Lotus Elan & Emma Peel in Avengers

Emma Peel & her Lotus Elan in the 5th season of the Avengers. With John Steed and some other high-class english cars like Jaguar, Rolls-Royce and Bentley.
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[@therealzilch]

Diana Rigg. The epitome of British coolness. And simply a great actress. Rest in peace, Dame Diana.

[@annaritaranalli1791]

Typical english beauty

[@paulsypersma7165]

real was a mean old lady snubbed me

[@RuiLuz]

Dame Diana, indeed.

[@valvlog4665]

Mrs. Peel -- style, sophistication, liberated, a Lotus Elan, Swinging London and Champagne whenever a baddie was defeated. A fabulous icon from the fabulous 1960's decade. I have the Avengers theme on my phone. Like to pretend I'm part of that cool scene as I ride the 22 bus along the King's Road, Chelsea using my seniors bus pass.

[@valvlog4665]

@Deja Vu Hi Deja, From 0 to 4 yrs old my parents lived in a flat at the corner of High St Tott and White Hart Lane. You do the calculation.

[@stephenwilliams1269]

That's Class..............shame the buses are no longer the old Routemasters.

[@kh23797]

Sadly, any swinginess must have evaporated by the time it neared deepest Norfolk, never reaching our boys' grammar school in '66. Was Swinging London really a thing, or just a publicity man's dream? The show's high production values ensured '60s life looked cool and pristine in that Avengers' fairyland, if you overlooked the many (weirdly bloodless) murders going on everywhere. Pity I'm an atheist as I'd so like to imagine Steed and Mrs Peel reunited at last.

[@michaeloneale1267]

Very rare to find intelligence, talent, and beauty in one person. Diana had it all. Miss her heaps.

[@TheLonesometoad]

Diana was the absolute best looking woman to ever grace the television screen. Bar none. R.I.P.

[@donpietruk1517]

Iconic series. Diana Rigg was the epitome of style and sophistication and smarts. Steed was like a somehow cooler version of James Bond combined with William Powell from the Thin Man films. "Mrs. Peele, you're needed!"

[@marymayer2282]

Slender lithe figure very attractive symmetrical facial features she was The epitome of Grace style sophistication and intelligence Diana rigg My very favorite avenger girl Patrick mcnee The epitome of Cool charm understated handsomeness loved it definitely one of my favorites of British series I have All the Mrs peel episodes on DVD

[@GeneralGeorgeS.PattonJr.]

"We're Needed"

[@jamesgossweiler1349]

"It's quite all right, really, she's having a rest. We'll be going on soon. There's no hurry, you see. We have all the time in the world" (Her Majesty's Secret Service, 1969). I cried then. I cry now.

[@YaGottaBeKidding]

R.I.P Diana Rigg. Mrs. Peel will live forever.

[@annaritaranalli1791]

She lives in her many works

[@tubit9]

They will still be showing The Avengers with Mrs Peel for decades to come , timeless and classic television series . RIP Diana , you were greatly loved and will be missed by millions.

[@liquidsonly]

Except copyright...

[@DrQuadrivium]

A friend of mine had a Lotus Elan (mustard yellow). It was fast but unstable, uncomfortable and spares cost the Earth. But... when Emma Peel was driving one the magical combination made the car the best thing since sliced bread.

[@noodlam]

RIP Diana. Forever live in my childhood memories of the Avengers.

[@luisherbach4258]

Cuando falleció no supe que mi crush de niñez y adolescencia falleció, era una mujer muy elegante y bonita,me fascinaba, falleció,.r.i.p.Diana Rigg.🙏🙏🙏💓💕💖

[@annaritaranalli1791]

She came from theatre and in fact she was a versatile and well cultured actress

[@larrydavis9251]

She was a class act loved her

[@marklittler784]

Alexandra Bastedo ? The Champions

[@marklittler784]

@@annaritaranalli1791 Yeah loads of 60s actors I reckon built their talents in the theatres then as they closed cinemas opened and many went to acting in films and TV series

[@jakobvonmuhlebach]

Goodbye Diana. Diana Rigg 1938-2020 A great actress

[@annaritaranalli1791]

She keeps on living inside us

[@tanakaafrica8218]

The classy, quick witted , sexy,stylish and formidable British actress Diana Rigg. May She Rest in Peace..July20, 1938-Sept 10, 2020

[@annaritaranalli1791]

She was almost old al my beloved father and she died 2 months before him ..both rip

[@papaskinfreakprojects307]

@@annaritaranalli1791Sorry to hear Annarita .May He Rest in Peace also.

