• 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

Read the dialogue sheets (PDF 600KB)
See a call sheet (JPG 170KB)

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

Crew

Produced by Albert Fennell regularThe Professionals
and Brian Clemens regularDanger ManThe ChampionsThe ProfessionalsAdam Adamant
Executive Producer Julian Wintle regular
Directed by Robert Asher regularThe ChampionsThe Saint
Teleplay by Brian Clemens regularDanger ManThe ChampionsThe ProfessionalsAdam Adamant
All characters and events in this teleplay are fictitious and any similarity to actual events or persons, living or dead, is purely co-incidental.
Music by Laurie Johnson regularThe ProfessionalsJason King
Production Designer Robert Jones regular
Director of Photography Alan Hume regular007Carry On..Star Wars (billed as Alan Hume B.S.C.)
Supervising Editor Peter Tanner regular
Production Manager Geoffrey Haine regularThe Champions
Principal items of Mr. Macnee’s wardrobe designed by Pierre Cardin regular
Miss Rigg’s costumes designed by Alun Hughes regular
Casting Director G.B. Walker regularThe Saint
Unit Manager Richard Dalton regular
Unit Manager Laurie Greenwood regularThe Sweeney
Assistant Director Jack Martin regular
Camera Operator Tony White regularThe SaintSpace 1999Department S
Art Director Len Townsend regular
Continuity Marjorie Lavelly regularThe SaintCarry On..
Make-up Jim Hydes regularCarry On.. (billed as Jim Hyde)
Hairdressing Hilda Fox regular
Wardrobe Felix Evans regular
Recording Director A.W. Lumkin regularThe Saint
Sound Recordist Brian Marshall 007Space 1999
Dubbing Mixer Len Shilton regularThe ChampionsThe SaintDepartment S
Sound Editor Peter Lennard regularThe ProfessionalsRandall and HopkirkDepartment S
Music Editor Karen Heward regular
Construction Manager Herbert Worley regular
Supervisory Electrician Walter Thompson regularThe Saint
Stunt Arranger Ray Austin regularThe ProfessionalsThe SaintRandall and HopkirkThe ChampionsDepartment SSpace 1999

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