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The Avengers

1961TV-146 seasons7.8 / 10

Mrs Peel, We're Needed!

A quirky spy show of the adventures of eccentrically suave British Agent John Steed and his predominantly female partners. Jonathan Steed - an urbane, proper gentleman spy - teams with various assistants throughout the series' run, including Dr. David Keel, Cathy Gale, Emma Peel and Tara King, to repeatedly save the world from diabolical schemes plotted by equally diabolical evil-doers (among them robots and man-eating monsters).

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Synopsis

A quirky spy show of the adventures of eccentrically suave British Agent John Steed and his predominantly female partners. Jonathan Steed - an urbane, proper gentleman spy - teams with various assistants throughout the series' run, including Dr. David Keel, Cathy Gale, Emma Peel and Tara King, to repeatedly save the world from diabolical schemes plotted by equally diabolical evil-doers (among them robots and man-eating monsters).

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Episode 1

The Forget-Me-Knot

1h7.5 / 10

Steed's colleague Sean Mortimer comes to see him in a very confused state. He knows there is a traitor in the organization but he has been drugged to put him in an amnesiac state and he can remember little else. Mrs. Peel investigates but she too falls prey to the drug as she and Sean are abducted by bikers. It is down to trainee agent 69, Tara King, to whom Steed is introduced by spymaster 'Mother' to help him save the day.

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Directed by James HillWritten by Brian ClemensGuest stars Diana Rigg, Alan Lake, Douglas Sheldon, Patrick Kavanagh, Jeremy Burnham, Jeremy Young, John Lee, Beth Owen

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Episode 2

Game

8.0 / 10

The sudden deaths of several of Steed's former army colleagues are revealed to be part of an elaborate engine of destruction, devised by a man court-martialled by them all. And now he is playing a deadly game.

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Directed by Robert FuestWritten by Richard HarrisGuest stars Alex Scott, Aubrey Richards, Desmond Walter-Ellis, Geoffrey Russell, Peter Jeffrey, Anthony Newlands, Achillies Georgiou, Brian Badcoe

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Episode 3

Super Secret Cypher Snatch

1h7.0 / 10

Problems of a secret leakage from Cypher HQ and the disappearance of agent Jarret are first handed to rival Department MII2, and then to Mother's group. But why does everybody at Cypher HQ claim never to have seen Jarret and state that the only thing worthy of note that happened yesterday was that it rained?

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Directed by John HoughWritten by Tony WilliamsonGuest stars Angela Scoular, John Carlisle, Allan Cuthbertson, Ivor Dean, Simon Oates, Donald Gee, Anne Rutter, Clifford Earl

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Episode 4

You'll Catch Your Death

6.0 / 10

Ear, nose and throat specialists are sneezing themselves to death, each after receiving a mysterious empty envelope. When Tara is kidnapped, Steed takes great care over his morning mail.

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Directed by Paul DicksonWritten by Jeremy BurnhamGuest stars Dudley Sutton, Henry McGee, Bruno Barnabe, Hamilton Dyce, Charles Lloyd Pack, Roland Culver, Valentine Dyall, Fulton Mackay

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Episode 5

Split!

6.0 / 10

When an agent at the Ministry of Top-Secret Information is murdered, Steed and Tara have little difficulty in locating the man responsible. But when a handwriting test indicates that he is Boris Kartovski, someone Steed thought he had killed in Berlin 5 years before, our heroes find themselves drawn into the dangerous experiments of Dr. Constantine.

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Directed by Roy Ward BakerWritten by Dennis Spooner, Brian ClemensGuest stars Bernard Archard, Julian Glover, Nigel Davenport, John G. Heller, Jayne Sofiano, Steven Scott, Maurice Good, Iain Anders

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Episode 6

Whoever Shot Poor George Oblique Stroke XR40

1h5.0 / 10

Somebody is out to get super-computer George/XR40. He is shot, given false data, attacked with acid, and nearly gets his power supply cut. But until George works properly the name and nature of the culprits cannot be established.

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Directed by Cyril FrankelWritten by Tony WilliamsonGuest stars Valerie Leon, Dennis Price, Frank Windsor, Tony Wright, Clifford Evans, Judy Parfitt, Anthony Nicholls, Adrian Ropes

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Episode 7

False Witness

1h7.0 / 10

Trusted agent Melville has lost three partners in quick succession, and seems to be lying at every opportunity. Is he really the man to partner Steed in an attempt to convict Lord Edgefield, noted blackmailer? And what is the odd connection between this whole affair and daily milk deliveries?

