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The Avengers Season 3 Episodes
Season 3 Episode Guide
26 Episodes 1963 - 1964
Episode 1
Brief for Murder
Sat, Sep 28, 1963 60 mins
Steed asks two attorneys to plan a perfect crime: the murder of Cathy Gale (Honor Blackman). Wescott: Alec Ross. Lakin: Harold Scott. Jasper: John Laurie. Miss Prinn: Alice Fraser. Wilson: Anthony Baird.
Episode 2
The Undertakers
Sat, Oct 5, 1963 60 mins
Steed and Cathy go undercover to investigate a mysterious rest home for millionaires. Steed: Patrick Macnee. Cathy: Honor Blackman. Marshall: Patrick Holt. Green: Howard Goorney. Lomax: Lee Patterson. Paula: Jan Holden. Mrs. Lomax: Marcella Markham. Daphne: Mandy Miller. Reeve: Denis Forsyth.
Episode 3
Man with Two Shadows
Sat, Oct 12, 1963 60 mins
The Avengers are faced with smugglers who produce "doubles" of officials. Complicating the situation: a double-dealing duplicate of Steed. Cathy: Honor Blackman. Steed: Patrick Macnee. Gordon: Daniel Moynihan. Cummings: Philip Anthony. Charles: Paul Whitsun-Jones. Borowski: Terence Lodge.
Episode 4
The Nutshell
Sat, Oct 19, 1963 60 mins
Everyone thinks that Steed is a traitor when a top-secret code file disappears. Cathy: Honor Blackman. Venner: Charles Tingwell. Disco: John Cater. Elin: Edina Ronay. Anderson: Ian Clark.
Episode 5
Death of a Batman
Sat, Oct 26, 1963 60 mins
Steed and Cathy uncover shady dealings when they look into the investments of a banker. Cathy: Honor Blackman. Wrightson: David Burke. Teale: Andre Morell. Van Doren: Philip Madoc. Cynthia: Katy Greenwood.
Episode 6
November Five
Sat, Nov 2, 1963 60 mins
The murder of a newly elected MP leads to a security scandal. Steed: Patrick Macnee. Cathy: Honor Blackman. Dyter: Gary Hope. Dove: David Davies. Fiona: Iris Russell. Joe: Joe Robinson.
Episode 7
Gilded Cage
Sat, Nov 9, 1963 60 mins
The Avengers plot to catch international criminal mastermind JP Spagge.
Episode 8
Second Sight
Sat, Nov 16, 1963 60 mins
While Steed gropes around in the dark, Cathy sheds some light on a millionaire's secret. Steed: Patrick Macnee. Vilner: Steven Scott. Neil: Peter Bowles. Eve: Judy Bruce.
Episode 9
Medicine Man
Sat, Nov 23, 1963 60 mins
Steed uncovers a plot to distribute poisoned medicinces in an oil rich Middle Eastern country.
Episode 10
The Grandeur That Was Rome
Sat, Nov 30, 1963 60 mins
Crop failures and strange animal diseases lead the Avengers to a latter-day Caesar who plans to take over the world. Steed: Patrick Macnee. Cathy: Honor Blackman. Bruno: Hugh Burden. Marcus: John Flint.
Episode 11
The Golden Fleece
Sat, Dec 7, 1963 60 mins
Steed and Cathy trail an international gold smuggler who is using a Chinese restaurant as a front. Cathy: Honor Blackman. Jason: Warren Mitchell. Lo: Robert Lee. Wright: Barry Linehan.
Episode 12
Don't Look Behind You
Sat, Dec 14, 1963 60 mins
Cathy is invited to a desolate country house where she finds a strange girl and hears voices in empty rooms and screams in the fog. Steed: Patrick Macnee. Ola: Janine Gray. Young Man: Kenneth Colley. Man: Maurice Good.
Episode 13
Death a la Carte
Sat, Dec 21, 1963 60 mins
Disguised as a chef, Steed cooks up a scheme to prevent the death of a Mideast ruler. Steed: Patrick Macnee. Cathy: Honor Blackman. Emir: Henry Soskin. Mollor: Robert James. Lucien: Gordon Rollings.
Episode 14
Dressed to Kill
Sat, Dec 28, 1963 60 mins
Steed and Cathy play dress-up when Steed is invited to a mysterious New Year's costume party on-board a train, during which a murder takes place. Patrick Macnee, Honor Blackman. Newman: Leon Eagles. Officer: Peter Fontaine. Napoleon: Alexander Davion. Pussy Cat: Anneke Wills. Barman: Frank Maher. Highwaywoman: Anthea Wyndham.
