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The Best Episodes of The Avengers

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The Best Episodes of The Avengers

A quirky spy show of the adventures of eccentrically suave British Agent John Steed and his predominantly female partners. Jonathan Steed - an urbane, proper...

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  1. Background image for The Superlative Seven
    8.2/10(502 votes)

    #1 - The Superlative Seven

    S5:E12

    Steed is invited to a party, and finds himself trapped in a remote-controlled aircraft, with six fancy-dressed specialists in various combat styles, en route to a distant island. There, they are pitted against each other in a deadly test.

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    8.2/10(443 votes)

    #2 - The Joker

    S5:E15

    Invited for the weekend to the home of a fellow Bridge Expert, Emma finds herself trapped in a house designed to send her mad. Her tormentor is Max Prendergast, a man she befriended and then betrayed in Berlin some time before. Then Steed came to the rescue but now he's at home nursing a sprained ankle.

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    8.2/10(368 votes)

    #3 - Who's Who???

    S5:E16

    When one of the Floral Network of agents is found dead atop a pair of stilts, Steed and Emma's interest is piqued. That's the idea, because foreign agents Basil and Lola have a trap prepared for them: a machine that swaps their minds into the pair's bodies.

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    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #4 - The Gravediggers

    S4:E2

    Has the late Dr Marlow's proposed radar-jamming system been tested against British defences? If so, the dead scientist seems to be doing it from his grave. And what's the connection with the local hospital's bizarre operations and a train-crazy philanthropist?

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    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #5 - The Cybernauts

    S4:E3

    A vastly strong, bullet-proof killer homes in on and destroys several electronics executives. Could it have something to do with Dr. Armstrong's automated work place? Or with the activities of a nearby karate school...

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  6. Background image for The Hour that Never Was
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #6 - The Hour that Never Was

    S4:E9

    Following a motor crash, Steed and Emma explore the seemingly deserted RAF Hamelin, where they were heading for a party to celebrate the base's closure. Is this surreal landscape all a dream, or is it something worse?

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    Director:Gerry O'Hara
    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for What the Butler Saw
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #7 - What the Butler Saw

    S4:E22

    According to Steed's double-agent barber, one of three military men is a traitor. But which one? To find out, Steed becomes a butler, and Emma starts Operation Fascination to trap the woman-hungry Group Captain Miles.

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    Director:Bill Bain
  9. Background image for The House That Jack Built
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #8 - The House That Jack Built

    S4:E23

    Emma inherits some property from her deceased Uncle Jack. The property is a very bizaarre house, and when Emma goes to inspect it, she finds herself trapped in a labyrinth of psychological torture.

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    Director:Unknown
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    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #9 - Dead Man's Treasure

    S5:E20

    A missing briefcase full of secrets propels Steed and Emma into a treasure hunt by car.

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    Director:Sidney Hayers
    Writer:Unknown
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    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - The Positive Negative Man

    S5:E22

    When a scientist is found embedded in a wall, Steed and Emma pursue a man in make-up and wellies, whose appearance is terribly shocking.

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    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - Murdersville

    S5:E23

    Emma's old friend, Paul Croft, returns from abroad to retire to Little Storping-in-the Swurf. Unfortunately, the village seems to be run along very strange lines. Threatened by yokels, Emma finds herself outnumbered.

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    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - Mission... Highly Improbable

    S5:E24

    When Sir Gerald Bancroft and his Rolls-Royce vanish whilst being escorted at a military base, Steed is called upon to solve the puzzle. But before he can he experiences that old shrinking feeling.

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    Director:Robert Day
    Writer:Unknown
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    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - Game

    S6:E2

    The sudden deaths of several of Steed's former army colleagues are revealed to be part of an elaborate engine of destruction, devised by a man court-martialled by them all. And now he is playing a deadly game.

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    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #14 - All Done With Mirrors

    S6:E8

    The leaking of secrets at Carmadoc Research Establishment throws suspicion on to Steed, who must suffer the torment of house arrest while Tara goes in with a new partner.

