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‘It’s gone on too long. Push me over the edge’: Diana Rigg’s dying wishes in the grip of cancer

Rachael Stirling reflects on her mother’s final months – and listens back to the recordings the actor made then, racked with pain, as a pass

Heartbreaking, but a wonderful touching article by Diana's daughter Rachael. Have kleenex near...

Steed just being a really sweet and lovely boyfriend.

#patrick macnee #diana rigg

You know, even when I originally saw this episode, back in 1966, I thought that this was more Patrick and Diana. She looked like she was having a hard time with the golf bag and he just instinctively helped. At that point I had 0 thoughts about shipping Patrick and Diana but that first impression has stayed with me all these years.

From Rodney Marshall

'Pat Macnee: "The Avengers production crew [on The Murder Market, Diana Rigg's first episode] insisted, 'Pat, you're the lead in the show, she is your assistant.' I shook my head. 'No. She's my PARTNER.'" That was typical of Pat Macnee, who never tried to hog the limelight.'

Do Emma and Steed ever say they love each other?

Yes.

No, but they know it without saying it.

No, and they’re not in love.

Secret fourth option (respond below)

Voting ended onSep 7, 2023

Reblogging for more input!

I think they did say it but that they didn't say it often. The other option that they didn't say it until their later reunion also seems plausible to me.

Hey there everyone! Check out the FB Avengerians page....post by Pier Peter (picture) and then the reply by Randall Hess......sorry I can't seem to post it here

That one seems to be set as private, so you can't view images without being a member. Could you post a screencap?

It's not the picture that is important but the reply by Randall Hess

Yeah, I just mean that the page locks out anyone who isn't a member - so you could post the reply, if you want to!

Well I can't seem to do that either....I'm not very savvy with social media 😔

You could simply copy/paste or type it out in a text box, then post it here with attribution. The problem is that the page is locked to anyone not a member, so you can't post the link here directly.

“In all seriousness... I wonder, sometimes... if that's just acting. We'll probably never know. But if I had to guess... A) Patrick Macnee fell in love with Diana. I think this is plainly evident from things he said later on, and in his reactions to her during Avengers "reunions" and the like. B) I suspect the feelings were mutual on her part. C) and perhaps because Patrick was married at the time, it just stopped there for both of them. Or maybe it didn't. None of our business. But as great an actress as Diana Rigg was... I get a strong vibe from her that she's not just acting... particularly given the fact that this sense increases as the show carries on. Macnee is more stoic, it's hard to tell with him... but he too occasionally lets go with a slight hint of reality in their interactions onscreen. There's some real things that the face reveals, and that's true for both of them. It would explain their amazing chemistry. When she first joins the show, it's clear they're taking from the direction that Steed and Peel have had a brief fling but are now just working together. She keeps it standoffish at first, and he flirts a lot. But then relaxation clearly sets in and something starts to change, something going on underneath the acting. It doesn't really matter. But I see it, and I find it... touching and genuine. Why wouldn't two such people fall for each other in real life? Even if it never went anywhere?”

When she and Pat Macnee were filming ‘The Avengers,’ they’d quite often have a quick cuddle, apparently - 'because it was just the two of us against all those other ogres on the set.’“

Sunday Express 07 June 1970 (via mtcsquared)

Reblogging to fill in details of their “rehearsing” in their dressing rooms.

Part 1'Good Afternoon' presenter Mary Parkinson chats with Diana Rigg, star of Screen, stage and the hugely popular TV show 'The Avengers' First shown: 02/09...

Great interview, do NOT read the comments beneath. I hate men so much.

#Patrick Macnee #After Sleuth

I agree about the comments! Particularly obnoxious and, given the standard repetitive objectifying comments on posts with Diana, that’s saying something. Cool interview though and exciting to find one I hadn’t seen previously.

Found this on Pinterest. New to me. Enjoy!

Extremely Platonic.

#Patrick Macnee #Diana Rigg #Totes Platonic

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I like to think that shoulder belongs to Patrick.

#diana rigg

I can’t find the exact source quote, but I sometimes think about the fact that Diana once said, “Patrick doesn’t chase women. Women chase him.”