Patrick MacneeFilmography

Unlocking DaVinci's Code

Synopsis: With its detailed use of conspiracy theories and art history, The DaVinci Code became one of the biggest best sellers of its decade. Unlocking DaVinci's Code documents some of the topics brought up in the book. The film includes a look at how such historical figures as Leonardo DaVinci, Victor Hugo Read More

Angels and Demons Revealed

Synopsis: Conspiracy theorists have long spoken of the Illuminati, believed to be a secret society with ties to the Freemasons who have been the power behind the scenes for many of the most important and chaotic events of the past three centuries. While little hard evidence of the existence of the Read More

Spacebabes Meet the Monsters

Actors: Patrick Macnee, Daniel Roebuck, William Sanderson

Synopsis: Patrick Macnee, Daniel Roebuck, and William Sanderson headline this kitschy sci-fi yarn about a trip through time gone horribly awry. A scheming professor is convinced that he can save mankind by traveling into the future, but in order to accomplish his benevolent mission he'll need some serious Read More

Galacticon

Frasier: The Show Must Go Off

Synopsis: Derek Jacobi won an Emmy award for his performance in this episode as a burned-out Shakespearian actor named Jackson Headley. Reduced to playing a thankless role on a TV sci-fi program, Headley is "rescued" by two of his biggest fans, Frasier (Kelsey Grammer) and Niles (David Hyde Pierce). This Read More

The Magic of Thailand

Into Africa

In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes

Synopsis: Amateur sleuths pay attention. In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes presents a rare glimpse into real-life mysteries. The famous detective is the prey in this documentary exploring his life and times. Patrick Macnee, better known for playing the cloaked adventurer, is the host for this walking Read More

Hollywood Spies on Spies

Synopsis: Fans of 20th century TV and movie private eyes and spies like Matt Helm, Honey West, and James Bond may enjoy this compilation of film clips from those flicks and programs.Patrick Macnee, star of The Avengers series during the 1960s, narrates this tribute to the clever men and women who seemed to Read More

The Avengers

Actors: Ralph Fiennes, Uma Thurman, Sean Connery, Patrick Macnee, Jim Broadbent

Synopsis: Jeremiah Chechick directed this $60 million adaptation of the whimsical 1961 British TV spy series, imported to the United States five years later for ABC airing (beginning 3/28/66), followed by The New Avengers (CBS, 1978-79). In the feature-length version, secret agent John Steed (Ralph Fiennes) Read More

Coming Home

Actors: Peter O'Toole, Joanna Lumley, Emily Mortimer

Synopsis: Adapted from a novel by Rosamunde Pilcher, the two-part British miniseries Coming Home re-created the years between 1936 and 1941 as experienced by a brace of young and impressionable girls. Meeting in a boarding school, Judith Dunbar and Loveday Carey-Lewis became close friends, though they were Read More

Ghost Stories, Vol. 5

Synopsis: The ghost-like images of gunfighters on this video's cover provide a hint to the potentially frightening themes present on this tape. Actor Patrick Macnee narrates these stories about events that have occurred in or near the towns of Tombstone, Arizona and Calico, California. Are there ghosts Read More

Ghost Stories [Video Series]

Ghost Stories, Vol. 4

Ghost Stories, Vol. 2

Synopsis: This is the second in a series of documentaries on ghosts and their encounters with the living. In this episode, six different cases of buildings haunted by ghosts are examined in detail. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide Read More

Ghost Stories, Vol. 3

Synopsis: This is the third in a series of documentaries on ghosts and their encounters with the living. In this installment, we visit paranormal researchers who face the questions: What exactly are ghosts? And, if you've got one, how do you get it to go away? ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide Read More

Ghost Stories, Vol. 6

Ghost Stories, Vol. 1

Synopsis: This is the first in a series of documentaries on ghosts and their encounters with the living. This installment examines the Tower of London, where the spirits of the victims of this infamous torture chamber still express their anguish, while, in America, a house built on a cemetery becomes a Read More

Mysteries, Magic & Miracles, Vol. 2

Synopsis: Go on location with celebrity host Patrick MacNee as he and other world-renowned experts investigate the world's greatest documented mysteries and other paranormal phenomena. Mysteries, Magic & Miracles, Vol. 2 features never-before-seen footage, photos, documented reports, and eyewitness accounts Read More

Mysteries, Magic & Miracles, Vol. 1

Synopsis: Go on location with celebrity host Patrick MacNee as he and other world-renowned experts investigate the world's greatest documented mysteries and other paranormal phenomena. Mysteries, Magic & Miracles features never-before-seen footage and photos, documented reports, and eyewitness accounts of a Read More

Mysteries, Magic & Miracles, Vol. 5

Mysteries, Magic & Miracles, Vol. 4

Synopsis: Get the scoop on the world's most challenging unsolved mysteries and baffling events in Mysteries, Magic, and Miracles 4, a two-video set hosted by Patrick MacNee. The first tape includes: Creating the Illusion, On Pins and Needles, Looking for Love, Skeptic Society, Interspecies Communication Read More

Mysteries, Magic & Miracles, Vol. 3

Synopsis: Hosted by Patrick MacNee, former star of The Avengers television series, this two video program boasts a menu of outrageous stories and events. In the first tape, the stories feature "Magic on Wheels," about a blindfolded car driver; "Starstruck Spirits," about reputed ghostly happenings around Read More

Murder, She Wrote: The Dead File

Synopsis: Returning to New York after a brief absence, Jessica learns to her chagrin that she has been introduced in cartoon form as "Jessica Fox" ("I'll just follow my nose") in a comic strip specializing in political satire. Unfortunately, "Jessica Fox" has been making a number of libelous statements Read More

Sherlock Holmes and the Incident at Victoria Falls

Synopsis: In this mystery, an aging Sherlock Holmes allows King Edward to persuade him to bring a precious diamond back from South Africa. Along the way, Holmes meets Teddy Roosevelt and finds himself involved in intrigue and adventure. The story was originally a four-hour TV mini-series and was heavily Read More

Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady

Actors: Christopher Lee, Patrick Macnee, Morgan Fairchild, John Bennett, Engelbert Humperdinck

Synopsis: In this mystery, Holmes and Watson travel to lovely old Vienna to investigate a murder and find themselves embroiled in a tangled web of terrorism, and romance. Originally the film was a three hour television miniseries. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw

Actors: Gene Barry, James Drury, Doug McClure, Rick Rossovich, Kenny Rogers, Reba McEntire

Synopsis: The fourth of Kenny Rogers' Gambler TV movies, 1991's The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw is regarded by many Western diehards as the best. This time, gambler Brady Hawkes is en route to a high-stakes poker game in San Francisco. His travelling companions are a trouble-prone frontier Romeo (Rick Rossovich Read More

Waxwork II: Lost in Time

Actors: Zach Galligan, Alexander Godunov, Sophie Ward, Monika Schnarre, Martin Kemp, Bruce Campbell, Patrick Macnee

Synopsis: In the sequel to Waxwork, young Mark Loftmore (Zach Galligan) and his girlfriend Sarah (Monika Schnarre) manage to escape the deadly wax museum before it is destroyed. However, one deadly wax hand escapes destruction and follows Sarah home, murdering her stepfather before she manages to destroy Read More

Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls

Actors: Christopher Lee, Patrick Macnee, Jenny Seagrove, Claude Akins, Richard Todd

Synopsis: Four countries--Great Britain, Belgium, Italy and Luxembourg--were in on the financing of 1991's Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls. At first glance, Christopher Lee seems too old to play Conan Doyle's master detective, but the script allows for this by having the story takes place on the Read More

Super Force

Synopsis: This tape consists of two episodes from the syndicated children's show. In the plot, a NASA scientist in the 21st century becomes a martial-arts fighting Los Angeles cop. He fights crime on a super-motorcycle and wears a Robocop-type suit developed for him by his scientist friend (Larry B. Scott). Read More

The Lost Samurai

Actors: Paul Williams

Synopsis: This time the villains want to rule the world by controlling the weather. Paul Williams plays the obligatory crusading broadcast journalist who uncovers the conspiracy. Despite the seeming cut-and-dried nature of the story, Chill Factor is honeycombed with plot twists and surprises. Without giving Read More

Lobster Man from Mars

Actors: Tony Curtis, Deborah Foreman, Patrick Macnee, Billy Barty, Anthony Hickox

Synopsis: This farcical send-up of the movie business borrows a plot from the classic 1968 Mel Brooks film The Producers. It stars Tony Curtis as J.P. Sheldrake, a movie producer sorely in need of a flop for tax purposes. Imagine his delight when a very young would-be filmmaker shows up on his doorstep with Read More

Twice Shy

Actors: Ian McShane

Synopsis: Twice Shy was originally telecast on the syndicated anthology "Mystery Wheel of Adventure." It was one of three dramas based on the works of novelist Dick Francis. Ian McShane stars as David Cleveland, investigator for the British Jockey Club. Cleveland uncovers an illegal computer betting Read More

The Masque of the Red Death

Actors: Patrick Macnee, Adrian Paul, Clare Hoak, Jeff Osterhage, Tracy Reiner

Synopsis: A remake of Roger Corman's 1964 adaptation of the Edgar Allan Poe tale was produced by Corman but directed by Larry Brand. Its the story of a medieval prince (Adrian Paul) and his attempt to avoid a vicious plague among the populace. ~ John Bush, All Movie Guide Read More

Sorry, Wrong Number

Actors: Loni Anderson, Carl Weintraub, Hal Holbrook, Diane D'Aquila, Alan Jordan

Synopsis: A wealthy invalid discovers her husband's scheme to have her killed in this made-for-cable thriller--remade from the 1948 feature starring Barbara Stanwyck. ~ Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide Read More

Search for Haunted Hollywood

Synopsis: Directed by Arthur Forrest, this program informs viewers of legendary hauntings in Hollywood and its studio backlots, and shows some ghost hunters at work. Hosted by John Davidson, The Search for Haunted Hollywood features actors and paranormal professionals relating reputed paranormal activity at Read More

The Return of Sam McCloud

Actors: Dennis Weaver

Synopsis: In this western, a senator from New Mexico, who was once a marshal, heads for London to find the one who killed his niece, a research scientist who had been looking into the activities of an international chemical company. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Cult People

Synopsis: This documentary presents interviews and clips with some of cinema's best loved cult figures. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Blood Sport

Actors: Ian McShane, Kenneth Welsh

Synopsis: Blood Sport premiered as a 2-hour installment of the syndicated TV anthology "Mystery Wheel of Adventure." It was one of three Irish/Canadian productions based on the works of mystery writer Dick Francis. As in the other Francis mysteries, Ian McShane stars as British Jockey Club investigator Read More

Waxwork

Actors: Zach Galligan, Deborah Foreman, David Warner, Michelle Johnson, Patrick Macnee, Dana Ashbrook

Synopsis: In this horror film, an evil magician creates a wax display of famous monsters and murderers and invites a group of unsuspecting young college students to view the collection. However, when the kids are trapped in the deadly displays, one-by-one they soon discover that the wax models are more than Read More

Transformations

Synopsis: In this sci-fi adventure, an intergalactic pilot tries to stop the spread of a deadly virus before it destroys all life in the universe. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Shadey

Actors: Antony Sher, Billie Whitelaw, Patrick Macnee, Leslie Ash, Bernard Hepton

Synopsis: This surreal British black comedy tells the tale of poor Oliver Shadey, a mechanic who longs to become a woman but lacks the money for the operation. Oliver is a talented lad and has the rare ability to read the minds of people and put their thought on film. He has the best of intentions when he Read More

Club Med

Actors: Jack Scalia, Linda Hamilton, Patrick Macnee, Jeff Kaake

Synopsis: This romantic made-for-TV movie chronicles episodes from the varied lives of visitors to the popular Mexican seaside resort. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Down Under

