This was excellent. Thank you. I share your admiration for Diana Rigg, especially in her iconic role in the Avengers. And what a beautiful face. So lovely and intelligent. Yes, I miss her too. We were all very fortunate to have had her in our lives.
So sad to hear that MS.Diana Rigg has passed away.She was a beautiful young woman and very talented, her outfits was simply amazing and her boots was stunning R.I.P.DIANA a.k.a.Emma Peel.We will miss you
The black and white episodes with Emma Peel were the best. IMO the show also improved in the quality of the filming also. I had or have a hard time following the earlier TV versions with Honor Blackman do to the early TV technology perhaps. I always found it was like looking through a small window and much of the scenes to focused on the faces and not the surroundings. I wished Diana would have found a way she could have pursued her other interests while still playing Emma Peel, at least for another couple seasons. I miss the Avengers to this day and still remember the night I sat down to watch it and it was gone. If I remember right I was wondering wth was with this Love American Style thing. I was devastated.
Wow...you're taking me back with your comment. I remember "Love American Style" and I was not a fan of it either. When "The Avengers" was on (during its original run) I was quite young (QUITE, QUITE young!) and I was forced to go to bed by that time of night. I watched it in later years. It was a great show.
I think the pre-Emma-Peel episodes were recorded in the old British 405-line TV standard that dated to the 1930s. They did indeed look quite murky. Once Diana Rigg came on board, they switched to film. So even that first monochrome season with her looks spectacular.
If you truly call yourself a fan of Diana Rigg, you are truly doing yourself a disservice not seeing her perform in her "Queen of Thorns" persona in Game of Thrones. She truly triumphed in this role, with her razor sharp wit, her cunning survival skills and her fierce family loyalty even to the end and stole just about every scene she was in,,,, While most older women are relegated to lesser roles because they aged older and less visual, she took the reins and rode every scene as hard as she could. She is truly missed.
She was absolutely brilliant in GOT and stole every scene she was in. She the best lines and her performance was flawless. I was so impressed. I grew up watching The Avengers and Emma Peel was one of the very few women role models at the time. Not like all the female super heroes we have now. There was no one else like her back then. The last thing I saw her in was in season one of the new PBS version of All Creatures Great and Small. She just played a small part but of course she was wonderful. Sadly she passed away and was replaced in the second season. She was a great lady and a great actress. 🌹🥂
Never say a disservice regarding Diana Rigg and I in the same sentence. Please. It's almost an insulting thing to say, I could tell you about her things you did not know regarding her, and she was a complex utterly charming woman whom I admired greatly and accepted your questioning out of respect for her memory and my respect to her and her craft, as we arr all her supporters here. Rock on Diana! 🤟
I'm 63 so as a child of the "60s she means more to me then most, she went on to become my all time fav" female icon.The day she died I cried for her and my childhood .
K know exactly how you feel … i felt the same I started karate class and judo because of her…😅 I was only 12 or 14 I was Born 68 RiP my wonderful Diana! I will think of you always until I die
Nice work. Thank you very much. I would like to remember that this year also died Honor Blackman (Cathy Gale). She was very good but Diana Rigg and her creation of the character of Mrs, Peel was unique and unforgettable. The show changed during its firsts.seasons but when Diana arrived its was a revolution. She was awesome and resulted an upgrade for the show, included the character of John Steed that with Diana as a partner reached his best and final version. I was a teenager when the show was premiered in my country fifty years ago and up to day I`m still being a fan, Mrs. Peel and The Avengers walk together me across my life and I must feel lucky for that. Since Diana's deaths I've been viewing once more time the chapters with Diana and I'am still touched. So, I only can say: "Mrs. Peel & Steed, you're needed".
As a little black boy from jackson , ms (of all places) i use to stay up late night just to see the double feature friday night movies featuring The Nightstalker/ The Avengers. Omg she was the best. I hope i would get a chance to meet her. Ironically 2 of my most favorite entertainers in the world are Diana Rigg and Diana Ross. Both i love with a great passion
Diana Rigg's first name was not Diana. That was her second name. Her full name was Enid Diana Elizabeth Rigg. Enid was already a very old fashioned name for a woman in her twenties in the 1960s.
She was my first crush as a boy. My favorite episodes are the ones where some psycho isnt trying to kill her. There was one about a town that was trying to raise an army underground. She escaped from a cell, took out a woman and two men and then wiped out an entire firing squad just before they were going to kill Steed.
The Avengers series was written for 2 men, they tweaked it a bit for Honor Blackman & Diana Rigg. That explains a lot Judo, assertiveness a lot of pants outfits etc. It was a lovely trick that worked quite well. The feminists went ga ga over it. Diana was not a feminist, she wanted equal pay as a right of handwork . She was a very disciplined person. Patrick was a WW II , combat veteran, British PT torpedo boats. Around D-Day he came down with bronchitis, while in hospital, his boat was lost with all hands in combat. See Wikipedia for details.
A heartbreakingly beautiful woman ,intelligent, sexy ,charismatic, classy ,funny as hell,and the finest actress of a stellar generation. Even in her later years she had light and laughter in those beautiful eyes.I adore Diana as much as I did back in 1982,when I saw re-runs of The Avengers,and feel blessed that those of us who loved her as an icon were lucky to have her touch our lives in a small way, and my tears on the day she died were as real as if I had known her. One of a kind and truly unforgettable xx
Yes, I too felt like a lifelong, dear friend had died and always dreaded the day it would come, since I always was looking forward to a interview, or her latest project! She WAS Class & Beauty.
