The AvengersThe South African radio show, The Avengers, was a radio adaptation of the absurd, archly ironic, and extremely popular British ITV (Independent Television) show of the same name, which was in production from 1961 through 1969. Springbok Radio produced the series, which consisted of five episode serials; each episode was a quarter hour in length. Unlike the television show, in which John Steed (played by Patrick Macnee) had several partners over the years, the radio show focused on the last years of the series, in which Steed was partnered with Emma Peel (played on television by Diana Rigg). The radio scripts were adapted from episodes of the original television shows. Two British ex-pats, Donald Monat as Steed and Diane Appleby as Peel. For more information, see Wikipedia. Series description provided by Frank Bell. |