Diana Rigg is one of the most naturally beautiful women of all time. The show went into the tubes after she left. She is the only one that could have carried-on after Honor Blackman left the show who, coincidentally, was the only other woman of the day on TV that could have possibly competed with Rigg for the title of The Most Beautiful Woman on the TV tube in those days. Both are still beautiful women in their 70s.
Tara King is hotter, but I like the older ones with Emma Peel better. Used to enjoy watching them on Friday nights at 10:P.M. "Umm, he likes his tea stirred, anti-clockwise"
You hear the old closing tag theme while Emma Peel is leaving, then the new theme with Tara King. The closing credits were with Tara King. The opening credits were with Emma Peel. Very cool. This show was like no other.
This transition from season 5 to 6 reminds me of classic Trek's opening 3rd season episode "Spectre of the Gun" (actually it wasn't the season premiere but it was the first one made for season 3 which is why shatner's long sideburns are skinnier at the bottom then they would be in later episodes) where in syndication it began w/ season 2's theme (credits blue cuz it's still season 3) and the end credits would show with season 3's theme (slightly different and used only for that episode)
Nice to see she has the same good taste in tight leather like Emma Peel (check 1:22) wow! Still Diana, in full "Rigg" can't be beat! She is still the Queen Diva of the entire series...
Linda Thorson I thought was just too clumsy in the fight scenes. D.Rigg was much more athletic and fun to watch when it come to doing stunts or fight scenes.
I was addicted to the avengers as a kid, like 11-12, got home from school and watched it on uktv gold. I'm not ashamed to admit I actually cried at this scene when she left....
the thing that struck me watching this was how Mr. Peel was a carbon copy of Steed.
the other jarring thing was going from the cool beauty of Emma Peel to the buxom daffiness of Tara King (though I do wonder what Linda Thorson would have looked like in the Black Queen outfit).
Loved Diana Rigg on this show, which was very swank indeed. I think Minnie Driver would be an excellent Mrs. Peel in any Avengers television show if they remade it.
@Zippertheslipper - Actually the girl who played Miss Parker on The Pretender series would have been absolutely flawless as Emma Peel......too bad it never happened. She was Diana Rigg reborn. There were countless episodes where Miss Parker would be in her suit....pull out her gun.....and I'd be OH MY GOD! IT'S EMMA PEEL! The actress' name was Andrea Parker.....she also had killer legs......definitely has M'Appeal.
A very sad day for me when Emma Peel left The Avengers, it was never the same again.The interplay between Steed and Mrs. Peel has never been bettered on television although Mulder and Scully came a close second.
@larrydart13 Carter has mentioned that the relationship between Mulder and Scully was influenced by the chemistry between John Steed and Emma Peel. (X-Files, wiki)
I didn't dislike Tara, and she was hot, but this (particularly Mrs. Peel's last scene with Steed right prior) was the saddest moment of my life watching The Avengers. Mrs. Peel to Steed: "Always keep your bowler on in times of stress, and watch out for diabolical masterminds." The 2nd part a term Mrs. Peel used on past occasions, delivered like only she could. Then "Goodbye, Steed", she kisses him and as she's leaving he says a rare "Emma"....thanks."
Steed looks likes he's actually got a tear in his eye at the beginning of this clip. And who wouldn't? He's just lost the most gorgeous, intelligent, ass-kicking, secret agent ever as his partner. And look who he's got to replace her...some boring bird who can only knock blokes out with a brick in her handbag. Poor bastard.
Mrs. Peel finally got her husband back...and so Tara King became the new partner. I remember watching that episode...on TV...it was on at 9:00 pm, in the days before we had any kind of cable, or VCR's, or any other means of seeing it other than when it was broadcast...
Diana Rigg was so gorgeous in those days. Interesting to note Linda Thorson was the only female Avenger not to appear in a Bond film (Honor Blackman - Goldfinger), (Diana Rigg & Joanna Lumley - OHMSS) and even the suave Steed himself appeared in Roger's last 007 movie - A View To A Kill.
Sad, the day The Avengers ended... Tara was Great, Beautiful, Talented and had a Body that approached unbelievable, but let's face it, Diana Rigg, as Emma Peel, John Steed's partner, just wasn't a replaceable item... Looking back, I'm just happy the years have been a better friend to me, then the woman who gave me prepetual hard-ons... God, in her prime, Diana Rigg was beautiful!!! She sure didn't age that well though...
@BadBopco What woman ages well anyway? :) No one does... including men. Unfortunately society places more emphasis on beauty/aging on women than men, so men look distinguished and sexy in their 60s and up and women are just plain wrinkled hags. Wrinkles on men are sexy (I can attest to that, as I am a gay male who finds older men sexier than younger), but unfortunately wrinkles on women aren't and I wonder if that is psychological and socially constructed.
@cjs33139 While that may remain one of our all time physcological questions, I just said Dianna Rigg aged very badly and quickly... If the seris lasted five years longer, they would have had to replace her, or she'd have looked to old for Steed, who was some twenty years her senior and looked it at the time... Sure we all age badly, but there are Halle Berrys and Kathleen Turners amoungst us.... She was a Kathleen Turner, the unforgettable Star of the Movie Body Heat, who became a Walrus.
The beginning of The End...there will only be one Diana Rigg...(and ne Adam West...one Curley Howard). No other show matched the Steed/Peel chemistry...they tried, but never came close. Never.
You know, I always wondered why Steed, Peel, or King didn't "cross the pond" to lend a helping hand to Batman or the Green Hornet for an episode or two - since all three shows aired on the ABC-TV network around 1966-67.
@jsrosa1282 I had a wacky idea once: Have "The Invaders" go off the air but the aliens from it would start to appear on other shows and the ehroes of each would, over a series of episodes, trace them down to some island headquarters where they would find Roy Thinnes kepts prisoner there and, in a final battle, defeat the aliens and save the planet. Anyone whose series was being cancelled or what leaving would die herorically in the effort.
If Patrick MacNee left the show, the show would be cancelled in a heartbeat. Because the show revolved around him. Sure Diana Rigg and the other laides were great and all of that. But IMHO, PATRICK MACNEE IS THE AVENGERS! Women or not!