Diana Rigg was my childhood and adolescence crush I was in love with her watch the the show all the time when they showed it.she was my girlfriend but she never knew it,😆😂my favorite entertainer that's how I like to remember her R.I.P Diana Rigg 🙏🙏🙏💕💓
I grew up in the 50’s and when the Avengers came on tv in the 60’s it was so refreshingly exciting to watch and Diana was my favourite Avenger girl. I was amazed to find out that she had smoked something like 20 cigarettes a day since she was 18, what a shame as I’m sure this contributed to her looking older prematurely and her final demise Sadly missed.
I didn't know that about the cigarettes. Smoking used to be so in fashion. I'm glad it seems to be on the decline. Yes, Mrs. Peel was refreshing and exciting to watch!
Love The Avengers.Still watch re-runs whenever they are aired.Diana is very sadly missed.Very beautiful and very talented.A truly great actress.Everyone loved Emma.Everyone loved Diana.Forever will.❤️❤️❤️
I just saw LAST NIGHT IN SOHO, Diana Rigg's final film role. She was marvelous, as always. I hope she gains new, younger fans from it who will search out her work and discover The Avengers series. Thank you for commenting on my video!
Her acting was impeccable no matter who she was playing. I have "Rebecca" and "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" on video, as well as some of her other works. The world became less elegant when she died.
Dame rigg had a smoking vocal timbre even if because(as her many colleagues)she estudied diction She was a very professional woman,and in fact she learnt mattia arts that are not easy
I loved this when it rerun in the 80's in my Country, i was probably around 11 or 12. Diana (Emma Peel) was one of my very first crushes, she was so absolutely gorgeous... 😍 Never missed one Ep. R.I.P. Diana
Thanks for creating this video.. I loved The Avengers.. She was a little before my time.. But I got hooked on the series especially when she was playing Emma Peel.. Big all time crush all the way.. 💓💗❤️
Dame Diana Rigg was a great actress with wit and great comedic timing, She also seemed to enjoy scandal she lived with a man before it became fashionable, when she was older she literally said hopefully I have one good scandal left in me. Patrick Macnee said she was very naughty which I have always been curious about. I am a huge Emma Peel Avenger fan, I think Honor Blackman was good as well but the video quality of those episodes was poor, luckily the Diana Rigg episodes were filmed on 35mm and are of good quality, and the chemistry between Emma Peel and John Steed was perfect.
Thanks for this video. I really enjoyed it; a wonderful tribute to a unique actress. I was extremely saddened to hear of Diana's death. As a child growing up in south London I watched The Avengers when it first came out, starring Patrick McNee, first with Ian Hendry, then Honor Blackman, and then Diana Rigg. It reached it's peak IMO during Diana Rigg's tenure. As well as Diana's superb acting the series was blessed during this period with imaginative writing from Brian Clemens, who wrote several episodes, including my favorite, "The House that Jack Built". So glad you included this brilliantly surrealistic episode in your top five. I never get tired of watching it. I also like it because in this episode she beats the (deceased) villain and escapes without Steed's help. I would have replaced two of your other choices with "The Town That Never Was", Emma's first episode, and "The Hour that Never Was", but there are so many superlative episodes it is difficult to choose, and we all have our favorites. Linda Thorson was good but Diana was an impossible act to follow. Thanks again!
Thank you for your comment. I'm glad you enjoyed the video. Yes, there are so many great episodes, it's hard to choose. I'm also partial to The Superlative Seven, however Diana's role in that one is minimal. Thank you for mentioning the screenwriter Brian Clemens, as writers are so often overlooked. Cheers!
Nice comment. You forgot to mention Elisabeth Shepherd, who was the first Emma Peel. She did about three episodes, but the producers didn't like her, and replaced her with Diana Rigg. All great memories. Cheers.
My 1st female TV character crush, Emma Peel. Classy, kickass, and shooting from the hip. Years later, I brought one of those form fitted catsuits for a girlfriend of mine. Always put me in the right frame of mind for . . . a night binge watching The Avengers on VHS tape. 😂😂😂
Thank you! I was devastated by her loss too, absolutely loved her. Sadly Honor Blackman also died the same year in April. If you get a chance, the film version of Sondheim’s “A Little Night Music” features Diana too and she’s wonderful in it (of course!) x
@@AScreenwritersJourney Yes, it was mine too - a bit of magic, Halloween and Christmas all rolled into one! Let’s not forget Laurie Johnson’s music, Diana Herself was fond of.
The Avengers character of Mrs. Emma Peel Solidified My Lifelong Love for TOTALLY KICK ASS WOMEN ! She Was Brilliant,Beautiful and When Necessary Deadly! Her fashion statements Wowed My 1960s Child's Mind! And The Was An Incandescent Warmth About Her! I Shall Mourn the loss of Dame DIANA RIGG forever!
Votre carrière fut brillante et votre beauté alliée d'un charme inégalé resteront dans les mémoires de plusieurs générations. Sans nul doute vous fûtes ma toute première Lady Diana. Une Grande Dame du théâtre et du cinéma. Et vos talents étaient multiples. Vous me manquerez toujours. Toutes mes condoléances vont à sa famille et ses proches à qui elle manquera terriblement. Thank you for this beautiful screenwriting tribute.
You're sweet! Yes, I was introduced to the series almost 20 years ago while house-sitting and the owners had many episodes on VHS. I really wanted to introduce more people to this fantastic show, hence the video.
Omg. She did her thing in all episodes but dam Forget me not was her last avenges. She kicked butt. Superlative seven she showed up at the party to show out. As a little boy i I wanted to be Mrs peel .
