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The Avengers: A Celebration: 50 Years of a Television Classic
The Avengers burst onto televisions screens in the 1960’s, and the show’s mix of wit, adventure and beautiful women became an instant hit!
Now
fifty years on, Marcus Hearn has been granted unparalleled access to
the show’s production archives and has collected together a fabulous
array of material to celebrate the 50th anniversary of
The Avengers.
Lavishly
illustrated, with many unpublished stills, behind-the-scenes photos,
and snaps from the ABC & LWT private archive, this is a spectacular
portrait of the world's best-loved cult action-adventure series, and its
classic sequel, The New Avengers.
The Avengers: The Inside Story
Patrick Macnee tells all! The secrets of the hit TV series
The Avengers are laid bare by the man who
was John Steed.
Lavishly
illustrated, with many unpublished stills, behind-the-scenes photos,
and snaps from Macnee's private collection, this is a very personal
portrait of the world's best-loved cult action-adventure series, and its
classic sequel,
The New Avengers.
In unflinching detail, Macnee reveals the true story behind the show, including his relationships with all four
Avengers girls — Honor Blackman, Diana Rigg, Linda Thorson and Joanna Lumley — on
and off the set!
The Complete Avengers: The Full Story of Britain's Smash Crime-Fighting Team!
Since its first airing in 1961,
The Avengers has become one of
the most enduringly popular series in the history of television-reaching
its height in the episodes where Patick Macnee starred as the
impeccable John Steed opposite Diana Rigg's strong, sensual Mrs. Peel.
The Avengers' world was always full of upper-class derring-do, a place
of distinctly elegant high jinks-all portrayed with tongue firmly in
cheek.
Now, television historian Dave Rogers has assembled into
one volume the complete history of this long-running program, from the
early episodes featuring Ian Hendry, through the glory days of Diana
Rigg, to
The New Avengers-and beyond. Drawing on extensive interviews with such
Avengers cast
members as Linda Thorson ("Tara King"), Patrick Newell ("Mother"),
Honor Blackman ("Cathy Gale"), and, of course, Patrick Macnee-plus
several of the show's writers-this volume provides:
-An overview of the series
-A complete, show-by-show episode guide
-A comprehensive collectors' guide to
Avengers memorabilia
-More than 200 photographs of England's classiest crime fighters
-And an introduction by
Avengers producer Brian Clemens.
Saints and Avengers: British Adventure Series of the 1960s
Series like
"The Avengers" and "Danger Man", with their professional secret agents,
or "The Saint" and "The Persuaders", featuring flamboyant
crime-fighters, still inspire mainstream and cult followings.
Saints and Avengers
explores and celebrates this unique television genre for the first
time. James Chapman uses case studies to look at the thrillers’
representations of national identity, and the world of the '60's and
'70's. Chapman also asserts that this particular type of thriller was a
historically and culturally defined generic type, with enduring appeal,
as the current vogue for remaking them as big budget films attests.
The Avengers Dossier
"The Avengers" was the 1960s, defining the era with its style, politics
and chic. Starting in 1960 as a gritty spy drama, the programme evolved
into the hippest, most fondly remembered series of the decade. The first
British programme to be networked in the USA, it spawned a hit single,
"The New Avengers" and a legacy of writers and directors who went on to
shape the next 20 years of TV. For the first time, this book provides a
definitive and entertaining reference work on that cult programme. From
an episode by episode listing, through interviews with the stars and a
discussion of the behind-the-scenes politics, the reader is given an
insight into every aspect of the series. The book also details the
making of the "Avengers" movie, starring Ralph Fiennes, Uma Thurman and
Sean Connery. With its first viewers recruited in 1960, and new
enthusiasts added every day through constant repeats on British
television, this programme has acquired a huge fan following. This is
the definitive reference work which every one of those fans will want to
own.
The Avengers on Location
The Avengers inhabited an extraordinary landscape of aristocrats,
mad scientists, and spies, having only a tenuous connection with the
realities of 1960s England. Filmed in a variety of locations in
southeast England, many of the settings are easily accessible and remain
virtually unchanged after 40 years. This guide to the locations for
The Avengers,
and numerous other classic television shows from the 1960s and 1970s,
is an absorbing gazetteer of strangely familiar follies, pubs, hotels,
and country lanes. "Then and now" photos accompany many of the entries
in this compelling alternative history of cult television.
Diana Rigg: The Biography
The fascinating professional and personal life of one of today’s most
talented actresses is revealed in this biography of Diana Rigg, one of
the sexiest women ever to grace the television screen. Rigg’s
high-profile roles are detailed—from the brilliant and seductive British
agent Emma Peel in
The Avengers to one of the most intelligent and impressive of James Bond’s women (and the only one who actually gets to marry him) in
On Her Majesty’s Secret Service.
Rigg’s time with the Royal Shakespeare Company and her current stage
career are also profiled. This book tells the story of a rebellious and
outspoken woman who has always lived life on her own terms, defying both
convention and authority.
