these episodes are vastly entertaining, highly exciting, amazingly comedic and are bursting with 1960's British quintessential 'character'. The chemistry Tara has with Steed is very visible. The character is not 'helpless' just warmer and softer. Linda Thorson did an amazing job, when you consider the problems that were faced after Diana Rigg's departure: scripting, producing, directing etc. Her diction is nonetheless impeccable and she is more than a match for the dastardly masterminds with her karate skills. The 1960s cult British spy-fi television series The Avengers, teams up an eccentric suave British Agent and his side-kick partners to offer punch-ups and haute couture, stories laced with thrills and a heady mix of tongue-firmly-in cheek humor. Tara brings us youth, amazing beauty and guile in a less 'acid Chelsea humour, sloan-ranger' way. Since then, the team has expanded its roster and faced a host of new threats, while dealing with their own turmoil. Linda Thorson stepped into fill some very big shoes and people forget she was only a mere 20-year-old, and a Canadian! Tara King is a huge departure from both Mrs Gale (not so well-known in the USA) and the iconic, inimitable Mrs Peel. The Avengers began as a group of extraordinary individuals who were assembled to defeat Loki and his Chitauri army in New York City. Romance, youth and visceral eroticism are promised as Tara runs along the bridge to be greeted by an immaculate man in a bowler hat, Steed.the adventures begin. The introduction sees a far more feminine Tara (pearls and chiffon) and a gentler Steed (picking a rose). The whole image and upbeat, catchy signature tune (the Thorson theme)are very different. The final series of The Avengers (1968-69), had not only the highest ever ratings in the UK but also in Europe (especially France).
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