Diana was my mentor in so many ways….growing up ,I enjoyed the Avengers so much - everything about the series. Her look was so mesmerizing , as well as her wardrobe - no girly frills! Most of the outfits had an symmetrical look ,clean lines and totally wanted that look. Thanks for including your favorites ,as many were mine as well. 💕🙏
Cathy, what a fitting tribute! I usually avoid them but pleased I watched yours. I caught onto The Avengers while in high school when it first ran on the US ABC-TV network. A real game-changer for me, as Diana and Mrs. Peel helped teach me that a beautiful woman could be much more than just a pretty face and great shape, with intelligence, wit and the ability to take care of herself. That fact that she had it all drove that point home even more. That was quite and education for this then fifteen year old teen and it stood me well all the years since in both my business life and personal life. Thanks Diana, and thanks again Cathy for the tribute. Liked your choices of favorite episodes as well - and your hairstyle! ;o)
Yes, the chemistry between these two was great! Patrick Macnee was perfect in his role as the restrained English gentleman to Diana Rigg's electric modern heroine.
I'm nancy and I live in Argentina. I've been The Avengers' fan since I was a teenager. I still love Diana and Patrick! Is there a way you shared with me the episodes you have in store? I can't watch the series anymore because the TV channel stopped broadcasting them two month ago. I didn't record any of them. I really, really miss them. Thank you!
You can purchase The Avengers - Season 4 and The Avengers - Season 5 on Amazon streaming. The price in the US is $10 per season. I'm not sure how much it costs in Argentina. Also, you can search in RUclips for The Avengers Epic, which is one of the episodes I mentioned in this video. Someone uploaded the complete episode. I'm sure if you search around a bit you'll find more episodes on RUclips. I don't upload episodes on my channel.
Very informative thanks! Superb show! I shared your favorites too! The Cyborg was fabulous so was The House that Jack Built! Soo many more were my favs too! Rigg was a gifted, beautiful soul! Rest it peace Diane! We love ya!!
I never herd of Diana Rigg until this video. Thank you so much for making this, I will check her out. What a cutie! She is so cool and has a wonderful personality, I love the female assassin style films and there is a lack of this in the film industry today. I have a story treatment for a modern day film like this. I would love to chat with you about it sometime.
Some of the criminals they fought were complete oddballs. I remember _The Hidden Tiger_ , where an organization called P.U.R.R.R. was turning people’s pet cats into killers. Also I thought of _You’ll Catch Your Death_ , where a deadly concentrated cold virus is making victims sneeze themselves to death. Of course that last one was from the Tara King episodes. Linda Thorson remains under-appreciated because Diana Rigg was such a hard act to follow.
I remember watching these as a youth. I think my favorite episodes were The House that Jack Built and The Winged Avenger. I always wondered what had happened to Mr. peel.
Diana Rigg was the second female lead in the Avengers after Honor Blackman and before Linda Thorson. When she left the entire series began to spiral down without her. There was something about Mrs. Peel as a female lead that only Diana Rigg could bring to the part. Intelligent, witty, with a sultry sexiness that appealed to both men and women.
That was very nice. I'm in my sixties as well and she was always a heartthrob for a young teen.. Sorry to see that you didn't comment on Ms Rigg in her role as The Duchess in Victoria which I'm now watching on CBC GEM streaming. Thank you! Very nice.
That so many men of a certain age, including me, say 'Mrs Peel was my first crush', has made it a cliche. I've long thought Murdersville is the best episode, nice location with lots of action, the plot not too outlandish, and she is in virtually every scene.
I remember Diana in a series Mother Love were she plays failed actress and rejected wife who becomes a psychopath a truly chilling performance from a great actor and beautiful.
When I first saw the show I never saw a woman fight like she did! Until she came around, all women screamed and waited to be rescued by the hero! She was so beautiful and of course I adored Steed too! She inspired me to be a Blue Belt in Tae Kwan Do!
That's wonderful! I just looked up blue belt and found out you can break boards with your punches and kicks. Now all you need is a John Steed to partner with.
@@AScreenwritersJourney I wish I could! I kicked boards with my feet but never with my hands! I'm a little out of practice because I had knee replacement surgery last year and the school I went to is now closed but my BFF who's a grand master may give me a refresher after I'm checked over and get treatment for the beginning of Leukemia the doctor just said I have!
The joker might be the best episode showcasing her acting skills. Not to mention the supporting cast was top notch also. Ironically, Steed had a very small part in this episode. Basically she was that whole episode.
SHE WAS SÒ BEAUTIFUL THANK YOU FOR SHARING IT WITH US LOVED HERVIN THE BOND MOVÌE ON HER MAJESTYS SECRET SERVICE WITH GEOEGE LAZENBY BY FAR THE BEST BOND FILM MAY SHE REST IN PEACE RIP DIANA RIGG 👍🙏
I have been looking for a DVD of Mother Love and haven’t been successful. She is soooooo good in it? Anyone know if it is actually out there somewhere?
I haven't watched this video yet, but I'm hoping 'The Joker' from season 5 is going to be on your list of favourites. The Avengers is my favourite show ever, btw. Edit to say: Yay! I was right. I always knew I was great. Btw, do you know why her character was called Emma Peel? It stands for M appeal. Because they wanted her character to have 'man appeal.'
When I see the words “The Avengers”, I immediately think of Steed and Peel, not those American superhero characters. (Yes, I remember Honour Blackman, too.) Many years ago (long before you were born, my dear) I was living in a bedsit in Putney. An ex-musician lived in the same house. He was ex because he had tragically gone deaf. (Going deaf is not fun for anyone, but it must be worse for musicians.) When the phone rang, I would answer it for him. He could read my lips, so I could pass on calls to him. And some of the calls were from showbiz people he had worked with. One call was from Diana Rigg. I did tell her I was a great fan before passing on the messages to the deaf bloke.
