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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

Brief for Murder

52m8.0 / 10

Thanks to the clever briefing of the Lakin brothers a man charged with treason is found not guilty. Mrs Gale believes that Steed is implicated, and contacts the newspapers. Steed threatens her: either withdraw her allegations or pay the consequences. Soon Steed is on trial for Gale's murder.

Episode credits

Directed by Peter HammondWritten by Brian ClemensGuest stars John Laurie, Harold Scott, Helen Lindsay, Alec Ross, June Thody, Anthony Baird, Alice Fraser, Fred Ferris

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Episode 2

The Undertakers

51m8.0 / 10

All the occupants of a rest home, Adelphi Park, are multi-millionaires. And most of them are refusing to see anyone, including Professor Renter who was due to fly to America with Steed to show off his latest invention. His wife is unable or unwilling to help and, curiously, the neighbour, Madden, another millionaire, is missing.

Episode credits

Directed by Bill BainWritten by Malcolm HulkeGuest stars Mandy Miller, Lee Patterson, Lally Bowers, Jan Holden, Patrick Holt, Howard Goorney, Marcella Markham, Ronald Russell

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Episode 3

Man with Two Shadows

51m7.0 / 10

Agent Borowski has been brainwashed by the enemy, but between moments of multiple-personality disorder he tells Steed that three 'doubles' have been created. Steed tracks down one likely replacement to a holiday camp, but then discovers that he, himself, is about to be replaced.

Episode credits

Directed by Don LeaverWritten by James MitchellGuest stars Gwendolyn Watts, Geoffrey Palmer, Philip Anthony, Daniel Moynihan, Paul Whitsun-Jones, Anne Godfrey, George Little, Doug Robinson

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Episode 4

The Nutshell

50m7.0 / 10

The Director of Operations (Disco) of the Nutshell, a subterranean World War III bunker, tells Steed and Cathy that Big Ben, a file giving details of all their double agents, has been copied. Security cameras point to a young girl, but she is later found dead. Evidence implicates Steed, and Disco orders that he be apprehended.

Episode credits

Directed by Raymond MenmuirWritten by Philip ChambersGuest stars Charles Tingwell, John Cater, Patricia Haines, Christine Shaw, Edina Ronay, Ian Clark, Ray Browne, Jan Conrad

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Episode 5

Death of a Batman

51m7.0 / 10

At the reading of the will of Wrightson, Steed's former batman, the man's family are shocked to discover his estate is worth a fortune. Steed and Cathy set out to find out where a twenty pounds per week draughtsman acquired such a huge amount of money, and whether it was legal.

Episode credits

Directed by Kim MillsWritten by Roger MarshallGuest stars André Morell, Philip Madoc, Katy Greenwood, David Burke, Geoffrey Alexander, Kitty Atwood, Ray Browne

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Episode 6

November Five

51m7.0 / 10

Michael Dyter, the newly elected MP for South-East Anglia is shot shortly after making his acceptance speech in which he had threatened to expose a major scandal involving the government. Steed knows that the subject of this was the recent theft of a nuclear warhead near London. So was Dyter killed to keep him quiet, and if so, by whom?

Episode credits

Directed by Bill BainWritten by Eric PaiceGuest stars Joe Robinson, Ruth Dunning, David Davies, Ric Hutton, David Langton, Iris Russell, Gary Hope, Aimée Delamain

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Episode 7

The Gilded Cage

51m8.0 / 10

Steed's trap for criminal mastermind J.P. Spaggs involves a brilliant plan to steal a million pounds in gold bullion. But when two detectives arrive at Steed's flat and arrest Cathy for Spagge's murder things don't seem to be going to plan.

Episode credits

Directed by Bill BainWritten by Roger MarshallGuest stars Patrick Magee, Martin Friend, Edric Connor

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Episode 8

Second Sight

50m7.0 / 10

The cornea grafts that will, hopefully, restore the sight of blind millionaire Marten Halvarssen fascinate Steed: they're rumoured to be coming from a live patient, one Hilda Brauer. Steed suspects that all is not what it seems and so sends Cathy to Switzerland to oversee the operation.