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Directed by Charles CrichtonWritten by Jeremy BurnhamGuest stars Barry Warren, William Job, John Bennett, Tony Steedman, Jimmy Gardner, Dan Meaden, Michael Lees, Simon Lack

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Episode 8

All Done With Mirrors

8.0 / 10

The leaking of secrets at Carmadoc Research Establishment throws suspicion on to Steed, who must suffer the torment of house arrest while Tara goes in with a new partner.

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Directed by Ray AustinWritten by Leigh VanceGuest stars Tenniel Evans, Dinsdale Landen, Liane Aukin, Peter Copley, Edwin Richfield, Michael Trubshawe, Joanna Vogel, Nora Nicholson

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Episode 9

Legacy of Death

6.0 / 10

Anticipating the arrival of his enemies to kill him, millionaire Henley Farrer sets a deadly trap for them involving an Oriental dagger and, inevitably, Steed and Tara.

Episode credits

Directed by Don ChaffeyWritten by Terry NationGuest stars Richard Hurndall, Stratford Johns, Michael Bilton, Ferdy Mayne, Tutte Lemkow, Kynaston Reeves, Peter Swanwick, Ronald Lacey

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Episode 10

Noon Doomsday

1h7.0 / 10

Tara visits Steed in a special hospital following an injury to his leg. This is just the backdrop needed by Gerald Kafka, ex-head of Murder International, as he plans his revenge against Steed, who sent him to prison exactly seven years ago. At noon, Steed will die.

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Directed by Peter SykesWritten by Terry NationGuest stars T. P. McKenna, Ray Brooks, Griffith Jones, Anthony Ainley, Lyndon Brook, Peter Bromilow, Peter Halliday, John Glyn-Jones

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Episode 11

Look- (stop me if you've heard this one) But There Were These Two Fellers...

1h7.0 / 10

The directors of the Capital Land and Development Company are being murdered and the only clues Steed and Tara have are a massive footprint and a red nose.

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Directed by James HillWritten by Dennis SpoonerGuest stars Jimmy Jewel, John Cleese, John Woodvine, Robert James, Talfryn Thomas, William Kendall, Richard Young, Julian Chagrin

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Episode 12

Have Guns- Will Haggle

1h6.7 / 10

The spectacular theft of 3,000 top-secret FF70 rifles from a Government establishment brings Steed and Tara. Steed meets an old 'friend' and is invited to an auction. Tara has other reasons for being there.

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Directed by Ray AustinWritten by Donald JamesGuest stars Robert Gillespie, Nicola Pagett, Johnny Sekka, Jonathan Burn, Timothy Bateson, Michael Turner, Roy Stewart, Peter J. Elliott

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Episode 13

They Keep Killing Steed

54m6.0 / 10

To infiltrate a peace conference, Arcos, a brilliant plastic surgeon, uses a new moulding technique to transform an agent into a duplicate Steed. But when the transformation proves to be unstable, Arcos decides they need the real Steed.

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Directed by Robert FuestWritten by Brian ClemensGuest stars Norman Jones, Ian Ogilvy, Ray McAnally, Bernard Horsfall, William Ellis, Hal Galili, Nicole Shelby, Rosemary Donnelly

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Episode 14

The Interrogators

7.0 / 10

When agents find themselves in Colonel Mannering's interrogation centre, they think it's a test of their abilities, and relax with drinks when the sessions are over. But who's fooling who. Steed plays catch the pigeon.

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Directed by Charles CrichtonWritten by Richard Harris, Brian ClemensGuest stars Glynn Edwards, Philip Bond, Neil McCarthy, Christopher Lee, David Sumner, Neil McCarthy, Neil Stacy, Neil Wilson

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Episode 15

The Rotters

1h7.0 / 10

Members of the Institute of Timber Technology are being killed by a pair of caddish assassins, their advantage being an ability to destroy wood in seconds.

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Directed by Robert FuestWritten by Dave FreemanGuest stars Jerome Willis, Gerald Sim, Eric Barker, John Nettleton, Frank Middlemass, Dervis Ward, Harold Innocent, Toni Gilpin

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Episode 16

Invasion of the Earthmen

53m6.0 / 10

The death of agent Bernard Grant, while investigating the strange goings-on at the Alpha Academy where teenagers are being prepared for inter-planetary conquest, leads Steed and Tara into the generation war.

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Directed by Don SharpWritten by Terry NationGuest stars Warren Clarke, Lucy Fleming, Christian Roberts, Christopher Chittell, William Lucas, Wendy Allnutt, George Roubicek

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Episode 17

Killer

7.0 / 10

Remak is a killer, one the department are desperate to find. But a succession of agents on the trail of Remak are turning up dead, wrapped in polythene. And with Tara on holiday, Steed must go into this case with a new partner.

