The Avengers Opening and Closing Theme (Series 5) 1965 - 1968 HD
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- Опубликовано: 27 сен 2020
- This is just the color theme for the Diana Rigg Seasons, and a tribute to her with Music created by Laurie Johnson. The original series was shot in 4x3, we have enhanced it for 16x9.
The Avengers is a British espionage television programme created in 1961. It initially focused on Dr. 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). The series ran from 1961 until 1969, screening as one-hour episodes for its entire run. The pilot episode, "Hot Snow", aired on 7 January 1961. The final episode, "Bizarre", aired on 21 April 1969 in the United States, and on 21 May 1969 in the United Kingdom.
The Avengers was produced by ABC Television, a contractor within the ITV network. After a merger with Rediffusion London in July 1968, ABC Television became Thames Television, which continued production of the series, though it was still broadcast under the ABC name. 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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Diana Rigg was soooooo beautiful, she was the main reason I liked watching The Avengers.
What a sweetheart she was.
My favorite moment on the old Married With Children show was when Al sends away for a boxed set of Avengers episodes and when they come you hear "Oh no, They're Tara Reids!!!"
@@mikegalvin9801Tara King 😂
@@timtyler8822 See I've blocked out her name!
Absolutely one of the coolest shows and theme music ever!
Very,very true.
Who else has memorized every second of this theme? Perfection. 😍
Has been stuck in my head since I was a kid. Also the theme from U.F.O.
The Avengers theme, composed by Laurie Johnson has always been in my mind and heart. It was a quirky show. But that was part of it’s charm, in my humble opinion. This show had many elements. Mystery, suspense, excitement, humor and horror. And it was all done in style.
This wasn’t James Bond and Miss Moneypenny, it was John Steed, Cathy Gale, Emma Peel and Tara King.
Johnson’s theme is his best. Joel McNeeley’s rendition is pretty good and powerful. But I wished it was longer like in the scene from the ‘98 film adaptation where Steed is taking a leisurely walk through the village and is attacked in all fronts, only for the audience to learn that it was all a reactions test.
My favourite TV show. Saw it in reruns and made Americans into anglophiles.
R.I.P. Patrick MacNee (1922-2015)
R.I.P. Dame Diana Rigg (1938-2020)
John Steed & Emma Peel together in heaven.
Thanks, interesting to note that Diana was with us up until 2020, wow. CJx
@@carolinegodden4364 Her final appearance was on All Creatures Big & Small on Masterpiece Theatre. It was based on a book by James Herriot who was a veterinarian in real life.
Let's not forget Cathy Gale.
All 3 are up there " sleuthing"!
I Still Love that Theme song after all These Years.
I used to love watching the Avengers when I was a kid. Even more so when it went to colour. I remember my mum didn't really care for it much, but I got to watch it. I think it used to be on on Friday nights then. The Diana Rigg era was the best one for me, I just couldn't take to later series. Plus the theme on this is one of the best ever TV themes ... just magic.
You are so right-the Avengers theme when Diana Rigg was on the show was dramatic,iconic and breathtaking.
R.I.P. Diana Rigg
A legendary Dame
Steeds struggling balance on one leg!good old England great nemories
R.I.P. Patrick MacNee and Diana Rigg DBE
R.I.P Diana we loved you and still do. xxxxxx
When we never had it so good,life was for living then.
Mrs. Emma Peel. One of my crushes growing up in the 60s. Great show.
I think I should inform you that I saw her first…
@@mediterraneandiet2483you both had a crush and I'm sure she can crush you both lol
mmm , and remember that "leather catsuit" and I was only 12y/o! education at it,s finest!!😛.. R,I.P. Diana xxx
This intro was every bit as good as James bond.
Wow, that's a high compliment for this LOT. Yep, I agree 👍 CJ x
The Avengers needed a Bond intro; Mrs. Peel skiing off a mountain with the union jack parachute slowing her descent to land into the arms of Steed, as they then rush off to another adventure in his Bentley.
1:52 The slinky way Diana Rigg climbs into the driver's seat like she was poured into it.
RIP
Which is pretty much what you have to do to get into an original Lotus Elan. Consider how small a Miata is, the Elan is smaller still.
@@msquaretheoriginal... The first automobile I bought just after graduating from high school was a Datsun 1600 Roadster. It was the predecessor to the later popular Datsun 240Z. I found it one night in the classified ads of the newspapers, advertised for $1,495. This was in March of 1973. I couldn't believe when I got up to the car lot just less than a half a mile from our home it's my father drove me up. Merit sat in the lot in this young blonde woman was trading it in for a new Mercury Capri. I couldn't believe that she was buying this new ugly yellow Capri, and giving up this Datsun 1600 Sports Roadster, that only had 29,000 original miles on it. Imagine gasoline then was only 29 cents a gallon for regular octane, or about 34 cents a gallon for premium.