Legendary actress ..... she was excellent as Emma Peel ..... she put me in a really 'quandry' back then, as I had the hots for both Diana, and Alexandra Bastedo of Champions fame.
For those who haven't heard, Laurie Johnson, who wrote The Avengers theme and also the wonderful incidental music for the two Emma series, recently died aged 96. One of the last links to those classic years.
I was a big fan of the avengers really enjoyed this John steed and Emma peel my favourite Patrick macnee and Diana Rigg the best they are in heaven together with God you will be missed God bless you both and thank you
3:18 I would count Emma Peel as John Steed’s fifth partner. The origin of the series had Steed as some kind of shadowy figure to do with law enforcement. He meets up with Ian Hendry as Doctor David Keel, whose wife has been murdered by a gang of organized criminals. Steed offers him the chance to work together to take down the gang, and thereby avenge the death of his wife (hence the title of the series). After Ian Hendry left at the end of the first season, Dr Keel was replaced by a rotating set of three different sidekicks: one a doctor (presumably to use up the leftover Dr Keel scripts), another a young woman, Venus Smith, who worked as a jazz singer in a nightclub, and the third, an anthropologist named Cathy Gale, played by Honor Blackman. Then, the first two were dropped, and Cathy Gale became the only sidekick. After she left to become a Bond girl, the hunt was on for a new sidekick. The character would be named “Emma Peel”, as in “M[an] appeal”. A suitable actress was found, named Elizabeth Shepherd. After filming one whole episode and a part of another, the decision was made that she wasn’t right for the part. So she was let go, and the hunt resumed. This was when Diana Rigg was hired. And nobody remembers that anybody else could have played the part.
Wow! This is great information! I would have loved to have seen Venus Smith. I saw two (?) of the original episodes from the first year somehow - in-studio shoots. It's amazing how quickly the quality improved with the show.
@@AScreenwritersJourney Apparently only two Ian Hendry episodes survive. Videotape was expensive back then, and so lots of early TV episodes were wiped so the tapes could be used again. But everything from the second season onwards is still around.
Beautifully nostalgic. Well documented by this lovely lady. I think the theme is the best 👌 Our lounge was a no speak zone when the Avengers was on 😆 ❤ . I remember going to rugby with dad in Leeds, Headingly and a few rows behind us was Diana Rigg, what a thrill. She loved rugby. I'm nearly 65 now and still enjoy the Avengers, filmed not video'ed so the atmosphere was authentic.
This was excellent. Thank you. I share your admiration for Diana Rigg, especially in her iconic role in the Avengers. And what a beautiful face. So lovely and intelligent. Yes, I miss her too. We were all very fortunate to have had her in our lives.
What a true English beauty she was, beautiful voice,beautiful smart lady. P.s. this girl presenting is a beauty too.
I'm flattered! Thank you for watching my video on a true English rose. - Cherie
So sad to hear that MS.Diana Rigg has passed away.She was a beautiful young woman and very talented, her outfits was simply amazing and her boots was stunning
R.I.P.DIANA a.k.a.Emma Peel.We will miss you
The black and white episodes with Emma Peel were the best. IMO the show also improved in the quality of the filming also. I had or have a hard time following the earlier TV versions with Honor Blackman do to the early TV technology perhaps. I always found it was like looking through a small window and much of the scenes to focused on the faces and not the surroundings. I wished Diana would have found a way she could have pursued her other interests while still playing Emma Peel, at least for another couple seasons. I miss the Avengers to this day and still remember the night I sat down to watch it and it was gone. If I remember right I was wondering wth was with this Love American Style thing. I was devastated.
Wow...you're taking me back with your comment. I remember "Love American Style" and I was not a fan of it either. When "The Avengers" was on (during its original run) I was quite young (QUITE, QUITE young!) and I was forced to go to bed by that time of night. I watched it in later years. It was a great show.
I think the pre-Emma-Peel episodes were recorded in the old British 405-line TV standard that dated to the 1930s. They did indeed look quite murky. Once Diana Rigg came on board, they switched to film. So even that first monochrome season with her looks spectacular.
If you truly call yourself a fan of Diana Rigg, you are truly doing yourself a disservice not seeing her perform in her "Queen of Thorns" persona in Game of Thrones. She truly triumphed in this role, with her razor sharp wit, her cunning survival skills and her fierce family loyalty even to the end and stole just about every scene she was in,,,, While most older women are relegated to lesser roles because they aged older and less visual, she took the reins and rode every scene as hard as she could. She is truly missed.
She was absolutely brilliant in GOT and stole every scene she was in. She the best lines and her performance was flawless. I was so impressed. I grew up watching The Avengers and Emma Peel was one of the very few women role models at the time. Not like all the female super heroes we have now. There was no one else like her back then. The last thing I saw her in was in season one of the new PBS version of All Creatures Great and Small. She just played a small part but of course she was wonderful. Sadly she passed away and was replaced in the second season. She was a great lady and a great actress. 🌹🥂
Loved her in a dark comedy called
THE HOSPITAL, w/George C Scott, she was good in that 1970s film.
Never say a disservice regarding Diana Rigg and I in the same sentence. Please. It's almost an insulting thing to say, I could tell you about her things you did not know regarding her, and she was a complex utterly charming woman whom I admired greatly and accepted your questioning out of respect for her memory and my respect to her and her craft, as we arr all her supporters here.
Rock on Diana! 🤟
I'm 63 so as a child of the "60s she means more to me then most, she went on to become my all time fav" female icon.The day she died I cried for her and my childhood .
I cried, too.
Couldn’t have said it Better Myself!
I could understand this.
K know exactly how you feel … i felt the same
I started karate class and judo because of her…😅
I was only 12 or 14
I was Born 68
RiP my wonderful Diana!
