Classic TV - The Avengers

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[@anthonywallace3096]

One of the best TV shows watched by millions. A real shame no one can make TV like this anymore.

[@stevekru6518]

I like The Avengers too, but it’s not sui generic. To be fair it was outdone by The Prisoner, Twilight Zone, I Spy, and in recent years Sopranos, Homeland, Americans, Billions, Wire, others. Then again, watching paint dry, grass grow or baseball would fascinate me if Diana Rigg were the painter, gardener or catcher

[@anthonywallace3096]

Comparing today's tv shows with 60s shows is silly. Avengers was a tongue in cheek series with daft storylines. Never meant to be taken seriously.

[@randyacuna5643]

​@anthonywallace3096 silly or serious, today's writing cannot match the charm and charisma of the Avengers, a truly original show.

[@chrisballas3356]

​@@stevekru6518 your recent year pics all suck. Sorry about that but that's the reality. Stick to the 60s and '70s for the top shelf TV shows.

[@jimbo43ohara51]

@@anthonywallace3096 Not sure about silly. You only need to look at a reality show like Pawn Stars to realize how the standards have dropped.

[@pokerface8242]

As a teenager in the mid 60's to me the black & white episodes seemed more dramatic and serious. Once it went to color, the vibe became more light-hearted. More importantly, Diana Rigg in color was an epiphany. I believe TV Guide called her the most beautiful woman on either side of the Atlantic. And her chemistry with Patrick Macnee was off the charts. Steed and Peel - Best crimefighting duo ever! (The less said about the movie, the better.)

[@coolaunt516]

I have all of the Mrs. Peel episodes on video. She was who I wanted to be when I grew up.

[@MrToombstone]

As a kid the shows before Steed got a female partner was very boring. The theme song from season 1 thru 3 was not that great. Season 4 started out with a fantastic theme song and a fantastic partner in Emma Peel.

[@richardpetty9159]

To be fair, anybody’s chemistry with Diana Rigg would be off of the charts.

[@brushfuse]

So sweet to hear Patrick Macnee speak of Diana Rigg so warmly.

[@jeff__w]

In every interview both he and Diana Rigg spoke very warmly of the other. Their onscreen “chemistry” was matched by a very amicable offscreen one. They, in fact, wrote the witty dialogue for the beginning scenes where they invariably came across a body or two-the writers weren't much good at it-so they seem to have got on fairly well.

[@robjones2408]

For sheer class and elegance, nobody before or since has matched Diana Rigg and Patrick Macnee. They still remain the best-dressed couple in TV history. "The Avengers" hasn't been touched in six decades, because the lead actors both had unique chemistry. Sheer brilliance. Nobody has ever worn a bowler hat better than Patrick MacNee. Gone, never to be forgotten. A fabulous tribute to a much-loved series.

[@benderbendingrodriguez420]

There was the awful 90s movie with Sean Connery I believe so the series has been touched in six decades.... just not in a good way lmao

[@ghw7192]

I was an immediate Avengers fan and when Diana Rigg joined the cast, I was in love. The Emma Peel Years is available on DVD and I bought that several years ago. RIP, Beautiiful and Talented Lady.

[@bjornsanjuan1846]

I really wanted to make her my girlfriend too!

[@arricammarques1955]

$15 CDN Box Set : )

[@outsider238]

Loved this show! I watched the Emma Peel years when I was a kid.

[@maryoliver8596]

This has forever been one of my favorite shows, especially the Emma Peel episodes. What a loss when she left. Thanks for sharing all this knowledge and the great pictures.

[@RobHollanderMusic]

It never recovered from losing her.

[@daveroche6522]

The Diana Rigg episodes had everything (including pure batshit bonkers on occasion). Great viewing (plus a kickass theme), still quality today.

[@mikegrossberg8624]

One effect of the show you missed: While The Avengers was running in the US, a fashion fad was started. Steed's Edwardian suit, the double-breasted one with the slightly pinched-in waist, became very popular

[@itwsntme]

An early crush of mine from watching the reruns in the late 70's. I'll always have a soft spot for Diana.

[@jaysonraphaelmurdock8812]

Me too.

