The Bird Who Knew Too Much
"The Bird Who Knew Too Much" | |||
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Episode no. | Season 5 Episode 5 | ||
Directed by | Roy Rossotti | ||
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Featured music | Laurie Johnson | ||
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"The Bird Who Knew Too Much" is the fifth episode of the fifth series of the 1960s cult British spy-fi television series The Avengers, starring Patrick Macnee and Diana Rigg, and guest starring Ron Moody, Ilona Rodgers, Kenneth Cope, and Michael Coles.[1] It was first broadcast in the Southern and Tyne Tees regions of the ITV network on Wednesday 8 February 1967. ABC Weekend Television, who commissioned the show for ITV, broadcast it in its own regions three days later on Saturday 11 February.[2] The episode was directed by Roy Rossotti, and written by Brian Clemens.
Plot
When fellow counter-espionage agents are murdered checking out a plot to sell secrets of a missile base to foreign powers, Steed and Emma have to find if birds are being used in the scheme especially under the leadership of Captain Crusoe.
Cast
- Patrick Macnee as John Steed
- Diana Rigg as Emma Peel
- Ron Moody as Jordan
- Ilona Rodgers as Samantha Slade
- Kenneth Cope as Tom Savage
- Michael Coles as Verret
- John Wood as Twitter
- Anthony Valentine as Cunliffe
- Clive Colin Bowler as Robin
- John Lee as Mark Pearson
References
External links
- "The Bird Who Knew Too Much" at IMDb
- Episode overview on The Avengers Forever! website
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