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== Television == * The [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] spy-fi series ''[[The Avengers (TV series)|The Avengers]]'' (1961β1969), particularly after it began broadcasting in colour, revelled in its Swinging Sixties setting.<ref>"[http://www.theweek.co.uk/64162/patrick-macnee-five-things-you-didnt-know-about-avengers-star Patrick Macnee: five things you didn't know about Avengers star]", ''The Week'', 26 June 2015. Retrieved 24 October 2015.</ref> In the 1967 episode "Dead Man's Treasure", [[Emma Peel]] (played by [[Diana Rigg]]) arrives in the archetypal English village of Swingingdale, dubbing it "''not'' very swinging". * In the episode "Beauty Is an Ugly Word" (1966) of BBC's ''[[Adam Adamant Lives!]]'', Adamant ([[Gerald Harper]]), an [[Edwardian period|Edwardian]] adventurer suspended in time since 1902, was told, "This is London, 1966 β the swinging city."<ref>Dominic Sandbrook (2015). ''White Heat: A History of Britain in the Swinging Sixties''. Hatchett UK</ref> * The [[BBC]] show ''[[Take Three Girls]]'' (1969) is noted for [[Liza Goddard]]'s first starring role, an evocative [[folk-rock]] theme song ("Light Flight" by [[Pentangle (band)|Pentangle]]), a [[West Kensington]] location, and scenes in which the heroines were shown dressing or undressing.<ref>{{cite book | title=Television's Strangest Moments: Extraordinary But True Tales from the History of Television | first1=Quentin | last1=Falk | first2=Ben | last2=Falk | publisher=[[Franz Steiner Verlag]] | year=2005 | isbn=978-1-86105-874-4 | page=78}}</ref> * "Jigsaw Man", a 1968 episode of the detective series ''[[Man in a Suitcase]]'', opened with the announcement: "This is London β¦ Swinging London."<ref>[http://ctva.biz/UK/ITC/ManInASuitcase.htm "Man in a Suitcase (1967β68)]". CTVA. Retrieved 10 November 2016</ref>
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