[@miklosernoehazy8678]

...loved the show, and Emma Peel (my favorite episode: "A Touch of Brimstone")... ...LOVED the "Queen of Sin" outfit in that episode... ...it wasn't exactly a soft spot I had for Emma Peel... 😉😉

[@howardblasingame7961]

Lovely tribute to a wonderful show.

[@PJAvenger]

As a Canadian I was lucky to have the CBC televise this show. I was all in for Emma Peel! Then they did The New Avengers in Canada! That was hilarious to me.

[@bjornsanjuan1846]

No one beats Diana Rigg! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@lawrencedoliveiro9104]

The first actress cast for Emma Peel was Elizabeth Shepherd. They got as far as shooting the first episode and a half before deciding that she simply wasn’t right for the part. So they paid her off and went actress-hunting again. And found Diana Rigg.

[@WilliamHBaird-eq2hp]

Elizabeth Shepherd would have been good too., She had that sexy Tippi Hedrin look about her.

[@lawrencedoliveiro9104]

According to the book _The Complete Avengers_ by Dave Rogers, the casting team “found a beautiful actress called Elizabeth Shepherd ... who had been dubbed one of the most beautiful of the current British actresses, and she was signed for the role. However, Miss Shepherd failed to impress the producers, or ruffle the characteristic well-bred charm of Patrick Macnee. Aftere viewing rushes of the first episode, _Town of No Return_ , they decided that, although an accomplished actress, she didn’t give the character the light comedy touch they were looking for. Having spent over £120,000, they stopped the production half-way through _The Murder Market_ , and Elizabeth Shepherd was dropped.” The writer goes on to say: “With an impressive range of Shakespearean roles behind her, it is difficult to understand why Miss Shepherd failed to demonstrate her pedigree to the producers.” Nevertheless, there we go ...

[@kbc163]

@@lawrencedoliveiro9104 I think the reason is that Macnee and Rigg together had more chemistry than Big Pharma. One of the most playfully romantic duos in TV history. Elizabeth Shepherd paled in comparison.

[@alexnelson9512]

@@lawrencedoliveiro9104 *_Thank you - that is exactly what I have been aware of for many years! This TV series was iconic and I am still obsessed with the whole cult phenomenon even today.!_*

[@OuterGalaxyLounge]

Thanks JB for this. I first caught The Avengers when it was in reruns in the US back in the '70s on late night TV. The onset of my adolescence happened at the same time I got my first glance of Miss Emma Peel. I was forever in love thereafter.

[@spiff2268]

Man, I was gonna say pretty much the exact same thing. Where I was it came on every Friday night at 11:30, right after the news. Good times!

[@johnfic4751]

I loved the show. John Steed and Mrs. Peel were the best.

[@partymanau]

I wonder how many boys she caused to enter early puberty.

[@the60skid48]

As a Yank in the States in 1966. I loved watching The Avengers during the Emma Peel years. First on ABC in prime time then in syndication. CBS Late Night Movie aired a block of Avengers episodes in the early to mid 70s. Great Series. “Mrs. Peel, we’re needed” always loved those bits in the opening segments. Fun and humorous. Too bad they stopped doing those after awhile. I liked them.

[@andyjay9346]

My fave episode has always been 'The House That Jack Built' with Emma Peel.

[@stewartrussell1951]

Truly one of the great all-time shows: especially the Emma Peel series. They really set the bar for style and wit. Thanks for the memories!

[@WilliamHBaird-eq2hp]

The Avengers was my go to show as a kid in the late 1960's Loved Tara and Emma!

[@sharonkaysnowton]

I love the Avengers. I watched it as a child. I absolutely loved the episodes with Emma Peel. Thanks for sharing this video.

[@virgilrobertsjr7870]

The Avengers was a sensational must watch series! ☆☆☆☆☆ 😎

[@PeterScott-uc2nr]

The BEST television show EVER!