[@annaritaranalli1791]

Thanks papafrinsk

[@chartliner]

Diana RIgg - one of the most beautiful women ever.

[@rogerhwerner6997]

There are quite a few beautiful women. Among the world's truly beautiful there are a few women that possess extraordinary physical beauty and something else that transcends the physical: ethereal, elegant, enchanting, refined grace, a touch of class, restrained beauty. Mrs. Emma Peel had the physical beauty and that something extra.

[@pinkcupcake1642]

Russ Browne She is the most beautiful Woman who ever sat her Foot on that World!!!

[@therecanbeonlyonechris5019]

Agreed

[@Cortesevasive]

u guys live in india or what , nothin special

[@overmarsdaria3222]

Carole Andre, Kim Basinger, Senta Berger, Ornella Muti, Monica Bellucci my favourite and Pam Grier as the most beautiful black woman .

[@pulehushortribs157]

in the mid 60s, emma peel was my first childhood crush, she will always have a special place in my heart

[@whowantstoknow2426]

RIP Emma/Diana. Great actress.

[@biroldjoshan3745]

RIP Dame Diana Rigg...very beautiful and talented actress....the Lotus Elan still survives to this day

[@johnchurch4705]

The lotus was sold recently at the Silverstone classic auction. Harry Metcalf ( Harry’s Garage) spoke about when looking at the cars for sale.

[@antonioszytulskyj8165]

Read every possible favourable comment about miss peel and steed., so I'd be just repeating some opinion already stated. I'll add something I didn't encounter In the comment section. All my admiration towards Laurie Johnson for all the musical scores. Brilliant. He is still living and is 92!!!! God bless him.

[@LaKantatriche]

Maravilloso

[@TralfazConstruction]

His Avengers theme is a great piece of traveling music.

[@riccampbell]

Diana Rigg in a Lotus Elan - power, grace, sleek sexy styling and smart design, always a symbol of elegance.... ...and the car was pretty cool, too.

[@rolandpalatino5934]

RIP Diana Rigg , great actress and so beautiful woman !

[@earthman4222]

I was in love with Dianna Rigg 50 years ago. Still in love... she is the first woman I recognized as a woman. Game of Thrones just shows how great she is as an actress.

[@kurtb8474]

Me too. I was 9 years old and attracted to her. I just didn't know why at the time. To a boy, girls were supposed to be yucky. I ended up with a dark-haired, brown-eyed beauty and married her.

[@johnkulpowich5260]

I agree I still love her

[@joshuarosen6242]

I was 7 or 8 when I watched this the first time and even at that tender age I thought there was something special about Emma Peel and she was one of the first women I ever really thought of as attractive. Seeing this again, all I can say is that 8 year old me had excellent taste.

[@earthman4222]

@@kurtb8474 Very nice!

[@earthman4222]

@@joshuarosen6242 Word!

[@williamsantangelo]

The Avenger's a truly classic Masterpiece Loved it as a kid and still do I Say!!!!!

[@jimbronaugh]

John Steed and Emma Peel were as close to the synergy of 'the thin man' couple Nick and Nora Charles (Myna Loy and William Powell) as has ever come about. They were witty, and comfortable with each other. Peel was strong and Steed had class and a strange sense of humor.

[@unowen-nh9ov]

Both redheads. Strange? British.

[@wilburmcbride8096]

Ahh, that Lotus Elan was a classic back then along with Diana Rigg. This show was one of my favorites.

