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The Gravediggers (The Avengers)

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Episode no.
  
Season 4Episode 2

Written by
  
Malcolm Hulke

Production code
  
4-2

Directed by
  
Quentin Lawrence

Featured music
  
Laurie Johnson

Produced by
  
Brian ClemensJulian Wintle

The Gravediggers is the second episode of the fourth series of the 1960s cult British spy-fi television series The Avengers, starring Patrick Macnee and Diana Rigg. It was first aired on ABC on 7 October 1965. The episode was directed by Quentin Lawrence, and written by Malcolm Hulke.

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Plot

Steed and Emma visit a railway buff to investigate a deathly plot to sabotage the country's early warning radar defence systems.

Cast

  • Patrick Macnee as John Steed
  • Diana Rigg as Emma Peel
  • Ronald Fraser as Sir Horace Winslip
  • Paul Massie as Johnson
  • Caroline Blakiston as Miss Thirlwell
  • Victor Platt as Sexton
  • Charles Lamb as Fred
  • Wanda Ventham as Nurse Spray
  • Ray Austin as Baron
  • Steven Berkoff as Sager
  • Bryan Mosley as Miller
  • Lloyd Lamble as Dr. Hubert Marlow
  • Aubrey Richards as Dr. Palmer (uncredited)

    • References

    The Gravediggers (The Avengers) Wikipedia
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