Diana Rigg 2011 interview on THE AVENGERS, Fame, Fans and Feminists

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A couple of clips from the excellent hour-long BBC4 'MARK LAWSON TALKS TO...' Interview first broadcast 27/09/11

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  • @GeorgeVreelandHill
    @GeorgeVreelandHill9 жыл бұрын

    I had a big crush on her back in the day. Diana Rigg still has it. An amazing woman.

  • @jsmithmultimediatech

    @jsmithmultimediatech

    4 жыл бұрын

    She's a Yorkie like myself, what do ya expect? haha

  • @TheStuport
    @TheStuport5 жыл бұрын

    Such A Classy Lady....we ALL are the lucky ones who have had the pleasure to enjoy Diana Rigg's Gift.....Cheers From Ohio

  • @wallywingert6122
    @wallywingert612210 жыл бұрын

    She rocked in the 60's, and she's still rockin' today! Pure class, elegance & talent!

  • @caiuslicinus5725
    @caiuslicinus57258 жыл бұрын

    I enjoyed the style that both of them brought to the screen. The chemistry that they had when acting out scripts. Looking back on that time Diana Rigg and Patrick McNee were a refreshing change from American TV at that time.

  • @eddy3796
    @eddy37963 жыл бұрын

    Powerful woman, really great actress

  • @kurtb8474
    @kurtb847410 жыл бұрын

    People age, but the wisdom of age is with her. She seems satisfied with her life. The great thing is, when she was young and hot, she was a near-perfect package. Pretty face, smoking body, lovely voice and speech, intelligence, eyes, hair and smile which has been preserved on film. Like a painting, only in motion.

  • @Eliel7230
    @Eliel72304 жыл бұрын

    I can recall being in elementary school early on and on an argument with two other boys as to which one of us was going to marry Diana Rigg when we grew up. Can you imagine, three nit wits, a whole continent and ocean away, arguing over a beautiful woman who was practically old enough to be our mother and never knew we even existed ! 😀

  • @liambraithewaite6415
    @liambraithewaite64153 жыл бұрын

    She was such an intelligent person. RIP

  • @christinebradley3306
    @christinebradley33065 жыл бұрын

    Diana Rigg....my favorite actress of all time. Still is ONE classy lady. Great interview.

  • @SaborLatino21
    @SaborLatino219 жыл бұрын

    Diana Rigg was my girl. I remember looking forward to the show in Puerto Rico, and being able to see Diana. She was beautiful in the Avengers but she was also amazing in James Bond. Loved her smile and her beautiful eyes but above all she had a gorgeous body. She was awesome. Thank you for the great memories you gave me and continue to give me thanks to the internet. Of course I can't leave Patrick Mcnee out because he was the other half of the Avengers. They both complimented each other. Great actors.

  • @tedolphbundler724

    @tedolphbundler724

    3 жыл бұрын

    She did not have a gorgeous body. She was flat chested and hardly had any hips. Her figure was girlish at best. Her beauty was in her smile, the twinkle in her eyes, the quickness in her wit, her confidence, the grace in her motion and the playfulness in her spirit. That made her irresistible. There were many women far more beautiful in that era, but none more appealing.

  • @craigpennington1251
    @craigpennington12513 жыл бұрын

    Emma Peel -Diana Rigg -The Original and never to be repeated. Rest Comfortably and Peacefully until our Lord returns.

  • @kenseverson1181
    @kenseverson118110 жыл бұрын

    The best Bond Girl too. And she was in Doctor Who too!!

  • @mcfeist1
    @mcfeist19 жыл бұрын

    Marvelous - she epitomized the type of woman many of us in the '60's aspired to be. What a pleasure to see her again in "Game of Thrones".

  • @maple1255
    @maple12559 жыл бұрын

    What a great and classic television series this was, I suspect she was hired due to her beauty, her quick wit and as a friend remarked, her 'class'. She was the most perfect feminine 'foil' for Patrick MacNee for the Avengers, I read they have been friends for many years now, ever since the airing of the series. I like how positive she is about her roles both on the Avengers and the Bond movie.

