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Series 1 - Dr Keel

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1.20 - Tunnel of Fear

by darren » Wed Oct 25, 2017 1:46 am
Last post by dissolute » Sat May 04, 2024 1:11 am
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by darren » Wed Oct 25, 2017 1:46 am
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Written by John Kruse

Directed by Guy Verney

Production Completed: Thursday 3rd August 1961

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Yes, all were telerecorded, some of them from live transmission. There's a memo proposing a catch-up season for areas that missed out on the early episodes.
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Last post by dissolute
Sat May 04, 2024 1:11 am
1.19 - Toy Trap

by Allard » Tue Oct 16, 2018 8:07 pm
Last post by Frankymole » Thu May 02, 2024 8:00 am
Replies: 32
by Allard » Tue Oct 16, 2018 8:07 pm
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LOST EPISODE - episode summary from The Avengers Dissolute website:

Dr Keel is puzzled by the disappearance of shop-girls at a department store. Someone is pressurising the young ladies into prostitution. Bunty, Keel's friend, agrees to trap the...

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A great idea to have this episode, or a similar scene with Keel getting everything off his chest, at the end of series 1.

The trouble is, they didn't know when the series was coming to an end, even near the end of the series! It was meant to be 39...
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Last post by Frankymole
Thu May 02, 2024 8:00 am
1.11 - Please Don't Feed The Animals

by Allard » Tue Oct 16, 2018 8:01 pm
Last post by Frankymole » Wed Mar 20, 2024 8:18 pm
Replies: 5
by Allard » Tue Oct 16, 2018 8:01 pm

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LOST EPISODE - episode summary from The Avengers Dissolute website:

Compromised government officials are leaking secrets to appease a sinister blackmailer. A pet monkey collects the information from the reptile pit at a private zoo. After Felgate,...

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Marie-Clare feeds the animals...

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Views: 3143

Last post by Frankymole
Wed Mar 20, 2024 8:18 pm
1.10 - Hunt the Man Down

by Allard » Tue Oct 16, 2018 8:00 pm
Last post by Frankymole » Tue Mar 19, 2024 5:58 pm
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by Allard » Tue Oct 16, 2018 8:00 pm

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LOST EPISODE - episode summary from The Avengers Dissolute website:

Frank Preston leaves jail to collect his stashed robbery money, but thugs are waiting to beat him up for the location of the loot. Steed intervenes and takes him to Keel, but the...

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Marie-Clare continues her audio adventures:

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Tue Mar 19, 2024 5:58 pm
1.03 - Square Root Of Evil

by Allard » Tue Oct 16, 2018 7:53 pm
Last post by mousemeat » Sat Mar 16, 2024 12:10 am
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by Allard » Tue Oct 16, 2018 7:53 pm
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LOST EPISODE - episode summary from The Avengers Dissolute website:

Steed impersonates the forger Riordan, which allows him to join a crime syndicate that prints forged banknotes. Having uncovered their plans, he finds his every move being watched...

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thanks for sharing those pics in the feed...interesting...
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Sat Mar 16, 2024 12:10 am
1.16 - The Yellow Needle

by Allard » Tue Oct 16, 2018 8:04 pm
Last post by Frankymole » Thu Feb 08, 2024 8:39 am
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by Allard » Tue Oct 16, 2018 8:04 pm
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LOST EPISODE - episode summary from The Avengers Dissolute website:

In London to negotiate independence for his country, Tenebra, Sir Wilberforce Lungi nearly dies. His old friend Dr Keel agrees to help unmask the culprit and suspicion falls on...

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I'm sure The Avengers did it best though!
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Thu Feb 08, 2024 8:39 am
1.09 - Ashes Of Roses

by Allard » Tue Oct 16, 2018 7:59 pm
Last post by dissolute » Thu Feb 08, 2024 1:35 am
Replies: 9
by Allard » Tue Oct 16, 2018 7:59 pm

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Mendelssohn, a known arsonist, has been hired by the Beronnes to burn down their hairdressing salon for the insurance. Using Carol to gather evidence, Steed finds that the...

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when were those picts of Heidi taken ?

