.
@AquinArchibald Жыл бұрын
I became an Anglophile - I'm French - thanks to "the Avengers", and I watch this excellent series regularly, as well as "the Prisoner". A real soft power...
@lew8326 жыл бұрын
I am 68 and have watched many repeats of this fine show. Steed's immaculate attire, Emma Peel's cat suits and fighting scenes, the humour, the locations, the cars, the daft plots, all put together by a team of experts, and still being shown on tv. It would be very difficult to replicate this today. The world has changed and become a lot more serious. The " Avengers " was a one off mix , of skilled actors and actresses, excellent direction, photography, editing, and script writing.
@josephbarclayross62166 жыл бұрын
And the daft plots!
@NewtonDKC5 жыл бұрын
The Avengers is one of my all time favorite TV Shows, one of those perfect creations that exists in a bubble of time that simply can not exist or be recreated at any other time. Although these shows were somewhat before my time - I was a newborn during the Avengers last season for example, I still find them irresistible and resonate deep inside my being even today. Along with The Avengers I'd add Wild Wild West, the early years of Doctor Who (the rare example of one of these unique series still going strong today,, albeit recreating itself many many times over the years) and a few others. I also find it interesting that these shows I love dearly almost all have a season or two in B&W before switching to glorious color, allowing us to see them in these drastically different means of productions. I could go on for hours but suffice to say if our culture gets anywhere close to leaving ancient myths for the far off future generations, I fully expect Steed and Mrs. Peel to be right up there with the best of them (and I pity future scholars who will be forced to work out why some versions of the Avengers seen to leave out Steed and Peel and Tara even with lesser Avengers present, LOL.
@edwardcarberry10955 жыл бұрын
Emma Diana Rigg was the total one! Patrick Mac Nee was a wonderful actor! The true Gentleman! Shows movies would be "The BBC Goon Show", "BBC My Word" and "My Music" I would add , "Lawrence Of Arabia" also!
@barryhopesgthope6865 жыл бұрын
The movie remake with Uma and Joephes (Yes, I know, the spelling) very close.
@robertmusacchio30885 жыл бұрын
A more realistic but also incredibly wonderful English 'spy' series at the same time that can be paired as equally brilliant as the Avengers was Danger Man (or Secret Agent Man as it was known in America, in France it was Destination Danger) ; Patrick McGoohan was the 'serious' Steed, he was terrific ; I'm not sure if it was even shot in color for I always watched it on an old B/W set
@petcatznz4 жыл бұрын
As a kid I secretly watched The Avengers through the stair banisters because it was shown way past my bedtime, until my mother caught me one time. After that, as a special treat I was allowed to watch it each week with my parents. Happy days.
@toinimoore34634 жыл бұрын
I didn’t have a bedtime my parents tried but I was a night owl and so I got to watch it at 10:00 because I didn’t go to bed until 11:00 never affected my school work or grades as it turns out both my parents were night owls as kids too but never told me until I was older ,that show was a big deal for me in a small town.
@frankkolton1780 Жыл бұрын
Ha, me too, we had carpeted stairs to the upstairs bedrooms, I would slide myself down about 4 or 5 stairs on my stomach and peek thru the wooden banisters to watch from above.
@roydavis561310 ай бұрын
I was in love with Linda Thorson. The close-out scenes in Steed's stylish mews flat, with the inevitable glass of champagne were priceless ! 😊
@FINNEGANAGENNIF9 ай бұрын
We're so lucky to have enjoyed this level of entertainment. Emma Peel, Steed, and the whole adventure! What a delight in our personal history!
@kamuelalee5 жыл бұрын
Watched this show in reruns as a kid in the early 1970s. One of the best ever. Diana Rigg and Patrick Macnee were so awesome together!!
@susanmaxwell76232 жыл бұрын
Thank you. Emma Peale was a great role model for millions of us little girls, and she was the first on television.
@rogerhwerner69974 жыл бұрын
I never, ever tire of watching this program. Time and again each episode is consistently entertaining. I love them all.