[@alexnelson9512]

*_Absolutely unique and special. The Yanks wanted to kill it off by deliberately pitting it against the Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In TV trash comedy show (starring an early Goldie Hawn)._*

[@wokeaf1242]

There was never a show like The Avengers. I watched in cosstantly while growing up. And I have to admit the John Steed/Emma Peel were my favorites. I thought the remake was okay. In the US there was a time when CBS would air these shows at 11:30 at night. I couldn' tell you why. The only late-night talk show at the time was Johnny Carson. David Letterman didn't come along until years later. Anyone we got shows like "My Partner the Ghost." (Yes, that was a real show.) They made a big deal about airing the New Avengers, and I didn't hate it but it felt wrong wtthout Mrs. Peel. (I was a kid and didn't know how these things worked.) I think it also tried to be more spy then spy-fi. The movie on the other had made me wonder if the makers actually saw the show at all. I'm sorry, but it was boring and mis-cast. Then again Patrick McNee and Diana Rigg were just tough shoes to fill. You should do a show focuring on the more bizaar episodes. Like the killer plant, or the rich guy obsessed with trains because he felt car were replacing them. (That one had the fake train ride with the Alfred type doing all the work to pull off the illusion. I remember as a kid wondering what the interveiw process was like for that job.) What a great show that will never be duplicated. It was lightening in the bottle they'll never catch again. Great video.

[@celtspeaksgoth7251]

Sunday evenings after church - Dr Finlay's Casebook or Emma Peel Avengers. No contest.

[@kbc163]

I had a similar experience growing up. CBS was showing The New Avengers on Friday nights starting around 1978 and they'd throw in a few color Emma Peel episodes. I distinctly remember "Dead Man's Treasure," which is still probably my favorite episode for that reason. I loved Emma, but always wondered why she was called "Mrs. Peel." As a kid I thought she and Steed were married and I kept pestering my mom asking "why isn't she Mrs. Steed?" 😂 Guess I was picking up on the vibe and innuendo even as a youngster. Purdey was always an epic badass. I finally saw the Cathy Gale episodes on A&E in the early 90s and understood that she was the true trendsetter in terms of Steed's smart, capable female partner. Anyway, great classic show that still holds up to viewing today. 👍

[@DonnaLang42rockglobally]

I remember watching "My Partner the Ghost" on an independent station in Minnesota around the same time that "Space 1999" was in syndication; I later found out the original British title was "Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)". As for The Avengers, my official introduction to the show was on a station that called itself "TV Heaven 41" and started with the first episodes of the episodes with Mrs. Peel - I was immediately hooked. So when I found out about The New Avengers, I had to watch it. I wasn't sure about Gambit, but Purdy was well written and brilliantly portrayed by Joanna Lumley. I've got to say she's got range - New Avengers to Ab Fab.

[@celtspeaksgoth7251]

@@DonnaLang42rockglobally My sister is a big fan of Randall&Hopkirk Deceased which one can still catch on ITV4 in the UK although we both remember when it was first aired. There was a great TV mogul Lew Grade who financed so many action series we now term cult TV and these were absolutely churned out in the 60s and early 70s. Then he moved on to invest in The Muppet Show and the movie Capricorn One. Roger Moore as The Saint appeared in nearly 200 episodes which is a world record for its genre. One name which frequently crops up in the credits was Dennis Spooner who was the brains behind the shows.

[@RaymondHng]

_The Avengers_ (1998) was horrible. It was universally panned by critics, with some considering it one of the worst films ever made. Warner Bros., the film's distributor, refused to allow any early press-screenings for movie reviewers that most releases attempt to generate interest in; such a decision is often made when a studio and/or distributor knows a film will not be received well and pre-release reviews would only be negative. Due to internal wrangling at Warner Bros., the decision was made to vastly cut down the running time after test screenings, reducing the 115-minute film to 89 minutes, sacrificing much coherence and continuity in the process. Rod Dreher in the _New York Post_ called the film "a big fat gob of maximum crapulosity, the kind of shallow, stupid, big-budget cow pile that smells of Joel Schumacher", referencing the previous summer's likewise poorly received _Batman & Robin_ . David Bianculli stated: "This Avengers film is so horrendously, painfully, and thoroughly awful that it gives other cinematic clunkers like _Ishtar_ and _Howard the Duck_ a good name." Jay Boyer in the _Orlando Sentinel_ said " _The Avengers_ is, without a doubt, the worst movie of the summer". Reception in Britain was equally hostile. The _Birmingham Post_ wrote " _The Avengers_ is being slated by critics as the worst film ever made - such a turkey, says one, that the makers should have handed distribution to (mass turkey producer) Bernard Matthews". Alan Jones in _The Radio Times_ said "the cult 1960s TV series gets royally shafted by Hollywood in this stunningly designed blockbuster that's stunningly awful in every other department... Terrible special effects and zero chemistry between Fiennes and Thurman make this notorious disaster a total waste of everyone's time and energy". The _San Francisco Chronicle_ gave the rating of an empty theater chair.