The show goofed big time when this happened. To suffer Mrs. Peel leaving was hard enough. But Patrick David Newell playing mother, that killed it. They should have left him out and let the Tara King character develop. Adding to it all, ABC decided to put the show up against the Number 1 show in the country at the time 'Laugh In' and got hammered . The Avengers got cancelled in America and they lost their big budget. So the dominos fell.
Although many mourned Mrs.Peel's departure,I did think they gave her a nice sendoff in this episode.I also thought Tara was just as good in her way as Mrs.Peel was in hers.
Is there any way I can get a version of this song with the solo trumpet part? I can't seem to find it anywhere on the net. This version seen here is far and away the best version of the entire series' run.
terrible de savoir qu'Emma ne soit jamais revenue...
DR aurait pu faire un effort quand même, qq épisodes avec tara en cas de gros troubles... DR refuse de l'admettre mais EP fut son meilleur rôle ! j'aime aussi bien sûr Tara...
I'm glad to know I'm not the only one who pauses this snipet to look at her face. She was my FIRST crush as a young boy....except for my 4th grade teacher Mrs. Shannon who btw had an uncanny resemblance. Go figure! :-)
@JuliaGottlieb - Like I've said to others before, the sereis as a whole, yep Diana has to be the top girl, but honestly, from the moment I originally saw this first clip,especially with end credits,TK became my FAV. I wasn't always happy with the way they portrayed her,but she definitely had a lot of episodes where she's just as great as EP in my opinon.The Key difference I feel is that the production quality of the EP era was far more consistent. That's not to say TK's wasn't great though.
@JohnnySullivan I've never got into the TK episodes, but after learning about the harassment Ms. Thorsten got from fans, I'm willing to give them another chance.
Both Gale and Peel had extraordinary talents, but one can easily argue that King could be seen as more approachable, more what women actually were and could show her talents that way. Not all women have PhDs and are advanced in judo, but are strong in various other ways.
@sabinal17 Opps, looks like I replied to myself in the previous post. That's what happens when you don't get enough sleep. As far as their talents go, both Steed & Emma had to have started somewhere. And that's how I was looking at Tara .....not as the talented amatuer, but as the gorgeous but TALENTED ROOKIE....who just happened to be learning from the master. Sadly, I had hoped for more from this premise. Problem was....sometimes she was written well and other times not.
@JohnnySullivan - Linda Thorson,(and many Riggs fans will disagree no doubt) had the charm & ability to match Rigg's portrayal of EP. Sadly, it was the writting and production as whole that didn't quite match up as a whole, plus the horrid mistake of trying to make TK a blonde, and what it did to Linda's hair. And even though I freely admit that the EP era was better, my favorite episodes come from the TK era. (for examle: Game,False Witness,Forget Me Knot,Stand By,They Keep Killing Steed).
I just found this by accident! The scenes here were used at the end of the Pretenders music video "Don't Get Me Wrong". Instead of meeting Tara King, he meets Chrissie Hynde
As an 11 yr old girl, Emma Peel was my hero. I wanted to grow up like her & with her confidence.
Kathy Gale and Emma were Steed's equals. Tara King was Steed's subordinate not his equal. the working partners relationship with Steed change from Emma being Steeds working partner to Tara being romantically silly woman/girl hung up on an older man. Emma was practical when fighting the bad guys. Tara fought them in a mini skirt & stilettos. c'mon! IMHO it became mediocre TV with Tara.
I wrote once in an eralier post that I thought the Avengers credits (especially the Tara King era) were the finest in television history. I liked both Peel and King equally.
I remember when the switch over episode aired, TV Guide did a feature story on it. Mrs. Peel vs Tara King Sort of the British version of Mary Ann vs Ginger. Long live the first Princess Diana !
Tara King was my favorite. And the End Credits here were my favorite of all the Avenger Credits....including the Openings. I frickin' love when she's putting on the lipstick with the revolver reflection!!!!!!
To me it's not that Mrs. Peel was better, it's that the production and story quality was consitently great (the fact that Emma's a great character goes without saying).....where as the Tara King era had lots of great moments that were as great as earlier eras....but unfornately, it didn't do it consistently. Shame really. But it is what it is. Tara is still my favorite though.....even though my first introduction to the Avengers where the Emma Peel episodes. In any event, I love them both.
Actually, Linda's run was more successful than Diana, the script was alot better and the ratings went through the roof with Linda Thorson's character Tara King!
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tara king était bonne néanmoins, et les épisodes malheureux ! j'ai trouvé tristye de ne jamais revoir EP au moins une fois ou deux , venir aider Steed et tara dans une épreuve difficile !
Linda Thorson is one of the classiest icons of the 1960s. She is stunning as Tara King and the rating proved the show was still a huge hit. In France Ms Thorson is a style icon and the most popular lady of all.
I never managed to see this episode at the end of the season in 1968 and now, FINALLY, via YouTube I get to see the ending! It's only taken 41 YEARS!! I was mighty frustrated to miss it back then.
You don't see enough of Mr. Peel to really tell that he looks "exactly" like Steed, which is what I'd always thought. He is dressed the same, of course.
It's very poignant to see Mrs. Peel leave. I would've been depressed if I'd seen it when it was first shown. Maybe it's best that I had to wait.
I have the Emma Peel DVDs and Forget-Me-Knot is one episode that I don't like to play because it's soooo depressing! I mean...the goodbye scene between Steed and Emma...you can hear a pin drop...it was that solemn. I feel as though I'm at a funeral!
These are probably some of the best closing credits in television history. Think about it, rarely do the producers do anything inventive to keep you watching through the end. A truly inventive show for its time.
IF that was true, then why did THE PRODUCER tell her bye??? Linda Thorson. Even Patrick said the producers were not a nice bunch of fellows. The stories got more and more far fetched and had nowhere else to go. IT went down hill when Diana Rigg left. PLUS the best ones to me were in Black and White. Much depth and a true enjoyment, and great mysteries. Love it.
Sorry to have to tell you, but if you do your research properly, the Thorson-series was the most popular ever in the UK and Europe. Also Brian Clemens admits the scripts were the best and that Linda's role was different but nontheless outstanding.
Linda Thorson really got a raw deal. the 1968 series wasn't that bad compared to the rest. If they gave her another season she would have really shined.
Absolutely - it's hard to believe she was only 20 when she did the series. Tara was a great fighter, beautiful looking with a great sense of humour and it really, Linda Thorson did an amazing job given all of the anomalies that were current with the final series.