I drove that car for almost 12 years and then we had a child so my wife said I had to give it up and buy a family car. I decided to buy a new Mazda 626 LX, which I found later, was very much modeled after the Mercedes-Benz, but the Mazda had front wheel drive... Today I actually drive a Mercedes-Benz E320 wagon, that I bought a little over a decade ago, with 102,000 miles on it, it was still like new, that I purchased for $9,000 cash. I'm still driving it today with 367,000 miles on it now.[it's not a diesel, It's a 3.2 liter V-6 gasoline engine with 221 horsepower. This era of Mercedes 1999~2003, are absolutely amazing, as they just go forever with little or no maintenance...
I just recently rewatched the Avengers on DVD's. Seeing Diana Rigg in her prime alone makes it worth a view. What a beautiful and elegant woman! She was the best eye candy to ever appear on television.
An cut-glass accent to boot.
@@baronmedusewell Scott she don't only look great she sounds toooo. Did you know she was a Shakespearean actor most likely before she became one of the avengers
Once upon a time their was real music .
Rest in Peace Diana Rigg
Like many a young lad Diana was one of my first 'TC 'crushes' aling with Jenny Agutter and on it went lol! Brillliant show!
You are so right-Jenny Agutter is one of the sexiest of British women/actors.
I was eight years old then...heard about the series but could not afford the new technology of a black and white tv. Back then no one talks about color tv as no one thought about it.
Fantastic the best series R. I. P. Diana Rigg 🥺🙏💖
The only thing good about Mondays after junior high, was coming home to watch this show on ABC at 6:30 pm. Never missed it.
Style british i loved for ever is my style of life. 2020. Thanks very much.
Your very welcome Gino. Like all of you I miss Diana so much. She captured the very essence of the Avengers, and was truly an exceptional person on screen and in real life. I watched this as a kid, and the memory of the theme and the series will stay with me forever.
@@TeeVeesGreatest from chile thanks of heart. 2020
@@ginogennaroalonso1067 Hello Chile 🇨🇱 nice to see you. CJ x
@@carolinegodden4364 thanks very much. 💖👌🇬🇧
I remember this show when I was kid at about 6 years old.
So bad ass yet eloquent
I use to watch this all the time at home as a young girl great 70s TV Series ...
Brilliant show as a kid . Surprised to Emma Peels husband in last episode.. Will always watch repeats .
*Peel's
Of all the TV shows of the '60s The avengers theme had to be the greatest Emma Peel and steed with the perfect pair God bless them both
The Avengers theme, (during the Diana Rigg era), was great but this:
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definitely ran neck and neck with the Avengers theme.
Boy did I ever have a crush on Ms. Emma Peel! Her side kick, I liked watching him too throwing his hat and using his cane like he did lol, but her, wow I was so mesmerized with her acting..could not wait for this show to come on every week! Great show, fine actors 👏 👌...60s shows may have been corny to some, but to us baby boomers, we loved them! ❤👏❤
They had terrific storylines, also. WTF happened to all that?
From QUALITY to mindless drivel, in a fairly short time span.
Does anyone recall, a particular year, where there may have been a rug pulled out from under the television production industry?
It looks like, initially, the dark dweeb force did NOT own the space, it was BENEVOLENT it does seem.
So, mind control darkness, got LAUNCHED when?
1976 July 11 Mum dies suddenly.
● Germaine DARK MOTHER FLUCKER OF OZ grabs hold of society and commences SMASH FAMILY SYSTEMS, DESTROY MASCULINITY, LATCH KEY KIDS , MOTHERS DERIDED FOR THEIR SPIRITUAL AND PHYSICAL NURTURING OF PARTNERS AND CHILDREN AND HOME TURF, you are A FAILURE now, if you don't WORK OUTSIDE OF HOME, leaving children exposed and defenceless to dark dweeb paedophile.
Hmmm anyone wish to furnish some wider contemplation on this.
Your views will be contemplated and appreciated by
THE GOD FORCE GRANDS
♡
I'm a Boomer (born 1955), and I wouldn't call shows like this "corny." I call them classy -- especially compared to 99% of what laughably passes for "entertainment" today.
This is before my time but this opening is still so cool in 2021! And Diana Rigg is oh so beautiful and cool as ice! And dangerous too as agent Ms Peel! RIP Diana Rigg!!
I miss them so much! I fell in love with them when I was a teen. I'm Argentine.
Welcome Argentina 🇦🇷
@@carolinegodden4364 Thank you!!!
