The Avengers: Season 3

1963 · 26 episodes · ★ 7.4

What Season 3 of The Avengers

The Avengers follows Dr. David Keel, played by Ian Hendry, and John Steed, played by Patrick Macnee. Both get caught up in espionage affairs that force them to move with caution. Steed is at the center of the action from the start. The cases put these two men in danger as they must solve perilous problems and stay one step ahead of those threatening the country. The season brings together a wide range of stories: a treason trial that goes wrong, an underground bunker from World War III, a gold smuggling ring and a plot to poison millionaires. In all of them, Steed must stay one step ahead of his enemies.

26episodes

Sep 28, 1963premiered

Mar 21, 1964Latest episode

22 hrtotal runtime

Season 3 Episodes

3x01 Brief for Murder
Sep 28, 1963 · 52 min
Thanks to the clever briefing of the Lakin brothers a man charged with treason is found not guilty. Mrs Gale believes that Steed is implicated, and contacts the newspapers. Steed threatens her: either withdraw her allegations or pay the consequences. Soon Steed is on trial for Gale's murder.
Directing: Peter Hammond · Writing: Brian Clemens · Starring: John Laurie, Harold Scott, Helen Lindsay, Alec Ross
3x02 The Undertakers
Oct 5, 1963 · 51 min
All the occupants of a rest home, Adelphi Park, are multi-millionaires. And most of them are refusing to see anyone, including Professor Renter who was due to fly to America with Steed to show off his latest invention. His wife is unable or unwilling to help and, curiously, the neighbour, Madden, another millionaire, is missing.
Directed by: Bill Bain · Written by: Malcolm Hulke · Starring: Mandy Miller, Lee Patterson, Lally Bowers, Jan Holden
3x03 Man with Two Shadows
Oct 12, 1963 · 51 min
Agent Borowski has been brainwashed by the enemy, but between moments of multiple-personality disorder he tells Steed that three 'doubles' have been created. Steed tracks down one likely replacement to a holiday camp, but then discovers that he, himself, is about to be replaced.
Directing: Don Leaver · Writing: James Mitchell · Starring: Gwendolyn Watts, Geoffrey Palmer, Philip Anthony, Daniel Moynihan
3x04 The Nutshell
Oct 19, 1963 · 50 min
The Director of Operations (Disco) of the Nutshell, a subterranean World War III bunker, tells Steed and Cathy that Big Ben, a file giving details of all their double agents, has been copied. Security cameras point to a young girl, but she is later found dead. Evidence implicates Steed, and Disco orders that he be apprehended.
Directing: Raymond Menmuir · Writing: Philip Chambers · Starring: Charles Tingwell, John Cater, Patricia Haines, Christine Shaw
3x05 Death of a Batman
Oct 26, 1963 · 51 min
At the reading of the will of Wrightson, Steed's former batman, the man's family are shocked to discover his estate is worth a fortune. Steed and Cathy set out to find out where a twenty pounds per week draughtsman acquired such a huge amount of money, and whether it was legal.
Directing: Kim Mills · Writing: Roger Marshall · Starring: André Morell, Philip Madoc, Katy Greenwood, David Burke
3x06 November Five
Nov 2, 1963 · 51 min
Michael Dyter, the newly elected MP for South-East Anglia is shot shortly after making his acceptance speech in which he had threatened to expose a major scandal involving the government. Steed knows that the subject of this was the recent theft of a nuclear warhead near London. So was Dyter killed to keep him quiet, and if so, by whom?
Directed by: Bill Bain · Written by: Eric Paice · Starring: Joe Robinson, Ruth Dunning, David Davies, Ric Hutton
3x07 The Gilded Cage
Nov 9, 1963 · 51 min
Steed's trap for criminal mastermind J.P. Spaggs involves a brilliant plan to steal a million pounds in gold bullion. But when two detectives arrive at Steed's flat and arrest Cathy for Spagge's murder things don't seem to be going to plan.
