Patrick Macnee was an absolute legend....

@Zooumberg

2 жыл бұрын

He was in the same class as Christopher Lee. He said of him that he thought he'd be a diplomat.

@unowen-nh9ov

Ай бұрын

​@@ZooumbergDidn't they go to school together? And then were veterans & co-🌟s.

His Mother, Dorothea Macnee, died on 29th November 1984, just a month after this programme was broadcast. Here are Patrick's words about her appearance on the Show: 'Her mind was not what it was, but there was still the look of mischief about her. Tossing sticks and medics aside, Mama staggered onto the stage, where she was given a standing ovation. With great dignity, she inclined her head and acknowledged the nation. She’d no idea she was appearing on television. As the cheering continued and I clasped one of her hands in my own, I felt an enormous surge of pride. She really was a magnificent old girl.'

@rampageclover9788

2 жыл бұрын

And then Ian Hendry a month later

@flannerymonaghan-morris4825

Жыл бұрын

Awww that’s so sweet!

@unowen-nh9ov

Ай бұрын

​@@rampageclover9788They were different people?!

Patrick what an amazing actor a legend an Advenger, and a great cameo in a bond film. You were a hero thank u for your service. I enjoyed everything you have acted in You were a humble, wonderful man of good character. A class act you don't see in Hollywood anymore.

Macnee, as Steed, had a positive effect on everyone who ever saw or who has seen the Avengers.

@davidbarry9690

3 жыл бұрын

Was big part of my life in the sixtys still watch them now, the avengers,.

It's lovely to see how much it touches patrick to have all his loved ones around him it's a great TV programme

@gabrielhershman2313

4 жыл бұрын

True - an awful condition

Really nice to see Patrick MacNee’s life thru 1984 anyway and especially from his woman co-stars and Gareth Hunt from The Avengers. He will always be Steed, he played and was - so well.

Heartbreaking to see Ian Hendry at this point visibly dying from long-term alcohol abuse....you can also clearly see the pain in Patrick's eyes over the awful state his friend was in...

@markwidlake7478

4 ай бұрын

Sad but true. The Great Ian Hendry passed away only eights after filming this episode. So sad 😢😢

@rampageclover9788

4 ай бұрын

@@markwidlake7478 tragic and such a waste of potential. Easily up there with Michael Caine and Albert Finney, should have been part of that British invasion of Hollywood, cleaning up at the Academy Awards…fucking Brookside of all things was his swan song, playing someone 20 years older than he was because alcoholism had destroyed him physically to the point that he actually couldn’t play parts written for someone his age…

what a collection of true acting legends

What a charming, handsome , gentleman. I was in the RAF back in the 70's and would come back from town and get a hot pie and coffee in the NAFFI, and sit and watch the Avengers late at night. I loved the suits Steed wore, and Emma's different costumes. It was a surreal world they lived in but I still watch the series today. Patrick was quite unique, and Dianna was a perfect match for him.

And especially the love between Patrick and Diana (John Steed and Emma Peel). He had tears in his eyes during and after Diana said "much love" to him. I loved The Avengers with Diana Rigg playing Mrs. Emma Peel. i'm currently watching all episodes of The Avengers with Diana. The shows were about style, cleverness and amicable banter, and solving the problem in each episode. Great times, with Steed as a wonderful gentleman and Emma Peel as a beautiful, strong, witty, intelligent, and graceful woman.

@christinebradley3306

6 жыл бұрын

UncleEarl97 I totally agree with you. After watching various Patrick Macnee interviews, I am totally convinced that he was hopelessly in love with Diana Rigg. When asked who his favorite costar was over the years, he wouldn't say, like the kind man he was, but we all know that answer!

@christinebradley3306

6 жыл бұрын

UncleEarl97 I noticed what Patrick's daughter was wearing...a shirt with a picture of her Dad and Diana Rigg from the Avengers on the front. Must be her favorite duo, too.

@colinp2238

5 жыл бұрын

He had tears in his eyes almost from the word go. He was a true gentleman, a good example of true British spirit that is sadly missing in this day and age.

@Bulletguy07

4 жыл бұрын

@@christinebradley3306 I'm not so sure about "in love" as Patrick was married to his second wife then and being the gentleman he was both on screen and off, i doubt he would have let it get that far, but you are right he did have a favourite co-star but refused to say who. Like you i too am convinced it was Diana as i read where she felt the only REAL friend she had during working on The Avengers was Patrick. Rather than "in love" i'd say they both had a mutual respect for each other and loved each other.

