The Avengers-Must see TV
- The Avengers first aired 7th of January 1961.
- The show carried on for 8 years and totalled 161 episodes until it stopped in 1969.
- It was a spy thriller and has a rating of 8.4/10 on IMDB.
- The cast has stared: Diana Rigg (Emma Peel), Patrick Macnee (Jonathon Steed), Linda Thorson (Tara King), Honor Blackman (Cathy Gale) and Ian Hendry (Dr. David Keel).
- The series was the first to show female characters that are equal to the man since at the time it was released not many women were seen as actors on TV and the world was still somewhat sexist towards women, so the show gave a big boost to femenism
- The show showed the country of Britain to be much more sunny and the people to be quite posh, when really Britain was quite rainy and the real-life bustling cities were quite different to the beautiful countryside in the show
- It is keeps up to date with the available technology at the time and it kept up quite well with the historical context even though some of the plots were slightly wacky
PREP: Watch 20 minutes of the programme (from the start) that I introduced to you in class. Make bullet points in a blog post on the social, cultural and historical context.
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The Avengers - Must See TV
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ReplyDeleteBetter! Your comment "not many women were seen as actors on TV" isn't quite what is meant by 'feminism'. Ask yourself in what ways the female lead is depicted as equal to her male counterpart: athletic, combative, confident, ready to fight and win!