The Avengers Must See TV 1/3

A must see tv special all about The Avengers. Presented by Joan Collins, with commentary by Patrick Macnee, Honor Blackman and Linda Thorson.

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• The
• Avengers
• John
• Steed
• Emma
• Peel
• Cathy
• Gale
• Tara
• King
• Diana
• Rigg
• Honor
• Blackman
• Patrick
• Macnee

[ji621]

Plattowin58. Steed and  Cathy had a link with One Ten in the first 2 series but really nothing established, Steed /Emma again nothing established. When asked it was mentioned by producers that Steed worked for MI5 and a half.

Not until the intro of 'Mother' in the Tara King series that it indicated that Steed worked for a secret service but although the government knew of their work there wasn't an official name, like MI5 for example

[moorlock2003]

Not crazy about the script or Joan Collins' reading of it, but the interview material is good.

[woohooboy]

@ChucksCherubs - Patrick Macnee was reluctant to do "The New Avengers" at first and declined the initial offer. Being in his mid fifties, the actor felt too old to be doing all the action sequences required of him.

To sweeten the deal, the producers decided to add a third partner to the equation (Gareth Hunt as Mike Gambit) who would be tackling most of the rough and tumble stuff. Macnee then agreed to do the show and the rest is history.....

[stationranger]

@ChucksCherubs That is a question only Macnee could answer but I'm guessing the money was good.

[ChucksCherubs]

@stationranger So why did he star in The New Avengers almost a decade later?

[stationranger]

@ChucksCherubs Macnee himself noted that he appeared too old (saying that Linda Thorsen looked more like his daughter than a partner) in the final season of the original show. That said even a long in the tooth Macnee in the show's worst season is better that a Ralph Fienes as Steed in the 1998 Avengers movie.

[Jantv81]

Genius Villians with outrageous plots to take over the world. You didn't see anything like this on Mission:Impossible or Get Smart.

[Jantv81]

@jazzfan19605 Disagreed. The Emma Peel era was awesome. The fact that both Diana and Honor did their own stunts made it all the more surreal. She kicked some major butt. And the reason I became a fan of the show was it had two independent women, they were British, and it was part sci-fi meets spy-fi.

[ChucksCherubs]

@stationranger Although I do agree that the Tara King season was the worst, I think your statement about Patrick MacNee is completely wrong. He was by no means "too long in the tooth" to play Steed. As a matter of fact, he was still perfect as Steed almost a decade later in The New Avengers!

[stationranger]

The final season of The Avengers was such a shame. Linda Thorson was a poor choice and by then Patrick Macnee was getting a bit long in the tooth. Together they looked more like father and daughter then partners. The scripts were terrible and very final episode was just plain sad. The character of Mother played by Patrick Newell also helped wreck The Avengers, what a stupid idea.

Charlotte Rampling almost replaced Diana Rigg and that would have been interesting.

[jazzfan19605]

@Francesko263 I agree. 

[Francesko263]

@jazzfan19605 That's right, but Emma Peel era was fitted for younger generations.