@janetlieb2507

4 жыл бұрын

Adore steed and mrs peel!!.2❤❤❤❤

Love the look on his face when his mum turned up. Dame Diana - RIP.

This is so amazing for a TV show fan to see Mr. Steed with all the women of The Avengers. I recently saw a replay of all the episodes on a Memory TV channel as the epidodes started in the United States in the 1960s with Mrs. Peel. Patrick Macnee appeared as a guest on so many other TV shows, but was the English gentleman in real life as well. So great seeing his family. From St. Louis

The epitome of the true British gentleman and all round ‘good chap’👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🇬🇧

Wow, just looked up info on his mum. Patrick was brought up in quite the alternative lifestyle, particularly for 1920s/30s Britain. He was brought up in a house of lesbians, including his mother and “Uncle Evelyn”. Fascinating.

R.I.P Honor Blackman, brilliant as Cathy Gale

So sad Diana no longer here as well.

@neilmcdonald9164

Жыл бұрын

And Patrick,Gareth,Ian...😭🎩

@neilmcdonald9164

Жыл бұрын

Oops and Honor❤😭🎩

@wintersun398

3 ай бұрын

@@neilmcdonald9164I wasn’t aware Gareth Hunt had died!

What a gentleman Patrick Macnee was.

You can see the love and warmth between Patrick and Honor. Steed and Gale!

Ian Hendry was such a great actor, it's sad to see his demise. He was only 53 but looks so much older.

@alexnelson9512

8 ай бұрын

*_He was a very heavy drinker._*

These are People of Substance

@iancurtis1152

3 жыл бұрын

Sadly, lacking these days.

R.I.P Patrick Macnee R.I.P Ian Hendry R.I.P Jon Rollason R.I.P Honor Blackman R.I.P Diana Rigg R.I.P Gareth Hunt True Avengers, all. ❤️

They all have such beautiful speaking voices.

@johnmc3862

Жыл бұрын

Acting school.

@alexnelson9512

8 ай бұрын

@@johnmc3862 *_I also occurs at universities to our future politicians._*

Diana Rigg is so Beautiful.

R.I.P. Diana Rigg.

In that show Macnee drove a Rover 3500 SD1 and a flared fender Jaguar XJ12C, essentially a road-going replica of a Jaguar Broadspeed race car. The XJC (the C is for coupe

Honor Blackman could indeed ride a motorbike and very well too. She was a despatch rider during the war.

As we would expect, Patrick is surrounded by love.

Didn't I give myself a pat on the back, enough to dislocate my shoulder, when I first realized that Young Jacob Marley in 1951's Scrooge was portrayed by Patrick Macnee. So proud I was back in '67 or so.

One of my favourite actors. Loved him as Steed in the Avengers and of course the new avengers Also great in a view to a kill with Roger Moore in the bond movie

What an absolute gentleman. Widely respected yet as humble as anything.

Patrick Macnee was / remains the best of British 🇬🇧

Merci à celui ou celle qui a posté cette vidéo VHS. Mon idole de toujours. Je l'admire tant. Il a bercé mon enfance, avec ses partenaires si géniales ! Thanks to whoever posted this VHS video. My lifelong idol. I admire him so much. He rocked my childhood, with his great partners!

Have seen clips of this before. Thankyou for putting the full programme on here. Great to watch

So sad to think that their nearly all gone. Remember watching this when it went out and so sad to see the terrible state of Ian Hendry, who would be dead within a couple of months.

@gabrielhershman2313

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, v sad, I agree. Full story is told in my biography. www.amazon.co.uk/Send-Clowns-Life-Ian-Hendry/dp/1291270973/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=ian+hendry&qid=1600709249&s=books&sr=1-1

They 'surprise' him and he just happens to be impeccably dressed and groomed. How very Steed/Macnee!

@shaitarn1869

2 жыл бұрын

Lucky they didn't record it in California some years later - he was a nudist! :D

Still in love with Mrs Peel.

@RWBHere

3 жыл бұрын

My youngest sister was named after her by my youngest brother.

@blaws6684

3 жыл бұрын

@@RWBHere wait what? How does that work?

08:30 Ian Hendry's appearance here is described in his biography, but he looks in even worse shape than I expected. (He died later that year) Very sad.

@NoosaHeads

5 жыл бұрын

That huge belly was caused by liver cirrhosis. Basically, Ian Hendry drank himself to death.

@christhacker5329

4 жыл бұрын

I have been recently watching Ian in episodes from 1984 of Brookside, he played Marie Jackson's Dad. Not sure if it was the character or him, but the lines were slurred and hard to understand him.

