'The Avengers' was a tale of three magnificent women and one lucky guy. When Cathy Gale enters the show explodes. Not a very big budget then and it was performed like a play with every scene being shot from start to finish in one take which makes Cathy Gale's fight scenes even more impressive because she did not have a stunt double. Cathy Gale was TV's first butt kicking woman.
While Cathy Gale's relationship with Steed could be tense his relationship with Mrs. Peel was flirty and agreeable. ABC had pumped a lot a money into the show and they could actually afford better locales, stunt people, editing, costumes and Sci-fi villains. In the B & W year Mrs. Peel's costumes were amazing, very daring for the time. In the colour year it was just her famous cat suit. Her departure was painful and her missing husband turned out to be a clone of Steed, dapper and proper (Patrick Macnee's suits were famous). For being a splendid example of girl power they could at least paid Diana Rigg. Then came Tara King, wide hips, blue-blue eyes and really young. When people have their faces that close together and aren't kissing or head butting each other there's a confront level there and Mother became a player in the show, Familiar faces popped up: Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing and young Charlotte Rampling among others.
'The Avngers' had snappy dialogue, quick British wit even more brutal than American TV, '...I haven't killed anyone all week, You can ask Mrs. Peel.' The Bowler and the Tantalising Three (they had interesting episode titles) was a fun show and had great music by John Dankworth and Laurie Johnson.
While Cathy Gale's relationship with Steed could be tense his relationship with Mrs. Peel was flirty and agreeable. ABC had pumped a lot a money into the show and they could actually afford better locales, stunt people, editing, costumes and Sci-fi villains. In the B & W year Mrs. Peel's costumes were amazing, very daring for the time. In the colour year it was just her famous cat suit. Her departure was painful and her missing husband turned out to be a clone of Steed, dapper and proper (Patrick Macnee's suits were famous). For being a splendid example of girl power they could at least paid Diana Rigg. Then came Tara King, wide hips, blue-blue eyes and really young. When people have their faces that close together and aren't kissing or head butting each other there's a confront level there and Mother became a player in the show, Familiar faces popped up: Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing and young Charlotte Rampling among others.
'The Avngers' had snappy dialogue, quick British wit even more brutal than American TV, '...I haven't killed anyone all week, You can ask Mrs. Peel.' The Bowler and the Tantalising Three (they had interesting episode titles) was a fun show and had great music by John Dankworth and Laurie Johnson.