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The Avengers was a unique, genre-defying television series which
blurred the traditional boundaries between 'light entertainment'
and disturbing drama. It was a product of the constantly-evolving
1960s yet retains a timeless charm. The monochrome filmed Emma Peel
season had established a cult following for a series which became
an intrinsic part of the 'Swinging Sixties'. Backed by US dollars,
the show was now filmed 'in color' and Avengerland becomes stranger
and more playful than ever: Steed is shrunk to the size of a desk
pad, forced to evade a machine-gun-toting nanny; Emma Peel is
tortured in a medieval ducking stool and turned into a living
cybernaut. Mrs. Peel, We're Needed draws on the knowledge of a
broad range of experts and fans of The Avengers as it explores the
wonderfully mad Technicolor world of Emma Peel. "The Avengers in
pop culture is The Avengers with Diana Rigg and Patrick Macnee, in
colour. It is this season that defines the show." (Piers Johnson)
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Avengerland Regained (Hardcover)
Rodney Marshall, Sam Denham, Piers Johnson, James Speirs, Darren Burch, …
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The Avengers was a unique, genre-defying television series which
blurred the traditional boundaries between 'light entertainment'
and disturbing drama. It was a product of the constantly-evolving
1960s yet retains a timeless charm. The creation of The New
Avengers, in 1976, saw John Steed re-emerge, alongside two younger
co-leads: sophisticated action girl Purdey and Gambit, a 'hard man'
with a soft centre. The cultural context had changed - including
the technology, music, fashions, cars, fighting styles and
television drama itself - but Avengerland was able to re-establish
itself. Nazi invaders, a third wave of cybernauts, Hitchcockian
killer birds, a sleeping city, giant rat, a deadly health spa, a
skyscraper with a destructive mind...The 1970s series is,
paradoxically, both new yet also part of the rich, innovative
Avengers history. Avengerland Regained draws on the knowledge of a
broad range of experts and fans as it explores the final vintage of
The Avengers.
The Avengers was a unique, genre-defying television series which
blurred the traditional boundaries between 'light entertainment'
and disturbing drama. It was a product of the constantly-evolving
1960s yet retains a timeless charm. The creation of The New
Avengers, in 1976, saw John Steed re-emerge, alongside two younger
co-leads: sophisticated action girl Purdey and Gambit, a 'hard man'
with a soft centre. The cultural context had changed - including
the technology, music, fashions, cars, fighting styles and
television drama itself - but Avengerland was able to re-establish
itself. Nazi invaders, a third wave of cybernauts, Hitchcockian
killer birds, a sleeping city, giant rat, a deadly health spa, a
skyscraper with a destructive mind...The 1970s series is,
paradoxically, both new yet also part of the rich, innovative
Avengers history. Avengerland Regained draws on the knowledge of a
broad range of experts and fans as it explores the final vintage of
The Avengers.
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