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SERIES 4 - THE EMMA PEEL EPISODES |
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Peel was a fictional spy played by Diana Rigg in the British 1960s
adventure television series The Avengers, by Diane Appleby in the
South African radio series of The Avengers (1971-73) and by Uma
Thurman in the 1998 film version of the show. She was born Emma
Knight, the daughter of an industrialist, Sir John Knight.
The character was notable for a number of
characteristics. She is a heroine; she is rarely bested in any fight
and is capable of rescuing Steed if he is in trouble. She is a master
of martial arts and a formidable fencer. A certified genius, she
specializes in chemistry and other sciences. She is often seen in
episodes engaging in artistic hobbies and had success in industry at
the helm of the company of her late father, Sir John Knight. Her
husband, Peter Peel, was a pilot whose plane disappeared over the
Amazonian forest. He was presumed dead for many years, and Peel went
on to work with Steed. She drove a convertible Lotus Elan at high
speeds, and convincingly portrayed any series of undercover roles,
from nurse to nanny. Her favourite guise was that of a women's
magazine reporter, trying to interview big business tycoons and rich playboys.
Peel's verbal interactions with Steed
range from witty banter to thinly disguised innuendo. Regarding the
question of whether they had a sexual relationship at any time,
Patrick Macnee thought they went to bed on a very regular basis (just
not in view of the camera), Rigg thought they were engaged in a very
enjoyable extended flirtation that ultimately went nowhere, and Brian
Clemens said he wrote them with the idea they had an affair before
Emma's first appearance in the series.
Her style of dress typified the period,
and the character is still a fashion icon. John Bates was brought in
as the costume designer for Emma Peel in the second half of the
fourth series. He created a wardrobe of black and white op-art mod
clothing and mini skirts. Before this, people had believed that
lines, circles and other bold patterns would not work on the
television cameras of the day. It was also filmed before the mini
skirt had become mainstream. Bates even had to stop leaving hems on
the mini skirts because the production team kept lowering them again.
He also licensed his designs to several manufacturers under the
Avengerswear label and these pieces were sold in various shops
throughout the country. Diana Rigg is often remembered for the
leather catsuit she wore early on in her first season. She in fact
disliked wearing leather, so Bates designed softer stretch jersey and
PVC catsuits for her instead.
For the colour season, the designer was
Alun Hughes, who used bold colours and lurid, psychedelic patterns.
Hughes also created the Emmapeeler catsuit, which was made of stretch
jersey in bright block colours. The Emmapeelers and several other
pieces from this season's wardrobe were also licensed and sold in the shops.
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Peter Peel surprisingly reappears, at the end of "The
Forget-Me-Knot", Emma leaves Steed and her spy career behind. In
the distant shot in which he appears, Peter Peel looks suspiciously
like Steed (and was played by Patrick Macnee and his stunt double,
Peter Weston), and like him drives a two-door convertible Bentley,
albeit a contemporary model. Emma meets her replacement, Tara King,
who enters the building as she herself is leaving, and tells her that
Steed likes his tea stirred "anti-clockwise".
In real life, Diana Rigg had chosen to
leave the series for a number of reasons, one of which was to accept
a role in the James Bond film On Her Majesty's Secret Service. During
her first series, as she eventually learned, she was making less than
the cameraman: afterwards her salary was tripled, and that, combined
with her loyalty to Macnee persuaded her to come back for 25
additional episodes (including her farewell episode, which was
actually shot well into the Tara King season). However, eventually
the arduous shooting schedules, conflicts with the producers, the
lure of film and stage roles, and a desire to challenge herself as an
actress all combined to make her decide to leave the show for good.
She was the last in a string of
"talented amateurs" with whom John Steed was teamed: her
successor was a neophyte professional agent named Tara King, played
by actress Linda Thorson, but Emma Peel appeared on TV one last time,
in an episode of The New Avengers entitled "K is for Kill."