@tadimaggio5 жыл бұрын
For me, the quintessential "Avengers" moment was in one episode where Steed and Tara were walking down a street, when a would-be murderer suddenly leaped down on them from above -- missing them, and going "SPLAT!" on the sidewalk. Without batting an eye, Steed and Tara stopped, looked down at him, and calmly said: TARA: "Rather a third-rate assassin, wouldn't you say?" STEED: "They don't make them like they used to." TARA: "No PRIDE in their craft." On a more serious note: Diana Rigg had been on the show for some time when she learned that she was being paid less than the chief CAMERAMAN on the show. Needless to say, once the mountains of fan mail for Emma Peel started rolling in, she saw to it that THAT situation changed dramatically.
@racketman2u5 жыл бұрын
There's something rather special about that theme tune, it still makes the hairs on the back of my neck prickle!
@joelmoskowitz51706 жыл бұрын
One of the main reasons that the British fell behind in technology in the 1960's was that most of their best scientists were killed on episodes of The Avengers
@josephbarclayross62166 жыл бұрын
Good point.
@haroldwaig22425 жыл бұрын
GEE..Your Right!!, But You Brits Did Very Well On Other Things...Music, Dr.WHO, The Saint, Benny, Morse, Princess Diana Her Sons William And Harry, And Other Things/People That The WORLD LOVED AND STILL LOVES..THANK YOU BRITS GOOD JOB
@leonardbailey55195 жыл бұрын
Can you imagine being in the shower and the cybernaut coming through the door where in the hell do you run
@kathleencampbell11385 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂😂
@coffeekissesxoxo60095 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂
@robjones24086 жыл бұрын
Was there ever a better-dressed man than Patrick MacNee? Even after five decades, those suits still ooze elegance and class. Wonderful stuff.
@PedalToTheMetal618885 жыл бұрын
...you noticed that too...!!!...
@PedalToTheMetal618885 жыл бұрын
...and "Gene-Barry-''...-(-Bat-Masterson-)-...song says and he wore a cane and DERBY-HAT''...But What about PALLADIN''...Have-GUN-Will-TRAVEL...in the San-FRANCISCO...HOTEL...He was ...partTIME...pimping them whores in that ...HoteL'''Oh''...now i GET-it ...i wasn't suppose to Notice ...that ...shit...huh..!?
@maxnullifidian4 жыл бұрын
I seem to recall that Bat Masterson dressed very well.
@PedalToTheMetal618884 жыл бұрын
@@maxnullifidian ...so did ...''PaLLadin''...(-HaveGUN-will-TraveL-)-...Richard-Boone...yo''boy ...his personal...Go-Getter ...chinese...MAID...service in that San-Francisco-Hotel-...He was...pimping-''...Lot of people forget that ...part of the SHOW...p.s.'' check out that ...3...pc...suit He ...wore..!!...oh...yes and that ...10-Gallon...Hat-''..!
@Dragonblaster14 жыл бұрын
Was there ever a cooler look? Super charisma and ultra-class.
@RSTI1916 жыл бұрын
One of the best television themes ever written
@taroman71004 жыл бұрын
It's awesome yes!
@neriozulberti14924 жыл бұрын
Yes but also The persuaders
@xHeadcleanerx4 жыл бұрын
Department S too
@jean-erictateia32734 жыл бұрын
a theme that takes genius, unequaled.A whole era and precious memories.
@petcatznz4 жыл бұрын
The theme music used for the first three series was performed by Johnny Dankworth I believe, Cleo Laine's husband and a great jazz musician.
@KnowTrentTimoy6 жыл бұрын
I remember watching this show as a kid in the 90's thanks to my parent's collection tapes. The theme music of the show was breathtaking. It's iconic and must see tv.....Even today.
@richardwalker41106 жыл бұрын
Diana Rigg and Patrick Macnee to me are the best I’ve ever seen.
@maxwellfan555 жыл бұрын
Agree, they just kew each others reactions, rolled off each other, made it look easy, it was perfect. And those spartan rural locations...!
@teetarquin70123 жыл бұрын
RIP Patrick McNee, Honor Blackman, and Dame Diana Rigg. You were my heroes when I was just a kid. Thank God, we still have Dame Joan Collins!
@bertplank8011 Жыл бұрын
Come off it.....the old boiler wore out her welcome decades ago.
@alexnelson95127 ай бұрын
@@bertplank8011 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 "Old Boiler" or should it be *_Old Broiler_* (a hen used for meat production)?
@user-ov4mk9ox8yАй бұрын
@@alexnelson9512 In Hollywood she was known as "the British Open". !!!! Now, remanuf. her "experience" trying to fit in (along with Jane Fonda) to the new "Woke" program!