  • @wilburbonzo
    @wilburbonzo4 жыл бұрын

    intelligent, attractive, likeable and down to earth

  • @tednorton5150
    @tednorton515010 жыл бұрын

    what strikes me most is how utterly EFFORTLESS she was in that entire series. She was simply breathtaking by virtue of her presence.

  • @johnnymarlin1283
    @johnnymarlin12835 жыл бұрын

    I will always Love this amazing actress always !!

  • @hornerinf
    @hornerinf5 жыл бұрын

    I love what she said in the interview about feminism. I was very young when the Avengers were on TV. I've loved her ever since! :)

  • @arienfox
    @arienfox11 жыл бұрын

    Still a class act Diana Rigg is!!! RIGHT ON!!

  • @The.Last.Guitar.Hero.
    @The.Last.Guitar.Hero.11 жыл бұрын

    Still lovely, she was stunning when she was young.

  • @Actionguy1
    @Actionguy110 жыл бұрын

    God Bless you Dame Diana Rigg!

  • @Francesko263
    @Francesko26311 жыл бұрын

    She's still intelligent, indipendent and beautiful lady. I respect her a lot.

  • @christinegruenberg3120
    @christinegruenberg312010 жыл бұрын

    She is beautiful, talented and the epitome of a cool lady.

  • @retiredsmiling
    @retiredsmiling10 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely and positively the best series of the 60's. I think I'm still a little bit in love with Diana..

  • @PoetryHound
    @PoetryHound11 жыл бұрын

    She was wonderful in the Avengers and in Medea. What a talent. And beautiful too.

  • @guitarvocs
    @guitarvocs11 жыл бұрын

    I've had a crush on this wonderful woman since the first Avengers series. I am delighted to see she is still alive, still working, and especially thrilled to hear that sultry, thoroughly British voice sounding so intelligent. Personal highlight: Hearing Mrs. Peel say "cojones."

  • @jane74
    @jane7412 жыл бұрын

    What a lovely and intelligent lady.

  • @palangkaraya-kalimantanten3338
    @palangkaraya-kalimantanten33389 жыл бұрын

    She's my favourit in tv serial the avengers,,,. I like her.... I'm saluut this woment...

  • @airborne82223
    @airborne8222310 жыл бұрын

    She is classic I love her.

  • @JetDom767
    @JetDom7679 жыл бұрын

    One beautiful woman in the 1960s and 1970s wish I had been born then.

  • @beckjuly100
    @beckjuly1009 жыл бұрын

    Diana Riggs Emma Peel was my hero when I was a little kid. When 'Tara King' replaced her I was inconsolable. I just cried and cried. I mean seriously!! @;o ps, Good night Mr. Steed. RIP

  • @brunopereiraikercasillas6265

    @brunopereiraikercasillas6265

    3 жыл бұрын

    now she's gone too. But i liked Tara King too she was innocent and very beatiful too. Nobody could replace the great Emma Peel but Linda Thorson did her best

  • @jeffsullivan2044

    @jeffsullivan2044

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@brunopereiraikercasillas6265 Given the circumstances ( and being under Patrick's wing ), Linda Thorson came out extremely well; perhaps more so as time went on.

  • @brunopereiraikercasillas6265

    @brunopereiraikercasillas6265

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@jeffsullivan2044 Agreed. Shame she didn't return in "the new avengers" but she did a great job in the avengers knowing the pressure she had on her and the fact she was inexperienced actress at the time.

  • @jeffsullivan2044

    @jeffsullivan2044

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@brunopereiraikercasillas6265 Completely agree. I had hoped she would be back in the " New Avengers", but looking back, I grew quite fond of Purdey rather quickly. Lumleys performance was quite fun at times.