UFOSPACE1999, that was interesting info, about Diana Rigg. When I (or anyone), thinks of The Avengers, one thinks of the character of Mrs. Emma Peel. She did for that show, what Steve McQueen did for the Ford Mustang, in Bullitt. She is the reason why the show is even still remembered. She doesn't get the credit that she so richly deserves. If she hated that show then with the series released on DVD, and if she doesn't get any of the profits off the DVD sales, she really must hate that show now.
Actually Diana Rigg was HAPPY to get off the show!!! HER contract was up, AND she didn't want to do this show no more. SHE hated the producers, who were NOT friendly to the woman on the show. AND Linda Thorson experiment didn't work either. For years Diana Rigg never talked about her experiences on the avengers. I watch her and steed in black and white and colour and thought they were excellent together. Great duo.
Interesting contrasts between the two ladies! Emma had a wide range of outfits while Tara had a large selection of wigs as well as outfits. Emma usually fought hand-to-hand while Tara occasionally used props like a brick in her purse (this ep) or a champagne bottle (Noon Doomsday, my favorite Tara ep). Occassionally Tara used karate but not to Emma's degree. Still two legendary beauties for Steed to enjoy, the lucky blighter!!!
Yes, you can "download" it at your favorite dvd shop, in dvd format, hardware included, for only a quid an episode. Hope that doesn't surpass your budget.
If we all would pay for our cherished (tv-)movies, prices would get even lower and the chance of old series being reissued would increase.
So next time you're in the pub, remember: one pint less = two episodes more.
Wonderful series and Linda Thorson was just gorgeous and still is,this still has great memories for me after 40 years,and i love it just as much now as i did when i was 11,back in 1968..
I agree with dougalmac54-I.E. Today's stars don't have near as much class, poise, grace, and sexiness like Linda and Diana. And with no nudity or gratuitous sex. That takes real talent.
This was just too cool a TV series ! I'm 50 and remember it well and miss these kind of shows ! Diana Rigg is beautiful and Patrick Mcnee dynamic ! CHEERS
I think Diana Rigg as Emma Peel and Linda Thorson as Tara King in Avenagers, both are great and beautiful eventhough still beautiful in today. I sent a roses to one each ..... wink.
I like Linda Thorson a lot, but Diana Rigg is just delicious as Emma Peel. Today's stars don't have near as much class, poise, grace, and sexiness like Linda and Diana. And with no nudity or gratuitous sex. That takes real talent.
I like Linda Thorson a lot, but Diana Rigg is just delicious as Emma Peel. Today's stars don't have near as much class, poise, grace, and sexiness like Linda and Diana. And with no nudity or gratuitous sex. That takes real talent.
In some ways i would a remake but don;t want the disappointment of how well they may have aged.Not sure. But a gathering of somekind where they toast we other would be nice....but that remake movie with Uma some years ago was absolutely terrible...but it would be nice to hear Patrick say, "Mrs. peel we're needed." :)
Dianna Rigg should do a remake . The last remake was a disaster . Anna Ryder Richardson has the charisma and presence to do it as long as its got top notch directing and producing . Bring back the original crew if possible . Dianna Rigg reminds me of my ex ....a lot .
Yes Mr. Peel was M.I.A. and was a dead ringer for Steed . By jove I think hes got it ! This is the catch . To make you think ! And make Steed think ! This is what drew Mrs. Peel to Steed so much ! They were very much alike !
Does anyone else get this bit.lol Emma is driving away with her long lost husband who is a dead ringer for Steed. Wasn't Mr. Peel MIA as a Royal Marine in Africa? Does any one else remember this?
I like Emma Peel sooooo much, she is sophisticated and high class but I love Tara too, she represent the incoming era, she's stylish but you can imagine her in a Punk rave few years later with her stoned face...
I love Linda, infact "the Avengers" was the first show to have one female lead hand the baton to the next one...and boy did she did a great job. We love you Linda!
What's scary is I just realised that Tara King went on to play Rosemary King on UK soap Emmerdale. She reckons she got killed off because of disagreements with the writers.
That's RAF Captain Peter Peel, and he was believed lost in the Amazon until he was found alive and his "wife Emma awaits." Am I the only one who noticed why Steed was aghast when he saw him from the window? They could have been twins!!! Emma, how COULD you??? Loved how she looked at Steed and then her husband and smiled! Priceless!
loved this episode. my two favorite girls passing the batton on from one to the other. linda did a great job with the scripts she was given. i will never forget the cute tag scenes between tara and steed they were great and these two were great together. linda did a great job and both actresses had great luck in theatre as well as television. a job well done by both of them.
Couldn't agree more! The tag scenes between Tara and Steed were among my favorite parts of the Avengers. I even tracked down the Laurie Johnson CD with Tag Scene on it as well as other Avengers music. Tremendous show..
is that cd still available. if so how would i get a copy. also did you ever watch emmerdale with linda thorson in it if so did you ever record any of the scenes she was in. if so would you be willing to put them on dvd for me at a fair price. linda was my favorite avenger girl and the shows of the avengers were great and forget me knot will always be my favorite along with game and many others. thanks
Sad episode when I was in my teens! Tara had her moments, but when the writers threw in her attraction to Steed as a component, the show lost its previous sophistication of two very sexy / sexual characters interacting without the obviousness of putting it in writing:
the EP episodes counted more on viewer intelligence. Plus, Tara was more "girly"; couldn't fight with the aplomb of EP, e.g. would use her purse as a weapon. But I did love Noon Doomsday and Have Guns Will Haggle!
Well, the show had to move on and Diana and Linda both played on well. Patrick is a cool dude. I would love to see a similar show put back on British television with Minnie Driver and Pierce Brosnan playing the parts of Emma Peel and Mr. Steed.
it turns out diana rigg wasnt treated too well while on the avengers. she later found out that even the cameraman was being paid more than her. they just didnt apprecitate how great the show was with diana
I didn't think you could come close to the chemistry that Steed and Peel had but Linda Thorson took it to the next level as Tara King. And they said it couldn't be done!!
This one had me in tears, I still do love Emma Peel!
stevent222 2 months ago
Diana Rigg is one of the most naturally beautiful women of all time. The show went into the tubes after she left. She is the only one that could have carried-on after Honor Blackman left the show who, coincidentally, was the only other woman of the day on TV that could have possibly competed with Rigg for the title of The Most Beautiful Woman on the TV tube in those days. Both are still beautiful women in their 70s.
