Propellant 23 (The Avengers)

2nd episode of the 2nd season of The Avengers

"Propellant 23"

The Avengers episode

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Episode no.| Season 2
Episode 2
Directed by| Jonathan Alwyn
Written by| Jon Manchip White
Featured music| John Dankworth (theme)
Production code| 3505[1]
Original air date| 6 October 1962 (1962-10-06)
Guest appearances

* Justine Lord
* Katherine Woodville
* Geoffrey Palmer
* Ralph Nossek
* Barry Wilsher
* John Crocker

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"Propellant 23" is the second episode of the second series of the 1960s cult British spy-fi television series The Avengers, starring Patrick Macnee and Honor Blackman. It was first broadcast by ABC on 6 October 1962. The episode was directed by Jonathan Alwyn and written by Jon Manchip White.[2]

## Plot

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Steed and Cathy must retrieve a flask of top secret rocket fuel stolen from a murdered courier at a French airport.[3]

## Cast

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* Patrick Macnee as John Steed
* Honor Blackman as Cathy Gale
* Justine Lord as Jeanette
* Katherine Woodville as Laure
* Geoffrey Palmer as Paul Manning
* Ralph Nossek as Roland
* Barry Wilsher as Pierre
* John Crocker as Lt. 'Curly' Leclerc
* Trader Faulkner as Jacques Tissot
* John Dearth as Siebel
* Frederick Schiller as Jules Meyer
* Nicholas Courtney as Captain Legros
* Michael Beint as Co-Pilot, Robert
* John Gill as Baker, Jean Martan
* Graham Ashley as Gendarme
* Deanne Shendey as Shop Assistant

## References

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1. ^ Johnson, Piers. "Propellant 23". The Avengers. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
2. ^ Rogers, Dave (25 April 1983). The Avengers. ITV Books in association with Michael Joseph. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
3. ^ "Propellant 23". The Avengers Forever!. Retrieved 3 May 2012.

## External links

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* "Propellant 23" at IMDb
* Episode overview on The Avengers Forever! website

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Characters|

* John Steed
* Cathy Gale
* Emma Peel
* Tara King
* Mike Gambit
* Purdey
* Mother

Episodes|

| Series 1|

* "Hot Snow"
* "Crescent Moon"
* "Girl on the Trapeze"
* "Dance with Death"
* "The Frighteners"
* "Tunnel of Fear"

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Series 2|

* "Mr. Teddy Bear"
* "Propellant 23"
* "The Decapod"
* "Bullseye"
* "Mission to Montreal"
* "The Removal Men"
* "The Mauritius Penny"
* "Death of a Great Dane"
* "The Sell Out"
* "Death on the Rocks"
* "Traitor in Zebra"
* "The Big Thinker"
* "Death Dispatch"
* "Dead on Course"
* "Intercrime"
* "Immortal Clay"
* "Box of Tricks"
* "Warlock"
* "The Golden Eggs"
* "School for Traitors"
* "The White Dwarf"
* "Man in the Mirror"
* "Conspiracy of Silence"
* "A Chorus of Frogs"
* "Six Hands Across a Table"
* "Killer Whale"

Series 3|

* "Brief for Murder"
* "The Undertakers"
* "Man with Two Shadows"
* "The Nutshell"
* "Death of a Batman"
* "November Five"
* "The Gilded Cage"
* "Second Sight"
* "The Medicine Men"
* "The Grandeur That Was Rome"
* "The Golden Fleece"
* "Don't Look Behind You"
* "Death a la Carte"
* "Dressed to Kill"
* "The White Elephant"
* "The Little Wonders"
* "The Wringer"
* "Mandrake"
* "The Secrets Broker"
* "Trojan Horse"
* "Build a Better Mousetrap"
* "The Outside-In Man"
* "The Charmers"
* "Concerto"
* "Esprit de Corps"
* "Lobster Quadrille"

Series 4|

* "The Town of No Return"
* "The Gravediggers"
* "The Cybernauts"
* "A Surfeit of H2O"
* "The Hour That Never Was"
* "A Touch of Brimstone"
* "What the Butler Saw"

Series 5|

* "From Venus with Love"
* "The Fear Merchants"
* "Escape in Time"
* "The See-Through Man"
* "The Bird Who Knew Too Much"
* "The Winged Avenger"
* "The Living Dead"
* "The Hidden Tiger"
* "The Correct Way to Kill"
* "The Superlative Seven"
* "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Station"
* "Death's Door"

Series 6|

* "The Forget-Me-Knot"
* "Have Guns — Will Haggle"
* "The Morning After"

Related|

* Cast
* Radio episodes
* The New Avengers
* Film
* Minikillers
* "Kinky Boots"

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