@jamespardue30554 жыл бұрын
Diana Rigg..............wow. What a stunner, plus just a great show. Always big fun, well done.
@MisterMitchMM3 жыл бұрын
Godspeed Diana. Thank you for entertaining us. Rest in Peace.
@antonioszytulskyj81653 жыл бұрын
Beauty, appeal, class, natural talent : Diana had everything. Will be sadly missed 😪, mrs peel you're needed elsewhere. RIP
@samiramulla2993 жыл бұрын
I am French and love this serial even if I was born in 90s. It shows us English culture. I am so sad about Diana Rigg's death. She was wonderful and I love John Steed also.
@dizzysteve2563 жыл бұрын
A true classic with so much style that could never be replicated nowadays ❤️
@donmoore77854 жыл бұрын
Putting up with having to watch Joan Collins is WAY more than made up for by seeing Patrick MacNee interviewed and Diana Rigg's incomparable figure. The Avengers was fresh and exciting - loved watching it as a child.
@cathleanjohnson675 Жыл бұрын
Remember watching this in reruns during the late 60s and 70s, Rigg and MacNee were my favorite pairing, this show, The Man from U.N.C.L.E and Remington Steele are 3 of my all time favorites, the Golden Age of TV sadly long gone.
@TruAnRksT7 жыл бұрын
Diana was stunning in the day, none of the other girls ever came close.
@kamuelalee5 жыл бұрын
Huge Diana Rigg fan -- when she was young on The Avengers and other projects and old too, on Game of Thrones.
@moby44445 жыл бұрын
Mrs. Peel was the only Avengers girl where there was absolutely no doubt of her equality to Steed in every way. If Steed had left instead of her, she could have taken the lead role without a hiccup! Her acting chops were never in question, which is to this day, evident in her role on "Game of Thrones".
@PedalToTheMetal618885 жыл бұрын
...they were all over WEIGHT according to ...HOLLYWOOD''
@jamesr64975 жыл бұрын
She was sweet but... only Honor Blackman was deemed beautiful enough for 007 in the greatest Bond movie ever... GOLDFINGER!!!
@cat-lw6kq5 жыл бұрын
To me as a guy yes she's both beautiful and able to take care of herself, she proved to be pretty good in those action scenes. Very unusual to see a 60's girl that was strong and independent.
@Fletch745310 ай бұрын
Classic.....God help me but I sure miss those days. Some have said that I live in the past but that's fine with me. Everything was better TV, music, movies, people etc. Thank you for the video !
@geoffreycoulson20395 жыл бұрын
Every time I here that tune I'm 9years old again Best tv theme of all time...well that and t hunderbirds.
@PaulZink5 жыл бұрын
Theme courtesy of Laurie Johnson.
@davidkingsbury22575 жыл бұрын
DIANA RIGG, BY FAR THE CLASSIEST MOST BEAUTIFUL OF THE AVENGER WOMEN!
@jimdevilbiss91255 жыл бұрын
David Kingsbury The only one of the three I watched the last one was just too campy if that’s a word
@albertobaudino19633 жыл бұрын
Modern Woman Forever Young
@gailreese41023 жыл бұрын
I can remember watching the adventures of "John Steed" & "Emma Peel" and "The Avengers." My dad was a great fan of English tv programming & especially loved this one, along with Patrick McGoohan's "The Prisoner." Thank you, so much, for sharing this!
@CHRISANDREOU41996 ай бұрын
Your dad had good taste, From the 60s and 70s those two shows are still amazing
@gailreese41026 ай бұрын
He later enjoyed "Have You Been Served," "Benny Hill," and "Prime Suspect." (I can also remember watching "Secret Agent," which had a memorable theme song.)@@CHRISANDREOU4199
@carolcrowley30404 жыл бұрын
As a child this was my favorite show. I loved the way Emma Peel was able to back John when they were threatened. Her fighting style was inspirational.
@colinp22386 жыл бұрын
The part of this show that I remember vividly is when Mr Peel shows up after being lost in the jungle for years. Steed watches Mrs Peel as she is leaving with her husband, driving away in a 30's Bentley wearing a suit and bowler. The irony is that you always thought that he never tried it on with her thinking he wasn't her type. The Avengers introduced me to my first and persistent love - the green label Bentley, my dream car to this day, if only I could afford one.