Yes, they were a great team... loved the show when I was a kid. BTW, Nancy, your country Argentina produces the best Malbec wine! Health, Joy, Peace and Blessings!
@@josephbenne3798 I still love them but they've quitted broadcasting it on TV. I can't tell about any wine because I don't drink alcohol but thank you about our Malbec.
Fantastic theme and visuals with the two show stars. I have to rank this right after the original Hawaii 5-0 intro, and just ahead of Mission Impossible.
What a lovely Avengers montage. Diana Rigg was gorgeous in the programme. When I saw the end of the video and saw her face with her date of birth and death I was quite a bit upset.
One of the most sexiest shows of the period.
Emma Peel's clothing was fabulous!
YES, it was. Taylor Swift, this timeline would be great for you to emulate with err whom? Bugs? 10.55 pm
Hmmm Taylor has 3 people who would be terrific. Leave it with our Taylor, her interest is piqued. We'll done Cat 🙀 xxx love 👑 ARTHUR. 10.57 pm
One of the best show and the best songs😘😘😘😘😘😘
Inolvidable!! Elegante, Emma Peel, ese opening creó que es el mejor de todos los tiempos..
Why isn't modern TV this good ?
Cause everything has already been done butv80’s came up with some unique great stuff too.
I had just started schooling when this was aired in the mid-60's. Didn't know it was in colour coz we could only watch it in b&w then in Malaysia.
Greatest theme song ever! In fact, probably my favorite TV show ever as well!
Thanks for this video.Beautifull series.
I feel blessed to have grown up in the 1970s, when I got to enjoy reruns of the best television of the 1950s and '60s, including The Avengers, and also the best TV of the 1970s and '80s.
You got to enjoy the best TV of the 80s in the 70s? 🤔
Loved this show as a kid. Particularly the Peel era.
This is an excellent presentation! Thank you for posting❤
10.32 pm Caturday
CLASSY, DAD & ME.
Nah, I had NO CLUE.
Loved this show to watch.
♡
looks better than the other avengers
Love this show growing up 😤
Unbelievably charismatic and sexy... and that was just Patrick Macnee!
Thanks very much
This opening & Route 66 is amazing
The Coolest
I was a fan of the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson and Patrick Macnee was a guest one night where he said the Avengers had a lot of bondage in it because that apPEELed to a lot of the otherwise staid British.
Interesting to note, thank you. Caroline x
Melbourne Victoria Australia 🇦🇺 STRAYA SOUTHERN Cross ➕ Southern HEMISPHERE
I miss these kind of programmes
❤ this show way back when...Emma Peel inspired me !!!
Mi amor platónico . Hermosa DIANA
What a beautiful lady.❤😊
Diana Rigg was beauty personified
I think I was about 10 or 11 years old when I first saw this, here in my hometown of Portland Oregon. I was building Crystal radios when neighbors gave me an antique shortwave Zenith Transoceanic multi-band radio.
I accidentally discovered the BBC and that it was more sophisticated in its journalism than American News at that time. Then as our parents eventually thought that there was something wrong with me as losing all interest in American television, our father came to my bedroom door one evening, he told me to come out and see this new show from England, as he said I would really like it.
I was amazed when I first saw Diana Rigg playing Emma Peel, as she reminded me of a stylized version of our own mother.
The opening sequence and the music suddenly reminded me that life was still beautiful, even for a kid discovering this sophisticated adult content programming. We had already discovered the Beatles from England not quite a year earlier.
Still to this day when I play this theme music opening the show, my mind harkens back to a simpler time in the world that was comforting, if only one night of the week to go out to the front living room and watch the Avengers, as I gave up on all other American television programming, and just enjoyed going out in the yard as an amateur astronomer with my first telescope that I bought at age 13. On the remaining weeknights, I would just listen to the BBC on the shortwave radio.
I envy you folks who were alive to watch this in the 60s. I was a 70s baby. I do remember the original broadcast of The New Avengers. It wasn't the same, but it did give us Purdey. 👍
@@kbc163, Thanks for commenting. I had to come back and edit my comment above, a little, as I found many typos. I would like to hear more of what a child thought of the new world then. [You are technically young enough to be our child. Our daughter was born in September 1980.] By 1988 when I was 33, I designed and helped to build our own new home, for $54,000, for my wife and daughter and I. A modern Frank Lloyd Wright appearing ranch home in the Columbia River Gorge, in a suburb East of Portland Oregon. The home just sold again, to about the fourth owners now, for about a half million. Before I lost it in foreclosure in 2008, after twenty years of home ownership, I was being hired to teach in a local university as an adjunct professor of astronomy. Then for the next twenty years, I was invited by movie producers to act, in occasional work, as a background extra actor on various famous Hollywood movie and TV acting sets. But I still do not watch TV today. I spend thousands of hours providing Public Service Sidewalk Astronomy for the public and schools. My astronomy technical art is featured as awarded and published in NASA websites, and other venues. I held the record for calling into National Public Radio's Talk of the Nation, live discussion programs from Washington DC. [I actually spoke over a dozen and a half times during the last seven years in was broadcast live to local NPR affiliates to the host Neal Conan, and his guests.] It's what got me the acting jobs. The program ended in June 2013. Others thought that I had a radio voice. But instead of getting voiceover work, they sent me to movie sets to act.
