TV series
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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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
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?
Directed by Roy Ward BakerWritten by Brian ClemensGuest stars Alan MacNaughtan, Terence Alexander, Jeremy Burnham, Robert Brown, Juliet Harmer, Walter Horsbrugh, Patrick Newell
Episode 2
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?
Directed by Quentin LawrenceWritten by Malcolm HulkeGuest stars Caroline Blakiston, Ray Austin, Lloyd Lamble, Bryan Mosley, Wanda Ventham
Episode 3
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...
Directed by Sidney HayersWritten by Philip LeveneGuest stars Burt Kwouk, Ronald Leigh-Hunt, John Hollis, Frederick Jaeger, Bernard Horsfall
Episode 4
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?
Directed by Charles CrichtonWritten by Brian ClemensGuest stars T. P. McKenna, Allan Cuthbertson, Ronnie Stevens, John Cater
Episode 5
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.
Directed by James HillWritten by John LucarottiGuest stars Robert Urquhart, Russell Waters, James Copeland, Jack Lambert
Episode 6
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....
Directed by Peter Graham ScottWritten by Robert Banks StewartGuest stars Patricia Haines, Ian MacNaughton, Bernard Archard
Episode 7
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....
Directed by Peter Graham ScottWritten by Tony WilliamsonGuest stars John Woodvine, Penelope Keith, Edward Underdown
Episode 8
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.
Directed by Sidney HayersWritten by Colin FinbowGuest stars Albert Lieven, Sue Lloyd, Geoffrey Palmer, Noel Purcell, Talfryn Thomas
Episode 9
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?
Directed by Gerry O'HaraWritten by Roger MarshallGuest stars Gerald Harper, Roy Kinnear, John Bennett
Episode 10
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?
Directed by Don LeaverWritten by Roger MarshallGuest stars Jan Holden, Peter Bowles, John Carson, John Bailey, Gerald Sim
Episode 11
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?...
Directed by Sidney HayersWritten by Philip LeveneGuest stars Athene Seyler, William Job
Episode 12
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.
Directed by Roy Ward BakerWritten by Philip LeveneGuest stars Alec Mango, Wolfe Morris, John Bluthal, Julian Glover, Alan Harris
Episode 13
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?
Directed by Roy Ward BakerWritten by Tony WilliamsonGuest stars Barry Warren, Mervyn Johns, Robert James, Edwin Richfield, Alex Scott, John Wilder
Episode 14
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?
Directed by Roy Ward BakerWritten by Roger MarshallGuest stars Conrad Phillips, Aubrey Morris, Norman Bird, Jack Watson, William Franklyn, Charles Lloyd Pack, Graham Ashley
Episode 15
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.
Directed by Roy Ward BakerWritten by Roger MarshallGuest stars Peter Jeffrey, Peter Arne, Vernon Dobtcheff, Richard Bebb, Philip Latham, Peter Madden, Paul Whitsun-Jones
Episode 16
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?
Directed by Gerry O'HaraWritten by Philip LeveneGuest stars James Villiers, Paul Danquah
Episode 17
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.
Directed by Roy Ward BakerWritten by Roger MarshallGuest stars Liz Fraser, David Bauer, Sylvia Coleridge, Alfred Burke, Bernard Cribbins
Episode 18
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.
Directed by Roy Ward BakerWritten by Tony WilliamsonGuest stars Peter Jones, Patrick Allen, Francis Matthews, Donald Hewlett, Victor Maddern, Hugh Manning
Episode 19
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.
Directed by James HillWritten by Robert Banks StewartGuest stars Eunice Gayson, John Woodnutt, Carole Gray
Episode 20
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.
Directed by Charles CrichtonWritten by Roger MarshallGuest stars Moray Watson, Fabia Drake, Douglas Wilmer, Nigel Davenport
Episode 21
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.
Directed by James HillWritten by Brian ClemensGuest stars Colin Jeavons, Peter Wyngarde, Carol Cleveland, Jeremy Young, Alf Joint, Steve Plytas
Episode 22
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.
Directed by Bill BainWritten by Brian ClemensGuest stars John Le Mesurier, Howard Marion-Crawford, Denis Quilley
Episode 23
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.
Directed by Don LeaverWritten by Brian ClemensGuest stars Keith Pyott, Michael Goodliffe
Episode 24
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.
Directed by Peter Graham ScottWritten by Martin WoodhouseGuest stars John Barron, Peter Blythe, John Ringham, Jacqueline Pearce, Nigel Stock, Patrick Mower
Episode 25
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.
Directed by Don LeaverWritten by Brian ClemensGuest stars Sarah Lawson, Jerome Willis, Christopher Benjamin
Episode 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?
Directed by James HillWritten by Brian ClemensGuest stars George Pastell, Zia Mohyeddin, Roland Curram, Bruno Barnabe, Ron Moody, Peter Diamond, Richard Graydon
Episode information updated Jul 24, 2026
Patrick MacneeJohn Steed
Ian HendryDr. David Keel
Honor BlackmanCatherine Gale
Linda ThorsonTara King
Diana RiggEmma Peel
Gerald HarperColonel Corf
Tenniel EvansDr. Hurst
Alister WilliamsonTom
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