Diana Rigg
Emmas first appearances on the show were in black and white.. but soon Emma was seen in glorious colour.
The switch to colour was primarily because the Avengers had been sold in the US.
At the time the first colour series' were made colour TV didn't even exist in the UK forthegeneral public.
Lew Grade was keenly aware of how much money could be made on overseas sales,
hence many mid 60s ITV (mainly ATV) series were made in colour
(e.g. Avengers, Thunderbirds, Champions, Prisoner)
while their BBC contemporaries (Adam Adamant, Forsyte Saga) were still being made in B&W.
Emma was kinda perfect... but she got bored with the show and the fact that the cameramen were getting more money
than she...... even though she was... the "star " of the show.
Wonder if Emmas cat suits were lycra ?
maybe that show was the first TV appearance of lycra...?
lycra was to become the big thing in the 70s with disco, hot gossip and all the dance clubs that were springing up everywhere
....the Pineapple Dance Studio in London for eg.
guess they must be lycra !
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