[@annaritaranalli1791]

Mine too

[@spikespa5208]

Mrs. Peel and the Elan. Can't beat that.

[@francoisfrenchman4941]

the elegance and beauty

[@bencuraza6503]

Mrs Emma Peel was EVERYTHING and BEFORE HER TIME. Still GREAT in Year 2019

[@ZnenTitan]

Yah, 50 years on and she's still ahead of the game.

[@Mandokurt]

I loved the Avengers. When I was in High school in 1965 The Lotus Elan was the car I wanted. They weren't practical cars-but I loved it.

[@ZnenTitan]

Mazda bought two in England and brought them back to Japan, the Miata is their version of the "Peelmobile"

[@JeffDeWitt]

@@ZnenTitan I expect a fair number of people who run across this show without knowing anything about it assume that car is a Miata.

[@EnglishTurbines]

Having a crush on Diana Right at age 10...I'm so lucky....RIP Diana..we all miss you.

[@antonioszytulskyj8165]

😪 Goodbye mrs Peel, you're needed elsewhere,, RIP.

[@rogerbranton1752]

She got a trend-setting wardrobe....AND....a Lotus Elan! A dream roll for a young actress, I'd say.

[@stefanomatulli407]

Goodbye Emma Peel... The sophisticated lady of Avanger...

[@ZnenTitan]

It's about time someone did a video about Mrs Peel AND the Elan!

[@Carty434]

I even dressed up as Emma Peel for a superhero party! RIP Diana!

[@None-zc5vg]

She grew old too fast: her features seemed to harden and become more severe. Something similar happened to Ingrid Bergman by the early early '50s.

[@Carty434]

@@None-zc5vg Maybe so, but they were still both good looking women!

[@paulnewsom7629]

Today We Have Lost Her ,I Will Always Remember As A Kid She Was My First Love To Watch on TV, ,She Stole My Heart No Question About it ,Today 9,10,2020 It Hit Me Hard Trully Did ,How Can it Be I Am A Stranger To Her Never Met Her ,That Shows you How Great She Trully Was As A Actress And A Person The World Has Lost The Classiest Lady To Ever Walk Planet Earth ,,No Question About It ,

[@verta4932]

Rest in Peace, Diana Rigg. Thank you for the memories. Godspeed. 🖖👽

[@kbc163]

I drive a convertible today in part because of Mrs. Peel (and Laura Holt in Remington Steele). Wind in your hair, nothing like it, impracticality be damned! 😄 RIP Diana Rigg (and Honor Blackman in 2020 as well). Fun memories.

[@richardbehrle1496]

The producers went from a white one to a blue one when they went color and that first episode in color also had a FORD GT; From Venus with love (I think it was without engine though). I had a ride in a 1960s Elan in the 90s with friend on the 101 in LA and I cannot tell you how scary that experience was! First: he was an AWFUL driver, the car was a righty, and that car was tiny and I mean TINY! Then it stalled while we were in crazy fast traffic. Truly a horror show!

[@diytom3448]

I think I can speak for many guys when this show hit the states. We all wanted to date Emma.

[@fw1421]

I watched every episode when I could. The Avengers was on a UHF station in Tampa back then. That little circular antenna on the back of the TV didn’t pick up shit back in the 60’s.

[@gordonvincent731]

This series and the Saint, coolest shows on tv.

[@rolls-royceowner1108]

I LOVE the Lotus Elan! I bought one just because Mrs. Emma Peel drove one on "The Avengers." The car is so powerful, it got away from me twice - I am afraid to drive it! My cousin drives it to keep it in tune. It's a 1965 with only 10,000 original miles on it. I keep it super-clean and shiny and named it "Mrs. Peel." Rest in eternal peace Dame Enid Diana Elizabeth Rigg, DBE - 1938-2020...

[@SallySallySallySally]

Wonderful blast from the past. Thanks for putting this together! Love the Lotus but, OMG! Emma Peel has so much "M Appeal!!!"

[@badguy1481]

RIP Emma Peel (Diana Rigg). Life and Beauty are just too fleeting.