I will think of you always until I die
I Loved Diana Rigg. I'll never forget her. RIP Diana. Best Wishes to Everyone. Happy Holidays. Sincerely, Tom
Nice work. Thank you very much. I would like to remember that this year also died Honor Blackman (Cathy Gale). She was very good but Diana Rigg and her creation of the character of Mrs, Peel was unique and unforgettable. The show changed during its firsts.seasons but when Diana arrived its was a revolution. She was awesome and resulted an upgrade for the show, included the character of John Steed that with Diana as a partner reached his best and final version. I was a teenager when the show was premiered in my country fifty years ago and up to day I`m still being a fan, Mrs. Peel and The Avengers walk together me across my life and I must feel lucky for that. Since Diana's deaths I've been viewing once more time the chapters with Diana and I'am still touched. So, I only can say: "Mrs. Peel & Steed, you're needed".
Moi aussi. Je l adore. Quelle Femme extraordinaire.
Dame Rigg was a brilliant Emma Peel! Love her! Blessings
As a little black boy from jackson , ms (of all places) i use to stay up late night just to see the double feature friday night movies featuring The Nightstalker/ The Avengers. Omg she was the best. I hope i would get a chance to meet her. Ironically 2 of my most favorite entertainers in the world are Diana Rigg and Diana Ross. Both i love with a great passion
Diana Rigg's first name was not Diana. That was her second name. Her full name was Enid Diana Elizabeth Rigg. Enid was already a very old fashioned name for a woman in her twenties in the 1960s.
I'm a 70 year-old American. I fell for Diana when I was a 12 year-old boy! SO COOL! SO PRETTY!!! 🥰 R.I.P. Diana!!!🥰🥰🥰
Very Cool - what a wonderful and beautiful Talent.
She was my first crush as a boy. My favorite episodes are the ones where some psycho isnt trying to kill her. There was one about a town that was trying to raise an army underground. She escaped from a cell, took out a woman and two men and then wiped out an entire firing squad just before they were going to kill Steed.
The Avengers series was written for 2 men, they tweaked it a bit for Honor Blackman & Diana Rigg. That explains a lot Judo, assertiveness a lot of pants outfits etc. It was a lovely trick that worked quite well. The feminists went ga ga over it. Diana was not a feminist, she wanted equal pay as a right of handwork . She was a very disciplined person. Patrick was a WW II , combat veteran, British PT torpedo boats. Around D-Day he came down with bronchitis, while in hospital, his boat was lost with all hands in combat. See Wikipedia for details.
A heartbreakingly beautiful woman ,intelligent, sexy ,charismatic, classy ,funny as hell,and the finest actress of a stellar generation.
Even in her later years she had light and laughter in those beautiful eyes.I adore Diana as much as I did back in 1982,when I saw re-runs of The Avengers,and feel blessed that those of us who loved her as an icon were lucky to have her touch our lives in a small way, and my tears on the day she died were as real as if I had known her. One of a kind and truly unforgettable xx
Thank you for your beautiful words.
@mark jagger 😀 Thanks!
Yes, I too felt like a lifelong, dear friend had died and always dreaded the day it would come, since I always was looking forward to a interview, or her latest project! She WAS Class & Beauty.
Well done! I watched these episodes, first run, as a kid. Thank you for posting this ❤
First run, WOW - that must have been an amazing time!
I have always adored her…
Diana Rigg was my childhood and adolescence crush I was in love with her watch the the show all the time when they showed it.she was my girlfriend but she never knew it,😆😂my favorite entertainer that's how I like to remember her R.I.P Diana Rigg 🙏🙏🙏💕💓
I grew up in the 50’s and when the Avengers came on tv in the 60’s it was so refreshingly exciting to watch and Diana was my favourite Avenger girl. I was amazed to find out that she had smoked something like 20 cigarettes a day since she was 18, what a shame as I’m sure this contributed to her looking older prematurely and her final demise Sadly missed.
I didn't know that about the cigarettes. Smoking used to be so in fashion. I'm glad it seems to be on the decline. Yes, Mrs. Peel was refreshing and exciting to watch!
Love The Avengers.Still watch re-runs whenever they are aired.Diana is very sadly missed.Very beautiful and very talented.A truly great actress.Everyone loved Emma.Everyone loved Diana.Forever will.❤️❤️❤️
I just saw LAST NIGHT IN SOHO, Diana Rigg's final film role. She was marvelous, as always. I hope she gains new, younger fans from it who will search out her work and discover The Avengers series. Thank you for commenting on my video!
The later series "The New Avengers" with Joanna Lumley was surprisingly good, too 🤗
Her acting was impeccable no matter who she was playing. I have "Rebecca" and "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" on video, as well as some of her other works. The world became less elegant when she died.
Dame rigg had a smoking vocal timbre even if because(as her many colleagues)she estudied diction
She was a very professional woman,and in fact she learnt mattia arts that are not easy
DIANA RIGG was spectacular in UK TV SERIES ..MOTHER LOVE..
Thank you for this. I will definitely check it out!
She was always my favorite. What a beautiful lady. I watched the show each week until she left.
I loved this when it rerun in the 80's in my Country, i was probably around 11 or 12. Diana (Emma Peel) was one of my very first crushes, she was so absolutely gorgeous... 😍
Never missed one Ep.
R.I.P. Diana
Thanks for creating this video.. I loved The Avengers.. She was a little before my time.. But I got hooked on the series especially when she was playing Emma Peel..
