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The Avengers: The Romance Between John Steed and Emma Peel
The Avengers was a popular 1950s British television series featuring Patrick Macnee as the character John Steed and Diana Rigg as Emma Peel. Steed and Emma were agents for an unnamed secret intelligence/law enforcement agency. Their capers were encased in the classic sly British humor and style.
The shows were clever fun and waggishly entertaining. In essence, the shows’ appeal was engendered by their enchanting ambiance, the witty badinage between Steed and Emma, and their selfish behavior.
Throughout the series, the relationship between John Steed and Emma Peel appeared to be more than that of mere professional associates and something other than congenial friends. The viewer may wonder if Steed and Emma had a sexual romance. The quick answer is, que sabe? However, on reflection, and noting the bountiful clues that pervaded the shows, the answer is “probably.”
Their sexual chemistry suffused throughout—with action left un-played and unsaid more often than not. In many of the shows, there were charmingly faint and sometimes patently erotic innuendos: double entendres, roguish bon mots, and sensual play that spoke of carnal relations.
S. Martin Shelton’s monograph explores Steed’s and Emma’s relationship for a definitive answer.
The shows were clever fun and waggishly entertaining. In essence, the shows’ appeal was engendered by their enchanting ambiance, the witty badinage between Steed and Emma, and their selfish behavior.
Throughout the series, the relationship between John Steed and Emma Peel appeared to be more than that of mere professional associates and something other than congenial friends. The viewer may wonder if Steed and Emma had a sexual romance. The quick answer is, que sabe? However, on reflection, and noting the bountiful clues that pervaded the shows, the answer is “probably.”
Their sexual chemistry suffused throughout—with action left un-played and unsaid more often than not. In many of the shows, there were charmingly faint and sometimes patently erotic innuendos: double entendres, roguish bon mots, and sensual play that spoke of carnal relations.
S. Martin Shelton’s monograph explores Steed’s and Emma’s relationship for a definitive answer.
36 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 2017
About the author
S. Martin Shelton
14 books26 followersCaptain Shelton retired from active and reserve naval service several years ago. He was a photojournalist skilled in several facets of his profession and has an extensive background in Soviet and Chinese studies. He served in the Korean and Vietnam wars. His duties required that he travel throughout the world and with particular emphasis on the Far East.
Shelton earned his Bachelor of Science degree (Physics) from St. Mary’s University, San Antonio, and his Master of Arts in Cinema from the University of Southern California. For several years, he produced a host of information motion-media shows, winning over forty awards in national and international film competitions and festivals. He was elected a fellow of the Society for Technical Communication and the Information Film Producers of America.
Shelton has published extensively in trade magazines, peer-reviewed journals, and commercial publications. After retirement from the Naval Reserve, he completed his book Communicating Ideas with Film, Video, and Multimedia, which earned the Best of Show award in a major publication competition. He continued his writing completing his first novel St. Catherine’s Crown. He has authored a number of short stories and three novellas, all unpublished. Now he is working on his second novel, which he has titled Abyssinia. The narrative is set shortly after the conclusion of the Second Italian-Abyssinian War in 1936.
Shelton earned his Bachelor of Science degree (Physics) from St. Mary’s University, San Antonio, and his Master of Arts in Cinema from the University of Southern California. For several years, he produced a host of information motion-media shows, winning over forty awards in national and international film competitions and festivals. He was elected a fellow of the Society for Technical Communication and the Information Film Producers of America.
Shelton has published extensively in trade magazines, peer-reviewed journals, and commercial publications. After retirement from the Naval Reserve, he completed his book Communicating Ideas with Film, Video, and Multimedia, which earned the Best of Show award in a major publication competition. He continued his writing completing his first novel St. Catherine’s Crown. He has authored a number of short stories and three novellas, all unpublished. Now he is working on his second novel, which he has titled Abyssinia. The narrative is set shortly after the conclusion of the Second Italian-Abyssinian War in 1936.
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September 19, 2022
The purpose of the book is to convince the reader that Emma Peel and John Steed had a romantic and sexual relationship in the series. The author takes some of the episodes that Emma Peel was in and that he feels she said or did something that indicted a romantic relationship and then uses these to convince the reader that such a relationship existed.
There is one episode where she said 'Our relationship hasn't been entirely professional' which is a fairly good piece of evidence. He also says that a writer said that the two did have sex (but it was never shown and never in the actual scripts.)
This is largely a matter of implication vs. hard evidence. There is some rear-end touching on both parts and some smiling about things said or implied but that itself is not proof of anything actually happening.
Also, when her lost husband shows up there doesn't seem to be any heart-breaking reaction on her part. If they were actually lovers I would think there would have been more of a reaction to leaving him behind.
The only single fairly good piece of evidence, then, is when she says that their relationship wasn't entirely professional. Even that, though, simply implies something going on but gives no specifics at all.
It's an interesting theory and, frankly, one that is not beyond the realm of possibility, but it remains a theory which the book fails to prove.
There is one episode where she said 'Our relationship hasn't been entirely professional' which is a fairly good piece of evidence. He also says that a writer said that the two did have sex (but it was never shown and never in the actual scripts.)
This is largely a matter of implication vs. hard evidence. There is some rear-end touching on both parts and some smiling about things said or implied but that itself is not proof of anything actually happening.
Also, when her lost husband shows up there doesn't seem to be any heart-breaking reaction on her part. If they were actually lovers I would think there would have been more of a reaction to leaving him behind.
The only single fairly good piece of evidence, then, is when she says that their relationship wasn't entirely professional. Even that, though, simply implies something going on but gives no specifics at all.
It's an interesting theory and, frankly, one that is not beyond the realm of possibility, but it remains a theory which the book fails to prove.
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