GalloPazzesco 3 months ago
Tara King is hotter, but I like the older ones with Emma Peel better. Used to enjoy watching them on Friday nights at 10:P.M. "Umm, he likes his tea stirred, anti-clockwise"
london2z 4 months ago
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london2z 4 months ago
Diana Rigg never got a final credit? harsh lol
MrClassicDoctorWho 4 months ago
Associated British Corporation later became...Thames Television.
MrTrashcan1 4 months ago
You hear the old closing tag theme while Emma Peel is leaving, then the new theme with Tara King. The closing credits were with Tara King. The opening credits were with Emma Peel. Very cool. This show was like no other.
MrTrashcan1 4 months ago
Diana rigg was my first crush
rowan1325 4 months ago
I always wanted to be john steed
rowan1325 4 months ago
The whole colour series of the Avengers was shot on 35mm film which is far superior to anything digital.
connoisseurnic 5 months ago
Not a patch on Mrs Peel!.
serberious 5 months ago
This transition from season 5 to 6 reminds me of classic Trek's opening 3rd season episode "Spectre of the Gun" (actually it wasn't the season premiere but it was the first one made for season 3 which is why shatner's long sideburns are skinnier at the bottom then they would be in later episodes) where in syndication it began w/ season 2's theme (credits blue cuz it's still season 3) and the end credits would show with season 3's theme (slightly different and used only for that episode)
kirkrules66 6 months ago
It took time for 43 years and I find this..now
Tara King could not ...
MegaSitthichai 6 months ago
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MegaSitthichai 6 months ago
Nice to see she has the same good taste in tight leather like Emma Peel (check 1:22) wow! Still Diana, in full "Rigg" can't be beat! She is still the Queen Diva of the entire series...
TheEldoradoKid 7 months ago
*sniffle*
pepsibookcat 7 months ago
Linda Thorson I thought was just too clumsy in the fight scenes. D.Rigg was much more athletic and fun to watch when it come to doing stunts or fight scenes.
whiskeyify 7 months ago
I was addicted to the avengers as a kid, like 11-12, got home from school and watched it on uktv gold. I'm not ashamed to admit I actually cried at this scene when she left....
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the thing that struck me watching this was how Mr. Peel was a carbon copy of Steed.
the other jarring thing was going from the cool beauty of Emma Peel to the buxom daffiness of Tara King (though I do wonder what Linda Thorson would have looked like in the Black Queen outfit).
GreatGarloo 8 months ago
I remember this episode.....Diana Rigg was too big an act to follow, and 'Tara King' never filled the void..........
perth45 9 months ago
Linda Thorson later became another King - Rosemary King (previously Rosemary Sinclair) on Emmerdale. Very well suited to that role.
bambagirlbeveridge 9 months ago
Linda Thorsen was in an Episode of "The Equalizer" filmed here in NY in 1988
crazeenydriver 1 year ago
Loved Diana Rigg on this show, which was very swank indeed. I think Minnie Driver would be an excellent Mrs. Peel in any Avengers television show if they remade it.
Zippertheslipper 1 year ago
@Zippertheslipper - Actually the girl who played Miss Parker on The Pretender series would have been absolutely flawless as Emma Peel......too bad it never happened. She was Diana Rigg reborn. There were countless episodes where Miss Parker would be in her suit....pull out her gun.....and I'd be OH MY GOD! IT'S EMMA PEEL! The actress' name was Andrea Parker.....she also had killer legs......definitely has M'Appeal.
JohnnySullivan 11 months ago
A very sad day for me when Emma Peel left The Avengers, it was never the same again.The interplay between Steed and Mrs. Peel has never been bettered on television although Mulder and Scully came a close second.
larrydart13 1 year ago
@larrydart13 Carter has mentioned that the relationship between Mulder and Scully was influenced by the chemistry between John Steed and Emma Peel. (X-Files, wiki)
srroceht 9 months ago
As I keep saying, they didn't dare put the robust Linda Thorson into a leather catsuit for fear of all sorts of repercussions.
Onlymusical 1 year ago
Mrs. Peel Hard act to follow, indeed..!
GodStarRevisited69 1 year ago
I never tire of Emma Peel and if I was Steed, I'd thrown myslf at her feet... probably tried to look up her skirt Lol and begged her to stay!
bladrunner6 1 year ago
I didn't dislike Tara, and she was hot, but this (particularly Mrs. Peel's last scene with Steed right prior) was the saddest moment of my life watching The Avengers. Mrs. Peel to Steed: "Always keep your bowler on in times of stress, and watch out for diabolical masterminds." The 2nd part a term Mrs. Peel used on past occasions, delivered like only she could. Then "Goodbye, Steed", she kisses him and as she's leaving he says a rare "Emma"....thanks."
No way in Hell could Tara replace her.
MisterMasterShafter 1 year ago
Steed looks likes he's actually got a tear in his eye at the beginning of this clip. And who wouldn't? He's just lost the most gorgeous, intelligent, ass-kicking, secret agent ever as his partner. And look who he's got to replace her...some boring bird who can only knock blokes out with a brick in her handbag. Poor bastard.
richievegas01 1 year ago 3
Mrs. Peel finally got her husband back...and so Tara King became the new partner. I remember watching that episode...on TV...it was on at 9:00 pm, in the days before we had any kind of cable, or VCR's, or any other means of seeing it other than when it was broadcast...
georgegrew 1 year ago
yes 0:49 gave me goose bumps. Emma Peel gone, forever.
bambangtutuko 1 year ago
Diana Rigg was so gorgeous in those days. Interesting to note Linda Thorson was the only female Avenger not to appear in a Bond film (Honor Blackman - Goldfinger), (Diana Rigg & Joanna Lumley - OHMSS) and even the suave Steed himself appeared in Roger's last 007 movie - A View To A Kill.
TRUMPER007 1 year ago
@TRUMPER007 Diana still is gorgeous today! Her hair's just white now but still in great shape at 76!
moxie96 1 year ago
@moxie96 76 / never she dosent look that old, she is still a gorgous lady
powerspade 1 year ago
@moxie96 She's 72. Born July 20, 1938. Yeah, she's still good looking woman.
OnCloudNine62 1 year ago
Peter Peel sure looked a lot like Steed,didn't he?(Chuckle!)I heard that Patrick Macnee was actualy in that small scene.Typical Avengers humor!