Synopsis: This film follows the adventures of two California surfers as they travel to Australia in search of wealth. ~ Iotis Erlewine, All Movie Guide Read More

Murder, She Wrote: Sing a Song of Murder

Synopsis: Angela Lansbury plays a dual role in this episode, as Maine-based mystery writer Jessica Fletcher and as Jessica's flamboyant cousin, British music-hall headliner Emma MacGill. Arriving in London to attend Emma's funeral, Jessica is surprised to learn that her cousin is still alive. Having Read More

A View to a Kill

Actors: Roger Moore, Christopher Walken, Tanya Roberts, Grace Jones, Patrick Macnee

Synopsis: Secret Agent 007 must stop a megalomaniacal technology mogul from destroying Silicon Valley in this unexceptional entry in the James Bond series. Computer baron Max Zorin (Christopher Walken) is planning to trigger a major California earthquake in order to wipe out his competitors. Bond is Read More

This Is Spinal Tap

Actors: Rob Reiner, Michael McKean, Christopher Guest, Harry Shearer, Tony Hendra, R.J. Parnell

Synopsis: Largely improvised by director Rob Reiner and his cast, This Is Spinal Tap looks and sounds like a "real" documentary, with Michael McKean, Harry Shearer, and Christopher Guest as David St. Hubbins, Derek Smalls, and Nigel Tufnel, the key members of a going-nowhere British heavy metal band called Spinal Tap Read More

Magnum, P.I.: Holmes is Where the Heart Is

Synopsis: While dictating his memoirs, Higgins (John Hillerman) flashes back to 1976, the time of his last meeting with his old friend and fellow British secret agent David Worth (played by Patrick Macnee of The Avengers fame). Unfortunately, David seems to have gone a bit balmy, and is now convinced that Read More

For the Term of His Natural Life

Synopsis: For the Term of His Natural Life, Australian novelist Marcus Clarke's epic tale of the hardships and deprivations of his native country in the 1830s, served as the basis for one of the most famous Australian films of the silent era. That was in 1927; 56 years later, Clarke's novel again went Read More

The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.

Synopsis: Fifteen years after the cancellation of the tongue-in-cheek spy series The Man From U.N.C.L.E., stars Robert Vaughn and David McCallum were reunited in this made-for-TV movie. It all begins when Janus (Geoffrey Lewis), a former agent for the United Network Command for Law and Enforcement (aka Read More

Young Doctors in Love

Actors: Michael McKean, Sean Young, Harry Dean Stanton, Patrick Macnee, Hector Elizondo

Synopsis: In this comedy, a group of randy young interns turn City Hospital upside down with their romantic liaisons and their blunders. ~ Iotis Erlewine, All Movie Guide Read More

Rehearsal for Murder

Synopsis: Richard Levinson and William Link serve up another Thinking Man's murder mystery with the made-for-television Rehearsal for Murder. Playwright Robert Preston is on the verge of marrying glamorous film star Lynn Redgrave. But a scant few hours after her Broadway debut, Redgrave is found dead, an Read More

The Creature Wasn't Nice

Actors: Cindy Williams, Bruce Kimmel, Leslie Nielsen, Gerritt Graham, Patrick Macnee

Synopsis: This painfully dull Alien parody pits an inept spaceship crew against a mutating, one-eyed walking manure pile that grows out of an organic lump they obtained on a remote planet. When the token mad scientist (Patrick Macnee, whose hammy performance provides one of the film's few real laughs) Read More

Sweet Sixteen

Actors: Bo Hopkins, Susan Strasberg, Don Stroud, Dana Kimmell, Aleisa Shirley

Synopsis: This standard slasher film from director Dimitri Sotirakis (using the pseudonym "Jom Sotos") is notable only for its fascinating cast. The story is a rather predictable affair as young Melissa (Aleisa Shirley) sees all of her friends being murdered after their 16th birthdays. Her mother (Susan Strasberg Read More

Hot Touch

Actors: Wayne Rogers, Marie-France Pisier, Samantha Eggar, Patrick Macnee

Synopsis: In this routine action film, Danny Fairchild (Wayne Rogers) and Vincent Reblack (Patrick Macnee) are partners in an art-scam operation in which Danny forges valuable paintings and Vincent authenticates them; both pretend to run a company that legitimately authenticates art for sale at auction. Read More

The Howling

Actors: Dee Wallace, Patrick Macnee, Dennis Dugan, Christopher Stone, Belinda Balaski

Synopsis: This groundbreaking, darkly-comic horror film from director Joe Dante changed the look and feel of werewolf movies in ways light-years distant from Universal's horror classic The Wolf Man. The story begins with television reporter/anchor Karen White (Dee Wallace) taking part in a dangerous police Read More

The Sea Wolves

Actors: Gregory Peck, Roger Moore, David Niven, Trevor Howard, Barbara Kellerman

Synopsis: Set in India during World War II, this fair action drama relies heavily on the good acting talent gathered to convey its slight, uninvolved story. Gregory Peck is Col. Lewis Pugh, backed up by Roger Moore as Capt. Gavin Stewart, David Niven as Col. Bill Grice, Patrick MacNee as Major Crossley, and Read More

The Billion Dollar Threat

Actors: Ralph Bellamy, Patrick Macnee, Dale Robinette

Synopsis: This made-for-TV espionage thriller was approximately fourteen years too late for TV's "spy cycle". Dale Robinette plays a Bondlike secret agent, while Ralph Bellamy is the "M" counterpart. Robinette is assigned to solve the mystery of several UFO sightings in Utah. The instigator turns out to be Read More

Stunt Seven

Actors: Elke Sommer

Synopsis: One of two 1979 TV pilot films concerning the exploits of crimefighting movie stuntmen (the other was Stunts Unlimited), Stunt Seven was telecast May 30, 1979. Christopher Connelly heads the cast as ace stunter Hill Singleton. His six-person "team" includes Skip (Christopher Lloyd), Elena (Morgan Read More

Battlestar Galactica: War of the Gods, Part 1

Actors: Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, Lorne Greene, Herbert Jefferson, Jr., John Colicos

Synopsis: In the first episode of a two-part story, Patrick MacNee guest stars as Count Iblis, a shipwrecked alien rescued by a Galactica recon mission. Claiming to be the last descendant of a long-gone alien culture, Iblis promises to grant three wishes to the Colonials -- including safe passage to Read More

Battlestar Galactica: War of the Gods, Part 2

Actors: Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, Lorne Greene, Herbert Jefferson, Jr., John Colicos

Synopsis: In the conclusion of a two-part story, the Colonials have fallen under the spell of godlike alien Iblis (Patrick MacNee), who offers them safe passage to the 13th Colony in exchange for their total and unquestioning obedience. Once Iblis successfully brings the treacherous Baltar (John Colicos) to Read More

Battlestar Galactica

Actors: Lorne Greene, Richard Hatch, Jane Seymour, Dirk Benedict

Synopsis: This feature-length movie is a re-edited version of the first few episodes of the TV series. The story line concerns a spaceship full of survivors of a doomed planet who are headed to the Earth. Led by Commander Adama (Lorne Greene), they encounter villainous robots, threatening their journey to Read More

Evening in Byzantium

Synopsis: A piece of made-for-television hack work that suddenly became sort of topical 23 years later, with the attacks on the New York World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11, 2001, Evening in Byzantium was a two-part made-for-TV feature based very loosely on Irwin Shaw's best-seller. The book Read More

War of the Gods

Synopsis: In this sci-fi adventure, compiled from the Battlestar Galactica TV series, a mysterious alien with strange powers promises the intergalactic colony that they will indeed find Earth. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

The New Avengers: The Gladiators

Actors: Patrick Macnee, Gareth Hunt, Joanna Lumley, Louis Zorich, Neil Vipond

Synopsis: In the second of four New Avengers episodes filmed in Canada, a rogue KGB agent has trained a band of mercenary criminals to destroy a top-secret security installation, thereby hurtling the Canadian Intelligence system back to the 1950s. Worse still, the bad guys are all-powerful and virtually Read More

Dead of Night

Synopsis: Directed and produced by genre icon Dan Curtis (Dark Shadows, Trilogy of Terror), this trio of terrifying stories from I Am Legend author Richard Matheson features performances by Patrick Macnee, Ed Begley, Jr., and Horst Buchholz. The horror gets underway in "Second Chance," a story about a man Read More

The New Avengers: Emily

Actors: Patrick Macnee, Gareth Hunt, Joanna Lumley, Les Carison, Richard Davidson

Synopsis: In the third of four New Avengers episodes filmed in Canada, Steed (Patrick MacNee), Gambit (Gareth Hunt) and Purdey (Joanna Lumley) are assigned to guard an antique automobile known as Emily. It seems that the old car contains the only known fingerprints of an elusive secret agent known only as Read More

The New Avengers: Dirtier by the Dozen

Actors: Patrick Macnee, Gareth Hunt, Joanna Lumley, John Castle, Shaun Curry

Synopsis: The New Avengers investigate when a high-ranking military officer (Michael Barrington) disappears. Our heroes come across a band of mercenaries led by rogue colonel "Mad Jack" Miller (John Castle), who intends to launch an invasion of the Middle East and thus trigger World War 3. Ah, but Miller Read More

The New Avengers: Three Handed Game

Actors: Patrick Macnee, Gareth Hunt, Joanna Lumley, David Wood, Stephen Grief

Synopsis: The gimmick on this episode is a mind-transfer machine which drains all conscious thoughts from people, leaving them in a vegetative state. The villain of the piece steals the machine, hoping to harvest a secret code from the minds of three captured agents, each of whom knows only a portion of the Read More

The New Avengers: Forward Base

Actors: Patrick Macnee, Gareth Hunt, Joanna Lumley, Jack Creley, August Schellenberg

Synopsis: In this fourth Canadian-filmed episode of The New Avengers, Steed (Patrick MacNee), Gambit (Gareth Hunt) and Purdey (Joanna Lumley) doggedly search for a missing circuit, following such clues as a drowned corpse in an evening gown. The trail leads to the bottom of Lake Ontario, where our heroes Read More

The New Avengers: Gnaws

Actors: Patrick Macnee, Gareth Hunt, Joanna Lumley, Julian Holloway, Peter Cellier

Synopsis: The New Avengers wrapped up its first season with an episode which writer Dennis Spooner has confessed was based on "Attack of the Alligators",an installment of the "Supermarionation" series Thunderbirds (with, it would seem, a bit of "Monty Python" thrown in). An illicitly developed growth liquid Read More

The New Avengers: Trap

Actors: Patrick Macnee, Gareth Hunt, Joanna Lumley, Terry Wood, Ferdy Mayne

Synopsis: Teaming up with CIA agent Marty Brine (Stuart Damon), the New Avengers foil a huge drug deal engineered by Mandarin crime boss Soo Choy (Terry Wood). In retaliation, Soo Choy lures Steed (Patrick MacNee), Gambit (Gareth Hunt) and Purdey (Joanna Lumley) into his lair, then hunts them down like Read More

The New Avengers: Obsession

Actors: Patrick Macnee, Gareth Hunt, Joanna Lumley, Martin Shaw, Mark Kingston

Synopsis: Larry Doomer (Martin Shaw), ex-fiancee of New Avenger Purdey (Joanna Lumley), is determined to get even for the death of his father. To this end, Doomer has targetted an Arab diplomat for assassination. Unfortunately, Doomer's misguided missile will not only wipe out the diplomat, but all of the Read More

The New Avengers: Hostage

Actors: Patrick Macnee, Gareth Hunt, Joanna Lumley, William Franklyn, Simon Oates

Synopsis: The title character in this episode is Purdey (Joanna Lumley), who has been abducted by the Other Side. In order to save Purdey's life, Steed (Patrick MacNee) must agree to hand over top-secret allied defense plans. Unaware that Purdey is in danger, Gambit (Gareth Hunt) reluctantly sets about to Read More

