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Dandy Forsdyke wrote:She was, but the stunts weren't particularly Rigg-orous!

Borgus Weems wrote:

Dandy Forsdyke wrote:She was, but the stunts weren't particularly Rigg-orous!

Maybe she wasn't up to the PUN-ishment!

Jasper Groat wrote:Somebody sent me some information today about a soundtrack single. If I get the time I'll add it here.

Timeless A-Peel wrote:This old post from the old forum might answer your questions:

Hi everyone!

I´m new to this forum and I thought maybe the best way to introduce myself was to share
this piece of information with you:

Last Saturday, a German TV station (RTL) broadcast a show where they presented the 25 most
popular TV cult shows of all time in Germany. The Avengers featured as well (15th) but the
best part was that they also showed a clip of "Das Diadem".

And they had invited the man who was knocked out by Diana Rigg in the scene they showed.
He is a pensioner today and could reveal something about how "Das Diadem" and the other 2
short films came into existence. Here´s a summary of what was said:


- no one involved in the production was a professional,
all were amateurs who especially founded a film company for this project.

- the idea behind these films was that during the late 60s it was still common that people
remained sitting in their cars at the filling station, waiting for their fuel, having
their oil or tyre pressure checked etc. So the idea was to "entertain" them by showing
short (4-5min) films- which explains why there is no dialogue.

- however, they knew that to make this project successful (and in the end commercially
viable), they would first of all need a "big name", someone famous and popular to
promote it.

- while on the way home from London one of them accidentally met an old friend from school
on the train, who was working there as a journalist and could give him an address through
which they could contact Diana Rigg´s management.

- negotiations went back and forth and in the end she finally said yes and came over to
Germany and then to Spain. Shooting took 4-5 days and Diana Rigg received about
10,000 DM (whether for all or one of these films remained unclear)

- the film company did, however, not survive this courageous project

- finally, the man was presented with a Video and DVD version of the films since he did
not own any of them himself!

- and when asked by the hostess (a huge fan of the show): "In the end I simply must ask
you how Diana Rigg was like. Was she cool?" , he replied: "Oh yes she was..."

Timeless A-Peel wrote:

Dandy Forsdyke wrote:

Timeless A-Peel wrote:English grandma

... that explains SO much!

I got all the genes. I swear I'm genetically predisposed to love the Avengers, Roxy Music, and Hugh Laurie (I'm also Scots, so that makes me half British overall). Later in life I will probably be slightly dotty and collect newspaper clippings while prattling to the grandkids about Philip Glenister. Poor little guys.