A Chorus of Frogs

24th episode of the 2nd season of The Avengers

"A Chorus of Frogs"

The Avengers episode

Screen title

Episode no.

Season 2
Episode 24

Directed by

Raymond Menmuir

Written by

Martin Woodhouse

Featured music

John Dankworth (theme)

Production code

3523^[1]

Original air date

9 March 1963 (1963-03-09)

Guest appearances

Eric Pohlmann
Yvonne Shima
Colette Wilde
John Carson
Frank Gatliff
Michael Gover
Alan Haywood

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"A Chorus of Frogs" is the twenty-fourth episode of the second series of the 1960s cult British spy-fi television series The Avengers, starring Patrick Macnee and Julie Stevens. It was first broadcast by ABC on 9 March 1963. The episode was directed by Raymond Menmuir and written by Martin Woodhouse.^[2]

Plot

Steed takes a vacation to Greece. Whilst there he is asked to investigate the death of Greek deep-sea diver and smuggler, who was part of a group of part-time agents known as "the Frogs".^[3]

Music

Julie Stevens sings Hush, Little Baby and The Lips That Touch Kippers Burnaby & Long's Parody of the Temperance song "The Lips That Touch Liquor".^[4]

Cast

Patrick Macnee as John Steed
Julie Stevens as Venus Smith
Eric Pohlman as Archipelago Mason
Yvonne Shima as Anna Lee
Colette Wilde as Helena
John Carson as Ariston Sondqvist
Frank Gatliff as Dr. Pitt-Norton
Michael Gover as One Six
Alan Haywood as Jackson
Makki Marseilles as Andreas Stephanopoulus
Norman Johns as Ship's 1st Officer

References

^ Johnson, Piers. "A Chorus of Frogs". The Avengers. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
^ Rogers, Dave (25 April 1983). The Avengers. ITV Books in association with Michael Joseph. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
^ "A Chorus of Frogs". The Avengers Forever!. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
^ "The Avengers : Series 2 : A Chorus of Frogs : trivia". dissolute technologies. Retrieved 15 June 2017.

External links

"A Chorus of Frogs" at IMDb
Episode overview on The Avengers Forever! website

The Avengers

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Episodes

Series 1	"Hot Snow" "Crescent Moon" "Girl on the Trapeze" "Dance with Death" "The Frighteners" "Tunnel of Fear"
Series 2	"Mr. Teddy Bear" "Propellant 23" "The Decapod" "Bullseye" "Mission to Montreal" "The Removal Men" "The Mauritius Penny" "Death of a Great Dane" "The Sell Out" "Death on the Rocks" "Traitor in Zebra" "The Big Thinker" "Death Dispatch" "Dead on Course" "Intercrime" "Immortal Clay" "Box of Tricks" "Warlock" "The Golden Eggs" "School for Traitors" "The White Dwarf" "Man in the Mirror" "Conspiracy of Silence" "A Chorus of Frogs" "Six Hands Across a Table" "Killer Whale"
Series 3	"Brief for Murder" "The Undertakers" "Man with Two Shadows" "The Nutshell" "Death of a Batman" "November Five" "The Gilded Cage" "Second Sight" "The Medicine Men" "The Grandeur That Was Rome" "The Golden Fleece" "Don't Look Behind You" "Death a la Carte" "Dressed to Kill" "The White Elephant" "The Little Wonders" "The Wringer" "Mandrake" "The Secrets Broker" "Trojan Horse" "Build a Better Mousetrap" "The Outside-In Man" "The Charmers" "Concerto" "Esprit de Corps" "Lobster Quadrille"
Series 4	"The Town of No Return" "The Gravediggers" "The Cybernauts" "A Surfeit of H₂O" "The Hour That Never Was" "A Touch of Brimstone" "What the Butler Saw"
Series 5	"From Venus with Love" "The Fear Merchants" "Escape in Time" "The See-Through Man" "The Bird Who Knew Too Much" "The Winged Avenger" "The Living Dead" "The Hidden Tiger" "The Correct Way to Kill" "The Superlative Seven" "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Station" "Death's Door"
Series 6	"The Forget-Me-Knot" "Have Guns — Will Haggle" "The Morning After"