The New Avengers: K is for Kill: Tiger by the Tail

Actors: Patrick Macnee, Gareth Hunt, Joanna Lumley, Pierre Vernier, Maurice Marsac

Synopsis: In the conclusion of the two-part story, a malfunctioning Soviet satellite has reactivated Russian "K" agents throughout France and England, transforming the agents into homicidal zombies. The New Avengers think they can rest easy upon confirming that all 250 K agents are dead--until they learn Read More

The New Avengers: The Lion and the Unicorn

Actors: Patrick Macnee, Gareth Hunt, Joanna Lumley, Jean Claudio, Maurice Marsac

Synopsis: Unicorn (Jean Claudio), a top enemy agent, is accidentally killed by his own comrades during a shootout. To fool the Other Side, the New Avengers arrange an elaborate hoax to make it appear as though Unicorn is still alive. Unfortunately, the villains have captured a foreign Prince in hopes of Read More

The New Avengers: Complex

Actors: Patrick Macnee, Gareth Hunt, Joanna Lumley, Cec Linder, Harvey Atkin

Synopsis: The first of four New Avengers episodes filmed in Canada finds our dauntless trio of dogooders in Toronto, on the trail of an elusive Russian agent known as Scapina. Getting separated from her colleagues, Purdey (Joanna Lumley) finds herself trapped in a computerized building. Even worse: The Read More

The New Avengers: Dead Men are Dangerous

Actors: Patrick Macnee, Gareth Hunt, Joanna Lumley, Clive Revill, Richard Murdoch

Synopsis: Season two of The New Avengers begins with another revenge-motivated episode. Ten years ago, John Steed (Patrick MacNee) was forced to shoot down his old friend and fellow agent Mark (Clive Revill), who had defected to the East. Since that time, Mark has been slowly dying from his wound, as the Read More

The New Avengers: Angels of Death

Actors: Patrick Macnee, Gareth Hunt, Joanna Lumley

Synopsis: Fifty secret agents and civil servants, all apparently healthy and robust, have died of unknown causes over a two-year period. Steed (Patrick MacNee), Gambit (Gareth Hunt) and Purdey (Gareth Hunt) investigate the health farm where all of the victims had worked out before their untimely demises. Read More

The New Avengers: Medium Rare

Actors: Patrick Macnee, Gareth Hunt, Joanna Lumley, Jon Fitch, Mervyn Johns

Synopsis: An international swindler intends to destroy Steed (Patrick MacNee) by framing him as a turncoat and a murderer. Somehow or other, a fake spiritualist, Victoria Stanton (Sue Holderness), picks up on the villain's plans and warns Steed. It would seem that Victoria is able to anticipate the bad Read More

The New Avengers: House of Cards

Actors: Patrick Macnee, Gareth Hunt, Joanna Lumley, Peter Jeffrey, Frank Thornton

Synopsis: Steed (Patrick MacNee), Purdy (Joanna Lumley) and Gambit (Gareth Hunt) foil the latest mission of Soviet agent Perov (Peter Jeffrey). In retaliation, and in defiance of his superiors, Perov reactivates several "sleeper" agents who have been squirreled away throughout the U.K. for the past 20 Read More

Sherlock Holmes in New York

Actors: Patrick Macnee, Roger Moore, Charlotte Rampling

Synopsis: Sherlock Holmes in New York is a topnotch TV movie starring Roger Moore (surprisingly effective as Holmes) and Patrick MacNee (an intelligent, compassionate Watson). The Great Detective travels to the Big Apple of the 1890s to thwart arch-villain Moriarty, who plans to devalue the world's gold Read More

The New Avengers: Cat Amongst the Pigeons

Actors: Patrick Macnee, Gareth Hunt, Joanna Lumley, Vladek Sheybal, Matthew Long

Synopsis: Blackballed by his peers, crackpot conservationist Zacardi (Vladek Sheybal) intends to get even with his highly trained birds, which swoop down and kill on his orders. Steed (Patrick MacNee), Purdey (Joanna Lumley) and Gambit (Gareth Hunt) endeavor to stop Zacardi in his plan to take over the Read More

The New Avengers: The Midas Touch

Actors: Patrick Macnee, Gareth Hunt, Joanna Lumley, John Carson, Ed Devereaux

Synopsis: The touch of Midas (Gilles Millinaire) is hardly golden in this episode. It seems that the young called Midas is a carrier of every known disease, and can kill with the slightest contact of his fingertips ("They died of everything!" is the diagnosis whenever one of his victims is found). Enticed Read More

The New Avengers: The Last of the Cybernauts...??

Actors: Patrick Macnee, Gareth Hunt, Joanna Lumley, Robert Lang, Oscar Quitak

Synopsis: Previously seen on two episodes of the original Avengers, those malevolent metallic menaces, the Cybernauts, are at large again. This time, the man behind the Cybernaut invasion is Kane (Robert Lang), a crippled and disfigured double agent who has a score to settle with John Steed (Patrick Read More

The New Avengers: To Catch a Rat

Actors: Patrick Macnee, Gareth Hunt, Joanna Lumley, Ian Hendry, Edward Judd

Synopsis: Ian Hendry, who as Dr. David Keel had been one of the original stars of the original Avengers, is here cast as Gunner, an amnesiac secret agent. Having been missing for seventeen years, Gunner suddenly shows up, and just as suddenly recovers his memory, providing a strange coded message. This new Read More

The New Avengers: Target!

Actors: Patrick Macnee, Gareth Hunt, Joanna Lumley, Keith Barron, Robert Beatty

Synopsis: Purdey (Joanna Lumley) heads to an obstacle-laden firing range in hopes of breaking Steed's (Patrick MacNee) perfect marksmanship record. Five of Steed's previous associates have attempted the same thing at the same range, have fallen short of a perfect score by a mere fraction--and have promptly Read More

The New Avengers: Sleeper

Actors: Patrick Macnee, Gareth Hunt, Joanna Lumley, Keith Buckley, Arthur Dignam

Synopsis: Government scientists develop a knockout gas, designed to peacefully quell terrorist uprisings. The gas, and its antidote, inevitably fall into the Wrong Hands, those hands belonging to a gang of crooks who plan to send all of London off to slumberland so that they can embark upon a wholesale Read More

The New Avengers: The Eagle's Nest

Actors: Patrick Macnee, Gareth Hunt, Joanna Lumley, Peter Cushing, Derek Farr

Synopsis: The New Avengers begins its two-season run with "old" avenger John Steed (Patrick Macnee), as fastidious and gentlemanly as ever, teamed with two new, young, and attractive partners: Purdey (Joanna Lumley), a sexy, cool-headed martial arts expert (sound familiar?), and Mike Gambit (Gareth Hunt), a Read More

The New Avengers: Faces

Actors: Patrick Macnee, Gareth Hunt, Joanna Lumley, David de Keyser, Edward Petherbridge

Synopsis: Steed (Patrick MacNee) Purdey (Joanna Lumley) and Gambit (Gareth Hunt) go undercover in one of the seamier neighborhoods of London. The Reason? Several prominent governmnet officials, including a friend of Steed's, have turned up dead. It turns out that someone is using disguised derelicts to Read More

King Solomon's Treasure

Synopsis: With only an ancient medallion to guide him, a British explorer launches an adventure-packed expedition to a mysterious lost Phoenician city in the heart of Africa were Solomon's fabulous treasure is said to be hidden in this low-budget Canadian fantasy-adventure. During the dangerous journey, the Read More

The New Avengers: The Tale of the Big Why

Actors: Patrick Macnee, Gareth Hunt, Joanna Lumley, Derek Waring, Jenny Runacre

Synopsis: In exchange for providing valuable information to the government, a convict is set free. But no sooner has the prisoner set foot on the "outside" than he is mowed down by enemy gunfire. The New Avengers try to find out what he was going to tell, and why he was killed--with a tattered paperback Read More

Columbo: Troubled Waters

Synopsis: Lt. Columbo (Peter Falk) takes one of his rare vacations in the 90-minute mystery Troubled Waters. Even on a cruise ship, he can't seem to avoid murder. The victim this time is the singer in the ship's band. The top-billed special guest star is Robert Vaughn, so draw your own conclusions. Directed Read More

Matt Helm

Actors: Anthony Franciosa, Patrick Macnee, Ann Turkel, Gene Evans, Hari (Harry) Rhodes

Synopsis: In this detective adventure, the pilot episode for the short-livedTV series, suave Matt Helm gets involved with the smugglers who have been providing black market munitions to African mercenaries when he assigned to protect the life of a movie star. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Bloodsuckers

Actors: Peter Cushing

Synopsis: This badly-dated but interesting variant on the vampire subgenre is loosely based on the Simon Raven novel Doctors Wear Scarlet. The story details the seduction of an Oxford resident (Patrick Mower) into a satanic vampire society while studying in Greece. The chief twist here is that vampirism is Read More

Avengers: Who Was That Man I Saw You With?

Synopsis: Tara is accused of being in cahoots with an enemy agent. Given 24 hours to clear her of all charges, Steed runs up against one dead end after another. Meanwhile, the instigators of Tara's frame-up prepare to nuke London back to the stone age. Written by frequent Avengers guest star Jeremy Burnham Read More

Avengers: Killer

Actors: Patrick Macnee, Linda Thorson, Jennifer Croxton, Grant Taylor, William Franklyn

Synopsis: Mother suspects foul play when several of his best agents are found dead -- and neatly gift-wrapped. The villain of the piece is named Remak, an acronym for Remote Electro-Matic Agent Killer. With Tara on vacation, Steed must rely upon the assistance of glamorous agent Lady Diana Forbes-Blakeney Read More

Avengers: They Keep Killing Steed

Actors: Patrick Macnee, Linda Thorson, Ian Ogilvy, Ray McAnally, Norman Jones

Synopsis: A demented plastic surgeon creates a duplicate of John Steed, who has ostensibly been killed. Meanwhile, the real Steed, held captive by enemy agents, manages to escape. Racing against time, Steed must prevent his lookalike -- not to mention an additional battalion of Steed clones -- from Read More

Avengers: Thingumajig

Synopsis: During the excavation of an old Norman church, several top archeologists are killed. Upon further investigation, Steed and Tara discover that the dead men had been sapped of all their energy. The cause of this phenomenon is a tiny black box containing a deadly supercharge of electricity, which in Read More

Avengers: Invasion of the Earthmen

Actors: Patrick Macnee, Linda Thorson, William Lucas, Lucy Fleming, Christopher Chittell

Synopsis: Filmed in late 1967, this episode wasn't seen on British television until January 15, 1969, and even then it was beaten by its American TV premiere on March 27, 1968. The plot is motivated by an unusual school, designed to train civilian astronauts. When one of the "students" is found murdered Read More

Avengers: Homicide And Old Lace

Synopsis: Mother regales his two elderly aunts with the thrilling story of "The Great Great Britain Crime." It seems that a group of international criminals planned, Ocean's Eleven-style, to steal all Britain's great treasures simultaneously, using a phony missile attack on London as their cover. Only the Read More

Avengers: Love All

Synopsis: Someone is leaking confidential information from a top-secret missile department. The culprit would seem to be a beautiful woman (Veronica Strong) who has systematically seduced several department members -- all of whom subsequently turned up dead, after displaying some rather bizarre behavior. Read More

Avengers: You'll Catch Your Death

Actors: Patrick Macnee, Linda Thorson, Roland Culver, Valentine Dyall, Fulton Mackay

Synopsis: A sneezing epidemic claims the lives of several prominent ear-nose-throat specialists. The only clue tying the deaths together is an empty envelope, found at the scene of each tragedy. Steed and Tara manage to trace this slim lead to a sinister nursing school. Written by Jeremy Burnham (a frequent Read More

Avengers: Wish You Were Here

Actors: Patrick Macnee, Linda Thorson, Liam Redmond, Robert Urquhart, Brook Williams

Synopsis: Tara investigates when her uncle doesn't return from his vacation. Following the trail of evidence, she finds herself at a fancy hotel, where guests are permitted to stay as long as they like, but woe betide them if they ever try to leave! While attempting to rescue her uncle, Tara is herself Read More

Avengers: Fog

Synopsis: A legendary Jack the Ripper-type killer named the Gaslight Ghoul has apparently returned from the dead. Using the London fog as his cover, the Ghoul is systematically bumping off members of a world disarmament conference. Steed and Tara investigate this phenomenon, only to find themselves on the Read More

Avengers: Whoever Shot Poor George Oblique Stroke XR40?