Coat: 1963, swimmers: 1960

This is an interesting one as in the middle of the picture it shows Rosemary Chalmers, Heidi Erich and Carole Ward who were all in The Avengers :

I thought Pamela Rowe was as...

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Last post by dissolute
Thu Feb 08, 2024 1:35 am
1.08 - The Radioactive Man

by Allard » Tue Oct 16, 2018 7:58 pm
Last post by Frankymole » Thu Jan 18, 2024 7:57 pm
Replies: 10
by Allard » Tue Oct 16, 2018 7:58 pm
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Marko, an illegal immigrant, believes that if the Police find him they will deport him for having a forged passport. In reality, the Police are searching for him urgently, because...

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Marie-Clare continues her reactions to series 1:
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Thu Jan 18, 2024 7:57 pm
1.06 - Girl on the Trapeze

by darren » Sat Sep 14, 2013 7:29 pm
Last post by Frankymole » Fri Oct 06, 2023 1:05 am
Replies: 33
by darren » Sat Sep 14, 2013 7:29 pm
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Written by Dennis Spooner

Directed by Don Leaver

Production completed: 11 February 1961

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I've been following her on Patreon and she's started to click with the audios of the missing episodes, which is very gratifying.

As a true fan , of course I listened to the audio recreations of the three completely-existing first season video...
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Last post by Frankymole
Fri Oct 06, 2023 1:05 am
1.21 - The Far Distant Dead

by Allard » Tue Oct 16, 2018 8:09 pm
Last post by AnthonyDurrant » Sun Oct 01, 2023 10:30 am
Replies: 14
by Allard » Tue Oct 16, 2018 8:09 pm
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As a cyclone ravages Mexico City, Dr Keel and Dr Sandoval struggle to help the victims. The suffering is intensified becuase some donated cooking oil is revealed to be hydraulic...

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The woman murdered the main characters husband because he had uncovered the smuggling and her daughter's future would have been threatened had she been exposed.
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Last post by AnthonyDurrant
Sun Oct 01, 2023 10:30 am
1.01 - Hot Snow

by dissolute » Thu Sep 12, 2013 3:25 am
Last post by Frankymole » Mon Aug 07, 2023 11:20 pm
Replies: 39
by dissolute » Thu Sep 12, 2013 3:25 am
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Tell us what you think of Hot Snow

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Marie-Claire starts her journey through ALL of The Avengers.
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Last post by Frankymole
Mon Aug 07, 2023 11:20 pm
1.23 - Dead Of Winter

by Allard » Tue Oct 16, 2018 8:10 pm
Last post by Frankymole » Sun Feb 12, 2023 11:49 pm
Replies: 7
by Allard » Tue Oct 16, 2018 8:10 pm

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LOST EPISODE - episode summary from The Avengers Dissolute website:

Dr Kreuzer has developed the means to suspend life by deep-freezing. This new discovery could help the neo-fascist Phoenix Party sieze power. Keel discovers that the ex-Nazi...

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Talking Pictures TV mentioned 'Willi' actor, Mike Sarne (also know for his 60s pop hits including Come Outside with Wendy Richard), in their latest newsletter:

Dear Friends and Supporters of Film & TV history,

How would you like to meet Mike and...

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Last post by Frankymole
Sun Feb 12, 2023 11:49 pm
1.15 - The Frighteners

by darren » Sat Sep 14, 2013 7:31 pm
Last post by mousemeat » Fri Nov 25, 2022 4:13 pm
Replies: 17
by darren » Sat Sep 14, 2013 7:31 pm
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Teleplay by Berkely Mather

Directed by Peter Hammond

Production completed: 25 May 1961

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The intended 39-episode series would certainly have given Dr Keel's character space to be fleshed out and Ian Hendry would've no doubt continued to add details, as a way of maintaining interest whilst working out his contract.

I'm a romantic at...
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Views: 11211

Last post by mousemeat
Fri Nov 25, 2022 4:13 pm
1.26 - Dragonsfield

by Allard » Tue Oct 16, 2018 8:12 pm
Last post by AnthonyDurrant » Sat Aug 13, 2022 12:56 am
Replies: 39
by Allard » Tue Oct 16, 2018 8:12 pm
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LOST EPISODE - episode summary from The Avengers Dissolute website:

With work nearly completed on a new material to shield astronauts from radiation, saboteurs prepare for one final assault. Complicated inter-personal relationships within the team...

