The Avengers: Season 6

1968 · 33 episodes · ★ 6.3

What Season 6 of The Avengers

Season 6 of The Avengers Has 33 episodes and premiered on September 25, 1968. Here's the complete episode guide with air dates, runtimes and ratings.

33episodes

Sep 25, 1968premiered

May 21, 1969latest episode

13.8 hrtotal runtime

Season 6 Episodes

6x01 The Forget-Me-Knot
Sep 25, 1968 · 60 min · ★ 8.0
Steed's colleague Sean Mortimer comes to see him in a very confused state. He knows there is a traitor in the organization but he has been drugged to put him in an amnesiac state and he can remember little else. Mrs. Peel investigates but she too falls prey to the drug as she and Sean are abducted by bikers. It is down to trainee agent 69, Tara King, to whom Steed is introduced by spymaster 'Mother' to help him save the day.
Directed by: James Hill · Writer: Brian Clemens · Starring: Diana Rigg, Alan Lake, Douglas Sheldon, Patrick Kavanagh
6x02 Game
Oct 2, 1968
The sudden deaths of several of Steed's former army colleagues are revealed to be part of an elaborate engine of destruction, devised by a man court-martialled by them all. And now he is playing a deadly game.
Directed by: Robert Fuest · Writer: Richard Harris · Starring: Alex Scott, Aubrey Richards, Desmond Walter-Ellis, Geoffrey Russell
6x03 Super Secret Cypher Snatch
Oct 9, 1968 · 60 min
Problems of a secret leakage from Cypher HQ and the disappearance of agent Jarret are first handed to rival Department MII2, and then to Mother's group. But why does everybody at Cypher HQ claim never to have seen Jarret and state that the only thing worthy of note that happened yesterday was that it rained?
Directed by: John Hough · Writer: Tony Williamson · Starring: Angela Scoular, John Carlisle, Allan Cuthbertson, Ivor Dean
6x04 You'll Catch Your Death
Oct 16, 1968
Ear, nose and throat specialists are sneezing themselves to death, each after receiving a mysterious empty envelope. When Tara is kidnapped, Steed takes great care over his morning mail.
Directed by: Paul Dickson · Writer: Jeremy Burnham · Starring: Dudley Sutton, Henry McGee, Bruno Barnabe, Hamilton Dyce
6x05 Split!
Oct 23, 1968
When an agent at the Ministry of Top-Secret Information is murdered, Steed and Tara have little difficulty in locating the man responsible. But when a handwriting test indicates that he is Boris Kartovski, someone Steed thought he had killed in Berlin 5 years before, our heroes find themselves drawn into the dangerous experiments of Dr. Constantine.
Directed by Roy Ward Baker · Written by Brian Clemens, Dennis Spooner · Starring Bernard Archard, Julian Glover, Nigel Davenport, John G. Heller
6x06 Whoever Shot Poor George Oblique Stroke XR40
Oct 30, 1968 · 60 min
Somebody is out to get super-computer George/XR40. He is shot, given false data, attacked with acid, and nearly gets his power supply cut. But until George works properly the name and nature of the culprits cannot be established.
Directed by: Cyril Frankel · Writer: Tony Williamson · Starring: Valerie Leon, Dennis Price, Frank Windsor, Tony Wright
6x07 False Witness
Nov 6, 1968 · 60 min
Trusted agent Melville has lost three partners in quick succession, and seems to be lying at every opportunity. Is he really the man to partner Steed in an attempt to convict Lord Edgefield, noted blackmailer? And what is the odd connection between this whole affair and daily milk deliveries?
Directed by Charles Crichton · Written by Jeremy Burnham · Starring Barry Warren, William Job, John Bennett, Tony Steedman
6x08 All Done With Mirrors
Nov 13, 1968
The leaking of secrets at Carmadoc Research Establishment throws suspicion on to Steed, who must suffer the torment of house arrest while Tara goes in with a new partner.
Directed by Ray Austin · Written by Leigh Vance · Starring Tenniel Evans, Dinsdale Landen, Liane Aukin, Peter Copley
6x09 Legacy of Death
Nov 20, 1968
Anticipating the arrival of his enemies to kill him, millionaire Henley Farrer sets a deadly trap for them involving an Oriental dagger and, inevitably, Steed and Tara.
Directed by Don Chaffey · Written by Terry Nation · Starring Richard Hurndall, Stratford Johns, Michael Bilton, Ferdy Mayne
6x10 Noon Doomsday
Nov 27, 1968 · 60 min
Tara visits Steed in a special hospital following an injury to his leg. This is just the backdrop needed by Gerald Kafka, ex-head of Murder International, as he plans his revenge against Steed, who sent him to prison exactly seven years ago. At noon, Steed will die.
Directed by: Peter Sykes · Writer: Terry Nation · Starring: T. P. McKenna, Ray Brooks, Griffith Jones, Anthony Ainley