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Directed by Cliff OwenWritten by Tony WilliamsonGuest stars Grant Taylor, John Bailey, William Franklyn, Jennifer Croxton, Richard Wattis, Michael Ward, Harry Towb, James Bree

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Episode 18

The Morning After

8.0 / 10

Steed, attempting to capture super-spy Merlin, is knocked out by a sleeping capsule, and wakes to find London deserted and under martial law. Firing squads are at large, and a nuclear bomb is holding the government to ransom.

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Directed by John HoughWritten by Brian ClemensGuest stars Brian Blessed, Joss Ackland, Peter Barkworth, Penelope Horner, Donald Douglas, Philip Dunbar

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Episode 19

The Curious Case of the Countless Clues

5.0 / 10

Rich men are being blackmailed by two crime experts who plant clues to them all over the scenes of the crimes that they themselves commit. However, when they try to allege that Steed would murder Tara....

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Directed by Don SharpWritten by Philip LeveneGuest stars Peter Jones, Edward de Souza, Tracy Reed, Tony Selby, George A. Cooper, Anthony Bate, Kenneth Cope, Reginald Jessup

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Episode 20

Wish You Were Here

1h6.0 / 10

Tara's uncle is being held against his will in a country hotel. So Tara books in, and finds herself equally discouraged from leaving. Could the place also be home to the agent that Mother is missing?

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Directed by Don ChaffeyWritten by Tony WilliamsonGuest stars Robert Urquhart, Gary Watson, Louise Pajo, Richard Caldicot, John Cazabon, Liam Redmond, Brook Williams, Dudley Foster

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Episode 21

Love All

5.0 / 10

Security lapses seem to point to top civil servants suddenly falling in love and giving secrets to an enemy agent disguised as a char lady. Steed investigates, but first has to save Tara from killing herself out of unrequited love.

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Directed by Peter SykesWritten by Jeremy BurnhamGuest stars Peter Stephens, Patsy Rowlands, Veronica Strong, Terence Alexander, Robert Harris, Brian Oulton, Frank Gatliff, Ann Rye

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Episode 22

Stay Tuned

6.0 / 10

Steed, packing for a holiday, is knocked unconscious. When he wakes, he continues to pack but is confused when Tara arrives and tells him that he has been away for three weeks. Could it have anything to do with the mysterious man following him whom everybody else but Steed can see?

Episode credits

Directed by Don ChaffeyWritten by Terry Nation, Tony WilliamsonGuest stars Harold Kasket, Roger Delgado, Kate O'Mara, Ewan Roberts, Duncan Lamont, Patrick Westwood, Gary Bond, Iris Russell

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Episode 23

Take Me To Your Leader

1h5.0 / 10

The discovery of a talking attache case passed from courier to courier until it finally reaches 'Mr. Big' takes Steed and Tara on a dazzling and surreal romp around London.

Episode credits

Directed by John Hough, Robert FuestWritten by Terry NationGuest stars Patrick Barr, John Ronane, Michael Robbins, Henry Stamper, Penelope Keith, Hugh Cross, Elizabeth Robillard, Michael Hawkins

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Episode 24

Fog

4.0 / 10

When a member of the International Disarmament Committee is stabbed with a swordstick on a foggy night, it looks like the Gaslight Ghoul, murderer of the 1890's, has set up in business again. Can Steed and Tara catch him before the committee is severely lacking in personnel?

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Directed by John HoughWritten by Jeremy BurnhamGuest stars Guy Rolfe, Patsy Smart, Paul Whitsun-Jones, Nigel Green, Terence Brady, Norman Chappell, David Bird, John Garrie

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Episode 25

Who Was That Man I Saw You with?

1h6.0 / 10

Whilst on a top secret security assignment, Tara comes under suspicion of being a double-agent. She must cast similar suspicion on Steed if she is to prove that she has been framed. An enemy agent, Gregor Zaroff, hopes to put the Government's new anti-missile defence system, code named 'Field Marshall', out of action by convincing Steed and Mother that Tara has betrayed the system's secrets. (Source: en.wikipedia.de)

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Directed by Don ChaffeyWritten by Jeremy BurnhamGuest stars William Marlowe, Ralph Michael, Alan Browning, Alan MacNaughtan, Alan Wheatley, Bryan Marshall, Aimée Delamain, Richard Owens

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Episode 26

Homicide And Old Lace

4.0 / 10

It's Mother's birthday and he is visiting two of his aunts, Harriet and Georgina. To celebrate he tells them a hair-colour changing story, 'The Great Great British Crime'.

