• title card: white all caps text outlined in black reading ‘MURDERSVILLE’ superimposed on an aerial view of an English village, a man lying dead in the grass beside the pond
  • Williams, his revolver drawn, fits a silencer to it in response to the sign requesting SILENCE in the library
  • Mrs. Peel leans casually against her car, currently occupied by the murderous Hubert and Mickle
  • Emma is surrounded in the village by Hubert and Mickle, two other villagers appraoching off camera
  • Hilary stands against the stone wall wearing a metal Scold’s Bridle, a sign on the wall next to her reads ‘Scold’s Bridle - used to Chastise the Nagging wife
  • Mickel controls the dunking stool as Emma is submerged into the village pond, the villagers watch on
  • video - Emma laughs out loud when Steed ends up stuck in the knight’s helmet

Series 5 — Episode 23
Murdersville

by Brian Clemens
Directed by Robert Asher

Emma marries Steed
Steed becomes a father

Production No E.66.6.23
Production completed: August 25 1967. First transmission: November 8 1967.

Cast

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John Steed Patrick Macnee regular007
Emma Peel Diana Rigg regular007Doctor Who
Mickle Colin Blakely The ChampionsPink Panther
Hubert John Ronane regularThe SaintDepartment SThe SweeneyJason King
Dr. Haymes Ronald Hines The ProfessionalsThe Saint
Prewitt John Sharp regularThe PrisonerThe SweeneyRandall and Hopkirk
Jenny Prewitt Sheila Fearn Adam Adamant
Major Paul Croft Eric Flynn Doctor Who
Forbes Norman Chappell regularCarry On..
Banks Robert Cawdron regularDoctor WhoDanger ManThe SaintDepartment S
Miss Avril Marika Mann
Maggie Irene Bradshaw regular
Higgins Joseph Grieg Doctor WhoThe Saint (billed as Joseph Greig)
Jeremy Purser Geoffrey Colville regularDoctor Who
Chapman Langton Jones
George Miller Tony Caunter Doctor WhoThe ProfessionalsBlake’s 7The SaintThe SweeneyDepartment SThe Champions
Samuel Morgan John Chandos
Frederick Williams Andrew Laurence regularDanger Man
Hilary Hilary Dwyer The PrisonerCallanSpace 1999
Farmer Paddy Ryan regularDoctor Who007Randall and HopkirkAdam Adamant
Jarvis (Policeman #2) Paul Weston regular007Indiana JonesStar WarsSpace 1999Blake’s 7
Martin Art Thomas regular
Wilson Maxwell Craig regular007Doctor WhoThe SaintThe PrisonerThe SweeneyPink PantherUFOSpace 1999Carry On..
Sunglasses-wearing assassin Gareth Thomas Blake’s 7Randall and Hopkirk
Trilby-wearing Assassin Romo Gorrara regular007Danger ManThe SaintThe PrisonerThe SweeneyIndiana JonesPink Panther
Trilby’s victim & Villager unknown
Man tossed from car Romo Gorrara regular007Danger ManThe SaintThe PrisonerThe SweeneyIndiana JonesPink Panther
Villager walking dog unknown
Villager unknown
Villager Betty Woolfe Randall and HopkirkThe Sweeney
Villager unknown
Villager Jack Armstrong regular
Villager Les Conrad regular007Doctor WhoThe SaintThe SweeneyBlake’s 7The ChampionsDad’s Army
Villager unknown
Villager unknown
Villager Donald Webb regularDanger ManCarry On..
Villager William Gossling regularDoctor WhoDad’s Army
Villager Roy Seely Blake’s 7
Villager unknown
Villager unknown
Villager unknown
Villager Victor Harrington regularThe Saint007Randall and HopkirkThe SweeneyCarry On..
Credits Legend:
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Credited in press but not on screen
Credited in paperwork only
Uncredited / unattributed role
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® : illustrated from other sources

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