Episode 17 - The Girl From Auntie

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"The Girl From Auntie"
by Roger Marshall
directed by Roy Baker

Mrs Peel is leaving an all-night revel of the most entertaining kind - men in masks, women in deshabillé when she sees an old lady fall off her bicycle. going to her aid, she is surprised when the old lady turns on her and injects her with a fast-acting tranquilliser...
Steed returns from a quick jaunt around the continent to find an actress impersonating Mrs Peel, claiming complete innocence. Steed and the actress team up to find out what's going on, as they discover all the people involved with her employment are being killed by knitting needles.
The needles prove a valuable clue - they can only have come from Arkwright's Knitting Circle. Georgie join the circle but Steed learns some needles were recently stolen. Next door is the suspicious 'Art Incorporated' who make the bold claim of being able to obtain the unobtainable, whatever the cost. Steed breaks in and finds them in the possession of the Mona Lisa, priceless Renaissance sculptures by Cellini and various other exceptional items. Sprung by the owner, Steed gives a false name and a correct address, and is promptly visited by a little old lady who notices the original Goya he had arranged a loan of from the National Gallery to establish his bona fides.
Steed asks the organisation to acquire Mrs Peel for him, but is told they are already holding her for another client - the Russian agent Ivanoff. Steed has Ivanoff arrested, they have him killed, and steed is invited to an auction of unclaimed merchandise - including Mrs Peel.
He wins the auction, but is recognised by the old lady - who turns out to be a man in disguise. After a wild fight, Mrs Peel is freed from her gilded cage.
The Avengers depart, squashed into a little bubble car, while Georgie drives away in Steed's Bentley.

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