Actors: Patrick Macnee, Linda Thorson, Dennis Price, Clifford Evans, Judy Parfitt

Synopsis: This exotically titled Avengers episode is a working of the 1962 "Cathy Gale" installment "The Big Thinker." The title character is a highly advanced computer that is "murdered" by a shotgun blast. The perpetrator of this outrage would seem to be the creator of the computer, but Steed thinks Read More

Avengers: Requiem

Synopsis: Steed is assigned to protect a key witness against the other side. Only Tara is informed of Steed's secret whereabouts, compelling the enemy to hatch an elaborate scheme to extract the necessary information from our heroine. In rapid succession, Tara is kidnapped, her flat is bombed, and her Read More

Avengers: The Curious Case of the Countless Clues

Actors: Tony Selby

Synopsis: Steed is the latest in a long line of aristocrats who have been accused of crimes thanks to carefully planted evidence. He also finds himself victimized by a blackmailer, who uses his ill-gotten gains to purchase works of art. Making matters worse, Steed cannot entirely rely on Tara for Read More

The Avengers: Season 07

Actors: Patrick Macnee, Linda Thorson

Synopsis: The seventh and final season of The Avengers is distinguished by major changes in the series' cast, production crew and format; it is also the series' longest season, running 33 episodes rather than the standard 26 at the behest of The Avengers' American distributors. With the defection of Diana Rigg Read More

Avengers: The Morning After

Synopsis: This time the villain is a treacherous double agent named Merlin (Peter Barkworth), who uses sleeping gas to elude his captors. Knocked cold by the snooze gas, Steed, Tara, and Merlin awaken in a deserted -- and heavily guarded -- small town. Handcuffed to Merlin, Steed must rely upon his aid to Read More

Avengers: Pandora

Synopsis: While visiting an antique shop, Tara is waylaid and chloroformed. Upon awakening, she finds that she has gone back in time to 1915, and that her name is Pandora (hence the episode's title). It is all part of a scheme hatched by a pair of avaricious nephews to discover the hidden location of their Read More

Avengers: The Interrogators

Actors: Patrick Macnee, Linda Thorson, Christopher Lee, David Sumner, Philip Bond

Synopsis: The title refers to a special course for secret agents, designed to determine how much brutal interrogation the candidates are able to withstand. Tara King is summoned to undergo the course, willing if not eager to subject herself to its exacting rigors. What Tara doesn't know is that every agent Read More

Avengers: False Witness

Actors: John Bennett, Tony Steedman

Synopsis: Accused of treason, an agent cannot rely upon the sole witness to his innocence, who insists upon contradicting every one of his previous statements. The cause of this phenomenon is a chemically altered form of milk, which induces people to lie uncontrollably. Steed and Tara attempt to neutralize Read More

Avengers: Take Me To Your Leader

Actors: Patrick Macnee, Linda Thorson, Patrick Barr, Patrick Newell, Michael Robbins

Synopsis: Several agents and innocent bystanders find themselves at the mercy of a talking briefcase, which barks out orders to deliver it to such-and-such an address, lest it explode and kill its bearer. It turns out that the briefcase contains secret documents, to be delivered to the other side's "Mr. Read More

Avengers: Split!

Actors: Patrick Macnee, Linda Thorson, Nigel Davenport, Julian Glover, Bernard Archard

Synopsis: Despite the security implicit in its name, the Ministry of Top Secret Information is the site of a brutal murder. This leads Steed and Tara to the inescapable conclusion that the Ministry harbors a traitor in its bosom. There's only one problem: The most logical suspect is a man whom Steed killed Read More

Avengers: Take-Over

Actors: Tom Adams

Synopsis: Steed pays a visit to some friends at their country estate, only to discover that the house has been taken over by enemy agents, and the homeowners are being held prisoner. It soon develops that an important peace conference is scheduled to be held next door. Despite the villains' heavy Read More

Avengers: Have Guns... Will Haggle

Synopsis: Much of this Avengers episode was comprised of footage from the never-seen installment "Invitation to a Killing," which was to have introduced the character of Tara King. The plot is set in motion by one Colonel Nsonga (Johnny Sekka), who has stolen 3,000 high-tech rifles in hopes of staging a Read More

Avengers: Game

Actors: Anthony Newlands

Synopsis: Several seemingly unrelated ex-military men are murdered, each while assembling a jigsaw puzzle. Steed and Tara soon discover that the victims all presided over the court-martial of one of their comrades, now presumed dead. Since Steed himself was also part of the court-martial tribunal, he Read More

Avengers: The Rotters

Actors: Patrick Macnee, Linda Thorson, Gerald Sim, Jerome Willis, Eric Barker

Synopsis: Steed and Tara are called in when several forestry experts are murdered. It turns out that the dead men had all stumbled onto a diabolical plan to destroy the earth's foliage with a strain of synthetic dry rot. As the villains try to hold up England for a billion pounds, the Avengers do battle Read More

Mister Jerico

Actors: Marty Allen, Herbert Lom, Patrick Macnee

Synopsis: Made for TV, Mister Jerico stars Patrick Macnee as smooth con artist Dudley Jerico. Marty Allen, the brillo-haired member of the Allen and Rossi comedy team, is good for a few laughs as Jerico's sidekick. The pair are in Malta to pull off a spectacular scam. Millionaire Herbert Lom is covetous of Read More

Avengers: My Wildest Dreams

Synopsis: Several board members of the Acme Precision Corporation are murdered, and Steed is on hand to witness each killing. The culprit appears to be a sleepwalker, but that's only part of the story. Investigating, Steed and Tara trace the clues to a demented psychologist -- who, in yet another twist, may Read More

Avengers: Get-A-Way

Synopsis: Several enemy agents escape from a top-security prison, determined to wreak vengeance against the persons responsible for their arrest. When two of Steed's friends are murdered by the escapees, he decides it is time to end the reign of terror once and for all. But the still-imprisoned leader of Read More

Avengers: Stay Tuned

Actors: Gary Bond, Kate O'Mara, Patrick Newell

Synopsis: Greeting Steed after his three-week vacation, Tara asks him if he enjoyed himself. Unfortunately, he can't say, because he has absolutely no memory of the past three weeks. Investigating this curious lapse of memory, Tara stumbles upon a plot to kill Mother -- with Steed in the thick of things. Read More

Avengers: All Done With Mirrors

Actors: Patrick Macnee, Linda Thorson, Dinsdale Landen, Peter Copley, Edwin Richfield

Synopsis: Steed is held on suspicion when several secrets are smuggled out of a tightly secured communications facility. While Steed is under "house arrest" at the luxurious digs of his superior Mother (Patrick Newell, making his series debut), Tara tries to trap the real traitor. She is "assisted" by an Read More

Avengers: Bizarre

Synopsis: The original Avengers series came to an end with this episode. It all begins when a woman clad only in a nightgown is found wandering around a snowy field insisting that she's seen a "live dead man". Steed and Tara follow this lead to a cemetary, where all the coffins are empty. In order to get to Read More

Avengers: The Super-Secret Cypher Snatch

Actors: Allan Cuthbertson, Ivor Dean, Patrick Newell

Synopsis: Steed and Tara investigate the murder of an agent from Cypher HQ. Their progress is stunted by the other Cypher personnel, who insist that they've never seen the dead man. Even so, someone is leaking secrets to the enemy, and the trail of clues leads to an offbeat window-cleaning service. Read More

The Avengers: The Forget-Me-Knot

Actors: Jeremy Burnham

Synopsis: Filmed during the production break between the sixth and seventh season of The Avengers, this episode served as the swan song for Emma Peel (Diana Rigg). . .and as an introduction to novice secret agent Tara King (Linda Thorson) (Though, technically, it was not the first episode in which Read More

Avengers: The See-Through Man

Synopsis: This time around, Steed and Peel come up against an "invisible man." Actually, he only feigns invisibility, but his deception is enough to nearly bankrupt the British government, as the villain merrily steals important documents on behalf of a pair of sinister foreign agents. Roy Kinnear, best Read More

Avengers: Something Nasty In The Nursery

Synopsis: An apparent security leak takes on bizarre dimensions when the suspected traitors begin behaving like little children. It turns out that each of the persons involved apparently had the same nanny in childhood. With this clue in hand, Steed and Emma infiltrate a nanny training school, where they Read More

Avengers: Return of the Cybernauts

Synopsis: The Avengers' sixth season opened with an exciting harkback to the classic third-season episode "The Cybernauts." The plot is set in motion by the brother of the man whose earlier attempt to use robotic technology to take over the British economy was foiled by Steed and Emma. Thirsting for Read More

Avengers: The Joker

Synopsis: Having written a book on bridge, Emma is invited to the country home of a fellow bridge enthusiast. It soons becomes painfully obvious that Emma has been lured into a trap, instigated by someone who has a major grudge against her. Brian Clemens' teleplay includes echoes of such earlier Read More

Avengers: The Living Dead

Synopsis: The plot of this episode is set in motion by the intense rivalry between FOG ("Friends of Ghosts") and SMOG ("Scientific Measurement of Ghosts"). When representatives of the two organizations head to a country church to investigate the sudden reappearance of a man long thought dead, Steed and Emma Read More

Avengers: Never, Never Say Die

Synopsis: Horror-film icon Christopher Lee guest stars in this Philip Levene-scripted Avengers episode. When British scientist Professor Stone (Lee), supposedly killed in an auto accident, suddenly shows up alive and healthy, Steed and Emma want to know why. Their curiosity is peaked when Stone subsequently Read More

Avengers: Murdersville

Actors: Patrick Macnee, Diana Rigg, Colin Blakely, John Ronane, Ronald Hines

Synopsis: A motor excursion with a childhood friend turns deadly for Emma when she arrives at the remote community of Little Storping in the Swuff. It soon turns out that every one of the local residents is a professional assassin. Assuming that Emma has been brought to the village as a potential victim Read More

Avengers: The Winged Avenger

Synopsis: A spoof of the superhero craze of the late 1960s, this episode gets under way when several businessmen are found clawed to death. All evidence seems to point to a comic-strip character called The Winged Avenger -- but that's impossible, isn't it? While trying to get to the truth of the matter Read More

Avengers: Mission...Highly Improbable

Actors: Patrick Macnee, Diana Rigg, Ronald Radd, Francis Matthews, Jane Merrow

Synopsis: The title sets the tone for what may well be the most incredible episode in the history of The Avengers. Steed and Emma are summoned to investigate when several people and a number of huge objects (including an armored tank) seemingly vanish. The cause of these disappearances is a newly developed Read More

Avengers: The Superlative Seven

Synopsis: Invited to an airborne costume party, Steed and six other guests find themselves stranded on a desert island. The castaways then learn that there's a highly trained assassin in their midst. As the festivities degenerate into a campy replay of Ten Little Indians, Emma tries to figure out a means of Read More

