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Miniatures Adventure => The Conflicts that came in from the Cold => Topic started by: Plynkes on 11 September 2020, 09:15:30 PM

Title: Mrs. Peel, we're needed!
Post by: Plynkes on 11 September 2020, 09:15:30 PM

 :'( :'( :'(

Massive Diana Rigg fan here, since as far back as I can remember.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-OEfvlb9Lc (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-OEfvlb9Lc)



And to keep it miniatures related, and thus within the forum rules, I'm going to buy this set tomorrow, not for any game, just because:

(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/48/163-110920201226.jpeg)

Title: Re: Mrs. Peel, we're needed!
Post by: carlos marighela on 11 September 2020, 09:17:12 PM

Yes, bit sad that. :'(

Title: Re: Mrs. Peel, we're needed!
Post by: syrinx0 on 12 September 2020, 03:19:05 AM

A good idea.

Title: Re: Mrs. Peel, we're needed!
Post by: Blackwolf on 12 September 2020, 06:21:53 AM

Good idea Plynkes. Very sad,she was gorgeous and a brilliant actor, last thing I saw her in was the Detectorists,a great little show. And she of course was a dish in it ;)

Title: Re: Mrs. Peel, we're needed!
Post by: Westfalia Chris on 12 September 2020, 07:27:54 AM

Quite a pity, indeed.

I was never a big fan of The Avengers (although it's obviously leaps and bounds better than that movie hash they made of it), but Ms. Rigg was great in pretty much everything I saw her in. The Assassination Bureau being a bit of a favourite of mine.

Title: Re: Mrs. Peel, we're needed!
Post by: Plynkes on 12 September 2020, 11:18:20 AM

I love The Avengers, Chris. It's silly and kind of camp, and you can't take it seriously, but I think that's what I like about it.

Right now one of the British TV channels shows an episode every day, and currently they are showing episodes from the Diana Rigg era of the show. So that's great for me. They never seem to show stories from the black-and-white Honor Blackman era. I wonder if any survived? TV companies back then had a nasty habit of not holding on to their old episodes for lack of storage space and other reasons, and they thought there was no value in keeping them.

Doctor Who fans have long had to grapple with the 'lost episodes' situation. I wonder if it is the same with The Avengers? All I know is that I haven't ever seen one of the black-and-white episodes.


 

So I quickly googled Honor Blackman to make sure I spelled her name right and just dicovered she died this year, too. Jesus, I missed that Somehow. Diana Rigg, Honor Blackman, and also Millie Small this year (she wasn't in The Avengers or James Bond, but I was a big fan). On top of everything else this year, do you think you could give us a damn break, 2020?

Title: Re: Mrs. Peel, we're needed!
Post by: carlos marighela on 12 September 2020, 11:33:18 AM

What a shit day! Toots Hibbert has popped his clogs too.  :(

Title: Re: Mrs. Peel, we're needed!
Post by: commissarmoody on 12 September 2020, 11:49:09 AM

Quote from: carlos marighela on 12 September 2020, 11:33:18 AM

What a shit day! Toots Hibbert has popped his clogs too.  :(

Oh shit! Last I heard he was in the hospital. I caught him playing a few time here in vegas and drank a few beers with him. Dude was pretty chill.  :'(

Title: Re: Mrs. Peel, we're needed!
Post by: Harry Faversham on 12 September 2020, 12:26:14 PM

Alan Minter too. Back in the sixties I was in love with Emma Peel.

R.I.P.

 :'(

Title: Re: Mrs. Peel, we're needed!
Post by: armchairgeneral on 12 September 2020, 12:57:08 PM

Quote from: Blackwolf on 12 September 2020, 06:21:53 AM

Very sad,she was gorgeous and a brilliant actor, last thing I saw her in was the Detectorists,a great little show. And she of course was a dish in it ;)

I agree. It was great to see her acting along side her daughter who is also very easy on the eye  :)

Thought Diane Rigg was also very good in The Mrs Bradley Mysteries” I recently noticed her in the new adaptation of All Creatures Great and Small which looks promising so far.

Title: Re: Mrs. Peel, we're needed!
Post by: has.been on 12 September 2020, 02:34:51 PM

Saw Dianna Rigg in a US comedy show, I forget the name of it, but I do remember
one scene where the stuck up American matriarch, to get respect,  says, 'MY family
came over in the Mayflower!'  Dianna's character retorts, 'My family probably made them go!'