Episode 15
The White Elephant
Sat, Jan 4, 1964 60 mins
A gun shop and a white elephant stolen from a zoo figure into the Avengers' investigation of possible ivory smuggling. Patrick Macnee, Honor Blackman. George: Martin Friend. Noah: Geoffrey Quiqley. Brenda: Judy Parfitt. Fitch: Bruno Barnabe.
Episode 16
The Little Wonders
Sat, Jan 11, 1964 60 mins
Steed (Patrick Macnee) poses as a vicar to infiltrate a convention that may be a cover for a huge spy ring. Honor Blackman. Beardmore: Tony Steedman. Sr. Johnson: Lois Maxwell. Bishop: David Bauer. Gerda: Rosemarie Durham.
Episode 17
The Wringer
Sat, Jan 18, 1964 60 mins
Cathy (Honor Blackman) must save Steed (Patrick Macnee), who has become the victim of a brain-washing organization while investigating the disappearance of an agent. Sallis: Hal Anderson. Charles: Paul Whitsun-Jones. Oliver: Barry Letts. Lovell: Gerald Sim. Bethune: Neil Robinson. The Wringer: Terence Lodge. Murdo: Douglas Cummings.
Episode 18
Mandrake
Sat, Jan 25, 1964 60 mins
Steed and Cathy uncover a diabolical plot--a burial plot--at a local cemetery where wealthy older gentlemen are becoming residents with alarming frequency. Patrick Macnee, Honor Blackman. Rev. Wyper: George Benson. Hopkins: Philip Locke. Benson: Robert Morris. Macrombie: John Le Mesurier.
Episode 19
The Secret's Broker
Sat, Feb 1, 1964 60 mins
Steed (Patrick Macnee) puts his wine expertise to use while investigating the murder of a colleague whose death is traced to a fine-wine establishment hiding dark secrets. Honor Blackman. Mrs. Wilson: Avice Landon. Julia: Jennifer Wood. Bruno: Valentino Musetti. Paignton: John Stone.
Episode 20
The Trojan Horse
Sat, Feb 8, 1964 60 mins
Steed and Cathy harness their investigative skills when they are assigned to keep an eye on a wealthy man's vast stables, which are linked to a series of murders of politicians and businessmen. Derek Newark, Geoffrey Whitehead. Kirby: James Donnelly. Meadows: Arthur Pentelow. Cathy: Honor Blackman. Steed: Patrick Macnee.
Episode 21
Build a Better Mousetrap
Sat, Feb 15, 1964 60 mins
The Avengers investigate jamming of equipment near an atomic-research plant. Steed: Patrick Macnee. Cathy: Honor Blackman. Wesker: John Tate. Cynthia: Athene Seyler. Ermyntrude: Nora Nicholson. Caroline: Alison Seebohm.
Episode 22
The Outside-in Man
Sat, Feb 22, 1964 60 mins
Steed is slated to head the security of a visiting diplomat, who was a traitor to the British government and may have more enemies gunning for him. Patrick Macnee, Honor Blackman. Charter: James Maxwell. Alice: Virginia Stride. Quilpie: Ronald Radd
Episode 23
The Charmers
Sat, Feb 29, 1964 60 mins
Steed (Patrick Macnee) insists he is innocent in the murder of a member of a shady organization. The group's leader insists they trade hostages to show that both sides are willing to find the murderer, so Steed chooses Cathy (Honor Blackman). Martin: John Barcroft. Keller: Warren Mitchell. Betty: Vivian Pickles.
Episode 24
Concerto
Sat, Mar 7, 1964 60 mins
Steed and Cathy (Patrick Macnee, Honor Blackman) investigate a Russian pianist who is accused of murdering a British girl, an act which might trigger an international incident. Peterson: Bernard Brown. Polly: Valerie Bell. Burns: Geoffrey Colville. Zalenko: Nigel Stock.
Episode 25
Esprit de Corps
Sat, Mar 14, 1964 60 mins
Steed and Cathy investigate a death at a military barracks, where a soldier was supposedly executed by firing squad, though Steed discovers that the man may have been murdered.
Episode 26
Lobster Quadrille
Sat, Mar 21, 1964 60 mins
After identifying an agent's body in the morgue, Steed and Cathy discover an unusual chess piece in his pocket, which Cathy believes may be a clue to the man's murder. Patrick Macnee, Honor Blackman. Bush: Gary Watson. Quentin: Corin Redgrave. Stannage: Norman Scace. Mason: Burt Kwouk.