Avengers: The Positive-Negative Man

Actors: Caroline Blakiston, Peter Blythe

Synopsis: A top-secret government project to broadcast electricity on radio waves is suddenly cancelled. Even so, several people are found burned to death, apparently the results of the aborted project. It's all the handiwork of a disgruntled -- and artificially superpowered -- scientist, whom Steed and Read More

Avengers: Death's Door

Synopsis: During an important conference, a key delegate suddenly runs out of the building and into the street, where he is promptly killed by an automobile. It turns out that the dead man had had premonitions of just such a tragedy, and all the other delegates have had similar premonitions. It's up to Read More

Avengers: The Correct Way to Kill

Actors: Diana Rigg

Synopsis: Steed is accused of masterminding the murders of several enemy agents. Calling a truce with the "other side," Steed tries to unmask the actual culprit (who is a member of an organization appropriately called The Third Party), with the assistant of statuesque Russian agent Olga (the always Read More

Avengers: Epic

Actors: Diana Rigg

Synopsis: Despite the silliness of its premise, this Avengers episode is a winner all the way, thanks in no small part to its top-drawer supporting cast. Lured to a deserted movie studio, Emma finds herself at the mercy of demented producer Z.Z. Von Schnerk (Kenneth J. Warren) and washed-up film idols Read More

Avengers: Dead Man's Treasure

Actors: Diana Rigg

Synopsis: Steed and Emma attend an auto rally where they participate in a car treasure hunt. But it isn't all fun and games: our hero and heroine are searching for a valuable object, hidden in one of the cars by a murdreed agent. This is the one with the deadly "thrill-ride" sequence, with Emma as the Read More

Avengers: You Have Just Been Murdered

Synopsis: An organization specializing in extortion manages to extract money from nervous millionaires by demonstrating how easy it would be to commit murder. The mastermind behind these simulated killings is Nathaniel Needle (George Murcell), who makes it plain that he's just as capable of pulling off the Read More

Avengers: The Hidden Tiger

Actors: Diana Rigg

Synopsis: Steed and Emma are summoned to investigate when several businessmen and a few prize bulls are found mauled to death. The culprit would seem to be a "big cat" of some sort, obliging Steed to go on a safari to find the answers. But it is Emma who finds herself in the thick of it, thanks to a curious Read More

Avengers: Escape in Time

Actors: Diana Rigg

Synopsis: Several notorious criminals have disappeared without a trace. Assigned to get to the bottom of this mystery, Steed and Emma discover that the miscreants have escaped capture with the aid of a time machine. This is the episode in which Emma, dressed in the "latest" 17th century garb, finds herself Read More

Avengers: The 50,000 Pound Breakfast

Actors: Diana Rigg

Synopsis: X-rays of a car crash victim reveal that the man had a stomach full of valuable diamonds. Naturally, Steed and Emma are called in to investigate. They follow clues all the way to the prestigious Litoff Organization, a group of financiers with an agenda all their own. First telecast in England on Read More

Avengers: Who's Who?

Synopsis: The Avengers' fifth season came to a rousing finale with this episode. Steed and Emma are impersonated by a pair of enemy agents named Basil and Lola (Freddie Jones, and Patricia Haines). Things get hairier when the two imposters utilize a futuristic brain-transfer device to swap their minds with Read More

Avengers: The House That Jack Built

Actors: Diana Rigg

Synopsis: Originally telecast in England on March 5, 1966, this was one of the first Avengers episodes to show up on home video (albeit usually in bad, washed-out prints). Inheriting a country house from an uncle she never knew she had, Emma shows up at her new lodgings, only to find out that she has been Read More

Avengers: The Girl from Auntie

Actors: Diana Rigg

Synopsis: Though its title suggests a spoof of The Man from U.N.C.L.E., this Avengers episode actually concerns a young woman named Georgie Price-Jones (Liz Fraser), who for reasons unknown is pretending to be Emma Peel. This is annoying enough, but when several people of Georgie's acquaintance turn up Read More

Avengers: Room Without A View

Synopsis: Missing for two years, a scientist suddenly returns to his home, only to immediate vanish again. Aware that the poor man had been brainwashed, perhaps by the Chinese, Steed goes undercover to get to the truth. He ends up in the hotel owned by Max Chessman (Paul Whitsun-Jones). Meanwhile, Emma is Read More

Avengers: Honey For the Prince

Synopsis: The attempted assassination of a Middle Eastern potentate is tied in with a company specializing in making fantasies come true. In order to verify this link, Steed becomes a boon companion to the potentate, while Emma joins the ruler's harem. The sight of Diana Rigg in a flimsy harem costume Read More

Avengers: How To Succeed...At Murder

Synopsis: Steed and Emma investigate when several top executives are murdered, and their secretaries are given major promotions. The cause of it all is an aggressively anti-male band of secretaries, led by a puppet named Henrietta. To flush out the villainesses, Steed poses as a big businessman, while Emma Read More

Avengers: What The Butler Saw

Synopsis: Steed infiltrates a school for butlers in order to unmask a traitor. While he is being drilled in the finer points of silent servitude, Emma attempts to charm her way into the heart of a suspected turncoat who is also a notorious lecher. If any doubts still lingered that The Avengers was not Read More

Avengers: The Danger Makers

Actors: Diana Rigg

Synopsis: Why are a group of otherwise reserved middle-aged military officers suddenly behaving like teenaged delinquents and performing dangerous stunts which invariably result in death? Steed wants to find out, and to do so, he rejoins his regiment. Ultimately, Steed is himself targeted for death, forcing Read More

Avengers: A Touch of Brimstone

Actors: Diana Rigg

Synopsis: A series of elaborate practical jokes result in humilation for a number of top British and Iron Curtain officials. When one of the jokes turns deadly, Steed and Emma are called upon to investigate. It turns out that the cause of all the trouble is an exclusive organization known as the Hellfire Read More

Avengers: The Thirteenth Hole

Synopsis: A golf course turns into a killing ground for an unfortunate British agent. Investigating, Steed and Emma discover that the course is actually a front (or, technically, a "top") for an enemy espionage base. The foresighted villains use satellite technology -- then very much in its infancy -- to Read More

Avengers: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Station

Actors: Diana Rigg, James Hayter

Synopsis: While searching for a missing agent, Steed and Emma board a fast-moving train. Little do they know that the conductor harbors an intense hatred for the British Prime Minister. Before our hero and heroine reach their destination, they are forced to deal with an assassination attempt, masterminded Read More

Avengers: A Sense of History

Actors: Diana Rigg

Synopsis: A prestigious university is the site for skullduggery when a noted economist is murdered while working on a plan to eliminate all forms of poverty. Arriving on the campus of Saint Bodes University to investigate, Steed and Emma discover that the place is festooned with suspicious characters Read More

Avengers: The Murder Market

Actors: Diana Rigg

Synopsis: Steed and Emma investigate when several clients of a marriage bureau are suddenly and inexplcably murdered. It turns out that the agency also sidelines in assassination -- but only for "select" customers. Naturally, it is Emma who bears the brunt of the villains' wrath. . .and this time, she Read More

Avengers: The Town of No Return

Synopsis: Diana Rigg made her first Avengers appearance as lissome "amateur agent" Emma Peel in this episode, which was originally broadcast on October 2, 1965. Written by Brian Clemens, the episode takes place in the village of Little Bazeley by the Sea, where several agents have vanished without a trace. Read More

Avengers: Too Many Christmas Trees

Synopsis: Originally (and appropriately) telecast in England on December 25, 1965, this episode was written by Tony Williamson. Plagued by terrible nightmares which seem to be coming true, a rattled Steed asks Emma to accompany him to a Christmas party. Hosting the festivities is Brandon Storey (Mervyn Johns Read More

Avengers: The Hour That Never Was

Synopsis: Invited to attend a party at an air base, Steed and Emma arrive to find the place deserted. Suddenly, Steed is knocked unconscious; when he awakens, the base is crowded with revellers, but Emma is nowhere to be found. Even more disconcerting is the "fact" that Steed has apparently gone back in Read More

Avengers: A Surfeit of H2O

Actors: Diana Rigg

Synopsis: A series of unusual rainstorms have resulted in several deaths. Sent to investigate this phenomenon, Steed and Emma come across an eccentric German scientist named -- believe it or not -- Dr. Sturm (Albert Levien). Before they are able to neutralize Sturm's rainmaking machine, Steed is nearly Read More

Avengers: The Master Minds

Synopsis: A highly respected government minister is caught trying to steal top-secret documents. Figuring that there's more to the story than meets the eye, Steed poses as a "genius" and joins an exclusive club for intellectuals in which the supposed traitor was also a member. Meanwhile, Emma is subjected Read More

Avengers: Look (Stop Me If You've Heard This One) But There Were These Two Fellers

Synopsis: Steed and Tara investigate when the directors of Project Cupid, a top-secret construction project, are being systematically murdered. The culprit turns out to be a has-been vaudeville comedian, who resents the fact that Project Cupid plans to demolish a number of old music halls. Captured by the Read More

Avengers: Noon Doomsday

Synopsis: Recovering from a broken leg at a private convalescent home, Steed soon learns that he is being stalked by a mysterious assailant. The would-be killer turns out to be an old enemy, who intends to kill Steed exactly seven years after he himself was thrown in jail. Physically unable to repel his Read More

Avengers: From Venus with Love

Actors: Diana Rigg

Synopsis: Steed and Emma are called on the scene when several members of the British Venusian Society, an astronomical organization, suddenly die of extreme old age. It turns out that all of the dead stargazers had been looking directly at Venus, which, according to "expert" testimony, is poised to invade Read More

Avengers: Legacy of Death

Synopsis: No sooner has Steed inherited an ornate dagger from an unknown benefactor than he is besieged by mysterious characters who offer him enormous sums of money and other tantalizing inducements to hand the dagger over to them. Things go from mildly amusing to highly dangerous when several of the Read More

Avengers: Castle De'ath

Synopsis: Steed and Emma are put on the case when the body of an agent -- four inches taller than he was in life -- is discovered. Their investigation leads to Castle De'ath, a formidable (and, reportedly, haunted) Scottish castle. While Emma poses as a woman determined to transform the castle into a Read More

Avengers: Man-Eater of Surrey Green

Synopsis: Steed and Emma investigate when several top British horticulturists suddenly vanish. It's all part of a master scheme to take over the world -- and the instigator may very well be from out of this world. As indicated by the title, the Avengers ultimately find themselves at the mercy of a Read More

Avengers: Rotters

Avengers: The Fear Merchants

Actors: Diana Rigg

Synopsis: The gap between the British and American telecast of the individual Avengers episodes narrowed considerably during the series' fifth season; this episode appeared on American television a scant six days after its British TV debut. Steed and Peel investigate the mysterious deaths of several top Read More

Avengers: Two's a Crowd

Actors: Diana Rigg

Synopsis: Regular viewers were in for a jolt when, early in the proceedings of the December 18, 1965, episode "Two's a Crowd," hero John Steed was killed right before their eyes. Actually, the dead man was a double of Steed, an enemy agent hired by a mysterious masterspy known as Psev. As the real Read More

Avengers: Silent Dust

Actors: Diana Rigg

Synopsis: For reasons unknown, a certain species of birds -- the martlets -- is disappearing from the face of the earth. Investigating this curious turn of events, as well as a sudden rash of crop failures, Steed and Emma cross the path of a most politically incorrect gentleman, who is in a cahoots with a Read More

Avengers: Small Game for Big Hunters

Actors: Diana Rigg, Bill Fraser

Synopsis: When a British farmer lapses into a coma, it appears to be the byproduct of a voodoo curse. Sent to the jungles of Kalaya to investigate, Steed uncovers a long-range plan to eliminate all Englishmen in the vicinity. The villains' principal weapons are superstition and a highly developed species of Read More