[@cellpat2686]

One of those campy action packed TV shows of the 60s. It was made at the right time, they cant try this again today.

[@pleasantvalleypickerca7681]

Great summary of this great series. I remember my local CBC channel would air it every Friday night at 10:00 pm. We never saw the early episodes with Honor Blackman until years later. The episodes they showed back then were the Emma Peel episodes with Diana Rigg. It's no surprise it was a huge hit as Rigg and Macnee had great chemistry playing off each other as Peel and Steed. I can't recall if they aired the Thorson episodes back then, but most of those just weren't at the same level of quality as the ones with Rigg. One of the fondest memories of my childhood. As far as the movie goes it's best forgotten as it was utter garbage. I doubt the people who made it had any real idea of what the Avengers was about.

[@AngeliqueKaga]

Mrs Emma Peel and Mr. John Steed...Emma Peel was beautiful, witty and brilliant.

[@rob-brown]

really loved this show. Diana Rigg was mesmerizing. And with the quirky-ness of the show... the chemistry through out was a unique experience that you just couldn't get enough of. even today it holds that same blend and is still enjoyable. never been a show like it before or after. good job! enjoyed this trip down memory lane! Have you ever given thought to doing a vid on Space 1999? or have i missed that...

[@wiseguymaybe]

Learned a lot from this upload. The Avengers started it's run in the US in 1965, so there is a lot of things I didn't know. For instance I didn't know Steed had two male pardners in the beginning. I knew about the first one, Dr. David Keel but didn't know about Dr. Martin King or his first lady pardner Venus Smith. Very interesting.

[@YootoobSteve123]

Great memories of a terrific, one of a kind show. Not to mention my first TV Crush, Diana Rigg! Thanks, Jonny.

[@rickytoddbotelho9555]

One of the best shows ever made.👍😝

[@julianaylor4351]

The music is imprinted on my brain. John Dankworth's incidental music from the beginning of the series and Laurie Johnson's theme on the colour series are unforgettable. 😁❤️ It's so sad that MacNee, Blackman and Rigg are no longer with us. Amazing actors. 💔 The bowler hats Steed wore came from London's most famous hat shop and his umbrellas came from the most famous London umbrella shop. MacNee sourced them himself and Ralph Fiennes went to the same sources for his Steed, at the suggestion of Patrick MacNee.

[@lawrencedoliveiro9104]

Johnny Dankworth did the theme for the pre-Emma-Peel episodes.

[@michaelceraso1977]

excellant recall,THat opening with Patrick and Diana in that Leather outfit was fantastic. It doesnt surprise me that He picked the best Bowler and the umbrellas were also top notch

[@jeff__w]

6:23 “This was truly the most iconic pairing in television history.” It was.

[@rafaelmadrigal9038]

I used to watch reruns for years and then suddenly stopped. Too bad. I enjoyed those episodes.

[@VonFrictionHalter]

Also Mother was introduced as a foil for Steed in series six after initial episodes with Tara King did not meet expectations. Brian Clemens and Albert Fennell were brought back onto the show to fix the issues, reshooting scenes and reworking the existing episodes. They also brought back Diana Rigg to film a final episode "The Forget Me Not" to bridge the gap between series Five and Six and to help introduce Tara King properly, also providing a proper send off for the character.

[@excelsciors]

RIP to Patrick and Dianna. Both actors were very classy!!!

[@derrionbrown3923]

Nobody talks about this enough 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@kbc163]

So true. I'm a 50+ geezer and I was trying to describe the show to a 30-something friend of mine and she couldn't get around the fact that there was another Avengers than the Marvel superheroes. 😄

[@christianemden7637]

I was introduced to the avengers via the new avengers, which in Germany aired under the same title “mit Schirm, Charme und Melone “ , i later saw the reruns, and between Emma Peel, Tara King and Purdy, there was never even a chance for competition. The lovely Diana Rigg acted circle around the rest

[@williamblakehall5566]

Thank you for this, a wonderful way to close 2021. The ORIGINAL Avengers is how I always like to think of this. (I rather thought that "Emma Peel" was a straightforward abbreviation of "man appeal.") Wild to see Joss Ackland, the villain from Lethal Weapon 2 and the Soviet diplomat from The Hunt For Red October, turning up in this show -- wilder still that he was trying to nuke London! AGreed, the Emma Peels years were the high. Thanks!

