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THE NEW AVENGERS video trailer 4K Restoration Trailer starring Patrick Macnee, Joanna Lumley STUDIOCANAL YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipyIa4QIB_k
Macnee as Steed and Rigg as Emma Peel, still together on The Avengers, now in colour 1968
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Macnee and Rigg on set of The Avengers.
The series looked so good because it was shot on 35mm film, thanks to US funding 1968
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Patrick Macnee 1922-2015
Macnee in the Armchair Theatre episode The Innocent 1960
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Despite a long and diverse career in the theatre and cinema, Patrick Macnee (...) will be remembered as John Steed, the umbrella-twirling, bowler-hatted hero of the stylish derring-do TV series The Avengers.
The programme, written and presented in “swinging” 1960s London, was thrilling and dynamic, and it made a star of Macnee and his sidekicks Honor Blackman (as Cathy Gale) and Diana Rigg (as Emma Peel).
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Diana Rigg 1938-2020
Enid Diana Elizabeth Rigg was born in Doncaster, Yorkshire, on 20 July 1938.
She trained as an actor at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art from 1955-57 and joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1959
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Diana Rigg: a life in pictures Avengers star Diana Rigg has died at the age of 82. We look back at her career on television, stage and film; from Emma Peel in 1965 to Olenna Tyrell in Game of Thrones 50 years later G Thu 10 Sep 2020 14.47 BST
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Dame Diana Rigg on The Avengers BFI 2015
Dame Diana Rigg on The Avengers video BFI 3 November 2015
Five decades since she first appeared as Emma Peel in The Avengers (1961-1969), fans of the show still approach Dame Diana Rigg to express their gratitude.
Rigg joins BFI curator Dick Fiddy to reflect on the influence of Peel on real-life women and acting with Patrick Macnee and Ian Hendry.
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The Avengers
The Avengers is a British espionage television series, created in 1961, that ran for 161 episodes until 1969.
It initially focused on David Keel (Ian Hendry), aided by John Steed (Patrick Macnee). Hendry left after the first series; Steed then became the main character, partnered with a succession of assistants.
His most famous assistants were intelligent, stylish, and assertive women: Cathy Gale (Honor Blackman), Emma Peel (Diana Rigg), and Tara King (Linda Thorson).
Dresses and suits for the series were made by Pierre Cardin.
The series screened as one-hour episodes for its entire run.
The first episode, "Hot Snow", aired on 7 January 1961.
The final episode, "Bizarre", aired on 21 April 1969 in the United States, and on 17 May 1969 in the United Kingdom.
The Avengers was produced by ABC Weekend TV, a contractor within the ITV network.
After a merger with Rediffusion London in July 1968, ABC Weekend became Thames Television, which continued production of the series, subcontracted to ABC Television Films.
By 1969, The Avengers was shown in more than 90 countries.
ITV produced a sequel series,
The New Avengers (1976–1977), with Patrick Macnee returning as John Steed, and two new partners.
In 2004 and 2007, The Avengers was ranked No. 17 and No. 20 on TV Guide's Top Cult Shows Ever.
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