I am a huge fan of Dame Diana Rigg she is a wonderful actress put in an awful one dimensional TV show. I saw only one episode in which she wasted her comedic talents on a poorly written Mary Tyler Moore show copy. It was an awful fit. I have seen Dame Diana do comedy before and she has perfect comedic timing- watch "Evil Under the Sun" when she gets into a comedic singing dual with Maggie Smith she has perfect comedic timing playing a mean Diva type. The Diana show was way different- some mild bland American canned humor but a waste of Diana Rigg. I watched only part of an episode and was so bored that I had to re watch "Touch of Brimstone and "Honey for the Prince" two of the better avengers episodes and the world was aligned for me again!
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Dame Diana Rigg is wonderful but you don't drive a Ferrari in NY traffic
chetjang1 April 2023
Warning: Spoilers
Diana Smythe Was No Emma Peel
trcv-933065 March 2023
After leaving the widely popular television series, "The Avengers", and her role as Mrs. Emma Peel, to do Shakespeare, Diana Rigg decided to come back to television in 1973, to do a series once again, hoping to capitalize on her popularity from "The Avengers". She failed. The show "Diana" was the victim of poor writing and lack of chemistry between the actors. To say it bombed would be an understatement. The show didn't last the entire season before it was mercifully pulled off the air. Diana Rigg learned an important lesson like numerous actors before her. NEVER leave a popular television series to do Shakespeare. Doing Shakespeare won't pay your bills.
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