@nrnar5 жыл бұрын
As a young boy watching Emma Peel on our black and white TV, I was always struck by her beauty.
@SNAKEPIT3595 жыл бұрын
Nik Rahmat Yes likewise She was my first crush. Even before Puberty had even kicked in. I thought she was stunning. Just out of interest did anyone during the late 60's send off to ATV studio and BBC studio for autographed photos of the TV stars of the 60's ? Great times. Great TV.
@giuseppegrillino784 жыл бұрын
I also!
@dwighta86557 жыл бұрын
Diana Rigg was the best. Always loved the early B&W versions of The Avengers.
@colinmcphan6 жыл бұрын
Dwight A So was Patrick Mcnee!!!
@PedalToTheMetal618885 жыл бұрын
...The OLDER -version...of Her is ...Astonishing...she''s WELL...Kept...Nice...Luscious...'''Lips...Slim, Trim, mean & Lean...noORCA The WhaLe Look or ...''Henrietta-'''HippoPotamus...Like these women you see out here...nowAdays...yucKKK...
@Galahad-hk4bb3 жыл бұрын
So sad... Dame Diana Rigg has passed away this morning (9/10/20). She had it all...brains, beauty, and (in the 60s) this pre-teenage boys heart ♥️.
@peterlowings87854 жыл бұрын
"One of the best shows ever made" I whole heartedly agree UK TV
@kbc163 Жыл бұрын
An all-time classic full of class, wit, and fun. I have loved it for decades. It was marred only by the return of Peter Peel. And you know it's true. Just why, Brian? 😄
@liktom7 жыл бұрын
Whoa, all the actors still look so gorgeous and no botox. The Avengers forever and ever!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you from the USA...
@kellybrown6854 жыл бұрын
Oh please Joan has had more work than the Panama Canal
@mtsenskmtsensk51134 жыл бұрын
Kelly Brown Joan Collins wasn't in the Avengers, so yes the Avengers were pre-botox, and they were also athletic, so that would exclude Joan even more.
@calebfuller47134 жыл бұрын
You know Dianna Rigg - Emma Peel - played Lady Olenna on Game of Thrones. She's still a fabulous actress and an amazing woman, but she does look her age (which in your 80s is pretty hard not to.) And yes, of course, I had a crush on Emma Peel!
@asecchiari7 жыл бұрын
I use to love seeing The Avengers when I was a child. Best TV show ever!!!
@wanderingwade88776 жыл бұрын
I loved the theme music.
@davidburroughs70684 жыл бұрын
I was 10 years old, born and being raised in southern California, and I was sure TheAvengers was exactly how the English were and had always been :)
@Oldbmwr100rs5 жыл бұрын
It was one of the best shows ever made, too! When I found the show one day when I was young, I loved it and tried to catch all I could. It was amazing, kind of why I loved "The wild wild west' and "The prisoner", every episode a great ride, pure entertainment, well written stories, great fun acting, none of the stupid crap most U.S. television offered at all.
@Mekratrig7 жыл бұрын
Diana Rigg was a stunningly beautiful gal. Had major fanboy crush on her.
@tigerbay10006 жыл бұрын
Mekratrig. Every man loved Emma Peel!!.
@iconicshrubbery5 жыл бұрын
@@tigerbay1000 and boys too.
@tigerbay10005 жыл бұрын
Mekratrig Very beautiful
@gregorybuell86375 жыл бұрын
That's why I enjoyed the show and yes she was a beautiful woman
@farerolobos93825 жыл бұрын
I was 11 and had no interest in girls at all. I couldn't understand what was all the fuss about girls among my older mates (I was always the youngest of the class)… then I saw Ms. Emma Peel and life changed for ever...
@user-fm3vj5im1m3 жыл бұрын
Vale Diana Rigg, 10 September 2020. Thank you so much for entertaining us during such a long career. Rest In Peace.
@BeatlesFanSonia5 жыл бұрын
I loved Patrick MacNee and my favorite woman was Emma Peel! What a great show that was! ❤️ Diana Rigg and Patrick MacNee made the best episodes!
@andyjay93467 жыл бұрын
To me as a teenager at the time of the Avengers I was always in awe at the unparalleled writing of Brian Clemens and without his writing the show would never have been half the success it had become. Clenens had the creative ability to churn out brilliant macabre dramatic television writing for many British espionage drams including Danger Man, The Protectors, The Professionals, The Invisible Man, Remington Steele and The Persuaders to name but a few and the hugely successful 70's British TV series of 43 episodes, Thriller.
