"The Gravediggers" is the second episode of the fourth series of the 1960s cult British spy-fi television series ''

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'', starring

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and Diana Rigg. It was first broadcast by Scottish Television on Tuesday 5 October 1965.

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, who commissioned the show, broadcast it in its own regions four days later on Saturday 9 October. The episode was directed by

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, and written by Malcolm Hulke.

Plot

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

Cast

as John Steed * Diana Rigg as Emma Peel * Ronald Fraser as Sir Horace Winslip * Paul Massie as Johnson *

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as Miss Thirlwell *

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as Sexton * Charles Lamb as Fred * Wanda Ventham as Nurse Spray * Ray Austin as Baron *

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as Sager * Bryan Mosley as Miller *

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as Dr. Hubert Marlow *

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as Dr. Palmer (uncredited)

Location

The Stapleford Miniature Railway near Melton Mowbray,

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was where Emma Peel was filmed tied to the railway track.

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