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Directed by John HoughWritten by Terrance Dicks, Malcolm HulkeGuest stars Gerald Harper, Joyce Carey, Gertan Klauber, Bryan Mosley, Mary Merrall, Keith Baxter, Edward Brayshaw, Donald Pickering

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Episode 27

Thingumajig

5.0 / 10

The Reverend Shelley, a wartime pal of Steed's, seeks his help when archaeologists beneath his church are murdered mysteriously. Do the killing have anything to do with small malevolent mobile metal boxes....?

Episode credits

Directed by Leslie NormanWritten by Terry NationGuest stars Russell Waters, Iain Cuthbertson, Willoughby Goddard, Dora Reisser, Jeremy Lloyd, Hugh Manning, John Horsley, Edward Burnham

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Episode 28

My Wildest Dream

6.0 / 10

When one of the Acme Precision Combine is brutally stabbed, Steed and Tara are on hand to witness the crime, thanks to a telephoned warning. But why does somebody want them to see so many killings, and what does it have to do with Dr. Jaeger's aggresso-therapy clinic?

Episode credits

Directed by Robert FuestWritten by Brian Clemens, Philip LeveneGuest stars John Savident, Peter Vaughan, Derek Godfrey, Edward Fox, Susan Travers, Philip Madoc, Michael David, Murray Hayne

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Episode 29

Requiem

6.0 / 10

When Steed takes prime witness Miranda Loxton to a safe house to protect her from Murder-International hitmen, Tara is kidnapped. She escapes to find herself in her worst nightmare. A booby-trap in Steed's apartment kills Mother and Tara may be the only one with the hidden knowledge of where Steed has gone.

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Directed by Don ChaffeyWritten by Brian ClemensGuest stars Denis Shaw, John Paul, Angela Douglas, John Cairney, Terence Sewards, Mike Lewin, Katya Wyeth, Harvey Ashby

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Episode 30

Take-Over

6.0 / 10

The home of Steed's friends Bill and Laura Bassett is invaded by a group of ruthless criminals who implant explosives in their throats. Unfortunately, this is the weekend that Steed is coming to stay.

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Directed by Robert FuestWritten by Terry NationGuest stars John Comer, Tom Adams, Elizabeth Sellars, Michael Gwynn, Garfield Morgan, Hilary Pritchard, Garfield Morgan, Keith Buckley

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Episode 31

Pandora

4.0 / 10

Tara is kidnapped, and wakes to discover that it is 1915, and she is apparently called Pandora. Could this be because of the little matter of a dowry and a missing bride? Steed struggles to solve a very old mystery.

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Directed by Robert FuestWritten by Brian ClemensGuest stars Geoffrey Whitehead, Kathleen Byron, Julian Glover, James Cossins, John Laurie, Anthony Roye, Peter Madden, Reginald Barratt

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Episode 32

Get-A-Way

6.0 / 10

Two invincible foreign agents escape from the ultimate prison, a monastery run by the security services. They resume their mission, to kill one important person each. Steed and Tara set out to catch them, and to find out how they escaped, before their leader follows suit.

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Directed by Don SharpWritten by Philip LeveneGuest stars Edward Fox, Michael Culver, Robert Russell, Andrew Keir, Peter Bowles, Peter Bayliss, Neil Hallett, Terence Longdon

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Episode 33

Bizarre

1h7.0 / 10finale

When a woman is found walking barefoot in a snowy field, complaining of a dead man who wasn't dead, Steed investigates the Happy Meadows funeral parlour, which doesn't seem to be keeping its clients down under. What connection could that business possibly have with Mystic Tours?

Episode credits

Directed by Leslie NormanWritten by Brian ClemensGuest stars John Sharp, Roy Kinnear, Sheila Burrell, Fulton Mackay, Patrick Newell, Sally Nesbitt, James Kerry, George Innes

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Episode information updated Jul 23, 2026

More about The Avengers

Cast

Patrick MacneeJohn Steed
Ian HendryDr. David Keel
Honor BlackmanCatherine Gale
Linda ThorsonTara King
Diana RiggEmma Peel
Gerald HarperColonel Corf
Tenniel EvansDr. Hurst
Alister WilliamsonTom

Credits

Created by
Sydney Newman

Production details

Status
Ended
Series type
Scripted
Episodes
161
Original language
English

Networks & production

  • ITV1United Kingdom
  • Associated British Picture CorporationUnited Kingdom
  • Associated British Corporation
  • ABC Weekend TelevisionUnited Kingdom

Themes

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