6x11 Look- (stop me if you've heard this one) But There Were These Two Fellers...
Dec 4, 1968 · 60 min
The directors of the Capital Land and Development Company are being murdered and the only clues Steed and Tara have are a massive footprint and a red nose.
Directed by: James Hill · Writer: Dennis Spooner · Starring: Jimmy Jewel, John Cleese, John Woodvine, Robert James
6x12 Have Guns- Will Haggle
Dec 11, 1968 · 60 min
The spectacular theft of 3,000 top-secret FF70 rifles from a Government establishment brings Steed and Tara. Steed meets an old 'friend' and is invited to an auction. Tara has other reasons for being there.
Directed by Ray Austin · Written by Donald James · Starring Robert Gillespie, Nicola Pagett, Johnny Sekka, Jonathan Burn
6x13 They Keep Killing Steed
Dec 18, 1968 · 54 min
To infiltrate a peace conference, Arcos, a brilliant plastic surgeon, uses a new moulding technique to transform an agent into a duplicate Steed. But when the transformation proves to be unstable, Arcos decides they need the real Steed.
Directed by Robert Fuest · Written by Brian Clemens · Starring Norman Jones, Ian Ogilvy, Ray McAnally, Bernard Horsfall
6x14 The Interrogators
Jan 1, 1969
When agents find themselves in Colonel Mannering's interrogation centre, they think it's a test of their abilities, and relax with drinks when the sessions are over. But who's fooling who. Steed plays catch the pigeon.
Directed by: Charles Crichton · Writers: Brian Clemens, Richard Harris · Starring: Glynn Edwards, Philip Bond, Neil McCarthy, Christopher Lee
6x15 The Rotters
Jan 8, 1969 · 60 min
Members of the Institute of Timber Technology are being killed by a pair of caddish assassins, their advantage being an ability to destroy wood in seconds.
Directed by Robert Fuest · Written by Dave Freeman · Starring Jerome Willis, Gerald Sim, Eric Barker, John Nettleton
6x16 Invasion of the Earthmen
Jan 15, 1969 · 53 min
The death of agent Bernard Grant, while investigating the strange goings-on at the Alpha Academy where teenagers are being prepared for inter-planetary conquest, leads Steed and Tara into the generation war.
Directed by Don Sharp · Written by Terry Nation · Starring Warren Clarke, Lucy Fleming, Christian Roberts, Christopher Chittell
6x17 Killer
Jan 22, 1969
Remak is a killer, one the department are desperate to find. But a succession of agents on the trail of Remak are turning up dead, wrapped in polythene. And with Tara on holiday, Steed must go into this case with a new partner.
Directed by Cliff Owen · Written by Tony Williamson · Starring Grant Taylor, John Bailey, William Franklyn, Jennifer Croxton
6x18 The Morning After
Jan 29, 1969
Steed, attempting to capture super-spy Merlin, is knocked out by a sleeping capsule, and wakes to find London deserted and under martial law. Firing squads are at large, and a nuclear bomb is holding the government to ransom.
Directed by John Hough · Written by Brian Clemens · Starring Brian Blessed, Joss Ackland, Peter Barkworth, Penelope Horner
6x19 The Curious Case of the Countless Clues
Feb 5, 1969
Rich men are being blackmailed by two crime experts who plant clues to them all over the scenes of the crimes that they themselves commit. However, when they try to allege that Steed would murder Tara....
Directed by: Don Sharp · Writer: Philip Levene · Starring: Peter Jones, Edward de Souza, Tracy Reed, Tony Selby
6x20 Wish You Were Here
Feb 12, 1969 · 60 min
Tara's uncle is being held against his will in a country hotel. So Tara books in, and finds herself equally discouraged from leaving. Could the place also be home to the agent that Mother is missing?
Directed by Don Chaffey · Written by Tony Williamson · Starring Robert Urquhart, Gary Watson, Louise Pajo, Richard Caldicot
6x21 Love All
Feb 19, 1969
Security lapses seem to point to top civil servants suddenly falling in love and giving secrets to an enemy agent disguised as a char lady. Steed investigates, but first has to save Tara from killing herself out of unrequited love.
Directed by Peter Sykes · Written by Jeremy Burnham · Starring Peter Stephens, Patsy Rowlands, Veronica Strong, Terence Alexander
6x22 Stay Tuned
Feb 26, 1969
Steed, packing for a holiday, is knocked unconscious. When he wakes, he continues to pack but is confused when Tara arrives and tells him that he has been away for three weeks. Could it have anything to do with the mysterious man following him whom everybody else but Steed can see?
Directed by: Don Chaffey · Writers: Terry Nation, Tony Williamson · Starring: Harold Kasket, Roger Delgado, Kate O'Mara, Ewan Roberts