RJRanke 1 year ago
Does anyone remember the episode when Tara King had a Man in her Head Scissors?
Jiltedin2007 1 year ago
Sad, the day The Avengers ended... Tara was Great, Beautiful, Talented and had a Body that approached unbelievable, but let's face it, Diana Rigg, as Emma Peel, John Steed's partner, just wasn't a replaceable item... Looking back, I'm just happy the years have been a better friend to me, then the woman who gave me prepetual hard-ons... God, in her prime, Diana Rigg was beautiful!!! She sure didn't age that well though...
BadBopco 1 year ago
@BadBopco What woman ages well anyway? :) No one does... including men. Unfortunately society places more emphasis on beauty/aging on women than men, so men look distinguished and sexy in their 60s and up and women are just plain wrinkled hags. Wrinkles on men are sexy (I can attest to that, as I am a gay male who finds older men sexier than younger), but unfortunately wrinkles on women aren't and I wonder if that is psychological and socially constructed.
cjs33139 1 year ago
@cjs33139 While that may remain one of our all time physcological questions, I just said Dianna Rigg aged very badly and quickly... If the seris lasted five years longer, they would have had to replace her, or she'd have looked to old for Steed, who was some twenty years her senior and looked it at the time... Sure we all age badly, but there are Halle Berrys and Kathleen Turners amoungst us.... She was a Kathleen Turner, the unforgettable Star of the Movie Body Heat, who became a Walrus.
BadBopco 1 year ago
The beginning of The End...there will only be one Diana Rigg...(and ne Adam West...one Curley Howard). No other show matched the Steed/Peel chemistry...they tried, but never came close. Never.
ladster3 1 year ago 4
"She's Tara", The Real Romulans did a song about her. Must have been Avengers fans. They're on myspace if you want to hear it.
lambrettist2007 1 year ago
You know, I always wondered why Steed, Peel, or King didn't "cross the pond" to lend a helping hand to Batman or the Green Hornet for an episode or two - since all three shows aired on the ABC-TV network around 1966-67.
jsrosa1282 1 year ago
@jsrosa1282 I had a wacky idea once: Have "The Invaders" go off the air but the aliens from it would start to appear on other shows and the ehroes of each would, over a series of episodes, trace them down to some island headquarters where they would find Roy Thinnes kepts prisoner there and, in a final battle, defeat the aliens and save the planet. Anyone whose series was being cancelled or what leaving would die herorically in the effort.
44032 1 year ago
TARA is WAAAAAAAYYYYYYYY HOT!! Big jugs.
drbotanus 1 year ago
Didn't like Emma Peel much, she was too snobby and stuck up. Tara King was better.
sirtinycreep 1 year ago
Damn.....I love this stuff.
bjroberts65 1 year ago
How gorgoeus is tara at 1:04 to 1:06 ?
The sexiest avengers girl by far
rarebutgreat 1 year ago 2
If Patrick MacNee left the show, the show would be cancelled in a heartbeat. Because the show revolved around him. Sure Diana Rigg and the other laides were great and all of that. But IMHO, PATRICK MACNEE IS THE AVENGERS! Women or not!
JPPT1974 1 year ago 4
without diana rigg no avengers anymore!!! she was the honey of the series!!!
deepenhancer 1 year ago
diana rigg every time
cremulator69 1 year ago
Mrs. Peel off to become Mrs. Bond.
kgmaj 1 year ago 3
I'll take Mrs. Peel any day of the week
vampyrikus 1 year ago 2
Two hot ladies. But I think Tara is a bit cuter. Amazing rack.
drbotanus 2 years ago 3
@drbotanus Agreed, Tara is hotter.
sirtinycreep 1 year ago
good day
PauleQueenie 2 years ago
Anglo Saxon-ess door # one. Vah va vuu-m!
Druid1tothe10th 2 years ago 10
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The show goofed big time when this happened. To suffer Mrs. Peel leaving was hard enough. But Patrick David Newell playing mother, that killed it. They should have left him out and let the Tara King character develop. Adding to it all, ABC decided to put the show up against the Number 1 show in the country at the time 'Laugh In' and got hammered . The Avengers got cancelled in America and they lost their big budget. So the dominos fell.
puck30 2 years ago 2
Although many mourned Mrs.Peel's departure,I did think they gave her a nice sendoff in this episode.I also thought Tara was just as good in her way as Mrs.Peel was in hers.
RJRanke 2 years ago 7
The height of 60s sophistication - a mews Flat and an open top Rolls Royce
jontibloom 2 years ago 4
Is there any way I can get a version of this song with the solo trumpet part? I can't seem to find it anywhere on the net. This version seen here is far and away the best version of the entire series' run.
2nd2nun1 2 years ago
I love Emma, but I also love Tara King. Most of the episodes I watched growing up was with Tara King!!!!!!
localflava 2 years ago 8
stop it at 0:49 and just drown yourself in that lovely face. Oh god...40 years later and I'm still a 10 year old boy fantasizing!
tonybklyn 2 years ago 29
My god you are so right.Good job i can swim-Going out tomorrow and getting the box set,Just to see her again.
HELLO2YOU3 2 years ago 8
Not just at 0:49.Look at 0:45 Now there i could drown myself ;0)
HELLO2YOU3 2 years ago 11
Oh hell, the whole damn thing! :-D
tonybklyn 2 years ago 15
terrible de savoir qu'Emma ne soit jamais revenue...
DR aurait pu faire un effort quand même, qq épisodes avec tara en cas de gros troubles... DR refuse de l'admettre mais EP fut son meilleur rôle ! j'aime aussi bien sûr Tara...
lellememe 2 years ago 3
At 0:46 - God, she looks so beautiful.
greenroadster 2 years ago 45
I'm glad to know I'm not the only one who pauses this snipet to look at her face. She was my FIRST crush as a young boy....except for my 4th grade teacher Mrs. Shannon who btw had an uncanny resemblance. Go figure! :-)
tonybklyn 2 years ago 14
@greenroadster I thought exactly the same thing.
zaniac100 1 year ago
EMMA PEEL > TARA KING
always.