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My own theory that Dragonsfield is a space centre and that Steed is in a centrifuge is, l believe, still valid, especially since at this time there was a clandestine effort to put an observation platform in space by both America and Russia. My...
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Last post by AnthonyDurrant
Sat Aug 13, 2022 12:56 am
1.04 - Nightmare

by Allard » Tue Oct 16, 2018 7:54 pm
Last post by GeorgeD » Mon Jul 04, 2022 1:08 am
Replies: 9
by Allard » Tue Oct 16, 2018 7:54 pm

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LOST EPISODE - episode summary from The Avengers Dissolute website:

When Professor Braintree disappears, his wife calls her Doctor for advice. Whilst giving Faith some counselling, an attempt is made on Keel's life - somebody thinks he is the...

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I think i figured out my question. So deleted
With bf scripts would be helpful to know whose speaking

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Last post by GeorgeD
Mon Jul 04, 2022 1:08 am
1.25 - A Change of Bait

by Allard » Tue Oct 16, 2018 8:11 pm
Last post by mousemeat » Thu Dec 23, 2021 4:22 am
Replies: 6
by Allard » Tue Oct 16, 2018 8:11 pm

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Lemuel Potts finds himself outwitted at every turn by Steed when he attempts to defraud Keel's patient, Archie Duncan. Potts finds himself pocketing the bill for Archie's cargo of...

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Anyone know who this is, on set for A Change of Bait? Is it Don Leaver sporting a beard?
Yes. You can tell by the ears, comparing to this photo of him with Britt Eckland.

Hair grows the same too.

Swedish actress Britt Ekland pictured with...

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Last post by mousemeat
Thu Dec 23, 2021 4:22 am
1.24 - The Deadly Air

by Allard » Tue Oct 16, 2018 8:11 pm
Last post by mousemeat » Sat Dec 18, 2021 11:09 pm
Replies: 13
by Allard » Tue Oct 16, 2018 8:11 pm
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When several experiments with a new vaccine go wrong, Steed and Dr Keel volunteer for the next test. One of the scientists, Heneager, appears to be sabotaging the project and a...

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She got a revolution rather than evolution when John Bryce took over and they changed her from a torch song singer into a groovy mod teenager with a Sassoon crop haircut and mod clothes, as well as suddenly being from the then-fashionable North of...
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Last post by mousemeat
Sat Dec 18, 2021 11:09 pm
1.22 - Kill the King

by Allard » Tue Oct 16, 2018 8:10 pm
Last post by dissolute » Thu Sep 30, 2021 11:38 pm
Replies: 19
by Allard » Tue Oct 16, 2018 8:10 pm
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Steed is assigned to prevent the assassination of King Tenuphon after one attempt fails. Major Harrington is already arranging a second try - the King will die from a sniper's...

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I'm especially proud of my revamped TV Times coverage; I'd always sort of ignored it in the past but I had great fun working out the code for displaying a recreation of the listing and displaying it alongside the cuttings. Good idea, rather you than...
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Views: 5666

Last post by dissolute
Thu Sep 30, 2021 11:38 pm
1.18 - Double Danger

by Allard » Tue Oct 16, 2018 8:06 pm
Last post by dissolute » Fri Jul 09, 2021 12:56 am
Replies: 21
by Allard » Tue Oct 16, 2018 8:06 pm
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LOST EPISODE - episode summary from The Avengers Dissolute website:

Two thieves steal valuable diamonds, but one is shot as he escapes. Steed has no clues, until Carol decyphers a call for help from Dr Keel: he is being forced to treat the wounded...

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Thanks, it should have been 26th June, fixing it now.
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Last post by dissolute
Fri Jul 09, 2021 12:56 am
1.17 - Death on the Slipway

by Allard » Tue Oct 16, 2018 8:05 pm
Last post by Frankymole » Sun Jun 27, 2021 2:01 am
Replies: 2
by Allard » Tue Oct 16, 2018 8:05 pm

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LOST EPISODE - episode summary from The Avengers Dissolute website:

Steed meets an old enemy - Kolchek - when he investigates a murder in a dockyard. The foreign spy wants the plans to a new nuclear submarine, but - realising Steed will prevent...

