NUMBER OF EPISODES:
YEAR OF PRODUCTION:
COMPANY:
CREATED BY:
 
161
1961-1969
ABC TELEVISION
SYDNEY NEWMAN, BRIAN CLEMENTS
& ALBERT FENNELL

 
 
BACKGROUND

Beginning life as a standard cops and robbers show,The Avengers eventually
established itself as one of the most popular programmes of all time.Debonair secret
service agent John Steed was partnered with a bevy of glamourous sidekicks who
were the first female characters on tv to be as strong in character as their male
counterparts.

Set in a surreal England where champagne is the order of the day and theres no one
ever about on the streets, The Avengers would protect Britains shores from the ultimate
pantomime villains. It bowed out in 1969 when ratings were falling in the US but it
returned in 1976 with Steed older and wiser and two younger agents in The New Avengers. 

The 1998 movie with Ralph Fiennes and Uma Thurman was a brave attempt to capture the shows
unique quality but didn't quite work although the production design was spot on.


 
 
CAST
JOHN STEED 
DR.DAVID KEEL 
CATHY GALE 
VENUS SMITH 
EMMA PEEL 
TARA KING 
MOTHER
PATRICK MACNEE
IAN HENDRY 
HONOR BLACKMAN
JULIE STEVENS 
DIANA RIGG 
LINDA THORSON
PATRICK NEWELL 

 
John Steed...dead cool!
''Cheers,Mrs.Peel.''
''Can I tune this into KISS 100?''

 
EPISODE GUIDE
SEASON 1 SEASON 2

HOT SNOW 
BROUGHT TO BOOK 
SQUARE ROOT OF EVIL 
NIGHTMARE 
CRESENT MOON 
GIRL ON A TRAPEZE 
DIAMOND CUT DIAMOND 
THE RADIOACTIVE MAN 
ASHES OF ROSES 
HUNT THE MAN DOWN 
PLEASE DON'T FEED THE ANIMALS 
DANCE WITH DEATH 
ONE FOR THE MORTUARY 
THE SPRINGERS 
THE FRIGHTENERS 
THE YELLOW NEEDLE 
DEATH ON THE SLIPWAY 
DOUBLE DANGER 
TOY TRAP 
THE TUNNEL OF FEAR 
THE FAR DISTANT DEAD 
KILL THE KING 
DEAD OF WINTER 
THE DEADLY AIR 
A CHANGE OF BAIT 
DRAGONSFIELD 