Beautiful
Love the avengers
RIP Laurie Johnson
Thanks for loading up the opening and closing of THE AVENGERS. I was a tween and young teen when it was shown on ABC in the USA. Silly as it sounds, every week I would try to catch the opening JUST to hear and see it. I loved it. It was so original and mesmerizing. Thank you again. Love it.
OMG beautiful!
Diana Rigg had a long and illustrious career, from The Avengers to Game of Thrones.
Via 'OHMSS' and 'Theatre of Blood' :)
Loved the avengers..with Patrick MacNee as John Steed..my favourite was Diana Rigg think she played the part of Emma peel so well.. great programme 70s the best time for
tv series 👌
Una bella actriz !
A cette époque, il y avait de remarquables compositeurs en Angleterre.
La musique du "prisonnier" et de "destination danger" était aussi du même niveau.
Excelente serie
Reminds me of Bond movie openers.
Descobri recentemente, há 2 anos, está série e aço muito b. Interessantíssimo.
Advertising itself and it's unique 👌 style 😎 and humour
*its
RIP Diana Rigg ❤❤❤❤❤❤
Gracias por compartir saludos desde Lima Perú.
😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
Mrs. Peel We're Needed!!!!!!!
One of the most stunning looking ladies to have walked this planet. She was like Diana....what bloke wouldn't fall in love with her😍😘
La AMISTAD entre un hombre y una mujer puede ser POSIBLE
I LOVED this show (and most all the detective and spy shows of the 60's and 70's)! Two of my nephews (who are close to me in age), a couple of neighbor kids, and I even made up a pretend "crime-fighting spy" club called "The Avengers"! Lol! And the crush I had on Diana Rigg could have sunk Great Britain!
I was in love with Diana Rigg
Diana Rigg. Need I say more?!
I have a crush on Emma Peel when I was a kid.
*had
Sra Peel La necesitamos!!!!
Patrick MacNee needs the same ending photo like that one of Diana Rigg's showing dates of birth and death.
She was the sexiest woman on TV back then.
Use to watch this as a child in whats now known as Commiefornia USA
Commiefornia, I love that ! I'm going to start using it !
@@bethk3773 👍Be my guest
About 1968 a lady stopped my mom and asked,
“are you Tara?”
She had been traveling, and thought the woman said “terror”. My mom said, “well, have been traveling and I know my hair is a mess….”
The stranger said,
“No, Tera… Tera King. From the Avengers.”
0:46
Diana....Stone Fox
Jon Pertwee as a "Brigadier"? 🤣
Boggles the mind, doesn't it? 😏
Not me!
I watched to see her Lotus.
That was before I discovered “Lotus” is an an acronym:
L ots
O f
T rouble
U sually
S erious
Still, I just loved to see than small British sports car that was years ahead of the Triumphs, MG’s and Morgans. Very expensive. By 1968 the Elan was over $8,000.
I'm confused; according the the current dolts in Hollywood there were no strong, confident, assertive woman portrayed on screen before they came along to "fix" it. The difference between then and now is Mrs. Peel didn't have to denigrate and belittle Steed in order to be strong and confident, they were a team. Kathleen Kennedy...are you listening?
This was one of the best TV shows of all time. Mrs. Peel was my first TV crush when I was a kid, which is maybe why I've always gravitated toward strong confident women, and married one!
Ethereal theme.........................................
Dame Diana rigg was not gorgeous but, her attire was out of this world. Patrick was such a dignified, inquisitive man of merriment. I enjoyed the quiet serene of the British landscapes y their odd ball encounters. I think the 1965 opening credits where Diana sported her black leather cat suit influenced me to wear only black as an adult. It was not exactly easy getting dressed thou as I got lost I a closet of all black. Y my apts were not shy of this color as well. At times having to feel my way thru left me feeling like Helen Keller.
great show very swanky, although it didnt end up well, the last episodes were crappy, and the movie forget it
"we have enhanced it for 16x9."
In other words, you ruined it. 4x3 was meant to be seen 4x3.