  • @KockyArapopolis
    @KockyArapopolis10 жыл бұрын

    Best. Love her always. No matter what she does, she does extremely well!

  • @johnsteedmi5
    @johnsteedmi54 жыл бұрын

    She was the best Bond girl, in a excelent Bond movie,

  • @cecillebarone9252
    @cecillebarone92523 жыл бұрын

    RIP DIANA RIGG LOVE YOU ALWAYS YOU ARE AN INSPIRATION TO ALL WOMEN

  • @Barking914
    @Barking91412 жыл бұрын

    Now this is what we call CLASS. Absolute treasure. She was and is still a beautiful person. Memo to me, C-L-A-S-S!!!

  • @jhamptonjr
    @jhamptonjr9 жыл бұрын

    I LOVE this woman! She was the first female badass in my lifetime. In the 60s women like her were rare - she was always such a beauty and she can still act like nobody's business. Love for the Queen of Thorns!

  • @PhilippeValdoisRoland

    @PhilippeValdoisRoland

    8 жыл бұрын

    +jhamptonjr So true!

  • @bustermcmahan8493

    @bustermcmahan8493

    7 жыл бұрын

    The same with me, I got to meet here in the 70's, wonderful person!!

  • @bletheringfool

    @bletheringfool

    Жыл бұрын

    Don't forget Cathy Gale (Honor Blackman) Mrs Peel's predecessor

  • @jhamptonjr

    @jhamptonjr

    Жыл бұрын

    @@bletheringfool I wasn't old enough to know about that one!

  • @bletheringfool

    @bletheringfool

    Жыл бұрын

    @@jhamptonjr someone did a tribute here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/g3pouJOwgrKpZdI.html

  • @rutnrampage7598
    @rutnrampage759810 жыл бұрын

    The greatest Avenger ever!

  • @davesteller6301

    @davesteller6301

    4 жыл бұрын

    I thought that was Tony Stark.... aka Robert Downey Jr.

  • @jeffsullivan2044

    @jeffsullivan2044

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@davesteller6301 wrrrrong!!

  • @214bubala
    @214bubala10 жыл бұрын

    Emma Peel was my first rolemodel !!! :)

  • @arricammarques1955
    @arricammarques195510 жыл бұрын

    Talented actors audition for roles. The Avengers provided a stable source of income and publicity. 85% of SAG actors are on the dole or waiting tables. Televised series would be a godsend for actors.

  • @tomdonnarumma58
    @tomdonnarumma5811 жыл бұрын

    The classest of classy LADIES by far. She allways was and will be my favorite british actress.XOXO!

  • @rickw1100
    @rickw11008 жыл бұрын

    She looks fantastic......class, class, and more class!

  • @del690
    @del69011 жыл бұрын

    As a kid I absolutely loved Diana Rigg in the Avengers. Was never the same without her.

  • @gematria79
    @gematria7911 жыл бұрын

    A fantastic actress in every role & throughout her life. What made Emma Peel an unforgettable character wasn't just her looks(all 60's actresses were sexy). She was brilliant, witty, strong & lovely. She was a completely woman men wanted & women admired.

  • @del-pinorigg475
    @del-pinorigg4754 жыл бұрын

    La amo a pesar de mi juventud no fue impedimento para enamorarme de sus películas y su serie The Avengers.. Sería mi gran sueño conocerla.... Gracias por conocerla a través de mis padres y hermanos mayores.... Te amo Dame Diana Rigg❤️❤️❤️❤️🎬🎥🎞️

  • @francescobonfiglio9142
    @francescobonfiglio914210 жыл бұрын

    Amazing actress and intelligent, classy and beautiful woman.

  • @sanapadsense1999
    @sanapadsense199911 жыл бұрын

    She is the only true James Bond's wife.

