• title card: white all caps text reading ‘A CHORUS OF FROGS’ superimposed on a black wetsuit with a golden frog hanging on a chain
  • Ariston, lying down in the foregroud, tells Helena and Jackson, standing behind him, of his plans
  • Jackson, in wetsuit and mask, prepares to dive from the yacht
  • Anna, in foreground left, looks unimpressed with Steed’s joke; Venus and Mason, standing behind them, appreciate the humour
  • Venus looks nervous as the First Officer tells her to enter the bathyscaphe; Anna and Pitt-Norton look on from behind them
  • Venus makes a phone call as Steed and Mason look on

Series 2 — Episode 24
A Chorus of Frogs

Teleplay by Martin Woodhouse
Directed by Raymond Menmuir

Read the script (PDF 2.8MB)

Production No 3523, VTR/ABC/2488
Production completed: March 8 1963. First transmission: March 9 1963.

Crew

Teleplay by Martin Woodhouse regular
Story Editor Richard Bates regular
“The Avengers” Theme composed and played by Johnny Dankworth regular
Designed by James Goddard regularCallanThe Sweeney
Producer John Bryce regular
Directed by Raymond Menmuir regularThe Professionals
Production Assistant Ruth Parkhill regular
Floor Manager Robert Reed regular
Stage Manager Shirley Cleghorn regular
Technical Supervisor Peter Cazaly regular
Lighting Supervisor Luigi Bottone regular (billed as Louis Bottone)
Senior Cameraman Dickie Jackman regular (billed as Richard Jackman)
Sound Supervisor John Tasker regular
Vision Mixer Gordon Hesketh regular
Wardrobe Supervisor Frances Hancock regular (billed as Francis Hancock)
Make-up Supervisor Lee Halls regular
Fight Arranger Douglas Robinson regularPolice Surgeon
An ABC Production
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