• title card: white all caps text reading ‘GNAWS BY DENNIS SPOONER’ superimposed on Carter knocking out the guard at the Ministry
  • Close-up of the spider which has started to glow with a blue, unearthly light
  • Purdey is soaking after her tussle with Chislenko in the sewer, Gambit holds the Russian at gunpoint
  • close-up of a grey card on which is an anatomical drawing of a Norwegian rat including an enlargement of the skull showing incisors
  • The giant rat burst through the tunnel entrance, a ladder up the street level beside the opening
  • Purdey serves an old-fashioned Haute Cuisine salad using one of Thornoton’s enlarged tomatoes

The New Avengers, Series 1 — Episode 13
Gnaws

by Dennis Spooner
Directed by Ray Austin

Production Crew

Music Composed by Laurie Johnson regularThe ProfessionalsJason King
Produced by Albert Fennell regularThe Professionals
and Brian Clemens regularDanger ManThe ChampionsThe ProfessionalsAdam Adamant
By Brian Clemens regularDanger ManThe ChampionsThe ProfessionalsAdam Adamant
Copyright IDTV - TVP regular
Copyright date MCMLXXVI All Rights Reserved
Directed by Ray Austin regularThe ProfessionalsThe SaintRandall and HopkirkThe ChampionsDepartment SSpace 1999
Production Supervisor Ron Fry regularDoctor WhoSpace 1999
Unit Manager Robert Fennell regular
Assistant Director Roger Simons regular
Continuity Renée Glynne regular007
Location Manager Nicholas Gillot regularThe ProfessionalsThe Sweeney
Casting Director Maggie Cartier regular007The ProfessionalsIndiana Jones
Production Designed by Syd Cain regular007
Art Director Robert Bell regularUFO
Set Dresser Simon Wakefield regular007
Construction Manager Leon Davis regular007
Wardrobe Supervisor Jackie Cummins regularDoctor Who007The ProfessionalsPink Panther
Director of Photography Mike Reed regular007The Saint (billed as Mike Reed BSC)
Camera Operator Herbert Smith regularDanger Man
Make-up Alan Boyle regularThe Professionals
Make-up Alan Brownie regularThe Professionals
Hairdressing Supervisor Helene Bevan regularThe ProfessionalsSpace 1999
Assistant Hairdresser Joyce James regularPink Panther
Second Unit Lighting Cameraman Jimmy Allen regular (billed as Jimmy Allen BSC)
Second Unit Camera Operator Malcolm Vinson regular007The ProfessionalsThe SaintCarry On..
Second Unit Continuity Pat Rambaut regular
Fight Arranger Cyd Child regularPink Panther
Editor Eric Boyd-Perkins 007The Prisoner
Sound Recordist Danny Daniel regularCarry On..Pink Panther
Sound Recordist Ken Barker regular007Carry On..Pink PantherUFO
Dubbing Editor Peter Lennard regularThe ProfessionalsRandall and HopkirkDepartment S
Dubbing Editor Mike Hopkins regular007The Professionals
Post-production Co-ordinator Paul Clay regularThe Professionals
A Production Of The Avengers (Film & TV) Enterprises Ltd. regular
For TV Productions & I.D.T.V. Paris regular
Processed by Rank Film Laboratories regular
Filmed on Location and at Pinewood Studios, England

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