The Nutshell (The Avengers)
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"The Nutshell" | |
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The Avengers episode | |
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Episode no. | Season 3 Episode 4 |
Directed by | Raymond Menmuir |
Written by | Philip Chambers |
Produced by | John Bryce |
Featured music | Laurie Johnson John Dankworth (theme) |
Production code | 3-4 |
Original air date | 19 October 1963 |
Guest actors | |
The Nutshell is the fourth episode of the third series of the 1960s cult British spy-fi television series The Avengers, starring Patrick Macnee and Honor Blackman. It originally aired on ABC on 19 October 1963. The episode was directed by Raymond Menmuir and written by Philip Chambers.[1]
Contents
Plot
Steed and Cathy investigate espionage by a pretty burglar in "The Nutshell", codename for a top-secret underground nuclear shelter.[2] They are not telling each other everything, and somewhere a traitor lurks.
Cast
- Patrick Macnee as John Steed
- Honor Blackman as Cathy Gale
- Bud Tingwell as Mike Venner
- John Cater as Disco
- Patricia Haines as Laura
- Christine Shaw as Susan
- Edina Ronay as Elin Strindberg
- Ian Clark as Anderson
- Ray Browne as Alex
- Jan Conrad as Jason Avon
- Edwin Brown as Military Policeman, Bill