She speaks briefly with Steed over the phone and mentions in passing
that her last name isn't Peel anymore; Steed replies, "You'll
always be Mrs. Peel to me." |
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1. The Town of No Return |
October
2, 1965 |
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"You stay there. Special experience
to move without noise. Superior training. I can move like a cat... in
carpet slippers." |
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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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Director: Roy Ward Baker Writer: Brian Clemens |
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Guest starring: Robert Brown, Patrick
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First episode to cast Diana Rigg as Mrs.
Emma Peel. Eleanor Bron turned down Emma Peel and the role was taken
by Elizabeth Shepherd, who was replaced by Diana Rigg midway through
filming her first episode. |
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First episode introducing the now famous
theme song composed by Laurie Johnson. This catchy tune was also the
base for the theme of the TV series The New Avengers (1976) and again
for the movie The Avengers (1998). |
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Guest star Patrick Newell would later play
Mother in the Linda Thorson era. |
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Jeremy Burnham, who plays the Vicar, would
later write five stories in 1968/69 for 'The Avengers'. |
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During the scene in which Smallwood is
chased by bloodhounds, there is a shot of Patrick Newell running
through some water - but whereas the actor playing Smallwood is obese
and dark-haired, the stunt man seen front-on in the water shot is
grey-haired and slim. |
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2.
The Gravediggers |
October
9, 1965 |
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"Oh, I don't know. At least it
would've kept you to the straight and narrow." |
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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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Director: Quentin Lawrence Writer: Malcolm Hulke |
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Guest starring: Wanda Ventham, Steven
Berkoff, Ronald Fraser |
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3.
The Cybernauts |
October
16, 1965 |
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"It's a karate blow. Delivered by an
expert, it breaks the neck easier than a hangman's noose." |
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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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Director: Sidney Hayers Writer: Philip Levene |
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Guest starring: Michael Gough, Burt Kwouk,
Frederick Jaeger |
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The first appearance of The Cybernauts and
the first episode broadcast in the US, on March 28th, 1966, on the
ABC-TV network. |
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Actor John Hollis plays the karate sensai
in this story. He would later make an uncredited appearance in the
pre-title sequence of For Your Eyes Only (1981) as Ernst Stavro
Blofeld. Both Burt Kwouk and Diana Rigg would also appear in Bond
films later. |
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4.
Death at Bargain Prices |
October
23, 1965 |
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"I asked the chief predator where to
find you and he said, "Our Mrs. Peel is in ladies'
underwear." I rattled up the stairs three at a time." |
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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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Director: Charles Crichton Writer: Brian Clemens |
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Guest starring: André Morell, T.P.
McKenna, Peter Howell, Ronnie Stevens |
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Main guest star Andre Morell only has four
scenes and T.P. McKenna had to turn down a part in Doctor Zhivago
because he had signed the contract for this episode. |
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5.
Castle De'ath |
October
30, 1965 |
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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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Director: James Hill Writer: John Lucarotti |
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Guest starring: Gordon Jackson, Robert
Urquhart, Jack Lambert |
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Substantially similar to a 1946 "Tommy
Hambledon" story by "Manning Coles" ("Handcuffs
Don't Hold Ghosts") - in turn re-tooled by Jim Steranko as the
basis for issue #4 of "Nick Fury - Agent of SHIELD" as
"Dark Moon Rise - Hellhound Kill", this is the only
Avengers where all the guest credited roles are killed off. |
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One cousin is played by Robert Urquhart,
later seen in "Wish You Were Here," but best remembered as
Peter Cushing's reluctant assistant in Hammer's "The Curse of
Frankenstein" (1957). The other is played by Gordon Jackson,
also a Hammer veteran (1955's "The Quatermass Xperiment"). |
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6.