Directing: Bill Bain · Writing: Roger Marshall · Starring: Patrick Magee, Martin Friend, Edric Connor, Norman Chappell
3x08 Second Sight
Nov 16, 1963 · 50 min
The cornea grafts that will, hopefully, restore the sight of blind millionaire Marten Halvarssen fascinate Steed: they're rumoured to be coming from a live patient, one Hilda Brauer. Steed suspects that all is not what it seems and so sends Cathy to Switzerland to oversee the operation.
Directing: Peter Hammond · Writing: Martin Woodhouse · Starring: Ronald Adam, John Carson, Judith Bruce, Peter Bowles
3x09 The Medicine Men
Nov 23, 1963 · 50 min
Willis-Sopwoth, a top pharmaceutical firm, is being drained by cheap imitations of its products in foreign markets. The death of a member of staff while investigating the fraud brings Steed and Cathy face to face with a deadly artist and a plot to poison children.
Directing: Kim Mills · Writing: Malcolm Hulke · Starring: Peter Barkworth, Newton Blick, Harold Innocent, Joy Wood
3x10 The Grandeur That Was Rome
Nov 30, 1963 · 51 min
Strange diseases are being reported in various parts of the world, and Steed's suspicion is that somebody has been tampering with the insecticides and fertilisers of United Foods and Dressings. Cathy Gale is captured whilst investigating, and will be the 'guinea pig' for a test on the new strain of bubonic plague.
Directing: Kim Mills · Writing: Rex Edwards · Starring: Hugh Burden, Raymond Adamson, Victor Harrington, Rocky Taylor
3x11 The Golden Fleece
Dec 7, 1963 · 51 min
Steed and Cathy eat at a Chinese restaurant, but, as ever, it's not just for fun: Steed suspects the owner, Mr Lo, of gold smuggling. He also seems to be allied with Army types who are smuggling ammunition to support ex-servicemen.
Directing: Peter Hammond · Writing: Roger Marshall · Starring: Tenniel Evans, Robert Lee
3x12 Don't Look Behind You
Dec 14, 1963 · 51 min
Invited to spend the weekend at the home of medievel costume expert Sir Cavalier Resagne, Cathy finds herself alone in the house, pestered by a young man who claims to be a film director, and haunted by her past. And where is Steed?
Directing: Peter Hammond · Writing: Brian Clemens · Starring: Kenneth Colley
3x13 Death "à la carte"
Dec 21, 1963 · 51 min
Emir Abdulla Akaba is visiting London for his annual medical, and Steed suspects an assassination attempt. Despite Steed assumming the guise of a chef, the Emir seems to have been poisoned while eating a meal.
Directing: Kim Mills · Writing: John Lucarotti · Starring: Robert James, Gordon Rollings, Henry Soskin, Paul Dawkins
3x14 Dressed to Kill
Dec 28, 1963 · 50 min
An incoming missile attack, which is detected by all but one of the country's early warning stations, proves to be a false alarm. Steed finds himself attending an exclusive New Year's Eve fancy-dress party on a train. The train terminates at a remote, deserted station, and a guest is killed with an arrow.
Directing: Bill Bain · Writing: Brian Clemens · Starring: Anneke Wills, Frank Maher, Richard Leech, John Junkin
3x15 The White Elephant
Jan 4, 1964 · 51 min
The disappearance of an albino elephant from Noah Marshall's zoo seems to be linked to Steed's investigation of ivory dust in a gun shop. Steed sets out to rescue Cathy from the tiger's cage, find Snowy and investigate the ivory smugglers.
Directing: Laurence Bourne · Writing: John Lucarotti · Starring: Toke Townley, Edwin Richfield, Judy Parfitt, Bruno Barnabe
3x16 The Little Wonders
Jan 11, 1964 · 51 min
Bibliotek are a criminal organisation who are fronted as a church. A coming 'Bible Class' will decide who runs Bibliotek. It could be Steed...