[@arricammarques1955]

Indeed

[@wm.stclaire3127]

Absolutely crazy plots but Absolutely amazing. I'm proud to be in The Avengers cult .

[@donpietruk1517]

I'm not sure we really watched for the plots. I think we just wanted to see the interaction between Stead and Peele. Also for the fantastically witty dialogue and obvious screen chemistry between the two leads.

[@romanclay1913]

The pride of Yorkshire.

[@hedgemist691]

Loved Mrs Peel. I must say, the Avengers was one weird program though. Totalllly batty, but wonderful too.

[@keithlegge6848]

it's the type of TV we used to do really well.

[@matthewbeumer3168]

Patrick Macknee Honor Blackman Diana Rigg and Ian Hendry all gone but not forgotten. The Avengers live on!

[@shaolinthibaud4537]

Farewell my dear Diana... R. I. P😓

[@williamwalsh962]

The best female avenger by far

[@mirjamericawesterkamp8704]

I am in chock to find out a week later then 10 th of september.. that Diana had died 😱😭😢😥😓 Its a enormous lost for humanity that she will not be longer on this earth 🌏🙁😔😯Hopefully her spirit will live for ever! ❤️😇🙏😍

[@stephenborsbey4350]

the car is still registered with DVLA but remains untaxed. changed hands in 2013, probably in a lock up somewhere. or maybe on display in a museum. rigg was in the studio a lot and the elan was driven mostly by the stand in for outdoor scenes.

[@markchoma9822]

Rest well Diana. RIP

[@diegomejia5367]

I had crush on diana rigg

[@curtiswilson8402]

As did the entire planet!

[@Nighthawke70]

Despite this shimmering energy ball packing a particle beam weapon, she goes charging after it. Brave girl.

[@ddiamondr1]

Mrs. Peel was my hero. I emulated her fashion and had a toy lotus elan die-cast.She was just so cool. And right now I am re-watching Game of Thrones with a friend who hasn’t seen it via FaceTime. And this friend is 39 and I had to explain to her who was playing Marjorie’s grandmother. Now, she wants to watch the avengers.

[@meisterwue]

The 60ties ......last decade of real excellent soundtracks

[@millamoon844]

DIANA RIGG IDOL FOR EVER AND EVER!! ARGENTINA!!! TE AMAMOS!!!

[@sitirodiah6414]

Diana Rigg is a beautiful woman..i always watched this movie when i was in elementary school..it's my favourite movie ..Emma Peel ..i love you..pray for you always be healthy..

[@SvenAutoFan]

ive got all the episodes of the avengers in color. Once bought it somewhere, and now i cant find it anymore for the price i bought it a couple of years ago. Still one of the best British tv-series!

[@scopex2749]

I grew up with The Avengers, now Diana And Patrick are gone i feel part of my family is gone😔 I feel it was a severe insult to poor Patrick that he was never knighted, the best example of a true British gentleman 🤷🏼‍♂️ WHY? In my book he is ALWAYS SIR PATRICK MACNEE!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🇬🇧

[@unowen-nh9ov]

He retired to Amerikuh, Palm Springs I believe, so became expatriate.

[@davidshields8401]

No traffic! Parking everywhere, pink jump suits, ....I miss the sixties.

[@anaisabelarranzcaballero2781]

I was a child on sixties. But I wanted to grow for dressing that clothes

[@RaymondHng]

Doris Day parking

[@benediktmorak4409]

dame Diana Rigg, Rest In Peace.where you are now, there are no bad guys...

[@lynharrod5087]

Brilliant!! Can we please have a re run of this Iconic series please. A Masterpiece.2020.

[@rogbrown1458]

The best sixties TV series . Rog brown. Pacific sunset records.

[@lynharrod5087]

@@rogbrown1458 Yes,naturally gifted,charmingly disarming...And totally unique!! No one could ever fit her glass slipper either....R.I.P Ms Peel. You were a special lady!! 16.9.2020. Diana Rigg was born for that perfect role. She WAS Emma Peel.....Sorry, but no one else could come close.