  • @gypsyrain369
    @gypsyrain369 Жыл бұрын

    i LOVE YOU DIANA ! YOU ROCK ! You Were Always A Beautiful Gracefull Mentor To Me ! ❤💝💖

  • @hifrommike2120
    @hifrommike21204 жыл бұрын

    Emma Peel is my fave TV character ever.

  • @MrHairyNeck
    @MrHairyNeck9 жыл бұрын

    Err no, there weren't just two channels 08:38 - BBC TV started in 1932; ITV in 1955 - and BBC2 in 1964. So by the time Diana started The Avengers there were three channels. Thanks for uploading.

  • @perrycomeau2627
    @perrycomeau26273 жыл бұрын

    She is an inspiration.

  • @petclark1
    @petclark112 жыл бұрын

    How nice to see she doesn't take herself or her roles all THAT seriously. Dame Rigg still looks very pretty and if she's had any work done it must have been to a minimum as she seems to be aging naturally. Intelligent, attractive, sensitive and witty-she's STILL one of the best of England's Swinging 60's, IMHO.

  • @SexyStarlets35
    @SexyStarlets358 жыл бұрын

    Great interview!! x

  • @michaelshea5622
    @michaelshea56222 жыл бұрын

    100% pure class. Mrs. Peel was my first love, at 11. LOL Always the lady. We miss you, Mrs. Peel.

  • @JettBlast
    @JettBlast3 жыл бұрын

    She is such a lovely vision, I loved seeing her on the Avengers and she was true and equal partner with Mr.Steed. I really enjoy she was Teresa the only true love of James Bond and had him want to leave Her Majesties secret service. I am so happy we got to enjoy her company for the time we did...

  • @sdushdiu
    @sdushdiu8 жыл бұрын

    What is disturbing is that she is STILL having to deal with asinine questions as to whether she 'regrets' doing the Avengers! Were Judy Garland alive wold she be asked if she regretted doing the Wizard of Oz? At what point does this patronage and exercise in stupidity cease? Does ANYONE actually think her role as Emma Peel was anything less than a spectacular success in EVERY respect? Dianna Rigg is this generations complement to Katherine Hepburn - giants all! Pure class.

  • @massimotrento8878
    @massimotrento887811 жыл бұрын

    Thank you very much Richard for your precise description...I won't forget it! You're right, 20 years ago i would not have been able to read your post, but now we use screen-reader software to use the pc like normal people do...take care!

  • @ricko3k
    @ricko3k8 жыл бұрын

    What a good interview. A woman of the world now, but in touch with her public. I did and still do have crush on Emma Peel xxx

  • @enriqueescobar1437
    @enriqueescobar143710 жыл бұрын

    the first woman in my teen year , beatiful

  • @lylecosmopolite
    @lylecosmopolite12 жыл бұрын

    Curiously unfeminist in her thinking. Ms Rigg did not sniff about how life is unfair for her gender, but instead seized all that life had to offer a stunningly smart (in both senses of the word) British woman. And triumphed.

  • @bbdupon
    @bbdupon12 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for posting this..always great to see dame Diana.

  • @IreneDuiveltje
    @IreneDuiveltje9 жыл бұрын

    Still in love with Emma Peel

  • @soxfan1957
    @soxfan195711 жыл бұрын

    Looking so forward to seeing her in Doctor Who.

  • @xstanadu
    @xstanadu9 жыл бұрын

    One of my FAVORITE shows in the 60's ! Emma Peel and John Steed . Great acting and excellent show ~ How wonderful and sweet She is . What a Lovely Lady and yes she was Sooooooo sexy 💗

  • @jsmithmultimediatech

    @jsmithmultimediatech

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Ian TurnerHe was about 94 though thats a heck of an age to get to!

  • @icdas7158
    @icdas71587 жыл бұрын

    wonderful woman

  • @amerrittification
    @amerrittification11 жыл бұрын

    Cant wait to see her in the new season of Game of Thrones

  • @porflepopnecker4376
    @porflepopnecker437610 жыл бұрын

    I recently got the Emma Peel Megaset (16 DVDs) for only $24.99! A lifelong dream come true.

