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The Best Episodes of The Avengers Season 3

Every episode of The Avengers Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Avengers Season 3!

The Best Episodes of The Avengers Season 3

The Avengers is a British television series created in the 1960s. It initially focused on Dr. David Keel and his assistant John Steed. Hendry left...

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  1. 7.8/10(173 votes)

    #1 - Brief for Murder

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    S3:E1

    Thanks to the clever briefing of the Lakin brothers a man charged with treason is found not guilty. Mrs Gale believes that Steed is implicated, and contacts the newspapers. Steed threatens her: either withdraw her allegations or pay the consequences. Soon Steed is on trial for Gale's murder.

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  2. 7.8/10(156 votes)

    #2 - Dressed to Kill

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    S3:E14

    An incoming missile attack, which is detected by all but one of the country's early warning stations, proves to be a false alarm. Steed finds himself attending an exclusive New Year's Eve fancy-dress party on a train. The train terminates at a remote, deserted station, and a guest is killed with an arrow.

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    Director:Bill Bain
  3. 7.6/10(149 votes)

    #3 - Man with Two Shadows

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    S3:E3

    Agent Borowski has been brainwashed by the enemy, but between moments of multiple-personality disorder he tells Steed that three 'doubles' have been created. Steed tracks down one likely replacement to a holiday camp, but then discovers that he, himself, is about to be replaced.

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  4. 7.6/10(146 votes)

    #4 - The Nutshell

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    S3:E4

    The Director of Operations (Disco) of the Nutshell, a subterranean World War III bunker, tells Steed and Cathy that Big Ben, a file giving details of all their double agents, has been copied. Security cameras point to a young girl, but she is later found dead. Evidence implicates Steed, and Disco orders that he be apprehended.

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  5. 7.5/10(160 votes)

    #5 - Don't Look Behind You

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    S3:E12

    Invited to spend the weekend at the home of medievel costume expert Sir Cavalier Resagne, Cathy finds herself alone in the house, pestered by a young man who claims to be a film director, and haunted by her past. And where is Steed?

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  6. 7.5/10(128 votes)

    #6 - Mandrake

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    S3:E18

    After attending the funeral of an old friend in a lonely Cornish village cemetery, Steed discovers a plot to poison millionaires.

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  8. 7.5/10(137 votes)

    #7 - The Charmers

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    S3:E23

    The opposition believe Steed is responsible for the death of their agent Vinkel. Steed, however, had nothing to do with the murder and, as a show of good faith, agrees to a swap of partners with Keller in a bid to find the real killer.

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  9. 7.4/10(149 votes)

    #8 - The Gilded Cage

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    S3:E7

    Steed's trap for criminal mastermind J.P. Spaggs involves a brilliant plan to steal a million pounds in gold bullion. But when two detectives arrive at Steed's flat and arrest Cathy for Spagge's murder things don't seem to be going to plan.

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  10. 7.4/10(142 votes)

    #9 - Lobster Quadrille

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    S3:E26

    When an agent investigating radioactivity levels in shellfish is killed in a beach hut fire, Steed and Cathy get involved in the heady worlds of nightclubbing, chess and lobster fishermen.

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  11. 7.3/10(120 votes)

    #10 - The Outside-In Man

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    S3:E22

    Arabian revolutionary Sharp is visiting Britain and Steed is put in charge of security. He thinks it is ironic that they are now protecting a man they were trying to kill five years before. Two agents were thought to have died during the violent bloodshed in Abarain but now one of them is very much alive.

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  12. 7.2/10(129 votes)

    #11 - The Wringer

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    S3:E17

    Six agents have died on an escape route through Hungary and Austria. Anderson, a friend of Steed's, has also gone missing. Steed finds his friend but is then accused of being a traitor and taken to a brainwashing unit in Scotland run by the Wringer.

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  13. 7.2/10(133 votes)

    #12 - Build a Better Mousetrap

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    S3:E21

    What does Cathy joining a motorcycle gang, two elderly ladies who own a watermill and claim to be witches, and all of the clocks stopping at a local atomic research station have in common? They're all present in Brian Clemen's first great step into the bizarre.