JuliaGottlieb 2 years ago 55
@JuliaGottlieb - Like I've said to others before, the sereis as a whole, yep Diana has to be the top girl, but honestly, from the moment I originally saw this first clip,especially with end credits,TK became my FAV. I wasn't always happy with the way they portrayed her,but she definitely had a lot of episodes where she's just as great as EP in my opinon.The Key difference I feel is that the production quality of the EP era was far more consistent. That's not to say TK's wasn't great though.
JohnnySullivan 11 months ago
@JohnnySullivan I've never got into the TK episodes, but after learning about the harassment Ms. Thorsten got from fans, I'm willing to give them another chance.
Both Gale and Peel had extraordinary talents, but one can easily argue that King could be seen as more approachable, more what women actually were and could show her talents that way. Not all women have PhDs and are advanced in judo, but are strong in various other ways.
sabinal17 11 months ago
@sabinal17 Opps, looks like I replied to myself in the previous post. That's what happens when you don't get enough sleep. As far as their talents go, both Steed & Emma had to have started somewhere. And that's how I was looking at Tara .....not as the talented amatuer, but as the gorgeous but TALENTED ROOKIE....who just happened to be learning from the master. Sadly, I had hoped for more from this premise. Problem was....sometimes she was written well and other times not.
JohnnySullivan 9 months ago
@JohnnySullivan - Linda Thorson,(and many Riggs fans will disagree no doubt) had the charm & ability to match Rigg's portrayal of EP. Sadly, it was the writting and production as whole that didn't quite match up as a whole, plus the horrid mistake of trying to make TK a blonde, and what it did to Linda's hair. And even though I freely admit that the EP era was better, my favorite episodes come from the TK era. (for examle: Game,False Witness,Forget Me Knot,Stand By,They Keep Killing Steed).
JohnnySullivan 9 months ago
I still love the scene where Emma and Tara cross paths.
This is such a CLASSIC series!
Actionguy1 2 years ago 29
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greenroadster 2 years ago
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There's no denying Thorson's wall-eyed sex appeal, but what did the women see in Patrick McNee?
problem49 2 years ago
I just found this by accident! The scenes here were used at the end of the Pretenders music video "Don't Get Me Wrong". Instead of meeting Tara King, he meets Chrissie Hynde
towringer 2 years ago 6
Oh wow I just realized I stir my tea the same way! Awesome!
coconutgrove8 2 years ago 5
As an 11 yr old girl, Emma Peel was my hero. I wanted to grow up like her & with her confidence.
Kathy Gale and Emma were Steed's equals. Tara King was Steed's subordinate not his equal. the working partners relationship with Steed change from Emma being Steeds working partner to Tara being romantically silly woman/girl hung up on an older man. Emma was practical when fighting the bad guys. Tara fought them in a mini skirt & stilettos. c'mon! IMHO it became mediocre TV with Tara.
GoldieOkeefe 2 years ago 22
That was a great close-up of Mrs. Peel looking back at Steed. Linda sure looked sharp-as-a-tack in the credits scene.
I wanted to grow up like Diana Rigg. I think I had a doll that was of her.
VanWADebbie 2 years ago 22
Love Tara King!!!!!
extremeriot 2 years ago 7
great show.wish it was still in reruns
redlabs 2 years ago 13
I wrote once in an eralier post that I thought the Avengers credits (especially the Tara King era) were the finest in television history. I liked both Peel and King equally.
taraniso 2 years ago 12
A dark day in TV history!!
madkins120032000 2 years ago 3
Of course it is ! it had been a desaster!
JWARDable 2 years ago
I don't know why but I always hated Tara King. She was always annoyingly happy from Day 1 and just rubbed me the wrong way.
WJobsessed 2 years ago
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TheConduit4SHE 2 years ago
I remember when the switch over episode aired, TV Guide did a feature story on it. Mrs. Peel vs Tara King Sort of the British version of Mary Ann vs Ginger. Long live the first Princess Diana !
psyclone7 2 years ago 3
dr peel looks like charly chapman and steed does any1 agree?
ewschullerts 2 years ago 2
diana rigg ademas de ser una gran actriz y ser fundamental en la serie, era una mujer bellisima y todavia estoy enamorado de ella...que sexy!!!!
lpizzella 2 years ago 2
I loved Tara King, I have seen all the episodes with Emma Peele and Tara King on reruns, Tara was my kinda girl!!!
polyprinz 2 years ago 3
Tara King was my favorite. And the End Credits here were my favorite of all the Avenger Credits....including the Openings. I frickin' love when she's putting on the lipstick with the revolver reflection!!!!!!
JohnnySullivan 2 years ago 3
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TheConduit4SHE 2 years ago
To me it's not that Mrs. Peel was better, it's that the production and story quality was consitently great (the fact that Emma's a great character goes without saying).....where as the Tara King era had lots of great moments that were as great as earlier eras....but unfornately, it didn't do it consistently. Shame really. But it is what it is. Tara is still my favorite though.....even though my first introduction to the Avengers where the Emma Peel episodes. In any event, I love them both.
JohnnySullivan 2 years ago 10
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Actually, Linda's run was more successful than Diana, the script was alot better and the ratings went through the roof with Linda Thorson's character Tara King!
vxf2007 2 years ago
Mrs. Peel was the best, Tara King couldn't compete.
Hoofbeats85 2 years ago 17
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tara king était bonne néanmoins, et les épisodes malheureux ! j'ai trouvé tristye de ne jamais revoir EP au moins une fois ou deux , venir aider Steed et tara dans une épreuve difficile !
cathy7gale 2 years ago
why was there a change anyways
billcary30 2 years ago
Diana Rigg was leaving the series. They needed a new female partner for Steed.
Hoofbeats85 2 years ago 2
Tara is all right but mrs peel is way better 4 steed
ewschullerts 2 years ago 12
im only 13 and i luv this show
ewschullerts 2 years ago 7
Who better to replace Diana than Linda? I enjoy watching both women on re-runs, they were both great!!!!
extremeriot 2 years ago 5
Seen all of the reuns with Mrs. Peel and Tara King. Never seen the one who came before Mrs. Peel.
LBF522 2 years ago 2
Try watching some Mrs Gale epidoes from 1964. They're B&W and much darker than Mrs Peel's, but still very enjoyable.
cameronboy18 2 years ago 3
Linda had Great Legs and those episodes of hers were really well written.
No one can replace Emma though, esp in America. Always felt sorry for her, being Canadian and all. Sexy girl, but hard to replace a Goddess.
kronoscorvinus 2 years ago 2
Hell yeah.