  • @bluet6898
    @bluet68989 жыл бұрын

    Remember the Avengers, it was a very popular show in America too, during that time it was the first of independent woman roles. She seemed more his peer.

  • @bobanderson2895
    @bobanderson28955 жыл бұрын

    Diana Rigg, Annette Funicello, Raquel Welch, Ann Margret need I say more?

  • @taraking62
    @taraking6212 жыл бұрын

    It's a wonderfull interview... I've never heard her talking about Bond and Mrs Peel before.. I mean not that way...

  • @robertromero8692
    @robertromero8692 Жыл бұрын

    Mrs Peel was VERY smart, with a science background, and so good at handling dangerous situations. In the Avengers wiki, John Steed was said to have had a fight in boarding school with------James Bond! I had also forgotten that Steed's bowler hat was a lot like Oddjob's. I love how Rigg comes across in this interview--down to earth, and not full of herself. It amazes me that she didn't think she was sexy. Millions of men knew better.

  • @copstolemywife
    @copstolemywife11 жыл бұрын

    So sad to see her beauty faded. She has always been my favourite. I named my Daughter after her.

  • @jeffsullivan2044

    @jeffsullivan2044

    3 жыл бұрын

    Faded?? We must be seeing two different people.

  • @andybroer651
    @andybroer651 Жыл бұрын

    I so adore The Avengers! Emma Peel and John Steed.

  • @MyTonyrobert
    @MyTonyrobert10 жыл бұрын

    Meet Diana Right in New York During medea wonderful Lady

  • @unowen-nh9ov

    @unowen-nh9ov

    7 жыл бұрын

    fourleafclover And great production! Thrilling.

  • @bettynelson3565
    @bettynelson35655 жыл бұрын

    I just loved her 💋

  • @65g4
    @65g410 жыл бұрын

    im just watching the show now i rented a season i didnt see it back then of course because it was more than 20 years before i was born but i thought diana rigg was very sexy as emma peel and it was a fun show

  • @eduardoz51ear
    @eduardoz51ear10 жыл бұрын

    Hermosa y sensual mujer en una de las mejores series.

  • @hebneh
    @hebneh12 жыл бұрын

    She had a brief comedy series in the USA in the early 1970s, which wasn't successful and I'm sure most people don't even know existed.

  • @MikeRia
    @MikeRia12 жыл бұрын

    I often wonder why Dame Diana is not offered more roles in American films or big budget films, like Dame Judi or Dame Maggie. A very talented lady.

  • @bubhub64
    @bubhub6410 жыл бұрын

    Beauty, brains and class! Had a HUGE crush on Diana Rigg back in the day! Her smile just made me melt. Just think when someone like a Miley Cyrus gets old and looks back on her career, all she will remember was that she was a skank!

  • @barbaraibiel

    @barbaraibiel

    9 жыл бұрын

    bubhub64 You forgot strength. I loved it how she used to fight and win with men.

  • @affectivity9346

    @affectivity9346

    9 жыл бұрын

    She was the most gorgeous woman I had ever seen. I was a little girl and I was utterly fascinated by her.

  • @baxedbox
    @baxedbox6 жыл бұрын

    She rocks...

  • @d.haroldangel241
    @d.haroldangel241 Жыл бұрын

    A very intelligent celebrity.

  • @AgeismIsRacism
    @AgeismIsRacism10 жыл бұрын

    Emma Peel..."Not sexy" Ha Ha!!! Well she/Emma was a kid crush big time. I wanted her to be my bodyguard in the 3rd grade LOL. Diana is a very proper British woman. Lovely!! :-)

  • @luigitunes1
    @luigitunes16 жыл бұрын

    The best.

  • @superduper3728
    @superduper372810 жыл бұрын

    She was such a fox.