[@garfieldfarkle]

"The Avengers" was such a great show in a time when there were many. "Laugh In" was the biggest show of all time and nothing else in that time slot was going to get any numbers. Great shows like that drifted in and out of reality in a way seldom seen now. While I favor one of the female leads, I'd rather appreciate all of them for being fantastic in their own way, and or course McNee was born for the role of John Steed. Great stories, great writing, great directing, "The Avengers" is in my top five 60s TV shows.

[@astolatpere11]

Loved this show, especially the Diana Rig seasons. Watched the movie bacause I loved the show, but boy did the producers blow it.

[@raymondfrye5017]

I remember one particular episode about robot, karate-fighters: the cybernauts. It was derived from my school of karate.

[@JettBlast]

I can watch the Steed/Peel era episodes over and over again; Honor Blackmon and Diana Rigg are beautiful and completely understood why they were chosen to be James Bonds love interests. Among the other cast member like Patrick Macnee are top notch what a career he had. This was such a fun trip down memory lane this really tugs at my heart strings with the nostalgia being so strong and I long for the simple times when all these items were more recent, and we were unaware of world events and the dangers connected. I like your content and I have subscribed like your peers who have awesome content like this.

[@sidetrippingwithcary]

One of my FAVORITE TV shows of all time. Every time I break out my umbrella to go to work (which is rare in Phoenix, AZ), I can’t help but hum The Avengers theme!

[@smooth_sundaes5172]

Ian Hendry was a very good actor but I was only born in February 1961. My memory was always of Patrick and Diana. I loved Diana and still do though we've sadly lost her. Not just beautiful but great personality as she showed in Game of Thrones.. childhood memories. RIP guys

[@julianmarsh1378]

TV Guide once said Emma Peel was ahead of her time...and (this was written in the 1980s) is STILL ahead of her time...

[@stevethomas5849]

The title "Bizarre" the last episode from the original Avengers sums it up, Bizarre ! and wonderful too (kinky) boot.

[@chrisperry7963]

An excellent history of the series, thank you. Hands down my favorite television show. Was lucky enough to meet Macnee once, a very charming fellow.

[@BjoernarEricSven]

One of my all-time favourites. I can only highly recommend the Blu-ray boxes.

[@tuttt99]

Emma Peel was my IDOL growing up. She so epitomized what I wanted to be.

[@thisperson3240]

The Prisoner! Do the Prisoner please. Thank you.

[@rynehall9990]

Alexis Kanner

[@rynehall9990]

John Castle

[@henryrogers5500]

This TV show back in 1966 was all things mod, hip, cool, outta sight and boss and as a kid back then, I was in the thick of it, the mod, hip, groovy, psychedelic, pop culture lifestyle.

[@kbc163]

All true, which is the no. 1 reason it has never been successfully continued nor duplicated. It caught a time and place that alas are lost in the mist of time.

[@davidsault9698]

I loved that show as a teen. Emma Peel was my favorite Stead girl.

[@shallendor]

I so love this series!

[@darrensmith6999]

Epic one Johnathan ! Watched the Avengers as a child and loved them. Got them on DVD last Christmas (2020) and have been making my way thru them. Cant get away with the early episodes so fast forwarded to the Emma Peel era. Happy 2022 Mate (:

[@barneyrubble736]

Thank you. The review of the entire history of the show introduced me to Steed's first two partners. I originally and mostly saw Emma and Tara. Both Emma and Tara were excellent foils for keeping Steed focused on-mission. Emma was definitely more capable, yet Tara was also a capable partner in most instances. Thinking back, I may have seen one of the season 1 episodes, but I don't remember enough of the episode that is trying to come to mind.

[@ivane5110]

Peel was a lot of people's choice for the Black Window in our mental dream casting for Marvel's Avengers, ironically.

[@Otokichi786]

Ah, someone who doesn't confuse "The Avengers" with the Marvel Comics mess.;) I recall reading about the early 1960's series in a book, while searching for more information about the "Macnee/Rigg" years. Thank you very much for this look back to 1960's UK TV, which culminated in "The Prisoner.";)

[@blackasp001]

That's why the film was called Avengers Assembled in the UK, they didn't think people would be differentiate between the two. it was patronising then, and is patronising now!