@angelaattenbon47883 жыл бұрын
He was a genius and true innovator.
@robynheavner46895 жыл бұрын
Still my favorite, since I was a child. Bravo to a great tv series😇
@trevorkeyes16946 жыл бұрын
Emma peel was the best of them all
@FightCollective5 жыл бұрын
Purdy x
@simongee89285 жыл бұрын
Nope, Linda Thorson was my favourite - !
@barryhopesgthope6865 жыл бұрын
Cody DePalma( Ziva) captures much of the Emma Peel personification
@Trev3595 жыл бұрын
It will always be Honor Blackman for me. Ian Hendry was good as well.
@kevincarrigan63484 жыл бұрын
I never chased after blondes 'coz of Diana Rigg. Became a life long fan of brunettes & Black hair.....
@lordbyron36035 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite tv shows in the 60’s. I’m 63 now.
@charliejacobs87626 жыл бұрын
I think one of the best shows ever it was about escaping the daily grind,not looking for oozing blood. Patrick Mcnee and all of his lady co stars were and are fabulous. Miss the all.
@BolanKeith7 жыл бұрын
Best TV show ever. I still watch it every week on DVD. Escapism at its finest.
@stanotter3676 жыл бұрын
cool
@user-he1pp9gh1l6 жыл бұрын
BolanKeith As Soon as I here the Music it alters my psychy.
@kensellers4082 Жыл бұрын
Back during the 1960s, it was great to watch Patrick MacNee and Dame Diana Rigg on “The Avengers” every week on ABC. There must have been millions of school boys across England, America, Canada, New Zealand and Australia, who had a huge crush on Dame Diana. Author George R.R. Martin has said that he loved watching Diana Rigg on “The Avengers” as a teenager. I thought that Linda Thorson as the energetic Tara King was also terrific as John Steed’s new partner on the show. And, years later, we finally got to see the wonderful Honor Blackman as Mrs. Cathy Gale (in her pre-Pussy Galore “Goldfinger” days) on American television. As others have already stated, it’s still great fun to watch the exploits of John Steed and his beautiful and highly capable colleagues on “The Avengers” over 50 years later. Requiem aeternam, Mr. MacNee, Dame Diana and and Ms. Blackman.
@deegreen78687 жыл бұрын
My hero was Mrs. Emma Peel. She was everything I wanted to be.
@kendrasteinhauer94256 жыл бұрын
Dee Green Me too
@richardranke78785 жыл бұрын
It's true what I've heard about lovely Emma Peel.She was the woman every woman wanted to be and every man wanted to be with.:-)
@last75095 жыл бұрын
Lady Olenna was as hot as Margery
@calebfuller47134 жыл бұрын
@@richardranke7878 Men want her, women want to be her...
@wurldtravlr6207 жыл бұрын
Memories. Loved this show... and Diana. When she left so did I.
@dennisdiede4 жыл бұрын
I was excited to visit England in the 1980's because of the Avengers. When I went, I had the greatest time of my life absorbing Avengers home nation. LOVE...
@tabletalk337 жыл бұрын
As old Pat said, one of the greatest shows ever made.
@johnfoy1944 жыл бұрын
tabletalk33 etched in my young mind. She and the series are epic!!!
@iwasanangryyoungman7 жыл бұрын
James Bond antics with a dash of Dr Who bonkers.....
@MikeGreenwood516 жыл бұрын
What you call bonkers! Those wearing bowler hats call surrealism. Being of the arts it differs to realism whilst also being real.
@rogerlynch52795 жыл бұрын
Why is it the British are creating so well done shows. Same with the British original of THE ELEVENTH HOUR. There Patrick Steward had been the advising scientist.
@PaulZink5 жыл бұрын
Good summary!
@PedalToTheMetal618884 жыл бұрын
...james-BOND''...(-pussy-GaLORE-)-...with One and Only ...sean-connery''...FORGET THE ...rest...
@Garymayo4 жыл бұрын
Wonderful TV show that entertained me as a child of the 60s. Emma was every boys first TV crush back in that day.
@michaela.mccracken44617 жыл бұрын
R.I.P. Patrick MacNee Beloved John Steed.
