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[...] in recog-nition of this, the show's chief writer and producer Brian Clemens sought to inten-sify the Englishness of the thing, result-ing in all those beautiful shots of utterly deserted London streets, and endless green meadows (the production team never used extras - as well as making an empty land-scape or cityscape an arresting visual leit-motif, the watch-phrase was: 'If they're in shot, they're in the plot'). Mrs Peel's immortal advice to Steed might be adjusted slightly: 'Always keep your bicycle helmet on in times of stress - and keep a watchful eye out for diabolical masterminds.'
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David Cameron Can Learn From the Avengers
Sinclair McKay says the Tory leader could do worse than emulate his fellow Old Etonian - the elegant, ruthless, cucumber-cool TV hero John Steed
Who is David Cameron's role model? No one quite knows. Of course Dave would like to be a British Obama, but that's a lit-tle far-fetched (for obvious reasons), so here's another candidat...See the full content of this document
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