[@rossbach451]

Honor Blackman has always been in my top 3 of Bond ladies (Jane Seymour and Maud Adams the other two), and Diana Rigg was just heavenly. I never did see any episodes with Linda Thorson, but she was beautiful and appears to have done a good job. The show was as nuts as this review states. Too bad television will never be this good again.

[@moviesgalore9947]

The movie with Ralph and Uma and Sean was fun I enjoyed it they did a good job on it.

[@pamelamays4186]

When "Avengers assemble!" had a whole different meaning.

[@keithnaylor1981]

Lovely tribute. My favourite show of the sixties, starting in 1965. I have all the Emma Peel and Tara King episodes. The surreal tongue-in-cheek stories were very entertaining. I was sure John Steed and Emma Peel were in love with each other, but they kept their true feelings hidden on order to concentrate on their investigations. The departure of Emma after her husband had been found alive was a very sad moment. You felt Steed was deeply affected by it, but it was wonderful to see her final exchange with newcomer Tara King. Best tv series of the 60.

[@paulbalogh4582]

Just can NOT tell you or anyone else how important The Avengers was & still is to so many across the pond. Another reason to be a Brit - nut.

[@RetroGadgetMan]

Another wonderful episode. Bravo from blighty.

[@timgarrett203]

Thank you! I learned some new things I did not know about The Avengers!

[@Gerry1of1]

I loved loved LOVED this show as a kid. Mrs Peel was to die for. Shame about that movie

[@Bigbadwhitecracker]

When greed is your motivation.....

[@frankmarkovcijr5459]

I remember during the 60s they came out with leather outfit like what she wore on the show and they were called Emma peelers

[@randybarnett2308]

Was a good show, too bad nowadays when people hear The Avengers, they think of the Superhero movies

[@lawrencedoliveiro9104]

The first three seasons were in black and white. And a particularly murky black and white, at that. I think this was the same 405-line video process that the BBC had adopted for their first TV transmissions back in the 1930s. They seemed to have limitations in the editing. This is why you see sometimes they flub their lines, but have to keep going regardless -- reshooting seemed to be difficult to do. Also, videotape was expensive, and so the entire first series (with Ian Hendry) was wiped to reuse the tape -- except for two episodes which somehow survived. The first season with Diana Rigg was also in black and white. But the difference in clarity was astounding. I think this was shot on film.

[@Bigbadwhitecracker]

Yes, I love "live on Tape" productions. Over here, Dark Shadows has the same charm.

[@chrisnorton4382]

Yes the 'Emma Peel' (series 4) was the first to be shot on film, which allowed more location shooting and helped the visual aspects of the episodes considerably - and because it was on film the Blu-ray remastering of these editions are very good.

[@ausbrum]

The first series was done live.Video tape was only used to replace kinescope and difficult to edit

[@jack002tuber]

Diana Rigg really made this series and the interplay between her and Patrick was so wonderful. Great show. The theme is really good too. Too bad it didn't last longer

[@chocho8036]

i love thé one scene where diana ring shows she drives a Lotus sports car.. gorgeous never knew Honor Blackman was on the show before Diana I saw all the episodes with Diana but they never showed the Honor episodes in the States i would have loved to see that, she is the only one I can imagine liking as much as Diana whom i adored Honor has. a great strong presence which the actresses that followed Diana seemed to lack even though they were charming love the judo scenes with Honor always adored Diana's kung fu.. fabulous loved the black and white i remember as a child noting the change from bw to color ( i was watching reruns, i did not see series when it was actually airing first

[@shawnmurdock8059]

Sad we will never see great tv shows like this again.

[@Jeff-wr1fs]

Excellent video! Thank you Jonathan for your work.

[@poolman011]

Always loved the Avengers

[@kingdommindset1462]

I loved the show!!!

[@wmtyrance]

I wish this was on Netflix.

[@johnsensebe3153]

Sean Connery was by far the best thing in the film adaptation. He seemed to be the only one who actually "got it". Maybe he watched the show in the '60s.