@ZnenTitan7 жыл бұрын
Yah, when he passed on here in Palm Springs, I went out and bought every newspaper I could lay my hands on.
@r.dbergman40346 жыл бұрын
Normajean McCracken He died!? Shit..I didn't know that..
@varanid95 жыл бұрын
I once heard that Patrick MacNee had been a torpedo boat commander during WW2.
@Dragonblaster14 жыл бұрын
@@varanid9 Yes, he left the Royal Navy as a lieutenant at the end of the war, and that wasn't bad considering he came in as an ordinary seaman.
@scottknode8984 жыл бұрын
R.D Bergman yes Patrick was born in 1922 and was 93 when he passed away in 2015 only a few years before his close friend and former James Bond Star Roger Moore whom he co starred with in A View To A Kill.
@paulnewsom76293 жыл бұрын
Today Diana Has Passed Away ,I Am Shocked Yes ,She Was Apart of My Childhood ,And A Classy Lady ,There TRULY WILL NEVER EVER BE ANOTHER LIKE HER My Condolences To Her Daughter
@vladtheimpaler55506 жыл бұрын
I used to watch repeats of this show as a kid in the early 70;s, I had a crush on the woman, she really was very beautiful .
@johnfoy1944 жыл бұрын
VLAD THE IMPALER super crush. She had a grip on me through the Telly in the States!
@terribethreed84647 жыл бұрын
A real blast from the past!! lol!! I loved The Avengers when I was growing up!! Thank you for this!!
@jerrywashington57347 жыл бұрын
British movies,novels,culture is smashing!!
@jaztea61473 жыл бұрын
Simply loved this serious I was crazy about Emma peel we loved her may she Rest In Peace we miss you and John steed
@j.r.45312 жыл бұрын
I absolutely LOVE The Avengers, it was and is a very stylish and witty show, and there is NO woman sexier than Diana Rigg in a cat-suit!!!
@royandjacqueline12943 жыл бұрын
The Avengers are on now. Nanny Roberts. ITV4. Starts 1545hrs. On again at 1645hrs on ITV4 plus one. Absolutely brilliant episode 🥰🇯🇲🏴🕊️🔥✝️
@maryoliver3868 Жыл бұрын
How I loved this show ! I came aboard during the Emma Peel episodes and became not only an instant fan but a dedicated watcher. I have seen and enjoyed the original episodes and the ones with Cathy Gale, and never could accept Tara King. The Emma Peel episodes were quirky, fun, a bit over the moon plotwise, and just terrific. Kudos to the production group who kept it all afloat and to Patrick McNee whose John Steed was the epitome of British manners and down to earth action. We shall never see its like again. Thank goodness for reruns, and thanks for this behind the scenes documentary.
@suzeaa3 жыл бұрын
Diana Rigg was perfect.
@aidanstafford3186 жыл бұрын
This documentary is delightful. And, more time should have been afforded to it; regarding the expansive influence that THE AVENGERS accomplished. For example, within the Canadian television series of 1990 entitled, "These Arms Of Mine", Shauna MacDonald's character of "Claire Monroe" was filming her lover, "David Bishop" , portrayed by Alex Carter at his work as a photographer. Her character was making an audition-interview tape for a news network. And, throughout this montage, was being played a song that featured the constant lyric, "I want to feel like Emma Peel". The song's title was either, "Emma Peel", OR "Like Emma Peel". And although every one of the avengers are loved, Emma did hold a particularly evocative influence as the beautiful genius, and master of martial arts and weaponry. Whom would NOT want to feel like Emma Peel? At least two other spy shows had presented their own homage to the show: [1] "Get Smart" had produced an episode in which a Steed-likened, and Emma-likened duo of villainous spies were stirring up trouble. And, although those characters were antagonists, fans of The Avengers could detect the familiar-affectations instantly! And, [2] "The Saint" , starring Roger Moore, featured an episode in which his character of "Simon Templar" was rescuing a woman from a fortress.----Both were navigating their way through the forest of the estate which was populated with armed guards. And, said young woman, who was hiding behind a tree, had administered a karate-chop against the base of the neck of one of those rifle carrying guards. He, as a result, fell to the ground; totally un-conscious. Proudly, she had boasted to Simon, "I learned THAT from watching television.! Then Simon, with much wit, answered, "Ye-es. Well, come along, Mrs. Peel.".