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    Director:Ray Austin
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    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #15 - The Morning After

    S6:E18

    Steed, attempting to capture super-spy Merlin, is knocked out by a sleeping capsule, and wakes to find London deserted and under martial law. Firing squads are at large, and a nuclear bomb is holding the government to ransom.

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    Director:John Hough
  17. Background image for Never, Never Say Die
    7.9/10(395 votes)

    #16 - Never, Never Say Die

    S5:E10

    An unfortunate motorist keeps knocking down and killing the same man: a man who's rampaging through the countryside, bulletproof and intent on destruction. A man who just happens to be identical to the urbane Professor Frank N. Stone.

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    Director:Robert Day
    Writer:Unknown
  18. Background image for Escape in Time
    7.8/10(431 votes)

    #17 - Escape in Time

    S5:E3

    Several notorious criminals have vanished into thin air. A whisper has been received that the escape chain starts in London, but, when agent Paxton follows it, he winds up dead in the Thames with a 300-year-old bullet in him.

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    Director:John Krish
    Writer:Unknown
  19. Background image for The Correct Way to Kill
    7.8/10(364 votes)

    #18 - The Correct Way to Kill

    S5:E9

    Foreign agents are being killed, but not by British agents. Steed thinks it terribly unfair, and so does his opposite number, Nutski. They make an arrangement, and Steed and Emma find themselves with Soviet partners in an investigation of a group of very British killers.

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    7.8/10(405 votes)

    #19 - A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Station

    S5:E13

    When Lucas, an agent investigating something subversive, gets off his train at the wrong station he is murdered. Has the crime got anything to do with a mole at the admiralty, a train ticket and a fiendish plot to kill the Prime Minister?

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    Director:John Krish
  21. Background image for From Venus With Love
    7.7/10(462 votes)

    #20 - From Venus With Love

    S5:E1

    The strange deaths of several astronomers, left bleached white, pose a problem. Whilst Steed joins the stargazers, Emma chases a bright light, and finds herself in the hot seat.

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    Director:Robert Day
    Writer:Unknown
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    7.7/10(422 votes)

    #21 - Epic

    S5:E11

    Three Hollywood veterans, led by an insane director, decide that Emma would be perfect for their latest movie, so they kidnap her and film some surreal and deadly footage.

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    Director:James Hill
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    7.6/10(399 votes)

    #22 - The Fear Merchants

    S5:E2

    Four men involved in the production of ceramics suffer nervous breakdowns in everyday situations. All have recently turned down the opportunity to merge with the British Porcelain Company. Steed and Emma investigate the world of fear, with terrifying consequences.

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    Writer:Unknown
  24. Background image for The Winged Avenger
    7.6/10(411 votes)

    #23 - The Winged Avenger

    S5:E6

    Is a creature that can walk up walls clawing to death ruthless and powerful men? Does it have anything to do with Professor Poole's invention of boots that let you walk on the ceiling, or with cartoon superhero the Winged Avenger?

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    7.5/10(370 votes)

    #24 - The Living Dead

    S5:E7

    When representatives of the two organizations head to a country church to investigate the sudden reappearance of a man long thought dead, Steed and Emma are called in to help. It isn't long, of course, before murder rears its ugly head.

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    Director:John Krish
  26. Background image for The Hidden Tiger
    7.5/10(390 votes)

    #25 - The Hidden Tiger

    S5:E8

    The mauling to death of several members of the committee of PURRR (the Philanthropic Union for the Rescue, Relief and Recuperation of Cats) exposes Steed and Emma to a diabolical scheme to take over the entire country.

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    Director:Sidney Hayers
    Writer:Unknown

Best Episodes Summary

"The Superlative Seven" is the best rated episode of "The Avengers". It scored 8.2/10 based on 502 votes. Directed by Sidney Hayers and written by Brian Clemens, it aired on 4/8/1967. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Joker".