[@rogbrown1458]

Thank you for your like. Rog .Pacific sunset.

[@ebayerr]

In 1998 "The Avengers"movie was released starring: Ralph Fiennes as John Steed,Uma Thurman as Emma Peel Also starring,Sean Connery,Patrick Macnee and Eddie Izzard

[@liberte5847]

The greatest musical score EVER In an English TV show! BRAVO! Describing music, an incredible rich partition ever! BRAVO! Music Master was the STRONGEST ever at that time, NO Way! Emmanuel

[@ZnenTitan]

That would be the theme music by Laurie Johnson.

[@unowen-nh9ov]

@@ZnenTitan Not just theme, he wrote unique scores for most episodes, believe someone has compiled 90 minutes of it here, apparently he was friends with Bernard Herrmann!

[@johnc2438]

Mrs. Peele, you're needed more than ever in 2022!

[@tonysullivan4405]

Live In Eternal Peace 🙏

[@hibob418]

Interesting part was, when she was hired to do The Avengers, she didn't/couldn't drive. So many of the early scenes with her and the Lotus, the car was pushed in an out of the frame by stagehands until she could drive it convincingly herself.

[@NoosaHeads]

Considering they came out 60 years ago, the Elan was a wonder of car engineering. They could generate 1g cornering acceleration and, at the time, that was better than any other car - including Ferrari, Maserati,Jaguar etc. They were very small and light. Probably best not to be in an accident in an Elan but an amazing car, nonetheless.

[@JSDesignHK]

What fun! Plus a few of Steed's vintage Bentleys, Jaguars Mark II and 420G, Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud III and Silver Shadow Mulliner Park Ward drophead coupé, and even a Vanden Plas Princess R! Thanks for posting!

[@rockeroone]

RIP Diana Rigg.

[@ebayerr]

In 1998 "The Avengers" movie was released starring: Ralph Fiennes as John Steed, Uma Thurman as Emma Peel Also starring, Sean Connery, Patrick Macnee and Eddie Izzard

[@michelmaurice3539]

J adore le rythme, et la class so british.

[@hflivares1824]

Still my favourite tv series, in spite of the disappointment caused by the brexit. Loved miss Rigg a lot. So dynamic and charming.

[@horacioalejandromeresman3237]

Mi emocionada despedida al primer amor de mi vida. A los 8 años me enamoré eternamente de Emma Peel. Muchas gracias por toda la fantasía y la emoción a mi infancia... Todavía la amo. Luz para su distinguida y sofisticada alma.

[@patriciosalvo2727]

Pero yo la vi primero yo tenía 7 años y fue mi primer amor jajaja muy bella y elegante una gran dama y excelente actriz recordada por siempre QEPD

[@juliobalaguerferrer4102]

Igual ke a mi....

[@Robby24ish]

I say there! FINALLY! The Avengers!, EMMA&JOHN!!! Bloody Good!!!! Peace&Love

[@lugwrench9832]

Ah, yes ... Puberty, and Emma Peel.

[@liberte5847]

A great pleasure to meet once More Steed and Emma Peel! BRAVO and MERCI BEAUCOUP from PARIS FRANCE, Emmanuel

[@mikedtw]

The combination of character and vehicle here = inspired, inspiring, and deadly HOT. Hang on to your heart or you'll lose it here :-)

[@colinchapman5740]

My favorite avengers lady!r I p

[@leftymadrid]

I loved watching every single minute of these, they both worked so well together! Music background was tops TO!!!! :-)

[@otis369]

Love her outfits!

[@antoniofarfan2688]

When men were Men and Gentlemen and women were Women and Ladies (of action!): Long Live John Steed & Emma Peel!

[@davidaaaa4611]

She was my favorite actress. She was the best.

[@sandrinerousseau6579]

Trop bien cet épisode. Et toujours la grande classe. Jamais de vulgarité que du propre

[@TralfazConstruction]

The ground clearance in that muddy lane 1:42 is anxiety inducing.

