The Fashion Guide to Series 4 (1965–6)
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Black stretch cotton catsuit with vinyl facings
Black stretch cotton catsuit with vinyl facings front and back, fastened by buttons down the front. Usually worn with Edward Rayne’s white boots with a black central stripe.
- The Town of No Return, also with Bates’ “Target” beret or fencing gear
- Castle De’Ath with no head wear
- The Danger Makers without head wear, sometimes with two-tone gloves and the longer snakeskin jacket
Prince of Wales check jacket
Prince of Wales check jacket (grey with tan and green in the check), dark waistcoat with metal buttons, white shirt, dark tie, tan trousers, chelsea boots, bowler and umbrella
The bowler hats were exclusively made by Herbert Johnson & Sons, of 54 St. James Street - they now cost £300 each.
The umbrellas (when they weren’t prop substitutes to ensure a neat line) were James Smith & Sons whangee cane handle city umbrellas, now costing £165 each (you can see why they used props when necessary!).
This may have been one of Patrick Macnee’s favourite suits - he wears it throughout the Cathy Gale series and on into the colour Emma Peel series.
- The Town of No Return
- The Gravediggers with a khaki shirt and a red paisley tie (right)
- The Master Minds
- The Murder Market with a white shirt and red paisley tie, and dark bowler hat
- Quick-Quick Slow Death with a white shirt and red paisley tie, and dark bowler hat
- A Surfeit of H2O with a different paisley tie and a khaki or off-white shirt
- Dial a Deadly Number with a white shirt and dark tie, whangee handled umbrella and light grey bowler hat
- Maneater of Surrey Green with a white shirt and red paisley tie, dark bowler hat and Chelsea boots, briefly with the second overcoat
- Too Many Christmas Trees, briefly with the second overcoat
‘TV’ with mini skirt
Alan Bates’ beautiful black and white ‘TV’ outfit with mini skirt, stocking with a diamond pattern, and patent leather pumps.
- Worn in The Town of No Return
White dress with black stitching
White dress with black stitching, long cuffs and padded shoulders.
Tan overcoat
- The Town of No Return and The Gravediggers
- Death at Bargain Prices with a black bowler and dark trousers and chelsea boots. Probably with a khaki shirt and dark tie
- The Master Minds over the grey three-piece suit and later on over the Prince of Wales check jacket and tan trousers with a white shirt and red paisley tie
- The Murder Market with leather gloves over a navy suit
- Maneater of Surrey Green over the brown suit
- The Girl from Auntie with a brown bowler and brown suit
- The Thirteenth Hole with a dark bowler
- The Danger Makers over the brown suit with a brown bowler and black umbrella, briefly with a British Army helmet (near right)
- A Touch of Brimstone with a brown bowler and black umbrella, over his dark suit, with a dark tie and white shirt
- The House That Jack Built over the brown suit
- A Sense of History over his chalk stripe suit
- How to Succeed .... at Murder over a dark suit
woollen coat and brown serge suit
She wears a thick woollen jacket with embroidered collar and cuffs, secured with frog and toggle, over a woollen sleeveless top and straight skirt. All with white court shoes and black leather gloves.
- Worn in The Gravediggers
He wears a brown serge suit, his waistcoat is high, with cloth covered buttons and wide lapels to match the jacket, which is single-breasted and double vented. Topped off with a black umbrella with whangee handle, black Chelsea boots and black bowler hat. A beige shirt and deep crimson tie with blue and orange flower pattern finish off the outfit.
- The Gravediggers
- The Cybernauts
- The Master Minds
- A Surfeit of H2O
- Dial a Deadly Number
- Maneater of Surrey Green
- Room Without a View (also with a plain silk tie)
- The Girl from Auntie (with a plain tie)
- The Danger Makers
- The House That Jack Built
- How to Succeed .... at Murder
- Honey for the Prince with a dark tie
Sleeveless blouse and pleated knee-length skirt
Sleeveless blouse and pleated knee-length skirt with white shoes, worn outside with a black fur coat.
- Worn in The Gravediggers
Suede-fronted cardigan
Suede-fronted cardigan, grey skivvy and slacks.
Leather jumpsuit
Leather jumpsuit, zipped up the back with no breast, worn with leather boots and a black skivvy. Often worn with a matching leather jacket.
Worn in:
- The Gravediggers, where it was briefly disguised by a surgical gown, cap and mask (below). See a colour image here
- The Cybernauts, both with and without the jacket
- Maneater of Surrey Green, in which the alien plant eats the jacket