@alcd63333 жыл бұрын
Just read the tragic news: Ms. Diana Rigg passed away today. RIP.
@rebeccavlahos84733 жыл бұрын
SIlly GOOSE ...STIO HATING ON PEOPLE. SHE'S ALIVE N WELL!!!!🐜
@theolamp53127 жыл бұрын
One of my all time favorite shows, along with The West Wing. Both were intelligent and creative. Honorable mentions to Mash, WKRP, and Night Court.
@jimenezap097 жыл бұрын
I saw reruns of The Avengers in the early 80s here in the Philippines. I had a crush then with Diana Rigg. She's so pretty and sexy!
@davidzweiban55494 жыл бұрын
I watched this every week growing up. England was sunny and beautiful. Small villages held mysterious secrets. John Steed and Emma Peel were the greatest. Loved the cars, especially Steeds.
@moonled5 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite scenes in Marvel Comics is when a character meets Marvel's Avengers and says, "Oh wow! Which one is Mrs Peel?"
@videomaniac1084 жыл бұрын
It's good to see Diana Rigg and Joan Collins, two beautiful and classy British ladies.
@hayprofilms7 жыл бұрын
Best programme of its time and still an evergreen. My favourite theme music of all time!. I used to go to rugby with my dad in Leeds Yorkshire as a youngster, and what a thrill to see Diana Rigg Sat a few rows behind me, in the early 1970s
@berniewinkey7 жыл бұрын
Hayden Harris
@jstevenson71215 жыл бұрын
Yup Diana lived near Gledhow Valley Road for a while. As a kid, we often drove by the house where she supposedly lived. No luck seeing her, though.
@johnfoy1944 жыл бұрын
Hayden Harris wow. Ditto
@codyhilton1750 Жыл бұрын
One of my favorite shows and themes. Ran across it by accident and loved it ever since.
@rudolftrost35346 жыл бұрын
The Soviet dossier on John Steed read: "Extremely Dangerous. Handle with Care!" The file on Emma Peel read: "Way to dangerous. Do not handle at all!"
@josephbarclayross62166 жыл бұрын
Fair assessment.
@colinmcphan6 жыл бұрын
Rudolf Trost John Steed was every bit as dangerous! I love Steed and Mrs. Peel and both Patrick and Diana. Would never put one above the other.
@billythedog-3094 жыл бұрын
Surely the Soviets could spell better than that.
@billlamont8172 жыл бұрын
Nyet!!
@afredmathieu88288 жыл бұрын
Honor Blackman :Quelle charme dans la figure !!!Le Charme Britannique :j ' adore ...
@dah9606 жыл бұрын
I've always though of Avengers and Wild wild west as related shows. Both action adventure both part sci fi and whimsical and I am finding that both stand up to the test of time much better than anything made in their time period.
@JonBlondell6 жыл бұрын
Da H and the coolest music themes ever!!
@GoldandAppel5 жыл бұрын
I honor you for your discernment.
@randyacuna32484 жыл бұрын
Yes ,the avengers and the wild wild west were so much fun to watch. Off the wall fun.
@tristanblackwolf20438 жыл бұрын
I love SO many of the episodes of this magnificent series... but if I were forced to pick one, I'd have to say "The Joker" ... Emma's article on playing bridge attracts the attention of a Sir Cavalier Rusticana, who invites her to his home for the weekend... except what she finds is a huge house full of strange people and astonishing traps... Brilliant from start to finish, and it scared the crud out of me when I first saw it at 10 years of age!
@jeffsullivan20444 жыл бұрын
This episode was rewritten from a Blackman episode ( Don't look behind you). Both episodes were excellent.
@ksharpe10 Жыл бұрын
it was the same house used for the superlative seven episode.
@lysmykyta1199 Жыл бұрын
The scariest episode that I remembered from childhood was "the house that Jack built"
@myfreejoe6 жыл бұрын
Ah, the memories of my 13 yr old babysitter who my 7 yr old self thought was grown and was hopelessly in love with. Still have a pic of the two of us sitting together on the sofa holding hands right before my folks left for the evening and anxiously waiting for the Avengers to start. HI NANCY!!!
@paulrobinson54924 жыл бұрын
What a sweet memory. . ., thanks for sharing.
@WFTL146 жыл бұрын
My favorite episode was the one where they were brain switched with the foreign agents. It gave Patrick and Dianna a chance to step out of character. It must have been a lot of fun for them.
