"Esprit de Corps" is the twenty-fifth episode of the third series of the 1960s cult British
spy-fi television series ''
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'', starring
Patrick Macnee
Daniel Patrick Macnee (6 February 1922 – 25 June 2015) was a British film and television actor. After serving in the Royal Navy during World War II, he began his acting career in Canada. Despite having some small film roles, Macnee spent much ...
and
Honor Blackman. It was first broadcast by
ABC on 14 March 1964. The episode was directed by
Don Leaver
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and written by
Eric Paice.
Plot
Steed and Cathy investigate the murder of a soldier and uncover a plot to stage a coup d'état against the British government.
The regal Mrs Gale meets a strangler who's not a true gentleman.
Cast
*
Patrick Macnee
Daniel Patrick Macnee (6 February 1922 – 25 June 2015) was a British film and television actor. After serving in the Royal Navy during World War II, he began his acting career in Canada. Despite having some small film roles, Macnee spent much ...
as John Steed
*
Honor Blackman as Cathy Gale
*
Duncan Macrae as Brigadier General Sir Ian Stuart-Bollinger
*
Joyce Heron as Lady Dorothy Stuart-Bollinger
*
Roy Kinnear as Private Jessop
*
John Thaw as Captain Trench
*
Pearl Catlin as Mrs. Angela Craig
*
Doug Robinson as Sergeant Marsh
*
Hugh Morton as Admiral, Harry
*
Anthony Blackshaw
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as Private Hamish Asquith
*
James Falkland as Signaller
* George Alexander as Piper
*
George Macrae as Highland Dancer
*
Tony Lambden
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as Drummer
References
External links
*
Episode overview on The Avengers Forever! website
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The Avengers (season 3) episodes
1964 British television episodes