The Avengers
TV ShowTitle | The Avengers |
User score | 7.7 |
Release date | Jan 7, 1961 |
Release date of last episode | May 21, 1969 |
Genre | Action & Adventure, Crime, Sci-Fi & Fantasy |
Director | Sydney Newman |
Production country | United Kingdom |
Production companies | Associated British Picture Corporation, Associated British Corporation, ABC Weekend Television |
Series status | Ended |
Seasons count | 6 (List of episodes) |
Episodes count | 161 |
Run time | 50, 60 min. |
The Avengers is a British television series created in the 1960s. It initially focused on Dr. David Keel and his assistant John Steed. Hendry left after the first series and Steed became the main character, partnered with a succession of assistants. His most famous assistants were intelligent, stylish and assertive women: Cathy Gale, Emma Peel and Tara King. Later episodes increasingly incorporated elements of science fiction and fantasy, parody and British eccentricity.
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Actors
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John Steed
Honor Blackman
Catherine Gale
Diana Rigg
Emma Peel
Linda Thorson
Tara King
Ian Hendry
Dr. David Keel
Patrick Newell
Mother, Sir George Collins, Smallwood
Edwin Richfield
Alex, Barlow
Julie Stevens
Venus Smith
Philip Madoc
Ivan, Slater
Robert James
Merlin, Jenkins, Ronnie Vance
Frank Maher
Nicholls
John Sharp
Prewitt, Jupp