The New Avengers (TV Series)
The Eagle's Nest (1976)
Joanna Lumley: Purdey
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Quotes
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Purdey : Mike Gambit, one of these days...
Mike Gambit : I know. I'm looking forward to it.
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John Steed : [Purdey has just knocked out 4 Nazis with high kicks] Where did you learn that, the Royal Marines?
Purdey : [two Nazi's get up, Purdey knocks them down with another couple of kicks] The Royal Ballet, they threw me out.
John Steed : [one Nazi casts a fishing line at Steed, who grabs it and pulls the man against a pillar] What did you do, maim the leading man in his pas de deux?
Purdey : Too tall.
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Purdey : [Purdey & Steed are locked up in seperate cells] Steed, I want to confess...
John Steed : [dresses as a monk] The habit was just a disguise.
Purdey : I don't really think you're like St. Paul's Cathedral.
John Steed : What?
Purdey : Gambit used to think you were old fashioned. But I said, suppose you are? So is St. Pauls, and you've both survived a very long time.
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John Steed : [about Purdey's lipstick] What a pretty shade of pink.
Purdey : [a bit miffed] Pink! It's called 'sins of youth'.
John Steed : That's not a colour, it's an accusation.