[@jamesfernandes3699]

My best and favorite show of all time

[@oliver9066]

I love the series ❤ as a kid and even now as a man of 55!

[@joyceray4427]

I love it brought back memories nothing like it and never will be

[@lucieliotier4455]

repose en paix belle diana

[@guarddog318]

Emma Peel is gone now, but I do wonder about her Lotus. Anybody think it might have been preserved... or is it rusting away somewhere, long forgotten? By the way, I'm long past tired of 2020, and seeing people I grew up with or otherwise admire dying. In fact, this entire decade has pretty much sucked in that regard. Ah well... just part of getting older myself, I guess.

[@rogbrown1458]

Good days back then. Car probably still in existence.chassis rusted and fibre glass body probably badly crazed by now. Rog. Pacific sunset records

[@MadHatterDJ-]

Guard Dog It was in a car museum in Keswick, Cumbria. I saw it there maybe 15/20 years ago. The collection was of famous cars from film, tv or just famous owners. Sadly it's been closed for a few years now. Many of the vehicles were sold on to US buyers. I've had a look at the list to see if the car was sold at the time of closer but it isn't listed, so the collector must have let it go at an earlier time. Hopefully some one with a passion for vintage cars of tv memorabilia has it now. But it was well cared for when I saw it.

[@johnchurch4705]

The lotus was recently sold at the Silverstone auctions this year.

[@gringo4x4do]

Diana Rigg could say more with an expression on her face - movement of her lips, a smirk, and a look in her eyes, than most people can with the spoken word ! The series BOMBED when Linda Thorson came onboard to replace Diana Rigg when she departed the show.

[@ZnenTitan]

Ringo Clark I think it lasted what? All of a year (1969) until The Avengers closed up shop?

[@unowen-nh9ov]

Thorson just got out of acting school, she has gone on to have a long career. There were a lot of other factors, in the U.S. ABC scheduled The Avengers opposite Laugh-In, a huge hit. Biggest mistake was they made Tara a young girl crushing on Steed, not the strong partners Cathy & Emma had been.

[@jerrywashington8263]

this is so true. i love the AVENGERS it was and still one of my favorite British shows.

[@jerrywashington8263]

@@unowen-nh9ov You are absolutely correct. They all were excellent in their unique way.

[@TheEchovoices]

they cant touch this

[@fandangofandango2022]

Love it When She Always Puts the Boot into the Engine

[@ZnenTitan]

Is that the same as a "Lead-foot?

[@ewilliamson488]

When I was a youngster Emma Peel was my role model.

[@MrToystoystoys]

Amazing compilation!

[@cheriannshoy9793]

How I love these old school avengers episodes such a pity they are so few

[@larciabella]

and with Linda Thorston too and Joanna Lumley

[@kurtb8474]

And Honor Blackman

[@joelpeel2681]

this show turned me on to the Elan... finally got one myself... it's as much fun in real life as it appears in the Avengers... and yes, they patterned the Miata after the 60s Elan

[@scdevon]

1966. Was she cute or was she cute?

[@alexabadi7458]

She is driving on the left, I'm starting to think that show was made in UK...

[@paulwarren796]

DAME RIGGS WAS REALLY GREAT IN THE AVENGERS , (MY PERSONAL FAVORITE) . SHE WAS SUCH A CULTURED THESBIAN .

[@johnrogan9420]

Every British and aussie person seems to be a naturally born actor or actress.

[@johnrogan9420]

I have noticed that too...must start in childhood and their education system...expression and word delivery are encouraged!

[@ferraraenzo7]

Splendida Emma Peel sempre viva nei nostri cuori!💜

[@annaritaranalli1791]

Bellissima e bravissima rossa e classe molto europea(tra le ed il bravo patrick c'era una ⚗ fortissima),ma pure (purtroppo pure lui defunto)il suo collega anglo-francese peter wyngarde non scherzava in bellezza e bravura....in alcuni episodi dell'avvincente the advengers imbruttito per motivi di copione