8.5/102 votes#1 - Someone at the Top of the Stairs
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 4/28/1973
When two young women rent a room in a dark house filled with strange inhabitants, one of them is killed and the other is haunted by a mysterious man who appears at the top of the stairs. Donna Mills, Judy Carne, David de Keyser, Francis Wallis, Alethea Charlton, Brian McGrath, Peter Cellier, Clifford Parrish, Scott Forbes, Rhoda Lewis, Alan Roberto, Laura Collins, Richard Corbet, Charles Hill
Director: John Sichel
Writer: Brian Clemens
8.5/102 votes#2 - File It Under Fear
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 6/2/1973
When several young women have been strangled in her neighborhood, a neurotic librarian tries to catch the killer. Maureen Lipman, Richard O'Callaghan, Jan Francis, James Grout, John Le Mesurier, Colin Fisher, Rose Hill, Richard Pendrey, John Nightingale, Jenny Quayle, Georgina Melville, Sue Bond
Director: Bill Hays
Writer: Brian Clemens
8.0/102 votes#3 - I'm the Girl He Wants to Kill
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 6/8/1974
A young secretary doing work after hours is terrorized by a murderer in a deserted office building.
Director: N/A
Writer: Brian Clemens
8.0/101 votes#4 - Nurse Will Make It Better
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 1/11/1975
A woman who is hired to care for a paraplegic girl is a devil worshipper and promises the girl that she will be able to walk again in exchange for her soul.
Director: N/A
Writer: Brian Clemens
8.0/101 votes#5 - What the Butler Saw
Season 4 Episode 22 - Aired 2/26/1966
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.
Director: Bill Bain
Writer: Brian Clemens
8.0/101 votes#6 - The House That Jack Built
Season 4 Episode 23 - Aired 3/5/1966
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: Brian Clemens
8.0/101 votes#7 - The Living Dead
Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 2/25/1967
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.
Director: John Krish
Writer: Brian Clemens
8.0/101 votes#8 - The Forget-Me-Knot
Season 6 Episode 1 - Aired 9/25/1968
Steed's colleague Sean Mortimer comes to see him in a very confused state. He knows there is a traitor in the organization but he has been drugged to put him in an amnesiac state and he can remember little else. Mrs. Peel investigates but she too falls prey to the drug as she and Sean are abducted by bikers. It is down to trainee agent 69, Tara King, to whom Steed is introduced by spymaster 'Mother' to help him save the day.
Director: James Hill
Writer: Brian Clemens
8.0/101 votes#9 - The Untouchables
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 1/16/1983
Bodie is offered the opportunity to clear up all his gambling debts by a foreign diplomat - who in exchange wants to have some vital secrets from CI5.
Director: William Brayne
Writer: Brian Clemens
7.5/102 votes#10 - Possession
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 4/21/1973
A couple moves into a sinister old country house, and the husband is taken over by strange forces. John Carson, Joanna Dunham, Hilary Hardiman, Athol Coats, James Cossins, Richard Aylen, Jack Galloway, Mary Ann Severne
Director: N/A
Writer: Brian Clemens
7.0/102 votes#11 - Lady Killer
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 4/14/1973
A shy librarian falls in love with and marries a smooth-talker, who is secretly already married and plots the death of his new wife. Barbara Feldon, Robert Powell, Linda Thorson, T. P. McKenna, Mary Wimbush, John Boswall, Ivor Roberts, Howard Rawlinson, Ronald Mayer, David Billa
Director: Bill Hays
Writer: Brian Clemens
7.0/102 votes#12 - An Echo of Theresa
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 5/5/1973
While a couple vacations in London, the husband begins to act strangely, calling his wife "Theresa," and they become involved in espionage. Paul Burke, Polly Bergen, Dinsdale Landen, Basil Henson, Vernon Dobtcheff, Meriel Brooke, William Job, Roger Hume, Larry Taylor, Betty Woolfe, Neville Phillips, Ted Richards, John Caesar
Director: N/A
Writer: Brian Clemens
- 7.0/101 votes
#13 - One Deadly Owner
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 2/16/1974
A fashion model buys a haunted Rolls-Royce. Donna Mills, Jeremy Brett, Robert Morris, Laurence Payne, Eric Lander, Michael Beint, Anthony Dawes, Bob Holness, Ray Marioni
Director: N/A
Writer: Brian Clemens
- 7.0/101 votes
#14 - Screamer
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 1/4/1975
After a young woman is attacked on her way to visit friends in the country, she spends time in a mental institution. When she is released, she sees her attacker and exacts her revenge.
