Most famous bands-
.The beatles
.The rolling stones
Most famous sports people-
.Muhammad Ali
.Wilt Chamberlain
Political leaders-
.John F Kennedy
.Martin Luther King
.Nelson Mandela
Main 3 youth group fashions-
Science/technology developments-
.The contreceptive pill
.Potential first moon landing
.Improved vaccines for many diseases
The avengers (1965)
- ABC Television produced the avengers.
- The target audience was 15+.
- The first episode aired on the 7th January 1961
- Viewer count 8 million viewers per week.
- There was 6 seasons.
- Theist episode aired 21st may 1969.
- The budget for seasons 4 was
More money made the TV series better because they could come out of the studio and go into other parts of the country, this means they could also get better equipment like cameras.
Who were the stars of series 4 episode 1: The town of no return? Name the actors, include images and background information on them e.g. age, gender, previous roles.
- Patrick Macnee as John Steed- He was born on February 6th 1922 and he died June 25th 2015, he was born in London, England but died in California, USA. He was previously in The Avengers but as invisible Jones, a ministry agent, it was a voice only. Adaptation of the 1960s TV series Macnee had starred in.
- Diana Rigg as Emma Peel- She was born on July 20th 1938, She was born in Yorkshire, England. She is best known for playing Emma Peel in the 1960s TV series The Avengers (1965–68), Countess Teresa di Vicenzo, wife of James Bond, in On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969), and Olenna Tyrell in Game of Thrones (2013–17). She has also had an extensive career in theatre, including playing the title role in Medea, both in London and New York, for which she won the 1994 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play. She was made a CBE in 1988 and a Dame in 1994 for services to drama.
- Alex MacNaghtan as Mark Brandon- He was born on the 4th March 1920 and died 29th August 2002, She was born in Scotland and died in London, England. An experienced Old Vic, West End and Broadway actor, he became active in television and certain films between 1954 and 1999.
- Patrick Newell as Jimmy Smallwood- He was born 27th March 1932 and died 22nd July 1988, he was born in Suffolk, England and died in Essex, England. He was known for Arthur Askey, in Arthur's Treasured Volumes (1960), then for Jimmy Edwards in Faces of Jim (BBC, 1962), with Ronnie Barker. He was originally cast as one of the inept recruits in the first of the Carry On films, 1958's Carry On Sergeant. His most notable role was as "Mother", the spymaster in The Avengers. He had previously appeared in two earlier Avengers episodes: "The Town of No Return" (Diana Rigg's debut) and, as a Minister of the Crown, in series five's "Something Nasty in the Nursery".
- Terence Alexander as 'piggy' Warren- He was born on March 11th 1923 and died 28th May 2009, he was born in London, England and died in London, England. He was an English film and television actor, best known for his role as Charlie Hungerford in the British TV drama Bergerac.
- Jeremy Burnham as Vicar, Jonathan Ainsbury- He was born 28th May 1931 in England, Burnham began in the late 1950s as an actor and appeared in many popular British TV series such as The Avengers, The Saint and Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) in 1969.
- Robert Brown as Saul- He was born 23rd July 1921 and died 11th November 2003, he was born in Dorset, England and died in Dorset, England. His first appearance was M in Octopussy in 1983. Appearing in the Bond films.
- Juliet Harmer as Jill Mason- She was born on May 11th 1943 in England. She appeared in Department S (1969–70), Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) (1970), The Persuaders!(1971) (as a briefly recurring character named Prue), Bless This House (1971) and Jason King (1972), a "spin off" of Department S. Films included Quest for Love (1971), a science-fiction romance based on a story by John Wyndham, Home Before Midnight (1979), and Paris by Night (1988)
- Walter Horsbrugh as school inspector
