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by Purbright
Tue Jun 01, 2021 12:21 am
Forum: The Avengers on Television
Topic: Emma Peel
Replies: 21
Views: 5585

I apologise if you were a friend or business associate of Peter Graham Scoot and take umbrage at me pointing out the factual differences between "at dinner" and "2 a.m.," or Beth Shepherd's actual c.v. and "lack of television experience." By all means, feel free to disr...
by Purbright
Mon May 31, 2021 6:32 pm
Forum: The Avengers on Television
Topic: Emma Peel
Replies: 21
Views: 5585

The stuff about Shepherd's insistence on getting (batshit crazy) ideas of her own in like the "wrist chronometer" that was a computer that came up with the answers to everything weren't unfounded, I talked to Peter Graham Scott himself at Portmeirion and he very clearly remembered it and h...
by Purbright
Sun May 30, 2021 5:09 am
Forum: The Avengers on Television
Topic: worst episode
Replies: 59
Views: 14429

Surely it's part of an official record somewhere that "Homicide and Old Lace" is unchallenged as the worst Avengers episodes.

While there are many weak episodes of The New Avengers, "Trap" must be un-acclaimed as the worst.
by Purbright
Sun May 30, 2021 4:52 am
Forum: The Avengers on Television
Topic: Emma Peel
Replies: 21
Views: 5585

We never got a straight answer from The Avengers brain trust about Beth Shepherd's firing. Some of the remarks that have been circulated are clearly untrue, such as Brian Clemens' graceless assertion that she was hectoring the show's apparat with suggestions from her "less successful husband.&q...
by Purbright
Fri Feb 28, 2020 7:11 am
Forum: Series 4 - Emma
Topic: 4.25 - How to Succeed... at Murder
Replies: 6
Views: 7175

Re: Thoughts from My Book Chapter

Furthermore it is interesting how Sarah Lawson brings hints of lesbianism to the role of Mary in her interactions with Mrs Peel. This helps to even more to explain her attitude towards men. Yes, but it's Diana Rigg who keeps glancing at Sarah Lawson's bosom, not vice versa. Very nice summary of the...
by Purbright
Mon May 20, 2019 4:12 pm
Forum: The People Behind The Avengers
Topic: Diana Rigg
Replies: 819
Views: 188227

I suspect no one is demanding this, but to shed light on a previous conversation about the extent of Diana Rigg's driving in OHMSS, it came up in her exchange of nasty letters with George Lazenby in the late, somewhat lamented The Daily Sketch. Shortly after the movie opened, Diana accused George in...