There's a REASON Al Bundy called her Linda "We Couldn't Find Anybody Better To Do The Show" Thorson.
In all fairness, though, it was far less her fault than it was that of whoever tapped her for the show.
Steven5812 2 years ago 4
Linda Thorson is one of the classiest icons of the 1960s. She is stunning as Tara King and the rating proved the show was still a huge hit. In France Ms Thorson is a style icon and the most popular lady of all.
MrChickyBee 2 years ago 4
I never managed to see this episode at the end of the season in 1968 and now, FINALLY, via YouTube I get to see the ending! It's only taken 41 YEARS!! I was mighty frustrated to miss it back then.
You don't see enough of Mr. Peel to really tell that he looks "exactly" like Steed, which is what I'd always thought. He is dressed the same, of course.
It's very poignant to see Mrs. Peel leave. I would've been depressed if I'd seen it when it was first shown. Maybe it's best that I had to wait.
hebneh 2 years ago
I prefer this closing Thorson ending,than the card tricks ending!
dramaticguy 2 years ago
Is that a mews in Chelsea?
dicksatan 2 years ago
I have the Emma Peel DVDs and Forget-Me-Knot is one episode that I don't like to play because it's soooo depressing! I mean...the goodbye scene between Steed and Emma...you can hear a pin drop...it was that solemn. I feel as though I'm at a funeral!
avengergurl1 2 years ago 6
I agree so sad when Emma Peel leaves,agree it wasn't quite the same after,bu tthe Linda Thorson scripts are very good,Tara'a grown on me!
dramaticguy 2 years ago 3
yah, but its funny as shes driving away. its all good tho
dizzyisme 2 years ago
These are probably some of the best closing credits in television history. Think about it, rarely do the producers do anything inventive to keep you watching through the end. A truly inventive show for its time.
taraniso 2 years ago 6
Wonderful ending !
I always loved the stairway moment when they meet for the first, and last, time.
Absolute great series.
yanndick 3 years ago 7
Ah, Tara! The highest rated episodes in EUROPE with some of the best scripts ever and Linda Thorson is gorgeous!!!!!!
CalleAlJalili 3 years ago 2
IF that was true, then why did THE PRODUCER tell her bye??? Linda Thorson. Even Patrick said the producers were not a nice bunch of fellows. The stories got more and more far fetched and had nowhere else to go. IT went down hill when Diana Rigg left. PLUS the best ones to me were in Black and White. Much depth and a true enjoyment, and great mysteries. Love it.
UFOSPACE1999 3 years ago
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Sorry to have to tell you, but if you do your research properly, the Thorson-series was the most popular ever in the UK and Europe. Also Brian Clemens admits the scripts were the best and that Linda's role was different but nontheless outstanding.
CalleAlJalili 3 years ago
Linda Thorson really got a raw deal. the 1968 series wasn't that bad compared to the rest. If they gave her another season she would have really shined.
CinemaBiohazard 3 years ago 2
Absolutely - it's hard to believe she was only 20 when she did the series. Tara was a great fighter, beautiful looking with a great sense of humour and it really, Linda Thorson did an amazing job given all of the anomalies that were current with the final series.
CalleAlJalili 3 years ago
UFOSPACE1999, that was interesting info, about Diana Rigg. When I (or anyone), thinks of The Avengers, one thinks of the character of Mrs. Emma Peel. She did for that show, what Steve McQueen did for the Ford Mustang, in Bullitt. She is the reason why the show is even still remembered. She doesn't get the credit that she so richly deserves. If she hated that show then with the series released on DVD, and if she doesn't get any of the profits off the DVD sales, she really must hate that show now.
THEHUNGRYVEGETARIAN 3 years ago
Actually Diana Rigg was HAPPY to get off the show!!! HER contract was up, AND she didn't want to do this show no more. SHE hated the producers, who were NOT friendly to the woman on the show. AND Linda Thorson experiment didn't work either. For years Diana Rigg never talked about her experiences on the avengers. I watch her and steed in black and white and colour and thought they were excellent together. Great duo.
UFOSPACE1999 3 years ago 2
very sad moment....
kirillfrommoscow1981 3 years ago
I prefer the Tara/Steed closing credits here,than the card tricks ending.
dramaticguy 3 years ago 2
Interesting contrasts between the two ladies! Emma had a wide range of outfits while Tara had a large selection of wigs as well as outfits. Emma usually fought hand-to-hand while Tara occasionally used props like a brick in her purse (this ep) or a champagne bottle (Noon Doomsday, my favorite Tara ep). Occassionally Tara used karate but not to Emma's degree. Still two legendary beauties for Steed to enjoy, the lucky blighter!!!
Elric33239 3 years ago
can some1 tip me where i can download the avengers?
darthajuntapall2 3 years ago
Yes, you can "download" it at your favorite dvd shop, in dvd format, hardware included, for only a quid an episode. Hope that doesn't surpass your budget.
If we all would pay for our cherished (tv-)movies, prices would get even lower and the chance of old series being reissued would increase.
So next time you're in the pub, remember: one pint less = two episodes more.
hminkema 2 years ago
Pause it at :50 and get a look at that face! WOW!!
tonybklyn 3 years ago 7
Wonderful series and Linda Thorson was just gorgeous and still is,this still has great memories for me after 40 years,and i love it just as much now as i did when i was 11,back in 1968..
beacboy61 3 years ago
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Streetballer32 3 years ago
Diana Rigg and Linda Thorson, both just fantastic in The Avengers. I too grew up with them and loved the series. Ah ! The memories !
alexanda4 3 years ago 2
I agree with dougalmac54-I.E. Today's stars don't have near as much class, poise, grace, and sexiness like Linda and Diana. And with no nudity or gratuitous sex. That takes real talent.
antiochblade 3 years ago
This was just too cool a TV series ! I'm 50 and remember it well and miss these kind of shows ! Diana Rigg is beautiful and Patrick Mcnee dynamic ! CHEERS
Play2Win58 3 years ago 3
I think Diana Rigg as Emma Peel and Linda Thorson as Tara King in Avenagers, both are great and beautiful eventhough still beautiful in today. I sent a roses to one each ..... wink.
