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  • The Avengers (1961-69). Champagne Chums Combating Crime Capers.

    From Ubiquitous@3:633/280.2 to All on Fri Jan 5 08:19:38 2024
    Keywords: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfqhCQcXm2Y
    Summary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfqhCQcXm2Y

    Stam Fine Reviews looks at the 1960's series The Avengers, a stylish
    and action packed spy series starring Patrick Macnee along with Diana
    Rigg, Honor Blackman, Ian Hendry, and Linda Thorson, but not at the
    same time.

    It was a big deal in its day, remained a big deal for a long time, had
    a sequel series in the 70s (The New Avengers, with Joanna Lumley), then
    a terrible movie version in 1998 made it less of a big deal, yet
    they're still showing the series. Who knew?

    John Steed, along with at various times, Emma Peel, Cathy Gale, Dr
    Keel, Dr King, Venus Smith, and latterly, Tara King, would become
    involved in stopping crime and espionage plots.

    00:00 Introduction
    01:38 Avenging
    04:19 Season Two: Honor Blackman
    09:57 Season Three: Almost Live.
    15:40 Season Four: "We're Filmed, Mrs Peel."
    25:37 Season Five: In Colour, Lots of It.
    29:47 Season Six: Ta-ra-ra Boom-de-ay!
    34:33 Music, Remakes
    35:11 Guest Stars, Parodies
    37:27 Personal Picks
    38:37 Legacy

    https://youtu.be/xfqhCQcXm2Y?si=tDnoEV93ZKNgtCNq

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  • From danny burstein@3:633/280.2 to All on Fri Jan 5 09:51:23 2024
    Keywords: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfqhCQcXm2Y

    In <1IydnWFQ-f9svQr4nZ2dnZfqn_WdnZ2d@giganews.com> Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> writes:

    [snip]

    John Steed, along with at various times, Emma Peel, Cathy Gale, Dr
    Keel, Dr King, Venus Smith, and latterly, Tara King, would become
    involved in stopping crime and espionage plots.

    Also with Julie Stevens, portraying Venus Smith

    [wiki]

    During the 1962-63 season she played Venus Smith, an occasional
    partner of John Steed in the TV series, The Avengers, alternating
    with Honor Blackman's Cathy Gale.[2] Venus was a nightclub singer,
    and each of her appearances included at least one musical number.
    She appeared in only six episodes, and Stevens is not usually
    included in the list of "Avengers girls".

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie_Stevens_(English_actress)


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