The Avengers

Season 6 - Episode 5

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Whoever Shot Poor George Oblique Stroke XR40?

Teleplay by Tony Williamson, Directed by Cyril Frankel

Continuity & Trivia

George's messages:

  1. Attention! - I have a message of the utmost importance ... HELP -
  2. Pelley .... traitor
    • Help me
    • I am being held a prisoner in my own house
    • I am being drugged and interrogated daily, systematically they are milking every secret from me
    • My staff are being held as hostages, they will kill them if I do not co-operate
    • Tobin is in with them, Tobin is a traitor
    • But the ringleader, the man behind it all is...
    • The man who is posing as Jason, my butler

George delivers the cocktail recipe in four seconds flat, which Steed estimates would have taken five hundred bartenders four years - "Licencing hours permitting", observes Tara.

Valerie Leon, seen here greatly covered up and masked, made quite a name for herself in softcore Hammer sex-horror films such as "Blood from the Mummy's Tomb" (which she spent most of bare breasted and heaving bossomed) and several Carry On films, notably "Carry On Camping" and "Carry On Spying : Agent Ooh".

The Transport

MarqueColourNumber
Rolls Roycepale lemonKK 4976
Vandenplas Princessdark grey?
Rolls Royce Silver Cloud 1slate greyGJJ 736C
AC 428 FruamaroonLPH 800D

Who's Killing Whom?

VictimKillerMethod
Baines Jacobs sawn-off shotgun
Jacobs John Steed deflected bullet with bowler hat
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The Fashions

Tara
  • black catsuit and gloves, cat mask and green feather boa
  • surgical gown, mask and cap
  • hot pink dress with gathered waist and large flared cuffs, low neckline, worn with a string of pearls and pink shoes
  • maroon suit with pink scarf, black fedora and calf boots
  • orange collarless Fred Perry with white piping, black slacks, tan shoes; later with a lime jacket
  • black evening dress with low neckline, large round earrings
Steed
  • fawn two piece suit with long lapels (felt backed), white shirt and brown tie
  • navy suit, black bowler, black ang green paisley tie and pale blue shirt
  • black golf shirt and trousers
  • navy suit as above
  • as above with black overcoat
  • beige cardigan with black golf shirt and trousers
main cast misc