The Master Minds |
November
6, 1965 |
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"Your facetiousness, Mr. Steed,
covers an edgy temperament. In fact, I'd say your nerves mostly
jangle like wires in the wind." |
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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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Director: Peter Graham Scott Writer:
Robert Banks Stewart |
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Guest starring: Laurence Hardy, Ian
MacNaughton, Patricia Haines |
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"The Master Minds" was just the
second episode that Diana Rigg shot once she replaced Elizabeth
Shepherd as Mrs. Peel. |
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7.
The Murder Market |
November
13, 1965 |
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"Ruthless, devious, scheming. Have to
be quite a girl. A mixture of Lucrezia Borgia and Joan of Arc." |
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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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Director: Peter Graham Scott Writer: Tony Williamson |
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Guest starring: John Woodvine, Barbara
Roscoe, Patrick Cargill, Suzanne Lloyd, Naomi Chance |
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"The Murder Market" was half
finished with Elizabeth Shepherd in the role of Mrs. Peel, when she
was abruptly replaced by Diana Rigg. Rigg had completed her new
scenes by December 14th 1964, and the results would be aired as the
seventh episode nearly a year later, November 12th 1965. |
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8.
A Surfeit of H2O |
November
20, 1965 |
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"They must have put the dog in it too!" |
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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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Director: Sidney Hayers Writer: Colin Finbow |
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Guest starring: Sue Lloyd, Geoffrey
Palmer, Noel Purcell, Albert Lieven |
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The thunder sound effect used in this
episode is the same thunder SFX used in the opening credits of
Patrick McGoohan's series The Prisoner (1967). |
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9.
The Hour That Never Was |
November
27, 1965 |
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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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Director: Gerry O'Hara Writer: Roger Marshall |
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Guest starring: Roy Kinnear, Gerald
Harper, Dudley Foster |
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Ray Austin, appearing uncredited as the
"Dead Milkman" was the stunt co-ordinator for the series,
and directed some episodes as well. |
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Roy Kinnear ("Hickey") made a
total of four appearances on "The Avengers" (including the
final episode), in different roles each time. |
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10.
Dial a Deadly Number |
December
4, 1965 |
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"Agreeable, well-rounded, a little on
the flinty side." |
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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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Director: Don Leaver Writer: Roger Marshall |
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Guest starring: Peter Bowles, Anthony
Newlands, Clifford Evans |
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11.
Man-Eater of Surrey Green |
December
11, 1965 |
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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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Director: Sidney Hayers Writer: Philip Levene |
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Guest starring: Athene Seyler, Derek Farr,
Gillian Lewis, David Hutcheson |
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12.
Two's a Crowd |
December
18, 1965 |
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"If I had a twin, I'm sure mother
would have mentioned it." |
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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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Director: Roy Ward Baker Writer: Philip Levene |
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Guest starring: Julian Glover, John
Bluthal, Maria Machado, Alec Mango |
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13.
Too Many Christmas Trees |
December
25, 1965 |
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"What can she be doing in Fort Knox?" |
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- John Steed |
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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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Director: Roy Ward Baker Writer: Tony Williamson |
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Guest starring: Mervyn Johns, Edwin
Richfield, Jeanette Sterke |
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When Emma arrives at Steed's apartment,
she reads some of the Christmas cards he's received. She notes that
one is from Fort Knox, opens it and reads, "Best wishes for the
future - Cathy." Steed responds, "Mrs. Gale! And how nice
of her to remember me. What can she be doing in Fort Knox?" This
is a reference to Honor Blackman, who quit her part as Cathy Gale in
this series to appear as Pussy Galore in Goldfinger (1964) - which
involved a scheme to make the gold held at Fort Knox, Kentucky
radioactive and valueless. |
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14.