Avengers: Death at Bargain Prices

Actors: Diana Rigg, T.P. McKenna

Synopsis: Emma goes undercover as a department store clerk when a sales receipt is found on the body of a murdered agent. She is backed up by Steed, who poses as an efficiency expert. In their own inimitable fashion, the Avengers discover a plot to blow up London -- with the department store itself as the Read More

Avengers: Dial a Deadly Number

Actors: Diana Rigg, Jan Holden

Synopsis: Another classic "Emma Peel" installment, this episode was first telecast in England on December 4, 1965. A series of mysterious deaths in the upper circles of International Finance have caused a great deal of panic among investors. Hoping to locate the source of all the trouble, Steed and Emma go Read More

Avengers: The Gravediggers

Actors: Diana Rigg

Synopsis: One of the most famous of all Avengers episodes, this is a loopy send-up of vintage movie serials. It all begins with the mysterious blackout of an early warning radar system. Steed and Emma's investigation leads them to a hospital run by elderly railway men. Upon learning the truth behind this Read More

Avengers: The Quick-Quick-Slow Death

Actors: Diana Rigg, Eunice Gayson

Synopsis: A runaway baby carriage rolls to a halt, revealing that it carries a dead body. Following the trail of clues, Steed and Emma wind up at a dancing school, which is actually the headquarters of an organization that enables enemy spies to infiltrate England. Posing respectively as a potential Read More

Avengers: The Bird Who Knew Too Much

Actors: Diana Rigg, Ron Moody

Synopsis: Future Oliver! costar Ron Moody adds most of the spice to this above-average fifth-season Avengers episode. Moody plays Jordan, one of several people involved in a plot to smuggle military secrets to the Enemy by way of a parrot named Captain Crusoe. In the course of the Avengers' investigation Read More

Avengers: The Cybernauts

Actors: Diana Rigg

Synopsis: A classic Avengers entry, this episode originally aired in England on October 16, 1965. Several industrialists are murdered by what appears to be a super-strong karate expert. Sent to investigate the killings, Steed and Emma discover that the murderer is actually a gigantic robot, the creation of Read More

Avengers: The Trojan Horse

Synopsis: A horse stable turns out to be the headquarters of a highly sophisticated murder-for-hire service. Hoping to beard the crooks in their den, Steed employs the services of a valuable race horse. Cathy joins in the scheme when she takes a job with a bookmaking operation -- and, in the words of the Read More

Avengers: The White Elephant

Synopsis: How could anyone steal a huge albino elephant? To solve the mystery, Cathy poses as a hunter and pays a visit to Noah's Arc, a game preserve specializing in supplying animals to zoos. Meanwhile, Steed picks up a few stray clues, including a most unusual pair of handcuffs. Written by John Read More

Avengers: The Secrets Broker

Synopsis: The murder of a secret agent appears to be tied in with a seemingly normal suburban wine shop. Following the evidence trail, Steed finds that the shop conceals a photographic darkroom. As an upshot, Cathy finds herself attending a séance conducted by a spirtualist (Alice Landon) who sidelines in Read More

Avengers: Mandrake

Synopsis: Steed suspects that something's amiss when one of his old friends, a wealthy businessman, is buried in an out-of-the-way Cornish village. Several other deceased millionaires have likewise chosen this burial site, and it just doesn't add up. Conducting an investigation, Steed and Gale uncover a Read More

Avengers: The Wringer

Synopsis: Assigned to investigate the disappearance of five fellow agents, Steed ends up being accused of their murders. Alas, the only person able to prove his innocence has completely lost his memory. Acting on her own volition, Cathy tries to get to the truth herself and learns a few unpleasant facts Read More

Avengers: Build A Better Mousetrap

Synopsis: Producer-writer Brian Clemens was in top form with this episode, which originally aired on February 15, 1964. Cathy Gale adds to her already impressive leather wardrobe when she joins a motorcycle gang. No, she hasn't "gone punk," she's merely trying to help Steed find the location of an insidious Read More

Avengers: The Charmers

Synopsis: First telecast on February 29, 1964, this episode was penned by Avengers stalwart Brian Clemens. Steed finds himself under suspicion when several enemy agents are killed off in a short period of time. In order to clear himself and avert an international incident, Steed works side by side with the Read More

Avengers: Espirit De Corps

Synopsis: Cathy is informed that she is of royal blood -- and in fact is next in line for the British throne. Unfortunately, her only chance of assuming her proper place in life is if an impending military coup is successful. It is up to Steed to prevent that coup. . .but can he rely upon Cathy's Read More

Avengers: Concerto

Synopsis: Nigel Stock guest stars as a Soviet pianist who has been implicated in an unsavory murder case. In order to save his reputation -- and his life -- the pianist must kill a visiting dignitary. Normally, Steed would be racing to the pianist's rescue; this time, however, he finds himself an unwilling Read More

Avengers: The Outside-In Man

Synopsis: Unable to assassinate a British traitor, the government is forced to deal with the man in an upcoming round of arms negotiations. Though he despises the assignment, Steed must protect the traitor from harm. He has his work cut out for him. The man originally assigned to kill the turncoat, long Read More

Avengers: The Little Wonders

Synopsis: When a country clergyman is found dead with a gun and a roll of microfilm in his possession, Steed poses as the man's replacement. This enables him to gain access to the venerable crime organization Bibliotek, at present locked in a power struggle. This episode marks the second time that Read More

Avengers: Brief For Murder

Synopsis: The third season of The Avengers arrived with the happy news that Cathy Gale would henceforth be John Steed's full-time partner, displacing such second-season "temps" as Venus Smith (Julie Stevens) and Dr. Martin King (Jon Rollason). Even so, the first episode of the season, "Brief for Murder," Read More

Avengers: The Golden Fleece

Synopsis: Steed searches high and low for Mister Lo (Robert Lee), an infamous gold smuggler. His investigation leads to a group of disgruntled military men who use their ill-gotten gains for a surprisingly worthy cause. Elements essential to the plot include a mysterious check for 5,000 pounds, a Chinese Read More

Avengers: The Medicine Men

Synopsis: Cathy dons an eye-patch when she goes undercover as part of a plan to expose an insidious black-market pharmaceutical ring. The plot thickens when it is learned that one of the villains intends to wage biological warfare in the Middle East -- the better to foment widespread anti-British sentiment. Read More

Avengers: The Grandeur That Was Rome

Synopsis: Steed and Cathy investigate a rash of mysterious crop failures in Europe, Asia, and England. The trail of clues leads to the headquarters of the World Empire Party, a cult that worships the glories of ancient Rome. The head of the cult is Bruno (Hugh Burden), a self-styled Caesar bent on taking Read More

Avengers: Death of a Batman

Synopsis: The "batman" referred to in the title was not of the Caped Crusader variety, but instead the former valet to John Steed. When the man in question, who after WWII worked as a humble printer's assistant, leaves behind an estate worth over half a million pounds, Steed investigates. It turns out that Read More

Avengers: Don't Look Behind You

Synopsis: Invited to visit the country estate of a renowned historian, Cathy discovers that her host has vanished and that his highly suspicous ward (Janine Gray) has taken his place. Before long, Cathy finds herself being stalked by a shadowy assassin. Will Steed arrive in time to save Cathy from a grisly Read More

Avengers: Dressed To Kill

Synopsis: First telecast in England on December 28, 1963, this episode begins with a missile attack on England, which fortunately proves to be a fake. Wondering why only one of the country's radar stations failed to report the attack, Steed purchases some valuable property bordering that station. Shortly Read More

Avengers: November Five

Synopsis: One-and-a-half seconds after his election, a muckraking politician is murdered. Hoping to get to the bottom of the mystery, Steed arranges for Cathy to take the dead man's place. But it turns out that the "murder victim" is very much alive, and he intends to detonate a nuclear warhead in London on Read More

Avengers: Death a la Carte

Synopsis: In London for a medical checkup, Emir Abdulla Akaba (Henry Soskin) is murdered by a person or persons unknown. This proves embarrassing for Steed and Cathy, who'd been assigned to protect the Emir. Still in disguise as a hotel chef and social secretary, the Avengers try to determine who knocked Read More

Avengers: The Undertakers

Synopsis: The reclusive millionaire whom Steed was assigned to escort to New York has been spirited away to a private nursing home -- in a coffin. Investigating these mysterious goings-on, Cathy gets a job at the same home. Finally locating the missing person, Cathy discovers that the man has been replaced Read More

Avengers: Man With Two Shadows

Synopsis: There's a rumor afoot that several top British agents have been replaced by doubles. Sent to investigate, Steed promptly disappears, whereupon his double shows up in his place. Ordered to kill the false Steed, Cathy has a devillish time trying to determine which twin is the phony. The Read More

Avengers: Second Sight

Synopsis: Steed is assigned to transport a shipment of live corneas to Switzerland to be used in a delicate eye-graft operation. But when one of the surgeons involved is murdered, Steed and Cathy uncover a sinister plot involving a sightless millionaire (John Carson). Also figuring in on the proceedings is Read More

Avengers: The Nutshell

Synopsis: Someone has broken into an "impenetrable" underground spy headquarters and microfilmed a valuable document. The subsequent investigation reveals the startling "fact" that John Steed was in on the caper. While Steed languishes in prison, Cathy tries to get at the truth by trailing the beautiful Read More

Avengers: The Gilded Cage

Synopsis: For reasons which remain unclear until the episode's midway point, Steed and Cathy enlist the aid of veteran criminal J. P. Spagge (Patrick Magee) to rob a bank of three million pounds. Even more confusing is the fact that Cathy is subsequently arrested for Spagge's murder. Even when an Read More

Avengers: Dead On Course

Synopsis: There's something fishy about the fact that an airliner crash took place near an Irish convent -- especially since it was one of several similar crashes occuring in the same vicinity. Investigating this phenomenon, Steed and Dr. King find that the local nuns are tightlipped and uncooperative, and Read More

Avengers: School For Traitors

Synopsis: Investigating a series of student suicides at a prestigious university, Steed soon discovers that the deaths were all murders. He further learns that the cause of it all is a secret political organization that strong-arms students into joining its ranks. Posing as a coed, Steed's assistant Venus Read More

Avengers: Death Dispatch

Synopsis: Steed and Cathy are sent to Jamaica to investigate the murder of a British courier. Compounding the mystery is the fact that the courier was carrying papers of no major importance. The Avengers end up following the clue trail to Buenos Aires, where they come up against a most unexpected opponent. Read More

Avengers: Six Hands Across A Table

Synopsis: Cathy falls in love with the widowed father of one of her oldest friends. Little does she know that her current amour, a prominent shipbuilder, is at the center of a scheme to control all British ship manufacturing -- and he's not above murder to achieve his goal. This time around, John Read More

Avengers: Death On The Rocks

Synopsis: London's federation of diamond merchants is being plagued by a vicious gang of smugglers. Steed and Cathy pose as husband-and-wife gem dealers in hopes of flushing out the villains. Ultimately, Cathy is targetted for death by the smugglers, but here as elsewhere, she proves to be up to the Read More

Avengers: Death of a Great Dane

Synopsis: Discovered lying on the side of a road, an auto crash victim turns out to have a fortune in diamonds hidden in his stomach. Following the trail of evidence, Steed and Cathy discover that the estate of a dying philanthropist is slowly and methodically being stolen and smuggled out of the country. Read More

Avengers: Conspiracy of Silence

Synopsis: Cathy poses as a journalist to find out why a circus clown (Robert Rietty) is trying to murder Steed. It turns out that the clown is a functionary of the Mafia, and that Steed is getting too close for comfort to the "organization's" American drug-smuggling operation. It also turns out that the Read More

Avengers: Propellant 23

Synopsis: The title of this Avengers episode refers to a new liquid rocket fuel. Assigned to rendezvous with the man delivering the fuel to the Government, Steed and Cathy discover that the man has been murdered. They spend the rest of the episode trying to wrest the fuel from the hands of enemy agents Read More