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  14. 7.2/10(132 votes)

    #13 - Esprit De Corps

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    S3:E25

    The mysterious death of Corporal Craig of the Highland Guards sends both Steed and Cathy undercover into the army ranks. There, Steed finds himself under court-martial and Cathy becomes second in line to the throne.

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  15. 7.1/10(148 votes)

    #14 - The Undertakers

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    S3:E2

    All the occupants of a rest home, Adelphi Park, are multi-millionaires. And most of them are refusing to see anyone, including Professor Renter who was due to fly to America with Steed to show off his latest invention. His wife is unable or unwilling to help and, curiously, the neighbour, Madden, another millionaire, is missing.

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  16. 7.1/10(130 votes)

    #15 - The Little Wonders

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    S3:E16

    Bibliotek are a criminal organisation who are fronted as a church. A coming 'Bible Class' will decide who runs Bibliotek. It could be Steed...

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  17. 7.1/10(123 votes)

    #16 - The Secrets Broker

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    S3:E19

    One of Steed's colleagues has been murdered, and the subsequent investigation takes Cathy to a top-secret research establishment and Steed to a wine merchants.

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  18. 7.0/10(129 votes)

    #17 - The Medicine Men

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    S3:E9

    Willis-Sopwoth, a top pharmaceutical firm, is being drained by cheap imitations of its products in foreign markets. The death of a member of staff while investigating the fraud brings Steed and Cathy face to face with a deadly artist and a plot to poison children.

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  19. 7.0/10(135 votes)

    #18 - Concerto

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    S3:E24

    Soviet-British trade talks are coinciding with the first London concert of the brilliant young pianist, Stefan Veliko. A young girl accuses Veliko of assault, and is then murdered. If someone wants to disrupt the talks by incriminating the pianist, they seem to be going about it in the right way.

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  20. 6.8/10(138 votes)

    #19 - November Five

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    Michael Dyter, the newly elected MP for South-East Anglia is shot shortly after making his acceptance speech in which he had threatened to expose a major scandal involving the government. Steed knows that the subject of this was the recent theft of a nuclear warhead near London. So was Dyter killed to keep him quiet, and if so, by whom?

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  21. 6.8/10(136 votes)

    #20 - Second Sight

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    S3:E8

    The cornea grafts that will, hopefully, restore the sight of blind millionaire Marten Halvarssen fascinate Steed: they're rumoured to be coming from a live patient, one Hilda Brauer. Steed suspects that all is not what it seems and so sends Cathy to Switzerland to oversee the operation.

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  22. 6.8/10(123 votes)

    #21 - Trojan Horse

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    S3:E20

    Jockeys and stable hands are being trained in the use of firearms and poisons, so Steed delves deep in the murky world of horse racing.

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  23. 6.7/10(137 votes)

    #22 - Death of a Batman

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    S3:E5

    At the reading of the will of Wrightson, Steed's former batman, the man's family are shocked to discover his estate is worth a fortune. Steed and Cathy set out to find out where a twenty pounds per week draughtsman acquired such a huge amount of money, and whether it was legal.

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  24. 6.7/10(123 votes)

    #23 - The White Elephant

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    S3:E15

    The disappearance of an albino elephant from Noah Marshall's zoo seems to be linked to Steed's investigation of ivory dust in a gun shop. Steed sets out to rescue Cathy from the tiger's cage, find Snowy and investigate the ivory smugglers.

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  25. 6.6/10(141 votes)

    #24 - Death A La Carte

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    S3:E13

    Emir Abdulla Akaba is visiting London for his annual medical, and Steed suspects an assassination attempt. Despite Steed assumming the guise of a chef, the Emir seems to have been poisoned while eating a meal.

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  26. 6.5/10(142 votes)

    #25 - The Grandeur That Was Rome

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    S3:E10

    Strange diseases are being reported in various parts of the world, and Steed's suspicion is that somebody has been tampering with the insecticides and fertilisers of United Foods and Dressings. Cathy Gale is captured whilst investigating, and will be the 'guinea pig' for a test on the new strain of bubonic plague.

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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"Brief for Murder" is the best rated episode of "The Avengers" season 3. It scored 7.8/10 based on 173 votes. Directed by Peter Hammond and written by Brian Clemens, it aired on 9/28/1963. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Dressed to Kill".