LOCKDOWN TV CLASSIC: Unique, unsurpassed: The Avengers*

by Symeon J. Thompson

With the recent death of Honor Blackman at the ripe old age of 94, it seems a fitting time to discuss one of the most magnificent things to ever appear on the small screen – The Avengers.

The Avengers revolves around the adventures of the very English John Steed – played by the very English, if slightly rakish, Patrick Macnee – a secret agent for an unnamed government department with seemingly no formally defined role or superiors, who solves problems for th…

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