The Charmers (The Avengers)

23rd episode of the 3rd season of The Avengers

"The Charmers"

The Avengers episode
Episode no.| Season 3
Episode 23
Directed by| Bill Bain
Written by| Brian Clemens
Featured music| John Dankworth (theme)
Production code| 3623[1]
Original air date| 29 February 1964 (1964-02-29)
Guest appearances

* Fenella Fielding
* Warren Mitchell
* Brian Oulton
* Vivian Pickles
* John Barcroft

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"The Charmers" is the twenty-third episode of the third 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 29 February 1964. The episode was directed by Bill Bain and written by Brian Clemens.[2]

## Plot

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After a number of Soviet agents are murdered by an unknown third party, Steed and Cathy co-operate with their Russian counterparts to find the assassins.[3]

## Cast

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* Patrick Macnee as John Steed
* Honor Blackman as Cathy Gale
* Fenella Fielding as Kim Lawrence
* Warren Mitchell as Keller
* Brian Oulton as Mr. Edgar
* Vivian Pickles as Betty Smythe
* John Barcroft as Martin
* Malcolm Russell as Horace J. Cleeves
* Frank Mills as Harrap
* John Greenwood as Sam
* Peter Porteous as George Vinkel

## References

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1. ^ Johnson, Piers. "The Charmers". The Avengers. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
2. ^ Rogers, Dave (25 April 1983). The Avengers. ITV Books in association with Michael Joseph. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
3. ^ "The Charmers". The Avengers Forever!. Retrieved 19 May 2012.

## External links

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* "The Charmers" 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

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