Big all time crush all the way.. 💓💗❤️
Dame Diana Rigg was a great actress with wit and great comedic timing, She also seemed to enjoy scandal she lived with a man before it became fashionable, when she was older she literally said hopefully I have one good scandal left in me. Patrick Macnee said she was very naughty which I have always been curious about. I am a huge Emma Peel Avenger fan, I think Honor Blackman was good as well but the video quality of those episodes was poor, luckily the Diana Rigg episodes were filmed on 35mm and are of good quality, and the chemistry between Emma Peel and John Steed was perfect.
Mm some surveys of eps of The Avengers put the Brian Clemens scripted b+w ep "The House That Jack Built" as no 1..
I really loved the avengers, even if it was shot before my time.
Music, actors, stories, places, ... everything was really very entertaining !!
Thanks for this video. I really enjoyed it; a wonderful tribute to a unique actress. I was extremely saddened to hear of Diana's death. As a child growing up in south London I watched The Avengers when it first came out, starring Patrick McNee, first with Ian Hendry, then Honor Blackman, and then Diana Rigg. It reached it's peak IMO during Diana Rigg's tenure. As well as Diana's superb acting the series was blessed during this period with imaginative writing from Brian Clemens, who wrote several episodes, including my favorite, "The House that Jack Built". So glad you included this brilliantly surrealistic episode in your top five. I never get tired of watching it. I also like it because in this episode she beats the (deceased) villain and escapes without Steed's help. I would have replaced two of your other choices with "The Town That Never Was", Emma's first episode, and "The Hour that Never Was", but there are so many superlative episodes it is difficult to choose, and we all have our favorites. Linda Thorson was good but Diana was an impossible act to follow. Thanks again!
Thank you for your comment. I'm glad you enjoyed the video. Yes, there are so many great episodes, it's hard to choose. I'm also partial to The Superlative Seven, however Diana's role in that one is minimal. Thank you for mentioning the screenwriter Brian Clemens, as writers are so often overlooked. Cheers!
Nice comment. You forgot to mention Elisabeth Shepherd, who was the first Emma Peel. She did about three episodes, but the producers didn't like her, and replaced her with Diana Rigg. All great memories. Cheers.
She was the most cute , beautiful , classy lady I’ve ever seen in my life , she is still living In my ♥️, forever!
My 1st female TV character crush, Emma Peel. Classy, kickass, and shooting from the hip. Years later, I brought one of those form fitted catsuits for a girlfriend of mine. Always put me in the right frame of mind for . . . a night binge watching The Avengers on VHS tape. 😂😂😂
Thank you! I was devastated by her loss too, absolutely loved her. Sadly Honor Blackman also died the same year in April. If you get a chance, the film version of Sondheim’s “A Little Night Music” features Diana too and she’s wonderful in it (of course!) x
Thank you for the recommendation!
Great tribute to a great friend of my childhood. Thanks Dame Diana Rigg for all the fun you shared ❤ 🎉
Too Many Christmas Trees was one of my favorites from series 4. Very, very good....
Yes, that's a great episode, too. Surrealistic nightmares, psychics, and Emma Peel dressed as Oliver Twist. Merry Christmas!
@@AScreenwritersJourney Yes, it was mine too - a bit of magic, Halloween and Christmas all rolled into one! Let’s not forget Laurie Johnson’s music, Diana Herself was fond of.
The Avengers character of Mrs. Emma Peel Solidified My Lifelong Love for TOTALLY KICK ASS WOMEN ! She Was Brilliant,Beautiful and When Necessary Deadly! Her fashion statements Wowed My 1960s Child's Mind! And The Was An Incandescent Warmth About Her! I Shall Mourn the loss of Dame DIANA RIGG forever!
I remember having a crush on her, reruns for me, lol. Thanks
Votre carrière fut brillante et votre beauté alliée d'un charme inégalé resteront dans les mémoires de plusieurs générations.
Sans nul doute vous fûtes ma toute première Lady Diana. Une Grande Dame du théâtre et du cinéma. Et vos talents étaient multiples.
Vous me manquerez toujours. Toutes mes condoléances vont à sa famille et ses proches à qui elle manquera terriblement. Thank you for this beautiful screenwriting tribute.
Merci beaucoup!
@@AScreenwritersJourney You are very welcome. Excellent travail d'archivage. And congrats on your french skills as well.
i loved the race and the original cybernauts
Hmm ... the uploader of this video doesn't look old enough to remember this series; she must have caught all the reruns 😒
You're sweet! Yes, I was introduced to the series almost 20 years ago while house-sitting and the owners had many episodes on VHS. I really wanted to introduce more people to this fantastic show, hence the video.
When I was 14 I had a crush on Diana Rigg. A remarkable actress. And and outstanding Spirit. March On!
Diana Rigg was the second woman co-star Macnee had. The first was Honor Blackman.
You know I always hoped she and Steed would get married! It broke my heart when she left!
yes, my heart was broken too, when Diana closed the door, that was Patrick crying.
She was already married. to Mr Peel. She left the series when her husband returned from the jungle.
Omg. She did her thing in all episodes but dam Forget me not was her last avenges. She kicked butt. Superlative seven she showed up at the party to show out. As a little boy i I wanted to be Mrs peel .
Diana was my mentor in so many ways….growing up ,I enjoyed the Avengers so much - everything about the series.
Her look was so mesmerizing , as well as her wardrobe - no girly frills! Most of the outfits had an symmetrical look ,clean lines and totally wanted that look. Thanks for including your favorites ,as many were mine as well. 💕🙏
My pleasure! I'm glad you enjoyed it. Yes, I wish I could have Emma Peel's wardrobe today.
I adore the Avengers. Of course Emma Peel is an icon but I aso liked the Tara King era.
The best is Emma Peel
This was all very interesting. I remember her from the Avengers and enjoyed hearing the other tidbits. Who knew Bond was married?!
Well I did 'cos I read the Ian Fleming book about it!