Silent
Dust |
January
1, 1966 |
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"Ah, I like a wine that bites back." |
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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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Director: Roy Ward Baker Writer: Roger Marshall |
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Guest starring: Aubrey Morris, William
Franklyn, Jack Watson, Isobel Black |
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Patrick Macnee specifically asked producer
Brian Clemens for a chance to show of his horse riding skills. Diana
Rigg however only had the chance to take one riding lesson before
production on 'Silent Dust' began. Macnee was provided with the horse
Laurence Olivier had ridden in the "Once more unto the breach,
dear friends!" scene from Henry V (1944). The horse had been a
mere two years old during the filming of Henry V, but was still able
to perform standing on its hind legs twenty years later. |
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chased by hounds and takes a fall, Diana Rigg was doubled by Ray
Austin, who accidentally fell into a hole and was knocked unconscious
for five minutes. |
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15.
Room Without a View |
January
8, 1966 |
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"Kidnapped. Right under my nose." |
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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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Director: Roy Ward Baker Writer: Roger Marshall |
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Guest starring: Vernon Dobtcheff, Paul
Whitsun-Jones, Peter Jeffrey |
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16.
Small Game for Big Hunters |
January
15, 1966 |
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"It's the truth, he was wearing war
paint. Sacrificial knife, the lot.
He practically ruined my bowler hat." |
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A man dressed in tropical clothes is found
in Hertfortshire with an Kalayan arrow in his back. He has then
fallen into a coma, yet there is no poison to be detected. All clues
lead to an delusional Colonel living close by in a simulated tropical
climate as if he were still serving in Kalaya. While Emma watches
over an increasing number of comatose men, 'Major' Steed is invited
into the Colonel's officers club with open arms, but is not allowed
to leave. |
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Director: Gerry O'Hara Writer: Philip Levene |
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Guest starring: Peter Burton, Bill Fraser,
James Villiers, Liam Redmond |
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Razafi's facial hair alternates between
stubble and a full beard throughout the story. This is especially
evident in the scene where Steed captures him and takes him to the
Colonel's house. |
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The Girl From Auntie |
January
22, 1966 |
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"Steed, listen to this: S1, K9, K2
tog toble eck.
Don't you see, it's a code. It seemed very clue-like." |
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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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Director: Roy Ward Baker Writer: Roger Marshall |
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Guest starring: Bernard Cribbins, Alfred
Burke, Liz Fraser, Sylvia Coleridge |
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The title was inspired by the another
popular spy series at the time, The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964).
Interestingly, Patrick Macnee would play the new head of U.N.C.L.E.
in that show's reunion movie The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.:
The Fifteen Years Later Affair (1983). |
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The taxi that steed gets into at the
beginning of the program is a completely different model to the one
that drops him off. Also, when Steed re-enters the taxi telling the
driver, "Follow her," the camera pulls back too far and you
can see the rungs at the top of the backdrop painting passing for a
London exterior. |
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The Thirteenth Hole |
January
29, 1966 |
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"I wouldn't mind giving YOU a stroke
or two, on or off the course!" |
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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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Director: Roy Ward Baker Writer: Tony Williamson |
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Guest starring: Patrick Allen, Donald
Hewlett, Hugh Manning, Peter Jones |
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Maybe it was an eclipse? At about the 21
minute mark, Steed walks into darkness. Two seconds later he is
standing on the fairway in daylight with no darkness nearby at all. |
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19.
Quick-Quick Slow Death |
February
5, 1966 |
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"And you're dancing with garlic sausage!" |
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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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Director: James Hill Writer: Robert Banks Stewart |
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Guest starring: Maurice Kaufmann, Carole
Gray, John Woodnutt, Colin Ellis |
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20.
The Danger Makers |
February
12, 1966 |
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"Whatever you do, don't touch the
wrapped ones." |
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- John Steed |
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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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Director: Charles Crichton Writer: Roger Marshall |
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Guest starring: Douglas Wilmer, Fabia
Drake, Moray Watson |
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In the scene where Steed is carefully
opening Emma's box of chocolates, a crew member's arm is visible. |
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21.
