Episode no. Season 1
Episode 6 Produced by Leonard White Show The Avengers Episode number 6 Previous episode Crescent Moon Written by Dennis Spooner | Directed by Don Leaver Production code 1-6 Season number 1 Air date 11 February 1961 Next episode Diamond Cut Diamond | |
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Featured music Laurie Johnson, John Dankworth (theme) Original air date 11 February 1961 (1961-02-11) | ||
Girl on the Trapeze is the sixth episode of the first series of the 1960s cult British spy-fi television series The Avengers, starring Ian Hendry, Patrick Macnee and Ingrid Hafner, and guest starring Mia Karam, Howard Goorney, and Kenneth Warren. It was performed and aired live on ABC on 11 February 1961, and is one of only three Season 1 episodes which are currently known to exist, complete. The episode was directed by Don Leaver, and written by Dennis Spooner.
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Plot
Dr. Keel rescues a young girl who tries to commit suicide by jumping into the Thames River. The girl is a trapeze artist with a visiting Eastern European circus. Foreign agents are trying to use her to force her father, a defecting scientist, to return to his country home.
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Production
The episode was broadcast live on ABC on 11 February 1961.