@@frankshailes3205 👍
Cathy, what a fitting tribute! I usually avoid them but pleased I watched yours. I caught onto The Avengers while in high school when it first ran on the US ABC-TV network. A real game-changer for me, as Diana and Mrs. Peel helped teach me that a beautiful woman could be much more than just a pretty face and great shape, with intelligence, wit and the ability to take care of herself. That fact that she had it all drove that point home even more. That was quite and education for this then fifteen year old teen and it stood me well all the years since in both my business life and personal life. Thanks Diana, and thanks again Cathy for the tribute. Liked your choices of favorite episodes as well - and your hairstyle! ;o)
Loved both Peel and Steed together they memorized their audience drawing them into their fantasy. So beautiful!
Yes, the chemistry between these two was great! Patrick Macnee was perfect in his role as the restrained English gentleman to Diana Rigg's electric modern heroine.
Epic and The Joker are also my favourite episodes.
Le village de la mort, meurtres à épisodes, le Joker, une petite gare désaffectée,le tigre caché, etc...
I am loving the Avengers with Diana Rigg....
Diana Rigg me manque, son décès fut un terrible choc. C'est et ce sera toujours mon actrice préférée. RIP.
Dame Diana, we are needed.
I'm nancy and I live in Argentina. I've been The Avengers' fan since I was a teenager. I still love Diana and Patrick! Is there a way you shared with me the episodes you have in store? I can't watch the series anymore because the TV channel stopped broadcasting them two month ago. I didn't record any of them. I really, really miss them. Thank you!
You can purchase The Avengers - Season 4 and The Avengers - Season 5 on Amazon streaming. The price in the US is $10 per season. I'm not sure how much it costs in Argentina. Also, you can search in RUclips for The Avengers Epic, which is one of the episodes I mentioned in this video. Someone uploaded the complete episode. I'm sure if you search around a bit you'll find more episodes on RUclips. I don't upload episodes on my channel.
@@AScreenwritersJourney Thank you!
Very informative thanks! Superb show! I shared your favorites too!
The Cyborg was fabulous so was The House that Jack Built! Soo many more were my favs too! Rigg was a gifted, beautiful soul!
Rest it peace Diane! We love ya!!
You did a great job! Blessings!
4:02 Karate. Which was remarkable as karate in those days was not very well known. Judo was Cathy Gale's specialty.
I never herd of Diana Rigg until this video. Thank you so much for making this, I will check her out. What a cutie! She is so cool and has a wonderful personality, I love the female assassin style films and there is a lack of this in the film industry today. I have a story treatment for a modern day film like this. I would love to chat with you about it sometime.
Sounds interesting!
What ??? Never heard about her ? Elle est extraordinaire.
Some of the criminals they fought were complete oddballs. I remember _The Hidden Tiger_ , where an organization called P.U.R.R.R. was turning people’s pet cats into killers. Also I thought of _You’ll Catch Your Death_ , where a deadly concentrated cold virus is making victims sneeze themselves to death. Of course that last one was from the Tara King episodes. Linda Thorson remains under-appreciated because Diana Rigg was such a hard act to follow.
You’ll like this tribute video song that nails Emma Peel’s personality:
ruclips.net/video/idtYckLIZnI/видео.html
I remember watching these as a youth. I think my favorite episodes were The House that Jack Built and The Winged Avenger. I always wondered what had happened to Mr. peel.
I seem to be just learning of this now,this is very sad as she lifted the spirit of so many of us-sincere sympathy to her family and close friends.
Diana Rigg was the second female lead in the Avengers after Honor Blackman and before Linda Thorson. When she left the entire series began to spiral down without her. There was something about Mrs. Peel as a female lead that only Diana Rigg could bring to the part. Intelligent, witty, with a sultry sexiness that appealed to both men and women.
That was very nice. I'm in my sixties as well and she was always a heartthrob for a young teen.. Sorry to see that you didn't comment on Ms Rigg in her role as The Duchess in Victoria which I'm now watching on CBC GEM streaming. Thank you! Very nice.
Ooh, I didn't know about her role as the duchess in Victoria! Thank you, I'll check it out.
That so many men of a certain age, including me, say 'Mrs Peel was my first crush', has made it a cliche. I've long thought Murdersville is the best episode, nice location with lots of action, the plot not too outlandish, and she is in virtually every scene.
I remember Diana in a series Mother Love were she plays failed actress and rejected wife who becomes a psychopath a truly chilling performance from a great actor and beautiful.
When I first saw the show I never saw a woman fight like she did! Until she came around, all women screamed and waited to be rescued by the hero! She was so beautiful and of course I adored Steed too! She inspired me to be a Blue Belt in Tae Kwan Do!
That's wonderful! I just looked up blue belt and found out you can break boards with your punches and kicks. Now all you need is a John Steed to partner with.
@@AScreenwritersJourney I wish I could! I kicked boards with my feet but never with my hands! I'm a little out of practice because I had knee replacement surgery last year and the school I went to is now closed but my BFF who's a grand master may give me a refresher after I'm checked over and get treatment for the beginning of Leukemia the doctor just said I have!
@@sharonstevens9680 Best wishes in your journey back to health!
@@AScreenwritersJourney Thank you very much! I know I'll beat this!
A great performance by Diana in the Theatre of Blood..Fear no more the heat of the sun nor the furious winters rage..Thou thy worldly task hath done..
The joker might be the best episode showcasing her acting skills. Not to mention the supporting cast was top notch also. Ironically, Steed had a very small part in this episode. Basically she was that whole episode.
The Joker,and The cybernauts All had their own music! That made those episodes even more special.
