The Avengers

Tara King – The Avengers

John Steed (Patrick Macnee) works for British Intelligence and works with various partners, notably: Dr. David Keel (Ian Hendry) (season one), Cathy Gale (Honor Blackman) (seasons two and three), Emma Peel (Dame Diana Rigg) (seasons four, five, and six), and…

Steed and Peel in A touch of Brimstone

Diana Rigg in The Avengers (1961), “A Touch of Brimstone” Prankster Lord Darcy informs Steed about his concerns for John Cleverly Carney, a suave womanizer who has hi-jacked his innocent pranks and turned them into the means of murder. The…

Linda Thorson – The Avengers

Linda Thorson – The Avengers. John Steed (Patrick Macnee) works for British Intelligence and works with various partners, notably: Dr. David Keel (Ian Hendry) (season one), Cathy Gale (Honor Blackman) (seasons two and three), Emma Peel (Diana Rigg) (seasons four,…

Tara King on the The Avengers

Linda Thorson a Canadian actress, who replaced Emma Peel on the highly popular The Avengers (1961) English TV spy series as Tara King  

Diana Rigg as a sexy belly dancer

Society was so much more prudish in the 1960s. In one episode of The Avengers (1961), I played a belly dancer and I had to stick a jewel in my navel because the Americans wouldn’t tolerate them. In those days,…

Emma Peel sexy in a harem costume

Emma Peel looking sexy in a tiny harem costume

Tara King and Steed

An absolute gentleman. Patrick took me under his wing. Linda Thorson (Tara King)

Valerie Van Ost in ‘The Avengers’

Valerie Van Ost in ‘The Avengers’ Dead Man’s Treasure.  S6E4 1967 Agent Danvers dies in Steed’s flat before he can give the exact location of a valuable dispatch that he has hidden. The flat is bugged and the avengers are…