purdey

A blog about the 1960s

National treasure Joanna Lumley talks personal style, the importance of lasting fashion and why she’s such a passionate advocator of M&S.

Joanna Lumley as Purdey in The New Avengers (1976).

Joanna Lumley as Purdey from the New Avengers

Joanna Lumley as Purdey in the New Avengers.

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The New Avengers photoshoot Joanna Lumley as Purdey

A young Joanna Lumley

Purdey was a character in the British TV series The New Avengers, another classy series that takes me back to those innocent days of my childhood! Purdey was played by the lovely Joanna Lumley from 1976-77. She was a spy working for British Inteligence, partnered with John Steed (Patrick MacNee) and Mike Gambit (Gareth Hunt). When Brian Clemens and Albert Fennell first mapped out the characters for The New Avengers - an updating of The Avengers - the female lead character was to have been…

Purdey, The New Avengers.

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