SHE WAS SÒ BEAUTIFUL
THANK YOU FOR SHARING IT WITH US
LOVED HERVIN THE BOND MOVÌE
ON HER MAJESTYS SECRET SERVICE WITH GEOEGE LAZENBY
BY FAR THE BEST BOND FILM
MAY SHE REST IN PEACE
RIP DIANA RIGG 👍🙏
Forever in my heart.Thanks.
You're very welcome.
100 % the best in everything; sexiest woman ever ! Her athletic costumes were so enhancing of her beautiful feminine anatomy.
Have you seen Diana Riggs performance in Mother Love and also a hazard of hearts?
No, I haven't, but they're both on my To Be Watched list now! Thank you for suggesting them.
I have been looking for a DVD of Mother Love and haven’t been successful. She is soooooo good in it? Anyone know if it is actually out there somewhere?
@@kathleenclark5877 it may be on blue ray
I haven't watched this video yet, but I'm hoping 'The Joker' from season 5 is going to be on your list of favourites.
The Avengers is my favourite show ever, btw.
Edit to say: Yay! I was right. I always knew I was great.
Btw, do you know why her character was called Emma Peel? It stands for M appeal. Because they wanted her character to have 'man appeal.'
I'm glad you enjoy The Joker, too!
Emma Watson and gemma ationwwood will be. Mad at m the actress my pick to play Diana Riggs he law in Graeme she has the looks and atatude
Thank you for posting this. Lots of good memories of Diana Rigg.
I was absolutely in love with her in my youth in the 60's. It also inspired me to move to London and become a wine merchant.
Claret or champagne?
Diana Rigg and Daniel Radcliffe in the same shot, reminds me of Steed and Emma.🎭
The Danger Makers - yeow!
When I see the words “The Avengers”, I immediately think of Steed and Peel, not those American superhero characters. (Yes, I remember Honour Blackman, too.)
Many years ago (long before you were born, my dear) I was living in a bedsit in Putney. An ex-musician lived in the same house. He was ex because he had tragically gone deaf. (Going deaf is not fun for anyone, but it must be worse for musicians.) When the phone rang, I would answer it for him. He could read my lips, so I could pass on calls to him. And some of the calls were from showbiz people he had worked with. One call was from Diana Rigg. I did tell her I was a great fan before passing on the messages to the deaf bloke.
What a great story!
It was a tongue and cheek and the way they acted it so seriously. Much more like theatre than television
Whose belonged that beautiful,green and huge eye?sorry for my english
I just bought 12 seasons on ebay as a birthday present to myself. smh.lol
she was immortalized by Dishwalla song.
Legendary actress ..... she was excellent as Emma Peel ..... she put me in a really 'quandry' back then, as I had the hots for both Diana, and Alexandra Bastedo of Champions fame.
Thank you for recommending The Champions. I've never seen nor heard of it.
For those who haven't heard, Laurie Johnson, who wrote The Avengers theme and also the wonderful incidental music for the two Emma series, recently died aged 96. One of the last links to those classic years.
Thank you for letting me and those in the comments section know about Laurie Johnson's passing. I was unaware. Very sad.
In advengers she looked so stylish
.who.was stylist?
Je l'adore
Thank you to talk about Dame Diana Rigg as you did.
I was a big fan of the avengers really enjoyed this John steed and Emma peel my favourite Patrick macnee and Diana Rigg the best they are in heaven together with God you will be missed God bless you both and thank you
I think that in colours 📺 serie was much better
Dame Diana was so real excellent .......
6:59 Wrong aspect ratio for that one. You have committed the unforgivable sin of making Diana Rigg look fat.
Oh, nooooo! I hate that!! I pulled these clips from RUclips, so that is how they were presented. But I must apologize!
She would had been gorgeous for nowdays too
loved this ❤️
Thank you! I loved making it.
3:18 I would count Emma Peel as John Steed’s fifth partner.
The origin of the series had Steed as some kind of shadowy figure to do with law enforcement. He meets up with Ian Hendry as Doctor David Keel, whose wife has been murdered by a gang of organized criminals. Steed offers him the chance to work together to take down the gang, and thereby avenge the death of his wife (hence the title of the series).
After Ian Hendry left at the end of the first season, Dr Keel was replaced by a rotating set of three different sidekicks: one a doctor (presumably to use up the leftover Dr Keel scripts), another a young woman, Venus Smith, who worked as a jazz singer in a nightclub, and the third, an anthropologist named Cathy Gale, played by Honor Blackman.
Then, the first two were dropped, and Cathy Gale became the only sidekick.
After she left to become a Bond girl, the hunt was on for a new sidekick. The character would be named “Emma Peel”, as in “M[an] appeal”. A suitable actress was found, named Elizabeth Shepherd.
After filming one whole episode and a part of another, the decision was made that she wasn’t right for the part. So she was let go, and the hunt resumed. This was when Diana Rigg was hired. And nobody remembers that anybody else could have played the part.
Wow! This is great information! I would have loved to have seen Venus Smith. I saw two (?) of the original episodes from the first year somehow - in-studio shoots. It's amazing how quickly the quality improved with the show.
@@AScreenwritersJourney Apparently only two Ian Hendry episodes survive. Videotape was expensive back then, and so lots of early TV episodes were wiped so the tapes could be used again. But everything from the second season onwards is still around.
Consumate actress
pity about the eyes so irritating
Total babe and never forgotten!
Beautifully nostalgic.
Well documented by this lovely lady.
I think the theme is the best 👌
Our lounge was a no speak zone when the Avengers was on 😆 ❤ .
I remember going to rugby with dad in Leeds, Headingly and a few rows behind us was Diana Rigg, what a thrill.
She loved rugby.
I'm nearly 65 now and still enjoy the Avengers, filmed not video'ed so the atmosphere was authentic.