@MrSwifts31

4 жыл бұрын

Yes this programme was aired 24th October 1984,and Ian sadly died December 23rd 1984.from a gastrointestinal hemorrhage .

@t.p.mckenna

3 жыл бұрын

Ian Hendry's alcoholism was so much of a tragedy because he was such a good, such a special actor. You could see it in those early Avengers but also in Sidney Lumet's exceptional The Hill.

@TheSeventhSeal

3 жыл бұрын

@@t.p.mckenna Yes, incredible actor. So sad to see him like this.

Poor Ian Hendry, the man didn't look at all well. This was broadcast in October 1984, he died Christmas Eve that year aged 53.

I love Patrick macnee in the advenges and James bond and this your life

Tous encore tres beau et jeune , quelle plaisir de les revoirs j ai adoré cette série et ces acteurs ils nous reste encore Honor Blackman et Johanna Lumey et bien sur Linda Thorson dieu MERCI

Pure class and a true gentleman ❤

I love this is your life

Amazing that people accuse Ian Hendry wrongly of being drunk but nothing is said about Patrick's mum, (who he had admitted in his book & on TV was an alcoholic) & she is definitely drunk. His autobiography is also a fantastic read.

@gabrielhershman2313

3 жыл бұрын

Ian wasn't drunk as such but neither was he sober. He had a benign throat tumour for which he'd had an operation earlier in the year. All in my biography. www.amazon.co.uk/Send-Clowns-Life-Ian-Hendry/dp/1291270973/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=ian+hendry&qid=1600709249&s=books&sr=1-1

@RWBHere

3 жыл бұрын

He had advanced cirrhosis of the liver, caused by alcoholism, and died less than two months after this broadcast.

It’s all about the leather. Oh and great cheesy avengers episodes. I binge on them more now than ever.

I have an oil painting df my great great great grandmother by sir daniel mcknee. Patrick"s gather or grandfather.

@davidbarry9690

3 жыл бұрын

Good speling

@YouzTube99

3 жыл бұрын

@@davidbarry9690 LOL!!

@RWBHere

3 жыл бұрын

Autocorrect ruined your comment. :-/

Que tiempo ,me encantaban sus películas ,tiempos inolvidables 💖💖💖💖

Patrick, once told me a story about when Lorne Greene and he used to act on stage in Toronto, I do not remember the name of the troupe, he told me this around 1988.... Every time they would get a 'pittance' of pay, back then, Lorne would try to cajole Patrick into giving some of Pat's $ to him, to invest in a fledgling company. Patrick would always, politely, decline. Patrick said, to me, that when Lorne went off to Hollywood, for that "silly Bonawnza thing"(trying to get his accent) that Lorne was doing 'quite well'! "You see, Allen, that fledgling company was/is...........................................I.B.M. ! Lovely man, was Patrick Macnee! 🪐🌠

A true gent .

What a gent!

La mejor serie que vi en mi vida, sin duda

Top Fellow!

Isn't it sad,we have lost:~ Patrick Diana Rigg & Honor Blackman

@EmmaPeelman

Жыл бұрын

And not to forget Gareth!

@MrSwifts31

Жыл бұрын

@@EmmaPeelman Apologies for forgetting Gareth. Died 14 March 2007 (aged 65) Redhill, UK

@EmmaPeelman

Жыл бұрын

@@MrSwifts31 Thank you.

Laurie Johnson composed the theme tunes for both This is Your Life and The Avengers

all so very British thank god , not like now in 2020

bravissimo....

I was surprised tears for Linda Thorson. I didn't realise how much he loved her. 05:30

Ironic the theme tune to this is by Laurie....avengers composer

opening shots look like Chester Square in Belgravia

Patrick macnee Diana Rigg and Honnor blackman are no longer with us RIP 🙏

I'm surprised that neither Brian Clemens and Albert Fennell were in it.

diana rigg very best actress a really must series patrick must movies series

A little (or maybe, not so little) contretemps between Macnee and Phillips.

Somehow you don't expect to see Steed becoming emotionally tearful. Doesn't quite fit the Avengers ethic.

The closed captioning leaves much to be desired

Rupert is the image of Pat.

Terry's car was parked there. See after they take off.

@richbiles230872

3 жыл бұрын

It's no coincidence; the road was closed to enable filming of the car's trip to the hotel. Closing roads in London is very expensive so ITV took the opportunity to film a Minder scene whilst the road was closed.