Avengers: The Decapod

Synopsis: "The Decapod" is the professional name of a wrestling champion who the Avengers suspect of being an assassin. When the secretary of a Balkan ambassador is murdered, Steed's assistant Venus Smith (Julie Stevens) takes the dead woman's place. Trailing the killers, Venus ends up at a professional Read More

Avengers: The Golden Eggs

Synopsis: Steed suspects that there's more than meets the eye when a scientist's lab is broken into but not robbed -- at least, not obviously robbed. Investigating, Steed and Cathy follow the trail of evidence to the "golden eggs" of the title, each of which contains a deadly viral microbe. Racing Read More

Avengers: A Chorus of Frogs

Synopsis: Vacationing in Greece, Steed is asked to investigate the death of a deep-sea diver, a member of an elite corps known as the Frogs. Suspecting that the victim was murdered by one of the passengers on a Mediterranean ocean liner, Steed secretes himself aboard the vessel, where his off-and-on partner Read More

Avengers: Bullseye

Synopsis: Going undercover, Cathy Gale joins the board of directors of a highly suspicious munitions firm. It's all part of a master scheme to infiltrate an organization specializing in smuggling and assassination. But before she can put all the pieces together and trap the head villains, Cathy is herself Read More

Avengers: The Big Thinker

Synopsis: The title of this episode refers to a huge futuristic computer named Plato. When the computer is sabotaged and one of its creators is murdered, Cathy is dispatched to the scene to investigate. Wondering why she's been given a solo assignment, Cathy is unaware that Steed is monitoring her every Read More

Avengers: Box of Tricks

Synopsis: Steed's erstwhile assistant Venus Smith (Julie Stevens) is hired as a singer on the same nightclub bill with a mysterious magician. When the magician's assistant is killed, Venus and Steed investigate. It turns out that the club is being used as a clearing house for smuggled NATO secrets, and that Read More

Avengers: Intercrime

Synopsis: Wounded during a robbery, a two-bit thief awakens in Steed's apartment. After intense interrogation, the thief lets slip that he is a small cog in a huge world-wide crime syndicate. In order to infiltrate the villains' headquarters, Cathy poses as German criminal Hilda Stern, who at present is Read More

Avengers: Killer Whale

Synopsis: The Avengers' second season came to a close with this episode, which originally aired on March 23, 1963. Written by John Lucarotti, the plot concerns an effort to smuggle valuable ambergris. Steed and Cathy become part of the action in a circuitous manner, when Cathy agrees to manage an Read More

Avengers: Immortal Clay

Synopsis: An industrial spy is found murdered in an out-of-the-way pottery factory. Posing as an author, Cathy investigates the killing, which is tied in with a secret formula for an unbreakable ceramic. Alas, Cathy herself is most breakable, and she has quite a time remaining in one piece before Steed Read More

Avengers: Warlock

Synopsis: After lapsing into a comatose state, a rocket scientist suddenly disappears from view. Investigating the situation, Steed and Cathy discover that the missing scientist was deeply influenced by the occult. When the man is found dead, the Avengers immerse themselves in the world of Black Magic to Read More

Avengers: Traitor In Zebra

Synopsis: It's possible that a traitor stationed at a top-secret naval base is causing malfunctions every time an experimental tracking system is tested. The man accused of treachery pleads innocence, and Steed believes him. Posing as a military psychiatrist and a chemist, Steed and Gale set a trap for the Read More

Avengers: Mr. Teddy Bear

Synopsis: Honor Blackman made her first Avengers appearance as leather-clad "talented amateur" Cathy Gale in this episode, which originally aired on September 29, 1962. The plot begins to thicken when a contract is put out on John Steed -- by none other than his new partner, Cathy Gale. No, it's not an act Read More

Avengers: Mission To Montreal

Synopsis: Giving up her career after her stand-in is murdered, alcoholic film star Carla Berotti (Patricia English) takes the first ship to Canada. Here she is blackmailed into acting as a courier for her husband, a double agent. It so happens that Carla's personal physician is Dr. Martin King (Jon Read More

Avengers: The Removal Men

Synopsis: The title refers to a terrifyingly efficient team of professional assassins. Headquartered on the Riviera, the killers welcome a new member to their fold -- John Steed. But despair not, Avengers fans: Steed is merely trying to catch the villains "in the act." Unfortunately, Steed's assistant Venus Read More

Avengers: The Sell-Out

Synopsis: Several United Nations delegates have been murdered just before partaking in a round of top-secret mideast negotiations, leading Steed to conclude that there's a traitor in the ranks of his own organization. To prove his thesis, he poses as the UN delegate whom he has been assigned to protect. Read More

Avengers: The White Dwarf

Synopsis: The title refers to an astronomical phenomenon that might bring about the end of the world. The only scientist who knows for certain what's in store for mankind is brutally murdered, bringing Steed and Cathy in on the case. As the Avengers elude various villains and sidestep government cover-ups Read More

Avengers: Man In The Mirror

Synopsis: While snapping photographs at an amusement park, Steed's erstwhile associate Venus Smith (Julie Stevens) photographs a British cypher expert. Unfortunately, the man is a traitor, and with the help of his wife, he has previously faked his own suicide. In order to cover his tracks, the traitor must Read More

Avengers: The Mauritius Penny

Synopsis: The "gimmick" in this Avengers episode is a rare postage stamp. When a famed stamp collector is killed, Steed and Cathy head to a philatelic convention, where the aforementioned stamp is about to be auctioned off for a ridiculously low price. The convention turns out to be a front for a radical Read More

Avengers: The Frighteners

Synopsis: This episode was originally telecast May 27, 1961. The title refers to an organization that specializes in "persuading" people to do their bidding via brutal beatings. The head of the crooks is a man called The Deacon (Willoughby Goddard). The current target for the Frighteners is a man who Read More

Avengers: Double Danger

Synopsis: While ministering to the wounds of a dying diamond thief, Dr. Keel sets a trap for his patient's partner. The plan backfires when the accomplice, convinced that Keel knows where the stolen diamonds are hidden, kidnaps the doctor's assitant Carol Wilson. Meanwhile, John Steed is conspicuous by his Read More

Avengers: The Far Distant Dead

Synopsis: While returning from a vacation in Chile, Dr. Keel tries to help the victims of a cyclone in Mexico. He soon stumbles onto a particularly nasty example of industrial pollution. Another doctor swears vengeance against the wealthy financier responsible for this ecological outrage, forcing Keel to Read More

Avengers: The Tunnel of Fear

Synopsis: Keel discovers that vital government secrets are being smuggled out of a seedy funhouse at Southend. Taking a job at the funhouse, Steed is captured and placed aboard The Ghost Train, the method of transportation used by the enemy. As Keel rushes to Steed's rescue, the latter calmly manages to Read More

Avengers: The Yellow Needle

Synopsis: Steed investigates when African leader Sir Wilbuforce Lungi (Andre Dekar) is nearly assassinated during a diplomatic visit to London. Heading to Lungi's homeland, Steed discovers that the person behind the plot is the leader's "trusted" female assistant. Dr. Keel is brought into the proceedings Read More

Avengers: Hot Snow

Synopsis: Originally telecast January 7, 1961, this very first episode of The Avengers was one of the few that "justified" the series' title. When his fiancée is murdered by drug couriers, Dr. David Keel becomes frustrated by the police's inability to solve the case. Enlisting the aid of secret agent John Read More

Avengers: Dragonsfield

Synopsis: Having recently left The Avengers, Ian Hendry (aka Dr. Keel) is conspicuous by his absence in this episode. Going it alone this time around, Steed is assigned to a spacecraft center where radiation shields are being manufactured. One of the scientists has somehow been exposed to radiation, and it Read More

Avengers: Square Root of Evil

Synopsis: Hoping to break up a counterfeiting ring, Steed takes the place of a forger who is about to be released from prison. Steed's partner Dr. Keel remains in the sidelines awaiting further instructions, which may never come if Steed is unable to elude the other counterfeiters, who hover around him Read More

Avengers: Death On the Slipway

Synopsis: A British secret service agent is killed near a nuclear submarine dry dock. Hoping to solve the murder, Steed poses as a metalurgist and heads to the shipyard himself. Here he comes face to face with his old enemy Kolchek (Peter Arne), whose plans go far beyond simple one-on-one murder. Nyree Dawn Porter Read More

Avengers: Diamond Cut Diamond

Synopsis: Posing as a crooked airline steward, Steed is able to join an international diamond smuggling ring. After arriving in New York, he is accused of killing a girl in a traffic accident and cannot account for his actions during the tragedy. Suspecting that Steed has been drugged, Keel investigates Read More

Avengers: The Radioactive Man

Synopsis: Steed swings into action when the janitor (Geroge Pravda) at a medical research lab steals a vial of radiactive material. The search becomes even more intense when Keel discovers that the stolen vial will soon kill the janitor and everyone else with whom he comes in contact. Meanwhile, the thief Read More

Avengers: One For The Mortuary

Synopsis: Unbeknownst to Keel, Steed uses him as the courier for a new medical formula, printed on a tiny microdot. Arriving at a Swiss medical convention, Keel hands over his conference card (containing the microdot, of course) to a young lady of his acquaintance. Thus the girl finds her life in danger Read More

Avengers: The Deadly Air

Synopsis: Steed and Keel investigate when tests of an experimental vaccine result in a deadly disease. The two agents learn that a scientist, jealous of the inventor of the vaccine, is responsible for the biological disaster. Believing that Steed has been infected by it, Keel races against time to find an Read More

Avengers: The Springers

Synopsis: Several prison convicts escape within a short space of time, leading Steed to conclude that someone is running an organization specializing in "springing" inmates ahead of schedule. Going undercover as a prisoner, Dr. Keel traces the clues to a finishing school for young women. Another of Steed's Read More

The Avengers: Season 01

Actors: Patrick Macnee, Ian Hendry

Synopsis: Although Patrick Macnee was already comfortably installed as erudite, bowler-hatted British secret agent John Steed, the first season of The Avengers bore but scant resemblance to the later internationally popular version teaming Macnee with Diana Rigg and Linda Thorson. For one thing, the Read More

Avengers: Brought To Book

Synopsis: Still on the trail of drug kingpin Ronnie Vance, Dr. Keel goes undercover to join Vance's gang at the suggestion of secret agent, John Steed. Threatened with death from a narcotics-laden hypodermic, Vance confesses to the murder of Keel's fiancée. Much to Steed's delight, Keel agrees to remain as Read More

Avengers: Toy Trap

Synopsis: Keel investigates when the roommate of one of his female patients mysteriously disappears. It turns out that the girl was spirited away by a prostitution ring operating out of a "respectable" hotel. At Keel's behest, another of the victim's girlfriends agrees to pose as a call girl, while John Read More

Avengers: Hunt The Man Down

Synopsis: Originally scheduled as a live telecast on March 18, 1961, this Avengers episode was instead committed to videotape and broadcast on April 8. Steed and Keel put a tail on recently released convict Frank Preston, hoping that he will lead them to the money that he stole. But before Preston can reach Read More

Avengers: Dead of Winter

Synopsis: A frozen body is discovered in a shipment of beef -- and it's all the handiwork of a neo-Nazi group called the Phoenix. Assigned to infiltrate the organization, Keel discovers that one of its members has perfected a method of cryogenics. Alas, his true identity is revealed, whereupon Keel is Read More

Avengers: Nightmare

Synopsis: Dr. Keel investigates the disappearance of one of his patients' husbands, a noted scientist working on a hush-hush government project. Suspecting that there's dirty work afoot, Steed convinces Keel to impersonate the missing scientist. Complicating matters is the fact that one of the villains' Read More