Episode credits

Directed by Peter HammondWritten by Martin WoodhouseGuest stars Ronald Adam, Peter Bowles, John Carson

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Episode 9

The Medicine Men

50m8.0 / 10

Willis-Sopwoth, a top pharmaceutical firm, is being drained by cheap imitations of its products in foreign markets. The death of a member of staff while investigating the fraud brings Steed and Cathy face to face with a deadly artist and a plot to poison children.

Episode credits

Directed by Kim MillsWritten by Malcolm HulkeGuest stars John Crocker

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Episode 10

The Grandeur That Was Rome

51m8.0 / 10

Strange diseases are being reported in various parts of the world, and Steed's suspicion is that somebody has been tampering with the insecticides and fertilisers of United Foods and Dressings. Cathy Gale is captured whilst investigating, and will be the 'guinea pig' for a test on the new strain of bubonic plague.

Episode credits

Directed by Kim MillsWritten by Rex EdwardsGuest stars Hugh Burden, Raymond Adamson, Victor Harrington, Rocky Taylor

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Episode 11

The Golden Fleece

51m7.0 / 10

Steed and Cathy eat at a Chinese restaurant, but, as ever, it's not just for fun: Steed suspects the owner, Mr Lo, of gold smuggling. He also seems to be allied with Army types who are smuggling ammunition to support ex-servicemen.

Episode credits

Directed by Peter HammondWritten by Roger MarshallGuest stars Tenniel Evans, Robert Lee

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Episode 12

Don't Look Behind You

51m8.0 / 10

Invited to spend the weekend at the home of medievel costume expert Sir Cavalier Resagne, Cathy finds herself alone in the house, pestered by a young man who claims to be a film director, and haunted by her past. And where is Steed?

Episode credits

Directed by Peter HammondWritten by Brian ClemensGuest stars Kenneth Colley

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Episode 13

Death "à la carte"

51m7.0 / 10

Emir Abdulla Akaba is visiting London for his annual medical, and Steed suspects an assassination attempt. Despite Steed assumming the guise of a chef, the Emir seems to have been poisoned while eating a meal.

Episode credits

Directed by Kim MillsWritten by John LucarottiGuest stars Robert James, Gordon Rollings

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Episode 14

Dressed to Kill

50m8.5 / 10

An incoming missile attack, which is detected by all but one of the country's early warning stations, proves to be a false alarm. Steed finds himself attending an exclusive New Year's Eve fancy-dress party on a train. The train terminates at a remote, deserted station, and a guest is killed with an arrow.

Episode credits

Directed by Bill BainWritten by Brian ClemensGuest stars Anneke Wills, Frank Maher, Richard Leech, John Junkin

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Episode 15

The White Elephant

51m7.0 / 10

The disappearance of an albino elephant from Noah Marshall's zoo seems to be linked to Steed's investigation of ivory dust in a gun shop. Steed sets out to rescue Cathy from the tiger's cage, find Snowy and investigate the ivory smugglers.

Episode credits

Directed by Laurence BourneWritten by John LucarottiGuest stars Toke Townley, Edwin Richfield, Judy Parfitt, Bruno Barnabe, Scott Forbes

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Episode 16

The Little Wonders

51m8.0 / 10

Bibliotek are a criminal organisation who are fronted as a church. A coming 'Bible Class' will decide who runs Bibliotek. It could be Steed...

Episode credits

Directed by Laurence BourneWritten by Eric PaiceGuest stars David Bauer, Harry Landis, Frank Maher, Tony Steedman, Rick Jones

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Episode 17

The Wringer

51m7.0 / 10

Six agents have died on an escape route through Hungary and Austria. Anderson, a friend of Steed's, has also gone missing. Steed finds his friend but is then accused of being a traitor and taken to a brainwashing unit in Scotland run by the Wringer.

