The cult British fantasy show returned to ITV in the autumn of 1965, with Patrick Macnee's
Steed now joined by fellow agent, Mrs. Emma
Peel, portrayed by Diana Rigg (who replaced
the original choice, Elizabeth Shepherd).
Steed now joined by fellow agent, Mrs. Emma
Peel, portrayed by Diana Rigg (who replaced
the original choice, Elizabeth Shepherd).
The chemistry between the two leads resulted
in the show's most popular and successful era
- The Avengers now aired in over a hundred
countries and was syndicated in America.
Like her predecessor, Honor Blackman's Cathy
Gale, Peel was unlike any female character
seen on British TV at the time. The role earned
Rigg sex-symbol status, and she became an
icon of Sixties feminism.
Doncaster-born Rigg (1938-2020) became a
Doncaster-born Rigg (1938-2020) became a
Dame in 1994 - she was as Mrs. Gillyflower in
The Crimson Horror, alongside her daughter,
Rachael Stirling.
Malcolm Hulke, John Lucarotti and Robert
Banks Stewart all provided screenplays here.
The twenty-six part season featured Bernard Cribbins (as Arkwright in The Girl From Auntie), and a total of ninety-three
Doctor Who cast and crew connections:
The Town of No Return (UK TX: September 28 1965)
- Patrick [David] Newell (Smallwood here; Collins in Something Nasty in the Nursery; Mother in Series 6) and Peter Brace (Soldier) both appeared in The Android Invasion, as Colonel Faraday and Guard respectively - Brace was also Guard in The Curse of Peladon
- Terence [Joseph] Alexander (Warren) was Lord Ravensworth in The Mark of the Rani
- Roger Lloyd Pack (Man here; Professor in The Avengers, 1998) was John Lumic in Rise of the Cybermen and The Age of Steel
- Rocky [born Laurie] Taylor (Fencing Double here; Martial Artist in The Cybernauts; Maker in The Danger Makers; Man in The Fear Merchants; Mitchell in Escape in Time; Mercenary in Have Guns Will Haggle; Stunt Double in The New Avengers: The Eagle's Nest; Cybernaut in The Last of the Cybernauts; Soldier in Dirtier by the Dozen) was Egyptian Warrior in (episode 9 of) The Daleks' Master Plan, Guard in The Curse of Peladon (4), and Stuntman on The Idiot's Lantern
The Gravediggers (UK TX: October 7)
- Ronald [Gordon] Fraser (Winslip) was Joseph C in The Happiness Patrol
- Wanda Ventham (Nurse) was Jean Rook in The Faceless Ones, Thea Ransome in Image of the Fendahl, and Faroon in Time and the Rani - she auditioned for the role of Emma Peel in a screen test opposite Moray Watson as Steed
- [Leslie] Steven Berkoff [born Berks] (Sager) was the Shakri in The Power of Three
- Bryan Mosley (Miller) was Prop Man in The Daleks' Master Plan (7) and Malpha (in episode 11)
- [Bernard] Alan Chuntz (Pallbearer here, Henderson in The Hour That Never Was) appeared in fifteen classic era episodes (from The Seeds of Death to State of Decay)
- Billy Cornelius (Pallbearer here; Martial Artist in the next story; Glynn in Dial a Deadly Number; Tribeman in Small Game For Big Hunters) was Man-at-Arms in The Crusade (4), and Morok Guard in The Space Museum
- [John] Aubrey Richards (Palmer) was Professor Parry in The Tomb of the Cybermen
- Michael Stevens (Pallbearer here; Guard in Castle De'ath; Stunt double in A Surfeit of H2O, Dial a Deadly Number, Room Without a View, The House That Jack Built; Cleaner in Super Secret Cypher Snatch) was Soldier in The Myth Makers (1), Daffodil Man in Terror of the Autons (3), UNIT Motorcyclist/Prisoner in The Mind of Evil, and Guard in The Curse of Peladon (1)
- [Francis] Michael Gough (Armstrong) was the titular entity in The Celestial Toymaker, and was Councillor Hedin in Arc of Infinity
- for Frederick Jaeger see Death of a Great Dane
- Bernard [Arthur Gordon] Horsfall (Jephcott) was Lemual Gulliver in The Mind Robber, Time Lord in The War Games, Taron in Planet of the Daleks, Chancellor Goth in The Deadly Assassin, then voiced Arnold Baynes for Big Finish's Davros (2003)