6x23 Take Me To Your Leader
Mar 5, 1969 · 60 min
The discovery of a talking attache case passed from courier to courier until it finally reaches 'Mr. Big' takes Steed and Tara on a dazzling and surreal romp around London.
Directed by: John Hough, Robert Fuest · Writer: Terry Nation · Starring: Patrick Barr, John Ronane, Michael Robbins, Henry Stamper
6x24 Fog
Mar 12, 1969
When a member of the International Disarmament Committee is stabbed with a swordstick on a foggy night, it looks like the Gaslight Ghoul, murderer of the 1890's, has set up in business again. Can Steed and Tara catch him before the committee is severely lacking in personnel?
Directed by John Hough · Written by Jeremy Burnham · Starring Guy Rolfe, Patsy Smart, Paul Whitsun-Jones, Nigel Green
6x25 Who Was That Man I Saw You with?
Mar 19, 1969 · 60 min
Whilst on a top secret security assignment, Tara comes under suspicion of being a double-agent. She must cast similar suspicion on Steed if she is to prove that she has been framed. An enemy agent, Gregor Zaroff, hopes to put the Government's new anti-missile defence system, code named 'Field Marshall', out of action by convincing Steed and Mother that Tara has betrayed the system's secrets. (Source: en.wikipedia.de)
Directed by: Don Chaffey · Writer: Jeremy Burnham · Starring: William Marlowe, Ralph Michael, Alan Browning, Alan MacNaughtan
6x26 Homicide And Old Lace
Mar 26, 1969
It's Mother's birthday and he is visiting two of his aunts, Harriet and Georgina. To celebrate he tells them a hair-colour changing story, 'The Great Great British Crime'.
Directed by John Hough · Written by Malcolm Hulke, Terrance Dicks · Starring Gerald Harper, Joyce Carey, Gertan Klauber, Bryan Mosley
6x27 Thingumajig
Apr 2, 1969
The Reverend Shelley, a wartime pal of Steed's, seeks his help when archaeologists beneath his church are murdered mysteriously. Do the killing have anything to do with small malevolent mobile metal boxes....?
Directed by Leslie Norman · Written by Terry Nation · Starring Russell Waters, Iain Cuthbertson, Willoughby Goddard, Dora Reisser
6x28 My Wildest Dream
Apr 7, 1969
When one of the Acme Precision Combine is brutally stabbed, Steed and Tara are on hand to witness the crime, thanks to a telephoned warning. But why does somebody want them to see so many killings, and what does it have to do with Dr. Jaeger's aggresso-therapy clinic?
Directed by: Robert Fuest · Writers: Brian Clemens, Philip Levene · Starring: John Savident, Peter Vaughan, Derek Godfrey, Edward Fox
6x29 Requiem
Apr 16, 1969
When Steed takes prime witness Miranda Loxton to a safe house to protect her from Murder-International hitmen, Tara is kidnapped. She escapes to find herself in her worst nightmare. A booby-trap in Steed's apartment kills Mother and Tara may be the only one with the hidden knowledge of where Steed has gone.
Directed by Don Chaffey · Written by Brian Clemens · Starring Denis Shaw, John Paul, Angela Douglas, John Cairney
6x30 Take-Over
Apr 23, 1969
The home of Steed's friends Bill and Laura Bassett is invaded by a group of ruthless criminals who implant explosives in their throats. Unfortunately, this is the weekend that Steed is coming to stay.
Directed by Robert Fuest · Written by Terry Nation · Starring John Comer, Tom Adams, Elizabeth Sellars, Michael Gwynn
6x31 Pandora
Apr 30, 1969
Tara is kidnapped, and wakes to discover that it is 1915, and she is apparently called Pandora. Could this be because of the little matter of a dowry and a missing bride? Steed struggles to solve a very old mystery.
Directed by: Robert Fuest · Writer: Brian Clemens · Starring: Geoffrey Whitehead, Kathleen Byron, Julian Glover, James Cossins
6x32 Get-A-Way
May 14, 1969
Two invincible foreign agents escape from the ultimate prison, a monastery run by the security services. They resume their mission, to kill one important person each. Steed and Tara set out to catch them, and to find out how they escaped, before their leader follows suit.
Directed by: Don Sharp · Writer: Philip Levene · Starring: Edward Fox, Michael Culver, Robert Russell, Andrew Keir
6x33 Bizarre Season Finale
May 21, 1969 · 60 min
When a woman is found walking barefoot in a snowy field, complaining of a dead man who wasn't dead, Steed investigates the Happy Meadows funeral parlour, which doesn't seem to be keeping its clients down under. What connection could that business possibly have with Mystic Tours?
Directed by Leslie Norman · Written by Brian Clemens · Starring John Sharp, Roy Kinnear, Sheila Burrell, Fulton Mackay