The Avengers

E01

Episode 1

★ 6.6

The Town of No Return

1965-10-02

Four agents have vanished, looking for each other, in Little Bazeley-by-the-Sea. Steed and Emma go in for the man who went in for the man who.... and meet the odd local landlord, blacksmith and vicar. Are they more than they seem?

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E02

Episode 2

★ 8.0

The Gravediggers

1965-10-09

Has the late Dr Marlow's proposed radar-jamming system been tested against British defences? If so, the dead scientist seems to be doing it from his grave. And what's the connection with the local hospital's bizarre operations and a train-crazy philanthropist?

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E03

Episode 3

★ 7.5

The Cybernauts

1965-10-16

A vastly strong, bullet-proof killer homes in on and destroys several electronics executives. Could it have something to do with Dr. Armstrong's automated work place? Or with the activities of a nearby karate school...

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E04

Episode 4

★ 6.5

Death at Bargain Prices

1965-10-23

When an agent is killed in the lift of Pinter's Department store, Steed and Emma get involved with King Kane, a tycoon who lives in a penthouse above the store. Why is Professor Popple, a missing atomic scientist, being held in the bargain basement?

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E05

Episode 5

★ 7.5

Castle De'ath

1965-10-30

Why have all the fish vanished from the Scottish coastline? Does it have anything to do with a dead frogman, found stretched as if on a rack? Steed and Emma think so, which is why they're guests of Ian, the 35th Laird of Clan De'ath, and in danger of being caught by the gillies.

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E06

Episode 6

★ 6.5

The Master Minds

1965-11-06

A government official, dresssed as one of the Horse-guards, helps in a raid on secret files and is wounded. Recovering, he remembers nothing. Is his crime anything to do with his membership of Ransack, a club for those with high IQs? Emma can join, but Steed may have to cheat....

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E07

Episode 7

★ 7.0

The Murder Market

1965-11-13 · 60m

What could an outbreak of motiveless murders have to do with the activities of a marriage bureau called Togetherness Inc.? Well, think of Hitchcock's 'Strangers On A Train' and you'll be close. Steed and Emma seek their ideal partners....

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E08

Episode 8

★ 7.0

A Surfeit of H2O

1965-11-20 · 50m

A poacher drowns in a field during a freak storm, and Jonah, the village carpenter, starts building an ark. But Steed thinks it's all got more to do with the permanent cloud that hangs over Grannie Gregson's Glorious Grog factory.

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E09

Episode 9

★ 7.5

The Hour that Never Was

1965-11-27

Following a motor crash, Steed and Emma explore the seemingly deserted RAF Hamelin, where they were heading for a party to celebrate the base's closure. Is this surreal landscape all a dream, or is it something worse?

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E10

Episode 10

★ 5.5

Dial a Deadly Number

1965-12-04

A series of sudden deaths in high finance leads Steed to dabble in shares while Emma investigates the makers of executive paging devices. Are companies being acquired through a simple and subtle form of murder?

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E11

Episode 11

★ 5.5

Man-Eater of Surrey Green

1965-12-11 · 60m

Deaf botanist Alan Carter's fiancee walks away from their floral bliss under some strange influence, and is picked up by an entranced chauffeur. Has it got anything to do with the giant seed from outer space that has landed nearby?...

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E12

Episode 12

★ 6.0

Two's a Crowd

1965-12-18

Colonel Psev, a mysterious and unseen foreign spy with a toy fixation, arrives in London to infiltrate a defence conference. His four aides bully Brodny, the ambassador, until he comes up with a cunning ruse: Gordon Webster, rakish male model, is Steed's double.

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E13

Episode 13

★ 5.5

Too Many Christmas Trees

1965-12-25

Christmas. Steed is having bad, seemingly prophetic, dreams, involving festive themes and a dead agent. Can he find solace at a fancy-dress party in the country home of a Dickens enthusiast?

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E14

Episode 14

★ 5.5

Silent Dust

1966-01-01

The lack of martens in a pleasant stretch of English countryside alerts Steed to the possible release of a fertiliser that has failed, reducing a landscape to a wasteland. But why is the local farming community so aggressive?

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E15

Episode 15

★ 4.0

Room Without a View

1966-01-08

A brilliant scientist reappears at the house of his wife. Has he escaped from notorious Manchurian prison camp Ni-San? And why have so many missing people stayed at the Chessman Hotel? Steed and Emma book in.

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E16

Episode 16

★ 6.0

Small Game for Big Hunters

1966-01-15

When a man is found under Shirenzai, the trance-like Kalayan voodoo, in the heart of Hertfordshire, Steed finds himself amidst the horror of the last days of empire. Are bandits loose in the English countryside?

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E17

Episode 17

★ 7.0

The Girl From Auntie

1966-01-22 · 49m

Steed returns from holiday to find that a quite different Mrs. Peel is inhabiting his old friend's flat. With the aid of actress Georgie Price-Jones, he discovers that Art Incorporated and the Arkwright Knitting Circle are doing more together than just sharing needles.

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E18

Episode 18

★ 6.5

The Thirteenth Hole

1966-01-29 · 60m

An agent is shot on the thirteenth hole of the Craigleigh golf club, so Steed and Emma join the club. Steed puts his limited skills to use in a murderous tournament, but Emma helps him get a hole in one.

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E19

Episode 19

★ 7.0

Quick-Quick Slow Death

1966-02-05

An agent is run over disposing of the body of a man in a dinner suit, while he was pushing him along in a pram. This all has something to do with Terpsichorean Training Techniques, a dance school where Emma teaches and Steed enrols.

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E20

Episode 20

★ 6.5

The Danger Makers

1966-02-12

Several military figures have been killed in dangerous games of daring. Emma and Steed follow the trail to a secret society of military men with very dangerous aims.

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E21

Episode 21

★ 5.5

A Touch of Brimstone

1966-02-19

When a group of hoaxsters called the Hellfire Club mix murder with their mischief, Steed and Emma demonstrate a few tricks of their own. The whalebone corset, high laced boots and spiked dog-collar Emma wears as the "Queen of Sin" were designed by Diana Rigg herself, and resulted in A Touch of Brimstone being banned from American TV.

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E22

Episode 22

★ 7.5

What the Butler Saw

1966-02-26

According to Steed's double-agent barber, one of three military men is a traitor. But which one? To find out, Steed becomes a butler, and Emma starts Operation Fascination to trap the woman-hungry Group Captain Miles.

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E23

Episode 23

★ 8.0

The House That Jack Built

1966-03-05

Emma inherits some property from her deceased Uncle Jack. The property is a very bizaarre house, and when Emma goes to inspect it, she finds herself trapped in a labyrinth of psychological torture.

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E24

Episode 24

★ 6.0

A Sense of History

1966-03-12

A death by archery sends Steed and Emma undercover at St. Bodes Academy, where the arguments between staff and hip students, and between different theories of history, seem to have taken on a murderous edge.

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E25

Episode 25

★ 5.0

How to Succeed... at Murder

1966-03-19 · 60m

When several top executives die, their secretaries take over their firms. Is it mere chance, or are women trying to take over the world? Steed employs a deadly secretary, and Emma finds sorority down at the gym.

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E26

Episode 26

★ 5.5

Honey for the Prince

1966-03-26

Steed and Emma return from a party to find a dying agent in Steed's flat. What is the connection between honey, a firm which makes fantasies to order and the oil deal promised by a visiting Bavarian Prince?

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