- for Burt Kwouk and Ronald Leigh-Hunt see Kill the King and Dragonsfield
- for John Hollis and Gordon Whiting see Warlock and The Golden Eggs
- John Franklyn Robbins (Gilbert) was a Time Lord in Genesis of the Daleks (1)
- Katherine Schofield (Oyuka) was Sabetha in The Keys of Marinus
- Dinny Powell, Mike Reid, and Derek Ware (Martial Artists) all had minor roles in the classic run - Powell was a stuntman on Terror of the Autons (1), and Guard in The Curse of Peladon (4) and Genesis of the Daleks (2); Reid was a Thal in Dr. Who and the Daleks, Soldier in The Myth Makers (3) and The War Machines, and Guard in The Massacre (4), whilst Ware worked on twenty-four instals as stuntman, fight arranger or extra (from An Unearthly Child to The Claws of Axos (1))
- for Andre Morell and John Cater see Death of a Batman and The Nutshell
- TP [Thomas Patrick] McKenna (Wentworth) was Captain Cook in The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
- [Henry] George Selway (Massey) was George and Frank Meadows in The Faceless Ones
- Peter [Norman Bulmer] Howell (Popple) was the Investigator in The Mutants (6)
- James [Gordon] Copeland (Roberton here; Gymnast in The Master Minds) was Selris in The Krotons
- Bernard [Joseph] Archard (Leeming) was Bragen in The Power of the Daleks, and Marcus Scarman in Pyramids of Mars
- Nigel [Richard] Lambert (Hardcastle) was Hardin in The Leisure Hive
- Martin Miller [born Rudolph Muller] (Spencer) was Kublai Khan in Marco Polo
- Paddy Ryan [born Frank Ryan McCree Singletary] (Heavy here; Chef in The Hour That Never Was) was Kaled Scientist in Genesis of the Daleks (6)
- for John Woodvine see Square Root of Evil and Dead of Winter
- [Charles] Edward Underdown (Jonathan) was Zastor in Meglos
- Alan Gerrard (Villager here; Fintry in Quick-Quick Slow Death) was Bovem in The Dominators
- [John] Talfryn Thomas (Barker) was Mullins in Spearhead from Space (1), and Dave in The Green Death
- Charles Rayford (Heckler here; Cook in The Hour That Never Was; Napoleon in Honey for the Prince; Bluebell for Who's Who?) was Kaled Scientist in Genesis of the Daleks
- John Timberlake [born Murphy] (Heckler here; Witness in The Curious Case of the Countless Clues) was Prisoner in The Dalek Invasion of Earth (6), Shelterer in The Enemy of the World, and Kaled Scientist in Genesis of the Daleks
- for Geoffrey Palmer see Dance With Death
- Royston [Michael John] Farrell (Officer here; Audience member in Two's A Crowd; Marshall in The Girl From Auntie) was Guardian in The Ark, Elder in The Savages (1), Technician in The Seeds of Death and The Claws of Axos (4), and Guard in The Curse of Peladon (1)
- Fred [Thomas] Haggerty (Driver) was a stuntman on The Time Meddler (2)
- Tina Packer (Suzanne) was Anne Travers in The Web of Fear
- Ernest Blyth (Steward here; Guest in Wish You Were Here) was Villager in The Daemons
- for John Carson, Peter Bowles and John Bailey see Series 3
- for Michael Barrington see The Yellow Needle
- Edwin [Donald] Finn (Taylor) was the Landlord in The Massacre
- Julian [Wyatt] Glover (Vogel) was King Richard in The Crusade, and Scaroth in City of Death
- for Wolfe Morris see The Yellow Needle
- for Robert James and Edwin Richfield see Hot Snow and Girl On The Trapeze
- William [Leo] Franklyn [born Beare] (Omrod) voiced Pharaoh Amenhotep for The Roof of the World (2004)
- for Paul Whitsun-Jones see Man With Two Shadows
- Peter [Neville] Jeffrey (Varnals here; Prendergast in The Joker; Bristow in Game; Perov in The New Avengers: House of Cards) was the Pilot in The Macra Terror, and Count Grendel in The Androids of Tara
- [Charles] Philip Latham (Carter) was President Borusa in The Five Doctors
- Vernon [Alexandre] Dobtcheff (Pushkin) was an Alien Scientist in The War Games, and voiced Dadda Desaka for The Cradle of the Snake (2010), and Shamur for The Children of Seth (2011)