@vsedai5 жыл бұрын
that was hilarious.
@GeeTrieste5 жыл бұрын
I always remember that one where there was drug that made people always say the opposite of what they wanted to say, it was with Tara King.
@missayawk4 жыл бұрын
I just watched that 2 days ago.It gave them the chance to finally be physical with each other, without having to flirt.
@geoffolehane5 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite TV shows.
@martyjewell56834 жыл бұрын
When Diana Rigg first appeared on the Avengers I was thirteen and had such a crush on her. Heck, Honor Blackman wasn't bad either.
@martyjewell56834 жыл бұрын
@A Slice of Fruitcake, too husky for me. I liked the svelt Ms. Rigg better. Ms. Lumley was in the New Avengers I think. Wasn't Joanna also on the show Absolutely Fabulous???
@lencortigiano14508 жыл бұрын
In the States it was on Friday nights at 10:00 on ABC. I can still remember being 10 years old, and staying up to watch with my older sister.
@brig.43988 жыл бұрын
it first run during the summer months back in the 60's, most stations at the time showed re-runs so they started picking up these British shows during the summer.
@Heinz220417 жыл бұрын
Here in formerly Western Germany it was very popular at the end of the 1960's and early 1970's and I looked it every time when it was on the air
@erilaz77 жыл бұрын
I'm too young to have seen the show in its original run (I was born in the middle of Diana Rigg's second series!), but I watched it religiously in re-runs on one of the San Francisco TV stations when I was in college in the mid-1980s.
@Heinz220417 жыл бұрын
i guess here it was also on Friday nights at the end of the 1969's .
@brig.43987 жыл бұрын
I seem to remember it was like 8pm, the stations that normally showed re-runs during the summer months would pick up these english tv shows.
@r.dbergman40346 жыл бұрын
Hooray!!! Love this show, own every episode, watch them frequently..
@droid2646 жыл бұрын
R.D Bergman cool...I own the VHS'S....I want the dvd or blue ray
@abbyrhodes8145 жыл бұрын
Aye, "what the butler saw" and "the house that jack built", and all the rest, the English charm will be remembered in this household till I'm gone.
@M5guitar14 жыл бұрын
I was 5 or 6 and had such a crush on Emma Peel....to this day...
@cletola96757 жыл бұрын
saw this as a child.. strugeled to freaking stay awake it showed so late.. but the wait was well worth it.. i love it to this day.. great fantasy and glamor only good old England could bring..
@JamesBrown-ob9mh3 жыл бұрын
Dame Diana Rigg or should l call you Dame Mrs Peel. God bless you for the grace and Elegance you brought to the Avengers and also to the Bond film "On her majestys secret service". You were the actress which all other actresses need to aspire to, and will always need to aspire to. A true rose. God rest your soul. And l hope there are still people watching this video in 2020 and beyond. What a lady and what a gem. RIP Dame Diana Rigg.
@Circuit7Active4 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite TV shows ever. The Prisoner is up there with it.
@russellcampbell91985 жыл бұрын
The theme was brilliant.
@liktom4 жыл бұрын
Loved it all from beginning to the end. Cheers for the memories!
@Fleshox19-uz3qt4 жыл бұрын
Feeling cooperative? No, I feel positively stubborn. Love it.
@plofus7 жыл бұрын
"Im in love with Emma Peel,smooth as ivory,hard as steel"
@Dragonblaster14 жыл бұрын
I wanna to know the way she feels.
@beenine55574 жыл бұрын
@@Dragonblaster1 "Wanna touch her. She appears upon the screen, she's a two dimensional dream. Is she really what she seems?"
@derrickjames61524 жыл бұрын
Avengers has bee one of my favorite tv shows growing up, it was so humorous even to date
@tangatoto3623 жыл бұрын
Lovely to see this, especially after the sad news of recent days (Sept 2020), and to be reminded just how fantastic this series was all those years ago. What else combined the thrilling, the classy and the surreal in such appetising entertainment.
@donaldpiercey38425 жыл бұрын
The comment by Patrick Macnee that the Avengers was 1 of the best shows ever made is absolutely true I totally agree, an absolutely wonderful show!!
@rosebud39717 жыл бұрын
The Avengers and Are You Being Served are eternal.
@garybrownfie6 жыл бұрын
Let's face it, the Brits are ahead of us on great TV.