minikillers

[Frankymole]

The hippies were going there in the 60s (and beatniks before them), presumably they didn't move into her actual house?

[DiVicenzo]

The hippies were going there in the 60s (and beatniks before them), presumably they didn't move into her actual house?

No, to quote her 'They were nicking fruit from my orchard and crapping in my well'...there are still hippies there, by the way.

[Alan]

Nice...

[DiVicenzo]

Nice...

I remember when she was telling me this in my mind I was repeatedly saying 'crapping in my well, crapping in my well!' - Dame Diana saying this! Ha!

[Alan]

My opinion of hippies has just gone down a notch or two...

[Timeless A-Peel]

Did I read somewhere that these films were intended for garages whilst customers were waiting for petrol/gas?

Yes, on the old forum. To quote:

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..."


Don't remember who the poster was, though.

[Allard]

Thank you, that's fantastic to read. Now we can hope that there will one day be a German fan who can supply us with a video of that.

[Alan]

That's fascinating, Timeless, and very helpful indeed. Many thanks for sharing it.

[Dandy Forsdyke]

Thanks, Timeless. How did you get that from the old Avengers forum?

[mousemeat]

Thank you, that's fantastic to read. Now we can hope that there will one day be a German fan who can supply us with a video of that.

that would be truly fantastic...if someone could come forward, as such..

gotta love British slang....like nicking, wanker, sod, tosser, fag,
and more..

when I was stationed at Kent in the late 1960's, got a real education, including WARM ALE..(LOL)