[@myfavoritemartian1]

I watched the Avengers from the very beginning. I accepted every change as if it were a necessary part of the plot. My first love was Mrs. Peel. She did it for me. Of coarse it badly affected all the local girls, who could measure up to Diana Rigg when they were all trying to be flower children at that time? I have re-watched it 2 or 3 times. Wonderful stuff.

[@gregoryhagen8801]

Diana was one of the most beautiful women on t.v. Her cute, know it all smerk was so hot.

[@partymanau]

No woman could ever equal Mrs Peel.

[@germancruz1748]

La mejor serie de espías de todos los tiempos eso eran verdaderos actores Dios los tenga en su regazo.

[@spokes28]

Loved this show, had such a crush on Diana Rigg

[@allanwright5231]

The Avengers was awesome with Steed and Emma peel

[@URTH-yb5xh]

Thanks grew up with the Avengers

[@grahamturner1290]

A truly unique show.

[@bletheringfool]

Although Diana Rigg did leave to do Bond, she said in a more recent interview that she found out the cameraman was getting paid more than her which helped with the decision to leave

[@Merylstreep1949]

O my effing Goddddd thank you! Just got a HUGE ALL EMMA PEEL EPISODE BOX SET,PERFECT TIMING! CAN YOU PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE DO THE PRISONER AND DANGER MAN NEXT??

[@TickleSalty]

When I was in the UK, we visited Aldbury which doubles as Little Storping in “Murdersville”. I visited the Greyhound Inn pub which doubled as the pub where Hubert and Mickle hung out. And it was safe, nobody was shooting.

[@TheRadioAteMyTV]

Very fun. Happy New Year to all.

[@MrWorf35]

A classic in every sense. Thanks!

[@jorgedeichmann4456]

Love the show. Diana Riggs forever!

[@Bigbadwhitecracker]

Unfortunately for us here in the US we never got to see Honor Blackman episodes until the early '90s I think it was on the A&E network. If you grew up with Diana and Linda as I did, these older ones took getting used to. I really like them and the Julie Stevens eps are a really nice touch. Truly, one of the most iconic shows ever. I hope more First season episodes will be recovered one day. A little side note, Ian Hendry guest starred in The New Avengers as a totally different character.

[@jeffsullivan2044]

That would have made a great episode if he had turned up as a " long lost" Dr. David Keel. I always felt that they really " dropped the ball" on such a wonderful opportunity!!

[@shuntguy]

Several episodes of The New Avengers was shot in and around my hometown. Richmond Hill, Ontario. Although I didn't know it at the time. My dad got me into watching the show. He liked The Avengers and he knew I liked weird stuff. I really liked the show and it got me into watching the original. I have been a fan of Joanna Lumley ever since.

[@gabrielmaldonado8662]

Love Diana Rigg! She had a long career and recently passed away. Thanks for posting.

[@helencole4521]

I adore this series. I watched as a kid with my granny, late at night! Now I am watching it all again on Cala. Can you believe Emma Peels clothes, I would wear every one of them if I could lol! So sad she died not so long ago: one end of her life to All Creatures Great and Small at the end. She and Steed , the best. Although watching the Saint as well! All those shows just seemed so cool?

[@jimb1580]

Excellent retrospective! 📺 ⭐🌂

[@jimmyjames6318]

Great commentary. Thanks for posting 👍

[@allsorts-allshorts]

I love the Avengers. Shame YT won't allow the series. Thanks for the nostalgia 👍

[@garyoa1]

Dame Diana Rigg. Voted the most beautiful woman on the planet by TV guide. Or was it the sexiest woman? Whatever. I'd vote both ways. RIP Diana.

[@KiniAlohaGuy]

Growing up, I had the greatest crush on Emma Peel's character. I miss this entertainment.

[@31terikennedy]

Diana Rigg, hubba hubba!. :D

[@donright4492]

I love The avengers because steed reminded me of James Bond but it got better when Diana Riggs got on board to play as Emma Peel she was fearless and beautiful oh boy I had a crush on her but that's cuz I was a boy at the time now as mature adult I have the most respect of her role and many episodes were awesome to watch Form fake time travel to change your identity to rain storms that have flatten😂 you down and kill you instantly avengers was great TV series that I'll always enjoy😀👍

[@chocho8036]

this makes me want to watch every episode twice again

[@javierlara8265]

Amo a Diana Rigg...siempre la amaré.