SpeedoCalifGuy 3 years ago 2
because it was the show Diana Rigg?
castelluccileo 3 years ago
w emma....tara boooooooooo
irgalam 3 years ago
I like Linda Thorson a lot, but Diana Rigg is just delicious as Emma Peel. Today's stars don't have near as much class, poise, grace, and sexiness like Linda and Diana. And with no nudity or gratuitous sex. That takes real talent.
dougalmac54 3 years ago 7
I like Linda Thorson a lot, but Diana Rigg is just delicious as Emma Peel. Today's stars don't have near as much class, poise, grace, and sexiness like Linda and Diana. And with no nudity or gratuitous sex. That takes real talent.
dougalmac54 3 years ago 3
Thank you so much for showing this. It is a beautiful clip :)
starslightaa 3 years ago 6
i used to love emma peel,tara king was quite a shock for me at that time
glamorgan65 3 years ago
My God was Steed a lucky man Emma and Tara are gorgeous!!!!!!!!!
Ikonoklast2007 3 years ago 5
In some ways i would a remake but don;t want the disappointment of how well they may have aged.Not sure. But a gathering of somekind where they toast we other would be nice....but that remake movie with Uma some years ago was absolutely terrible...but it would be nice to hear Patrick say, "Mrs. peel we're needed." :)
markspeaks 3 years ago
How about this for a plotline to reunite the original cast Cathy Gale Emma Peel and Tara King team up to investigate the disappearance of Steed
charlieboy7t5 3 years ago 3
Yes that would have been a great idea for a tenth or twentieth anniversary of the series.
LBF522 2 years ago
Emma is unique! No one like her!
goodsoninc 3 years ago 6
Dianna Rigg should do a remake . The last remake was a disaster . Anna Ryder Richardson has the charisma and presence to do it as long as its got top notch directing and producing . Bring back the original crew if possible . Dianna Rigg reminds me of my ex ....a lot .
Yes Mr. Peel was M.I.A. and was a dead ringer for Steed . By jove I think hes got it ! This is the catch . To make you think ! And make Steed think ! This is what drew Mrs. Peel to Steed so much ! They were very much alike !
antiochblade 3 years ago
Does anyone else get this bit.lol Emma is driving away with her long lost husband who is a dead ringer for Steed. Wasn't Mr. Peel MIA as a Royal Marine in Africa? Does any one else remember this?
happydave56 3 years ago
It says in the Forget Me Knot he was an ace pilot.
dramaticguy 3 years ago
An RAF captain, in fact, who was lost in the Amazon.
Elric33239 3 years ago 2
Sorry I didn't read further or I wouldn't have made my earlier post. At least it's not just me who noticed.
Elric33239 3 years ago
I like Emma Peel sooooo much, she is sophisticated and high class but I love Tara too, she represent the incoming era, she's stylish but you can imagine her in a Punk rave few years later with her stoned face...
xrayqqq 3 years ago
I love Linda, infact "the Avengers" was the first show to have one female lead hand the baton to the next one...and boy did she did a great job. We love you Linda!
studlyamerican 3 years ago 2
What's scary is I just realised that Tara King went on to play Rosemary King on UK soap Emmerdale. She reckons she got killed off because of disagreements with the writers.
IainiaI 3 years ago
Emma in this episode is so sweet and charming. She touches my heart. Why did you left Steed, beatiful Mrs Peel?
goodsoninc 3 years ago 4
Didn't Mr. Peel return and drive her away?
happydave56 3 years ago
That's RAF Captain Peter Peel, and he was believed lost in the Amazon until he was found alive and his "wife Emma awaits." Am I the only one who noticed why Steed was aghast when he saw him from the window? They could have been twins!!! Emma, how COULD you??? Loved how she looked at Steed and then her husband and smiled! Priceless!
Elric33239 3 years ago 3
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The modern Emma Peel could perfectly the beautiful Sienna Miller.And the modern Steed could be... I don't know
goodsoninc 3 years ago
There is no modern "Mrs. Peel" there is only one, Diana Rigg. Unimitable in every way.
tonybklyn 3 years ago 12
Come on I know that Diana Rigg is not replacebale. But Sienna Miller is brilliant, and she could be the avengers of the XXI century.
goodsoninc 3 years ago 3
Absolutely no other Mrs. Peel but Diana Rigg! Remakes would be a disaster.
happydave56 3 years ago 5
Rachael Sterling, her daughter is her double and is the only contender I can think of ... but who could play Steed like Mr Patrick McNee?
MrChickyBee 2 years ago 4
loved this episode. my two favorite girls passing the batton on from one to the other. linda did a great job with the scripts she was given. i will never forget the cute tag scenes between tara and steed they were great and these two were great together. linda did a great job and both actresses had great luck in theatre as well as television. a job well done by both of them.
missking68 3 years ago 3
Couldn't agree more! The tag scenes between Tara and Steed were among my favorite parts of the Avengers. I even tracked down the Laurie Johnson CD with Tag Scene on it as well as other Avengers music. Tremendous show..
bondtrdr 3 years ago 3
is that cd still available. if so how would i get a copy. also did you ever watch emmerdale with linda thorson in it if so did you ever record any of the scenes she was in. if so would you be willing to put them on dvd for me at a fair price. linda was my favorite avenger girl and the shows of the avengers were great and forget me knot will always be my favorite along with game and many others. thanks
missking68 3 years ago
Sad episode when I was in my teens! Tara had her moments, but when the writers threw in her attraction to Steed as a component, the show lost its previous sophistication of two very sexy / sexual characters interacting without the obviousness of putting it in writing:
the EP episodes counted more on viewer intelligence. Plus, Tara was more "girly"; couldn't fight with the aplomb of EP, e.g. would use her purse as a weapon. But I did love Noon Doomsday and Have Guns Will Haggle!
mikedtw 3 years ago 2
Well, the show had to move on and Diana and Linda both played on well. Patrick is a cool dude. I would love to see a similar show put back on British television with Minnie Driver and Pierce Brosnan playing the parts of Emma Peel and Mr. Steed.
Zippertheslipper 3 years ago
how come emma peel was replaced by tara king?
JOEDEAN2008 3 years ago
it turns out diana rigg wasnt treated too well while on the avengers. she later found out that even the cameraman was being paid more than her. they just didnt apprecitate how great the show was with diana
mrjbfan747 3 years ago 4
I didn't think you could come close to the chemistry that Steed and Peel had but Linda Thorson took it to the next level as Tara King. And they said it couldn't be done!!
bondtrdr 3 years ago