MR TEDDY BEAR 
PROPELLANT 23 
THE DECAPOD 
BULLSEYE 
MISSION TO MONTREAL 
THE REMOVAL MEN 
THE MAURITUS PENNY 
DEATH OF A GREAT DANE 
THE SELL-OUT 
DEATH ON THE ROCKS 
TRAITOR IN ZEBRA 
THE BIG THINKER 
DEATH DISPATCH 
DEAD ON COURSE 
INTERCRIME 
IMMORTAL CLAY 
BOX OF TRICKS 
WARLOCK 
THE GOLDEN EGGS 
SCHOOL FOR TRAITORS 
THE WHITE DWARF 
MAN IN THE MIRROR 
CONSPIRACY OF SILENCE 
A CHORUS OF FROGS 
SIX HANDS ACROSS A TABLE 
KILLER WHALE 
SEASON 3 SEASON 4
BRIEF FOR MURDER 
THE UNDERTAKERS 
MAN WITH TWO SHADOWS 
THE NUTSHELL 
DEATH OF A BATMAN 
NOVEMBER 5 
THE GILDED CAGE 
SECOND SIGHT 
THE MEDICINE MEN 
GRANDEUR THAT WAS ROME 
THE GOLDEN FLEECE 
DON'T LOOK BEHIND YOU 
DEATH A LA CARTE 
DRESSED TO KILL 
THE WHITE ELEPHANT 
THE LITTLE WONDERS 
THE WRINGER 
MANDRAKE 
THE SECRETS BROKER 
TROJAN HORSE 
BUILD A BETTER MOUSETRAP 
THE OUTSIDE-IN MAN 
THE CHARMERS 
CONCERTO 
ESPIRIT DE CORPS 
LOBSTER QUADRILLE 
THE TOWN OF NO RETURN 
THE GRAVEDIGGERS 
THE CYBERNAUTS 
DEATH AT BARGAIN PRICES 
CASTLE DE'ATH 
THE MASTERMINDS 
THE MURDER MARKET 
A SURFEIT OF H20 
THE HOUR THAT NEVER WAS 
DIAL A DEADLY No. 
MAN-EATER OF SURREY GREEN 
TWO'S A CROWD 
TOO MANY CHRISTMAS TREES 
SILENT DUST 
ROOM WITHOUT A VIEW 
SMALL GAME FOR BIG HUNTERS 
THE GIRL FROM AUNTIE 
THE 13th HOLE 
THE QUICK,QUICK-SLOW DEATH 
THE DANGER MAKERS 
A TOUCH OF BRIMSTONE 
WHAT THE BUTLER SAW 
THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT 
A SENSE OF HISTORY 
HOW TO SUCEED AT MURDER 
HONEY FOR THE PRINCE 
SEASON 5 SEASON 6
FROM VENUS WITH LOVE 
THE FEAR MERCHANTS 
ESCAPE IN TIME 
THE SEE-THROUGH MAN 
THE BIRD WHO KNEW TOO MUCH 
THE WINGED ASSASIN 
THE LIVING DEAD 
THE HIDDEN TIGER 
THE CORRECT WAY TO KILL 
NEVER,NEVER SAY DIE 
EPIC 
THE SUPERALITIVE SEVEN 
A FUNNY THING HAPPENED... 
SOMETHING NASTY IN THE NURSERY 
THE JOKER 
WHO,S WHO? 
RETURN OF THE CYBERNAUTS 
DEATH,S DOOR 
THE 50,000 POUND BREAKFAST 
DEAD MAN'S TREASURE 
YOU HAVE JUST BEEN MURDERED 
THE POSITIVE-NEGATIVE MAN 
MURDERSVILLE
MISSION-HIGHLY IMPROBABLE 
THE FORGET-ME-KNOT
GAME 
THE SUPER-SECRET CYPHER SNATCH 
YOU'LL CATCH YOUR DEATH 
SPLIT 
WHOEVER SHOT POOR GEORGE OBLIQUE 
FALSE WITNESS 
ALL DONE WITH MIRRORS 
LEGACY OF DEATH 
NOON-DOOMSDAY 
LOOK(STOP)... 
HAVE GUN,WILL HAGGLE 
THEY KEEP KILLING STEED 
THE INTERROGATORS 
THE ROTTERS 
INVASION OF THE EARTHMEN 
KILLER 
THE MORNING AFTER 
CURIOUS CASE OF THE COUNTLESS CLUES 
WISH YOU WERE HERE 
STAY TUNED 
TAKE ME TO YOUR LEADER 
FOG 
HOMICIDE AND THE OLD LACE 
LOVE ALL 
GET-A-WAY 
THINGAMIJIG 
PANDORA 
REQUIEM 
TAKE-OVER 
WHO WAS THAT MAN I SAW YOU WITH? 
MY WILDEST DREAM 
BIZZARE 

 
 
TRIVIA FAX
Would-be Avenger girl Emma Shepard did film an entire episode (The House of no Return) before
the producers felt she wasn't dynamic enough for the part. 

When asked once by Peter O'Toole what MacNee was working on,he replied that he was doing
The Avengers where upon O'Toole said ''But Patrick,your ALWAYS doing The Avengers!!!''

In the Season 4 episode Too Many Christmas Trees Steed receives a Christmas card from Cathy
Gale from Fort Knox (she had left the series to appear in the 1964 Bond Pic Goldfinger!). 

Patrick MacNee, Honor Blackman, Diana Rigg and Joanna Lumley have all appeared in a Bond
film...with Gareth Hunt in Doctor Who's Planet of the Spiders in 1974...figures!