Avengers: Crescent Moon

Synopsis: Suspecting that he has been slated for murder by his avaricious wife, Caribbean dictator General Mendoza fakes his own death. To keep his daughter Carmelite (Bandana Das Gupta) out of harm's way, Mendoza arranges for her to be kidnapped. Steed and Keel are brought into the case when Carmelite is Read More

Avengers: Dance With Death

Synopsis: Accused of murdering one of his patients, Keel turns to Steed for help. The latter suspects that the real culprit is the dead woman's business partner. Unfortunately, the killer is on the verge of striking again, using his favorite modus operandi: a radio "accidentally" tossed in a bathtub. Read More

Avengers: Please Don't Feed The Animals

Synopsis: After six weeks of live telecasts, The Avengers went back to videotape with this episode, which was originally broadcast on April 1, 1961. Suspecting that a civil servant has been blackmailed into passing secret information to the enemy, Steed allows himself to be blackmailed by the seedy owner of Read More

Avengers: Ashes of Roses

Synopsis: While investigating a series of mysterious fires, Steed's assistant Carol takes time off for a hairdressing appointment. When she is nearly killed by an exploding hair drier, Carol deduces that the owners of the beauty salon are the brains behind an arson ring. Steed and Keel close in on the Read More

Avengers: A Change of Bait

Synopsis: Ian Hendry made his final appearance as Dr. David Keel in this episode, which originally aired on in the December 30, 1961. Steed and Keel go after unscrupulous businessman Lemuel Potts (John Bailey), who has a habit of crushing those less powerful than he. The latest victim is an elderly packager Read More

Avengers: Kill The King

Synopsis: In London to close an oil deal, middle-eastern potentate King Tenuphon (played by Burt Kwouk of "Pink Panther" fame) is targetted for assassination. Assigned to protect Tenuphon, Steed suspects that the would-be killers are sequestered in a seedy suburban London flat. The climax involves a Read More

Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Arthur

Synopsis: Season five of Alfred Hitchcock Presents gets under way with a darkly humorous character piece, directed by Hitchcock himself. Laurence Harvey heads the cast as Arthur Williams, a fairly prosperous New Zealand poultry farmer. Ever since he was jilted by his sweetheart, Helen (Hazel Court), Arthur Read More

The Swamp Fox: The Birth of the Swamp Fox

Synopsis: One of producer Walt Disney's more blatant efforts to duplicate the success of his early TV miniseries Davy Crockett, the eight-part Swamp Fox featured another flamboyant frontiersman hero who wore coonskin-style headgear and whose adventures were introduced with a catchy, memorable theme song. Read More

The Swamp Fox: Brother Against Brother

Synopsis: In the second episode of Walt Disney's eight-part miniseries The Swamp Fox, the Redcoats have retaliated against the raids of Colonel Francis Marion's guerillas by burning down their homes. While Francis (Leslie Nielsen) advises his men to wait before striking back, his own brother Gabriel (Dick Foran Read More

One Step Beyond: One Step Beyond

Synopsis: This fact-based episode is set in 1912, just before Grace Farley (Barbara Lord) is to embark on her honeymoon with new husband Eric (a pre-Avengers Patrick Macnee). Although she lives in a land-locked area, and despite the fact that the couple will be honeymooning in Switzerland, Grace has a Read More

The Twilight Zone: Judgment Night

Actors: Nehemiah Persoff, Ben Wright, Patrick Macnee, James Franciscus, Hugh Sanders

Synopsis: Nehemiah Persoff stars as Lanser, who inexplicably finds himself aboard a British ship in a fogbound sea in the year 1942. Somehow, some way, Lanser knows that the ship and its passengers are doomed to a watery grave, but no one will believe him. As it turns out, Lanser has "inside information" Read More

Alfred Hitchcock Presents: The Crystal Trench

Synopsis: This poignant playlet is based on a story by A.E.W. Mason, of The Four Feathers fame. After the death of her husband in a freak mountain accident in Switzerland, Stella Ballister (Patricia Owens) solemnly vows to remain faithful to her spouse's memory. Twenty years pass, and throughout all that Read More

One Step Beyond: The Night of April 14th

The Veil [TV Series]

Synopsis: The Veil, produced in 1958, was a made-for-television series of creepy, supernatural dramatizations hosted by Boris Karloff. Only finishing ten episodes before going bankrupt, the production company was never able to get the shows aired before it went under. Episodes include "Vision of Crime," Read More

Jane Eyre

Synopsis: This filmed stage play of Charlotte Bronte's novel features an orphaned governess who begins to love her married employer in 19th century England. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

Les Girls

Actors: Gene Kelly, Mitzi Gaynor, Kay Kendall, Taina Elg, Jacques Bergerac

Synopsis: Les Girls is the Rashomon of MGM musicals. The film is told in flashback, as Mitzi Gaynor and Taina Elg, two-thirds of a popular cabaret trio, attempt to legally block the third, Kay Kendall, from writing her memoirs. Each of "Les Girls" has her own interpretation of the group's previous Read More

Until They Sail

Actors: Jean Simmons, Joan Fontaine, Paul Newman, Piper Laurie, Charles Drake

Synopsis: Adapted by Robert Anderson from a story by James A. Michener, the Robert Wise-directed soaper Until They Sail is set in World-War-II New Zealand. Paul Newman plays been-there-done-that U.S. marine captain Jack Harding, assigned to investigate servicemen's requests to marry local girls. An Read More

Kraft Television Theatre: A Night to Remember

Synopsis: One of the most ambitious productions ever undertaken during the era of "live" television, this adaptation of Walter Lord's best-seller A Night to Remember successfully conveys the full scope and horror of the sinking of the superliner Titanic on April 14, 1912. Utilizing seven cameras, 31 Read More

Pursuit of the Graf Spee

Actors: John Gregson, Anthony Quayle, Peter Finch, Ian Hunter, Jack Gwillim, Bernard Lee

Synopsis: Widely regarded as one of the best and most intelligent British war dramas of the 1950s, The Battle of River Plate is the story of Britain's first significant naval victory in WW2. John Gregson heads the cast as Captain Bell, skipper of the Exeter, one of several vessels engaged in pursuit of the Read More

Three Cases of Murder

Actors: Alan Badel, Hugh Pryse, John Salew, Leucen MacGrath, Eddie Byrne

Synopsis: The British omnibus thriller, Three Cases of Murder includes two supernatural tales and a straight whodunit. The first segment, "The Picture," was directed by Wendy Toye, based on a short story by Roderick Wilkinson. A museum tour guide, Jarvis (Hugh Pryse), is plagued by artworks going missing Read More

Flesh and Blood

Actors: Richard Todd, Glynis Johns, Joan Greenwood, Andre Morell

Synopsis: Three generations of a Scottish clan are chronicled in this melodramatic saga. The film starts with the death of a sickly med student in a Glasgow slum. His fiancee also dies in childbirth. Her brother, who survives, begins raising her baby girl who grows up to have an affair with a lab assistant. Read More

A Christmas Carol

Actors: Alastair Sim, Kathleen Harrison, Mervyn Johns, Michael Hordern, Hermione Baddeley

Synopsis: Widely considered to be the definitive of the many film versions of Charles Dickens' classic novel is this 1951 British adaptation, starring Alastair Sim (entitled "Scrooge" in its U.K. release). Sim plays Ebenezer Scrooge, a London miser who, despite his wealth, refuses to make charitable Read More

The Elusive Pimpernel

Actors: David Niven, Margaret Leighton, Jack Hawkins, Cyril Cusack, David Hutcheson, Robert Coote

Synopsis: In this costume adventure set in France during the Reign of Terror, a mysterious man known only as the Scarlet Pimpernel rescues noblemen from the guillotine and leads them to safety across the English Channel. Chauvelin (Cyril Cusack) is determined to unmask the Pimpernel and bring him to Read More

Dick Barton at Bay

Synopsis: David Phillips (Patrick Macnee) is running down the darkened streets of London's Limehouse district, pursued by two men with guns. He finds a public phone and puts a call through to Dick Barton (Don Stannard), but before he can report, a shot rings out. Barton must piece together what Phillips Read More

The Girl Is Mine

Synopsis: Future Avengers star Patrick Macnee stars in the 1951 British romantic drama The Girl is Mine. Macnee and Pamela Deeming play Hugh Hurcombe and Betty Marriott, part-owners of a charter boat. Their business success, and their budding romance, is threatened by vindictive dock owner James Rutt (Lionel Murton Read More

The Fatal Night

Actors: Jean Short, Brenda Hogan, Patrick Macnee

Synopsis: In this strange drama, two Englishmen dare Ferguson to spend the night in a haunted house. He accepts the challenge and settles down with a candle, a gun and a horror story about two sisters who are killed in a haunted house. He falls asleep reading. He begins dreaming about the sisters when he is Read More

Hamlet

Actors: Laurence Olivier, Eileen Herlie, Basil Sydney, Jean Simmons, Norman Wooland, Felix Aylmer

Synopsis: Although criticized by Shakespeare devotees upon its release because of director, producer, and star Laurence Olivier's decision to excise large portions of the text, his cinematic version of Hamlet is widely considered the best out of several dozens (and counting). Hamlet (Olivier) is a medieval Read More

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

Actors: Roger Livesey, Deborah Kerr, Anton Walbrook, Roland Culver, Albert Lieven, Spencer Trevor, James McKechnie

Synopsis:
Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's much-lauded epic Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, which satirizes British traditionalism, stirred up impassioned hostilities and indignations among the Brits when released in 1943. It so infuriated Winston Churchill, in fact, that he refused to allow its Read More

Mysteries of the Unexplained: Sacred Places and Mystic Spirits

Synopsis: Part of a three-tape set, this video investigates some of the people and places on the frontiers of our understanding. Viewers will meet a doctor who says he has proof of life after death, and a woman whose ailment might have roots in a past life. Viewers will also spend a night hunting ghosts Read More

The New Avengers: Season 01

Actors: Patrick Macnee, Gareth Hunt, Joanna Lumley

The New Avengers: Season 02

Actors: Patrick Macnee, Gareth Hunt, Joanna Lumley

The Avengers: Season 02

Actors: Patrick Macnee, Honor Blackman

Synopsis: During its first season on Britain's ITV, The Avengers was by and large a "straight" espionage adventure series, with no sci-fi/fantasy trappings, and with two male secret agents -- Patrick Macnee as John Steed and Ian Hendry as Dr. David Keel -- handling the bulk of the action. Beginning with its Read More

The Avengers: Season 05

Actors: Patrick Macnee, Diana Rigg

Synopsis: Season five of The Avengers carries over the same set of leading characters as season four: Patrick Macnee as prim, bowler-hatted British secret agent John Steed and Diana Rigg as Steed's "talented amateur" partner, demurely sexy martial-arts expert Mrs. Emma Peel. And no, the relationship between Read More

The Avengers: Season 06

Actors: Patrick Macnee, Diana Rigg

Synopsis: The Avengers' sixth season marks the first anniversary of the series' switchover from black-and-white to color -- and alas, the swan song for Diana Rigg in her signature role as leather-clad, demurely sexy martial-arts expert and amateur secret agent Mrs. Emma Peel. Fortunately, Rigg's co-star, Patrick Macnee Read More

The Avengers: Season 03

Actors: Patrick Macnee, Honor Blackman

Synopsis: By the time its third season rolled around, The Avengers was British television's most popular action-adventure series, and had gained an international reputation thanks to its tongue-in-cheek plot convolutions and the innuendo-laden rapport between its two leading characters: erudite Read More

The Avengers: Season 04

Actors: Patrick Macnee, Diana Rigg

Synopsis: The fourth season of The Avengers was the first season to be telecast in the United States, the first to be filmed rather than videotaped -- and, most importantly, the first to feature Diana Rigg. When series co-star Honor Blackman decided to leave the series at the end of the third season to Read More