  • @MikeRia
    @MikeRia12 жыл бұрын

    Any chance that you will post the entire interview?

  • @jeprice08
    @jeprice0811 жыл бұрын

    I like her.

  • @hectorluisvazquezruiz9145
    @hectorluisvazquezruiz914511 жыл бұрын

    El tiempo no perdona.

  • @unowen-nh9ov
    @unowen-nh9ov6 жыл бұрын

    So funny Diana Rigg and Mary Tyler Moore were criticized for not being feminist - watch their shows now & they are more feminist than anything today. Lynda Carter has the best response to "objectification" - "Should we not look like women?" And this comes from Wonder Woman. Farrah Fawcett-Major's response to, "When did you first know you were beautiful?" "Just after hair & makeup showed up."

  • @nozmoking1
    @nozmoking19 жыл бұрын

    From what I have been lead to believe over the years, Diana was tagged as quite harsh, demanding and difficult to get along with. However she expresses gratitude for the opportunities she benefited from early in life, and I find her warm and engaging during this interview - a far cry from what I've heard. She is rather charming. And still very attractive, likely because she seems to have avoided the plethora of face lifts others have had done.

  • @porflepopnecker4376

    @porflepopnecker4376

    9 жыл бұрын

    nozmoking1 Patrick Macnee describes her pretty much as just the opposite in his writings.

  • @unowen-nh9ov

    @unowen-nh9ov

    7 жыл бұрын

    Porfle Popnecker Exactly! And credits her with writing most of their dialogue. She co-starred with Oliver Reed, George C. Scott, George Lazenby, Maggie Smith - she hasn't had an award-winning career for 6 decades working with those people - Olivier as well! - by being "difficult".

  • @trevl8955

    @trevl8955

    6 жыл бұрын

    @nozmoking1 I very much doubt any of that is/was true. From the actors and actresses I've talked to over the years, they've all had nothing but very nice things to say about her as a person. I think you'll find that most actors who have worked with Diana Rigg have nothing but the utmost respect for her.

  • @cathleanjohnson675
    @cathleanjohnson6752 жыл бұрын

    RIP, for us Boomers she will foever remain the sexy, classy Emma Peel, always thought she and Patrick McNee's Steede were equals..

  • @swingmanic
    @swingmanic11 жыл бұрын

    Sad to see her beauty has faded??..Did nobody ever tell you that beauty comes from within??...I hope your Daughter has beauty on all sides!!!!...Diana Riggs attraction to me was her charm and sophistication, coupled with her obvious intelligence and I guess her physical attributes helped just a little! ;o))

  • @TheGodParticle
    @TheGodParticle9 жыл бұрын

    I'd still like to give her one

  • @coolsweetgroovy
    @coolsweetgroovy12 жыл бұрын

    And that's why I love you you must also love tall women also

  • @woodskier
    @woodskier9 жыл бұрын

    tah-dah

  • @RomanesEuntDomus
    @RomanesEuntDomus11 жыл бұрын

    Although still a honey, Ms. Rigg's face is testament to the effect of cigarettes. See her Game of Thrones close ups. Textbook nicotine creases. Having said that, don't think that I don't dearly fancy and admire her. Any 15 year old who saw Emma Peel's whip dance could not do anything but.

  • @massimotrento8878
    @massimotrento887811 жыл бұрын

    When she appeared on the scene in the Avengers, i felt safe..me, little child sitting on the carpet and watching her on tv. Now I'm blind...Does she look the same?

  • @tumbleweed3129
    @tumbleweed312912 жыл бұрын

    I think she is the first Bond girl.

  • @terrance217
    @terrance21711 жыл бұрын

    Excuse me, I need to go run around the block.....

  • @dennisstewart7135
    @dennisstewart713511 жыл бұрын

    I think we have the teapot calling the kettle black.

  • @irish89055
    @irish8905512 жыл бұрын

    " the men were soooo.... tiny" lol

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