Director: N/A
Writer: Brian Clemens
- 7.0/101 votes
#15 - Night Is the Time for Killing
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 1/18/1975
A woman on a train finds a dead man, but later the body disappears and the man is seen alive.
Director: N/A
Writer: Brian Clemens
7.0/101 votes#16 - View from the Villa
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/11/1960
John Drake is assigned to investigate the murder of a banker, Frank Delroy. The trail leads Drake to the home of Delroy's lady friend, a small seaside resort (Portmeirion) where he recovers five million dollars and solves the murder of Delroy.
Director: Terry Bishop
Writer: Brian Clemens
7.0/101 votes#17 - Time to Kill
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/18/1960
John Drake flies to Paris, where his assignment is to find an international killer. He refuses to assassinate the man, but undertakes to retrieve him. The task becomes more difficult when Drake finds himself handcuffed to a young woman, Lisa Orin.
Director: Ralph Smart
Writer: Brian Clemens
7.0/101 votes#18 - The Girl in Pink Pyjamas
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/16/1960
When a dazed girl is found wandering along a country lane, dressed only in her pajamas, Drake discovers a plot to assassinate a Balkan President.
Director: Peter Graham Scott
Writer: Brian Clemens
7.0/101 votes#19 - The Sisters
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 11/27/1960
When a young, beautiful refugee pleads for political asylum, Drake is called in to investigate by his superior, Hardy. When the girl's sister arrives, Drake has a double problem to solve.
Director: Seth Holt
Writer: Brian Clemens
7.0/101 votes#20 - The Island
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 1/1/1961
John Drake is flying back to the mainland with two prisoners, when his plane crashes in the sea, near a tiny island. On reaching the island Drake finds himself a wanted man as the island's hermit owner believes Drake is an escaped prisoner.
Director: N/A
Writer: Brian Clemens
7.0/101 votes#21 - Bury the Dead
Season 1 Episode 27 - Aired 5/7/1961
NATO agent Tony Costello is killed in a car crash while investigating a case of gun running. John Drake flies to Sicily to investigate and finds Costello's girl friend who is convinced it was murder. Before the case is solved, Drake discovers that you can bury the dead more than once.
Director: Clive Donner
Writer: Brian Clemens
7.0/101 votes#22 - The Leak
Season 1 Episode 30 - Aired 5/28/1961
Drake joins forces with a European doctor when workers at an African nuclear power plant fall ill.
Director: Anthony Bushell
Writer: Brian Clemens
7.0/101 votes#23 - The Nurse
Season 1 Episode 37 - Aired 1/6/1961
Drake travels to the Arabian Desert to rescue the American Consul and his family from terrorists who have assassinated the King. On arrival Drake finds he has additional problems trying to protect a pretty Scots nurse and the baby in her care - the future king.
Director: Peter Graham Scott
Writer: Brian Clemens
7.0/101 votes#24 - Dead Man Walks
Season 1 Episode 38 - Aired 1/13/1961
Hardy assigns Drake to investigate when the entire research team working in tropical diseases is killed by mysterious accidents. Drake travels to India, and uncovers clues that one of the scientists may be alive.
Director: Charles Frend
Writer: Brian Clemens
7.0/101 votes#25 - The Correct Way to Kill
Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 3/11/1967
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.
Director: Charles Crichton
Writer: Brian Clemens
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"Someone at the Top of the Stairs" is the best rated episode written by Brian Clemens. It scored 8.5/10 based on 2 votes. It was directed by John Sichel. It aired on 4/28/1973 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "File It Under Fear".