- Bill [Simpson] Fraser (Rawlings) was Captain Grugger in Meglos, and Commander Bill Pollock in K9 and Company
- Peter [Ellerby] Thomas (Kendrick) was Captain Edal in The Savages
- Sylvia Coleridge (Hetty) was Amelia Ducat in The Seeds of Doom
- Maurice [Allan Albert] Browning (Russian) was Carlton in The Daleks' Master Plan
- [Henry Jonas] Jonathan Burn [Forti] (Betty) was Silas P in The Happiness Patrol
- Victor [Jack] Maddern (Jackson) was Chief Robson in Fury from the Deep
- Donald [Marland] Hewlett (Waversham here; Torrance in The New Avengers: Faces) was Hardiman in The Claws of Axos
- John [Edward Arthur] Woodnutt (Noble) was Hibbert in Spearhead from Space, the Draconian Emperor in Frontier in Space (5), Broton and the Duke of Forgill in Terror of the Zygons, and Seron in The Keeper of Traken
- Graham Armitage (Huggins) was Barney in The Macra Terror (1)
- Michael [James Vivian] Peake (Fehr) was Tavius in The Romans
The Danger Makers (UK TX: February 11)
- Moray [Robin Philip Adrian] Watson (Peters) was Sir Robert Muir in Black Orchid
A Touch of Brimstone (UK TX: February 18)
- Peter Wyngarde [born Cyril Louis Goldbert] (Cleverly Cartney) was Timanov in Planet of Fire
- Colin [Abel] Jeavons (Darcy) was Damon in The Underwater Menace, and George Tracey in K9 and Company
- Robert [Chattey] Cawdron (Horace) was Taltalian in The Ambassadors of Death
- Jeremy Young (Castigan) was Kal in 100,000 BC, and Gordon Lowery in Mission to the Unknown
- Alf [Charles Richard] Joint (Big Man) was stunt arranger on Battlefield
- for Steve Plytas see Immortal Clay
What The Butler Saw (UK TX: February 25)
- David [Bernard] Swift (Barber here; Turner in The New Avengers: The Midas Touch) was cast in The Masque of Mandragora as Count Federico but was replaced by Jon Laurimore
The House That Jack Built (UK TX: March 4)
- [Michael] Griffith Davies (Burton) was Kennedy in The Evil of the Daleks
- for Keith Pyott see The White Dwarf
- Alan Lake (Officer) was Herrick in Underworld
A Sense of History (UK TX: March 11)
- Jacqueline [Kay] Pearce (Marianne) was Chessene in The Two Doctors, then voiced Sherilyn Harper for The Fearmonger (2000), Admiral Mettna for Death Comes to Time, Queen Zafira for Hexagora (2011), and Cardinal Ollistra for The War Doctor, The Time War (2015-18) and Day of the Vashta Nerada (2017)
- for Nigel Stock and John Ringham see Concerto and The Secrets Broker
- Robin Phillips (Pettit) was Altos in The Keys of Marinus
- [Charles] Kenneth [Anton] Benda (Broom) was The Minister in The Claws of Axos
How To Succeed.. At Murder (UK TX: March 18)
- Christopher Benjamin (Hooter) first appeared in the classic run as Sir Keith Gold in Inferno, then the revived series as Colonel Hugh Curbishley in The Unicorn and the Wasp, but is best known as Henry Gordon Jago from The Talons of Weng Chiang - he reprised the role for The Mahogany Murders (2009) then Big Finish's Jago and Litefoot series (2010-present), Voyage to Venus and Voyage to the New World (both 2012), The Justice of Jalxar (2013) and Jago & Litefoot & Strax (2015) - he also voiced Tardelli for Grand Theft Cosmos (2008)
- for David Garth and Jerome Willis see The Big Thinker and Intercrime
Honey For The Prince (UK TX: March 25)
- Ron Moody [born Moodnick] (Ponsonby-Hopkirk) voiced the Duke of Wellington for Other Lives (2005)
- George Pastell [born Nino Pastellides] (Arkadi) was Eric Klieg in The Tomb of the Cybermen
- Jon [born St. Alban Livermore] Laurimore (Westcott) replaced David Swift as Count Federico in The Masque of Mandragora
- Reg Pritchard (Postman) was Ben Daheer in The Crusade, and Man in The Daleks' Master Plan (7)
- Peter [Alexander] Diamond (Bernie) was a regular stunt double and fight arranger (from The Daleks (7) to The Daemons)
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