Episode credits

Directed by Don LeaverWritten by Martin WoodhouseGuest stars Barry Letts, Peter Sallis, Gerald Sim

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Episode 18

Mandrake

52m8.5 / 10

After attending the funeral of an old friend in a lonely Cornish village cemetery, Steed discovers a plot to poison millionaires.

Episode credits

Directed by Bill BainWritten by Roger MarshallGuest stars John Le Mesurier, Philip Locke, George Benson, Robert Morris

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Episode 19

The Secrets Broker

51m8.0 / 10

One of Steed's colleagues has been murdered, and the subsequent investigation takes Cathy to a top-secret research establishment and Steed to a wine merchants.

Episode credits

Directed by Jonathan AlwynWritten by Ludovic PetersGuest stars Jack May, John Ringham, John Stone, Valentino Musetti

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Episode 20

Trojan Horse

50m7.0 / 10

Jockeys and stable hands are being trained in the use of firearms and poisons, so Steed delves deep in the murky world of horse racing.

Episode credits

Directed by Laurence BourneWritten by Malcolm HulkeGuest stars Geoffrey Whitehead, T. P. McKenna, Basil Dignam, Lucinda Curtis

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Episode 21

Build a Better Mousetrap

51m7.5 / 10

What does Cathy joining a motorcycle gang, two elderly ladies who own a watermill and claim to be witches, and all of the clocks stopping at a local atomic research station have in common? They're all present in Brian Clemen's first great step into the bizarre.

Episode credits

Directed by Peter HammondWritten by Brian ClemensGuest stars Athene Seyler, Harold Goodwin, John Tate

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Episode 22

The Outside-In Man

50m7.0 / 10

Arabian revolutionary Sharp is visiting Britain and Steed is put in charge of security. He thinks it is ironic that they are now protecting a man they were trying to kill five years before. Two agents were thought to have died during the violent bloodshed in Abarain but now one of them is very much alive.

Episode credits

Directed by Jonathan AlwynWritten by Philip ChambersGuest stars Ronald Radd, Valentino Musetti, Virginia Stride, Basil Hoskins, William Devlin, Philip Anthony

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Episode 23

The Charmers

50m7.0 / 10

The opposition believe Steed is responsible for the death of their agent Vinkel. Steed, however, had nothing to do with the murder and, as a show of good faith, agrees to a swap of partners with Keller in a bid to find the real killer.

Episode credits

Directed by Bill BainWritten by Brian ClemensGuest stars Warren Mitchell, Vivian Pickles, Brian Oulton, Frank Mills

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Episode 24

Concerto

51m7.0 / 10

Soviet-British trade talks are coinciding with the first London concert of the brilliant young pianist, Stefan Veliko. A young girl accuses Veliko of assault, and is then murdered. If someone wants to disrupt the talks by incriminating the pianist, they seem to be going about it in the right way.

Episode credits

Directed by Kim MillsWritten by Malcolm Hulke, Terrance DicksGuest stars Sandor Elès, Nigel Stock

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Episode 25

Esprit de corps

51m7.0 / 10

The mysterious death of Corporal Craig of the Highland Guards sends both Steed and Cathy undercover into the army ranks. There, Steed finds himself under court-martial and Cathy becomes second in line to the throne.

Episode credits

Directed by Don LeaverWritten by Eric PaiceGuest stars Duncan Macrae

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Episode 26

Lobster Quadrille

51m7.0 / 10finale

When an agent investigating radioactivity levels in shellfish is killed in a beach hut fire, Steed and Cathy get involved in the heady worlds of nightclubbing, chess and lobster fishermen.

Episode credits

Directed by Kim MillsWritten by Brian ClemensGuest stars Leslie Sands, Burt Kwouk, Gary Watson, Valentino Musetti, Corin Redgrave, Jennie Linden

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Episode information updated Jul 24, 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

british spygreat britainmi5mi6secret agentsecret missionspy