@richbiles230872

3 жыл бұрын

@Smirk Bigly I'm afraid that my knowledge of London's geography is poor but I'm sure a Londoner would easily identify street and hotel.

Ian Hendry sounds pissed up.

@RWBHere

3 жыл бұрын

He was dying.

@nkt1

8 ай бұрын

@@RWBHereBoth statements are true.

08:03 Macnee had a bit of practice when Ian was honoured in 1978: kzread.info/dash/bejne/dImO2bpsmrWdZ8Y.html

No Christopher Lee?

Don't forget Jennifer Croxton

Ian Hendry was as pissed as a baby's mattress.

@waynetbrown1121

6 жыл бұрын

He was very ill and died two months later

@colinp2238

5 жыл бұрын

I think he had just had a stroke around that time.

@joelgallant7678

5 жыл бұрын

To me one of the best ones was with the Chopping karate robots

Gareth Hunt sat unusually silent.

@richbiles230872

3 жыл бұрын

Gareth and Patrick had fallen out. Did you notice how stiff Gareth was during the drive at the beginning? They reconciled their differences immediately after the show. Gareth lamented their 12 month feud in an interview in one of the broadsheets (possibly The Telegraph) a couple of years later.

@chaturongarchary9773

3 жыл бұрын

@@richbiles230872 Hmm...that 's it.

@richbiles230872

3 жыл бұрын

@@chaturongarchary9773 yes, and to this day nobody knows what their disagreement was about. Neither would speak of it.

@chaturongarchary9773

3 жыл бұрын

@@richbiles230872 They were all gone, anyway.. RIP.

@YouzTube99

3 жыл бұрын

@@richbiles230872 Thanks for filling us in on the situation. Glad to hear they reconciled. Apparently personal business and therefore none of ours.

Once again they ignore Julie Stevens, the original Avengers girl.

@hochiminhwasamass-murderer8922

4 жыл бұрын

Cutie pie Julie Stevens was actually not quite the original Avengers girl. Honor Blackman was.

@Yetaxa

4 жыл бұрын

@@hochiminhwasamass-murderer8922 you're both wrong It was Ingrid Hafner

@hochiminhwasamass-murderer8922

4 жыл бұрын

Yeti I was more right than the other guy. Besides too many of those season one eps vanished.

@Yetaxa

4 жыл бұрын

@@hochiminhwasamass-murderer8922 well cathy still appeared before venus, so still no

@hochiminhwasamass-murderer8922

4 жыл бұрын

Yeti. See my channel and learn impprtant info!

Not surprised Ian Hendry died 2 months after this aired, he's sloshed as a newt, slurring his words and his stomach is massively swollen, hard to believe he was only 53 and when you look at Patrick in comparison he was 62 here and looked 20 yrs younger than Hendry.

now we only have will smith and amber heard!

Joanna Lumley was the best

Throughout his acting career,Ian Hendry only had one personer,Ian Hendry.He wasn't an actor he was just played himself.

You could clearly see he was embarrassed by his mother and wanted nothing to do with her.

@peterowen9183

3 жыл бұрын

Can't really see where you're getting that from. She's clearly very elderly and frail by this point, and not up for running across the stage and doing a bear-hug, but Macnee (and his son) seem genuinely pleased to see her. There's a lovely interview - not on KZread, but it's an extra on the 'Mr Jerico' DVD where Macnee speaks with love and affection of his mother (she's passed away by the time of that interview).

@leepatrick9432

2 жыл бұрын

Yea I could see that by the way he kissed her a couple of times and held her hand.Stfu 🤡

@EmilyHartley25989

2 жыл бұрын

He looks mortified when she pops up! Especially with the glass of booze looking smashed 😂

@johnmc3862

Жыл бұрын

Rubbish!

@alexnelson9512

8 ай бұрын

@@EmilyHartley25989 *_When he installed his aging mother into a hotel (to allow her an easy life), she drank his income away at the bar. He had not instructed the hotel to limit her spending! She seemed quite a selfish person throughout her life, who she spent with her lesbian lover._*

And especially the love between Patrick and Diana (John Steed and Emma Peel). He had tears in his eyes during and after Diana said "much love" to him. I loved The Avengers with Diana Rigg playing Mrs. Emma Peel. i'm currently watching all episodes of The Avengers with Diana. The shows were about style, cleverness and amicable banter, and solving the problem in each episode. Great times, with Steed as a wonderful gentleman and Emma Peel as a beautiful, strong, witty, intelligent, and graceful woman.