Sitting on a goldmine

I was watching the funny series, 'Detectorists' last night, and thought I recognised an elderly woman actor playing one character's mother. When the credits came up I read that the woman was Diana Rigg.

Later on the radio, a woman was talking about how - historically - women in thrillers and action movies were always portrayed as the love-interest or object of sexual diversion to the leading man, which is how (she said) the Hollywood culture of abuse against women has been allowed to become as ingrained as it obviously is.

Then I thought, 'Emma Peel' (played by Diana Rigg) in 'The Avengers' never fell into that category. True, there was always an unfulfilled hint of erotic flirtation between Steed and Peel, but she was not averse to kicking men in the testicles very hard when it was called for. Indeed, she seemed to do it in every episode. She specialised in kicking men in the nuts.

Then I looked up Diana Rigg in the archives and came across this photo above.

If she was not so busy in film and TV and was a bit strapped for cash, then the case against him for historical sexual abuse would fly through the courts with irrefutable photographic evidence of this  quality. There is a mitigating smile, but nothing a good barrister could not handle.