A Touch of Brimstone |
February
19, 1966 |
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"I've come here to appeal to you, Mr. Cartney." |
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Silly tricks are being played on various
VIPs in diplomatic situations. All the clues point to the beautifully
wasted John Cleverly Cartney, but would even a rake like that stoop
to murder by electrified opening ribbon? It's Peter Wyngarde and his
Hellfire Club. |
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Director: James Hill Writer: Brian Clemens |
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Guest starring: Peter Wyngarde, Carol
Cleveland, Colin Jeavons |
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The 1966 episode "A Touch of
Brimstone" was banned in the US because of Diana Rigg's Queen of
Sin outfit (corset, spiked dog collar and thigh high boots as seen in
the color production still above), which Rigg helped designed
herself. In addition original UK ITV transmissions heavily edited the
final whipping scene between Mrs Peel and Cartney to one lash of the
whip. All later video and DVD releases featured the full uncut print. |
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This episode inspired part of the Dark
Phoenix storyline in X-Men comics, in which a hypnotist using the
name Wyngarde transformed Phoenix into his "Black Queen",
with a costume based on that worn here by Diana Rigg. |
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star Carol Cleveland (right) was a stage actress and model who had
appeared as an extra in The Persuaders!, a secretary in The Saint,
and other films and BBC-TV comedy productions, including The Two
Ronnies, Morecambe and Wise and various vehicles for Spike Milligan.
This brought her to the attention of the production team of Monty
Python's Flying Circus. She appeared in 30 of the 45 episodes in the
series, plus all four Monty Python movies. She typically played in
sketches when a beautiful woman was called for - as opposed to the
typical female role which had the male members in drag. Cleveland is
sometimes referred to as the seventh Python. |
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22.
What the Butler Saw |
February
26, 1966 |
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"You know, you make an excellent
butler, but a very poor forger. These references here: The Duke of
Duffep, the Earl of Isley, the Honorable Flaghorn... You see, I've
checked. The're all the names of pubs." |
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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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Director: Bill Bain Writer: Brian Clemens |
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Guest starring: John Le Mesurier, Thorley
Walters, Denis Quilley |
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23.
The House That Jack Built |
March
5, 1966 |
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"What happened to the shining armor?" |
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- Emma Peel |
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"It's still at the laundry." |
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- John Steed |
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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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Director: Don Leaver Writer: Brian Clemens |
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Guest starring: Michael Goodliffe,
Griffith Davies, Michael Wynne |
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"The House That Jack Built"
inspired "Murderworld," an assassination by amusement park
themed deathtraps facility in the Marvel Comics universe; in
particular "The Uncanny X-Men" title. |
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When the camera follows Emma Peel in the
background and pans by the plastic dome in the foreground, close-up
images of camera and crew can be seen in the rotating mirrors inside
the dome. |
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24.
A Sense of History |
March
12, 1966 |
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"That looks a bit droopy." |
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- Emma Peel |
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"Wait until it's challenged." |
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- John Steed |
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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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Director: Peter Graham Scott Writer:
Martin Woodhouse |
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Guest starring: Nigel Stock, John Barron,
John Glyn-Jones, Jacqueline Pearce |
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25.
How to Succeed... at Murder |
March
19, 1966 |
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"Henrietta's been dead for years,
just seen the gravestone,
it's all extremely odd." |
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- John Steed |
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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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Director: Don Leaver Writer: Brian Clemens |
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Guest starring: Sarah Lawson, Angela
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26.
Honey for the Prince |
March
26, 1966 |
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"Oh Colonel Robertson? Steed here.
Did Mrs. Peel call and tell you about the body in my apartment? She
did. Well will you have it removed right away, please, it's very untidy." |
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- John Steed |
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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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Director: James Hill Writer: Brian Clemens |
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Guest starring: Ron Moody, Roland Curram,
Zia Mohyeddin, Ken Parry |
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Last episode in black and white. A young
Yaphet Kotto (known for Alien (1979), Homicide: Life on the Street
(1993) and Live and Let Die (1973), appears uncredited as one of
shirtless guards with simitar. |
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My Neat Stuff Hall of Fame Look
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