Directed by: Laurence Bourne · Written by: Eric Paice · Starring: David Bauer, Harry Landis, Frank Maher, Tony Steedman
3x17 The Wringer
Jan 18, 1964 · 51 min
Six agents have died on an escape route through Hungary and Austria. Anderson, a friend of Steed's, has also gone missing. Steed finds his friend but is then accused of being a traitor and taken to a brainwashing unit in Scotland run by the Wringer.
Directing: Don Leaver · Writing: Martin Woodhouse · Starring: Barry Letts, Peter Sallis, Gerald Sim
3x18 Mandrake
Jan 25, 1964 · 52 min
After attending the funeral of an old friend in a lonely Cornish village cemetery, Steed discovers a plot to poison millionaires.
Directing: Bill Bain · Writing: Roger Marshall · Starring: John Le Mesurier, Philip Locke, George Benson, Robert Morris
3x19 The Secrets Broker
Feb 1, 1964 · 51 min
One of Steed's colleagues has been murdered, and the subsequent investigation takes Cathy to a top-secret research establishment and Steed to a wine merchants.
Directed by: Jonathan Alwyn · Written by: Ludovic Peters · Starring: Jack May, John Ringham, John Stone, Valentino Musetti
3x20 Trojan Horse
Feb 8, 1964 · 50 min
Jockeys and stable hands are being trained in the use of firearms and poisons, so Steed delves deep in the murky world of horse racing.
Directing: Laurence Bourne · Writing: Malcolm Hulke · Starring: Geoffrey Whitehead, T. P. McKenna, Basil Dignam, Lucinda Curtis
3x21 Build a Better Mousetrap
Feb 15, 1964 · 51 min
What does Cathy joining a motorcycle gang, two elderly ladies who own a watermill and claim to be witches, and all of the clocks stopping at a local atomic research station have in common? They're all present in Brian Clemen's first great step into the bizarre.
Directing: Peter Hammond · Writing: Brian Clemens · Starring: Athene Seyler, Harold Goodwin, John Tate, Alison Seebohm
3x22 The Outside-In Man
Feb 22, 1964 · 50 min
Arabian revolutionary Sharp is visiting Britain and Steed is put in charge of security. He thinks it is ironic that they are now protecting a man they were trying to kill five years before. Two agents were thought to have died during the violent bloodshed in Abarain but now one of them is very much alive.
Directing: Jonathan Alwyn · Writing: Philip Chambers · Starring: Ronald Radd, Valentino Musetti, Virginia Stride, Basil Hoskins
3x23 The Charmers
Feb 29, 1964 · 50 min
The opposition believe Steed is responsible for the death of their agent Vinkel. Steed, however, had nothing to do with the murder and, as a show of good faith, agrees to a swap of partners with Keller in a bid to find the real killer.
Directing: Bill Bain · Writing: Brian Clemens · Starring: Warren Mitchell, Vivian Pickles, Brian Oulton, Frank Mills
3x24 Concerto
Mar 7, 1964 · 51 min
Soviet-British trade talks are coinciding with the first London concert of the brilliant young pianist, Stefan Veliko. A young girl accuses Veliko of assault, and is then murdered. If someone wants to disrupt the talks by incriminating the pianist, they seem to be going about it in the right way.
Directing: Kim Mills · Writing: Terrance Dicks, Malcolm Hulke · Starring: Sandor Elès, Nigel Stock
3x25 Esprit de corps
Mar 14, 1964 · 51 min
The mysterious death of Corporal Craig of the Highland Guards sends both Steed and Cathy undercover into the army ranks. There, Steed finds himself under court-martial and Cathy becomes second in line to the throne.
Directing: Don Leaver · Writing: Eric Paice · Starring: Duncan Macrae
3x26 Lobster Quadrille Season Finale
Mar 21, 1964 · 51 min
When an agent investigating radioactivity levels in shellfish is killed in a beach hut fire, Steed and Cathy get involved in the heady worlds of nightclubbing, chess and lobster fishermen.
Directing: Kim Mills · Writing: Brian Clemens · Starring: Leslie Sands, Burt Kwouk, Gary Watson, Valentino Musetti