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D missing from the start of the title, above... (can be edited).

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Last post by Frankymole
Sun Jun 27, 2021 2:01 am
1.14 - The Springers

by Allard » Tue Oct 16, 2018 8:04 pm
Last post by Frankymole » Wed Jun 23, 2021 4:23 pm
Replies: 12
by Allard » Tue Oct 16, 2018 8:04 pm
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LOST EPISODE - episode summary from The Avengers Dissolute website:

If you have the money, escape is easy from prison. Steed wants to know how, so he sends Dr Keel inside. Keel's information leads Steed to a finishing school, but he is captured....

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Well it must be pretty good, because when I saw the Tele-Snap reconstruction and listened to the audio it was exactly how I imagined from reading the synopsis earlier.

I own the Tunnel of Fear DVD. I totally forgot it was meant to have scripts on...
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Views: 4530

Last post by Frankymole
Wed Jun 23, 2021 4:23 pm
1.13 - One for the Mortuary

by Allard » Tue Oct 16, 2018 8:03 pm
Last post by Frankymole » Tue Jun 22, 2021 11:30 am
Replies: 6
by Allard » Tue Oct 16, 2018 8:03 pm

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LOST EPISODE - episode summary from The Avengers Dissolute website:

Hidden in an invitation card, Steel has concealed microdots of a new medical formula that Keel will carry unwittingly to Geneva. Keel gives the card to a young lady he meets and a...

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I've just listened to Big Finish's audio version, and read the synopses and watched the reconstruction from the Canal+ disk.

As the Canal+ reconstruction was done before the script was found, it has some errors, which thankfully were put right by...

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Last post by Frankymole
Tue Jun 22, 2021 11:30 am
1.02 - Brought to Book

by Allard » Tue Oct 16, 2018 7:52 pm
Last post by dissolute » Sun Jun 20, 2021 5:41 am
Replies: 9
by Allard » Tue Oct 16, 2018 7:52 pm

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LOST EPISODE - episode summary from The Avengers Dissolute website:

Having escaped them last time, Dr Keel and Steed seek to bring Vance into custody. Keel infiltrates Vance's gang, whilst Steed manipulates Vance's rival, Mason. Both gangs realise...

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Agreed.

Maybe you can help me again, I know there's at least one of the early episodes where Steed says he's operating outside the law and can't really call in the police - or something along those lines - but now I want to reference it in an...

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Views: 4430

Last post by dissolute
Sun Jun 20, 2021 5:41 am
1.12 - Dance with Death

by Allard » Tue Oct 16, 2018 8:02 pm
Last post by dissolute » Thu Apr 15, 2021 7:56 am
Replies: 1
by Allard » Tue Oct 16, 2018 8:02 pm

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LOST EPISODE - episode summary from The Avengers Dissolute website:

Whilst trying to help Elaine Bateman, one of his patients, Dr Keel is framed for her murder instead. Steed intervenes and real suspicion falls on Elaine's pianist from her Dancing...

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Brand new plot summary and cast photos for the Sixtieth Anniversary!

DANCE WITH DEATH
BY PETER LING AND SHEILAH WARD
Production completed: 13 April 1961. First transmission: 15 April 1961

This episode summary is written from the original scripts...

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Views: 2432

Last post by dissolute
Thu Apr 15, 2021 7:56 am
1.07 - Diamond Cut Diamond

by Allard » Tue Oct 16, 2018 7:58 pm
Last post by dissolute » Sat Feb 20, 2021 10:05 pm
Replies: 1
by Allard » Tue Oct 16, 2018 7:58 pm

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LOST EPISODE - episode summary from The Avengers Dissolute website:

Steed poses as an airline steward, in the hope that he will be invited to join a diamond-smuggling racket. After a wild party he awakes to find himself accused of a hit-and-run...

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My new synopsis for this episode:

DIAMOND CUT DIAMOND
BY MAX MARQUIS
Production completed: 18 February 1961. First transmission: 18 February 1961

This episode summary is written from the published synopses and other previously published material...

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Views: 2382

Last post by dissolute
Sat Feb 20, 2021 10:05 pm

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