Death of a Great Dane

8th episode of the 2nd season of The Avengers

"Death of a Great Dane"

The Avengers episode

Episode no.

Season 2
Episode 8

Directed by

Peter Hammond

Written by

Roger Marshall
Jeremy Scott

Produced by

Leonard White

Featured music

John Dankworth (theme)

Production code

3511^[1]

Original air date

17 November 1962 (1962-11-17)

Guest appearances

Frederick Jaeger
Leslie French
John Laurie
Clare Kelly
Dennis Edwards
Anthony Baird

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"Death of a Great Dane" is the eighth episode of the second series of the 1960s cult British spy-fi television series The Avengers, starring Patrick Macnee and Honor Blackman. It was first broadcast by ABC on 17 November 1962. The episode was directed by Peter Hammond and written by Roger Marshall and Jeremy Scott.^[2]

Plot

When a road accident victim is found to have £50,000 worth of diamonds in his stomach, Steed and Cathy are called in to investigate.^[3]

Cast

Patrick Macnee as John Steed
Honor Blackman as Cathy Gale
Frederick Jaeger as Getz
Leslie French as Gregory
John Laurie as Sir James Mann
Clare Kelly as Mrs. Miller
Dennis Edwards as First Assistant
Anthony Baird as Second Assistant
Billy Milton as Minister
Eric Elliott as Winetaster
Roger Maxwell as Winetaster
Herbert Nelson as Gravedigger
Mike Moyer as Policeman
Frank Peters as George Miller
Kevin Barry as Kennels Man

References

^ Johnson, Piers. "Death of a Great Dane". The Avengers. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
^ Rogers, Dave (25 April 1983). The Avengers. ITV Books in association with Michael Joseph. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
^ "Death of a Great Dane". The Avengers Forever!. Retrieved 28 April 2012.

External links

"Death of a Great Dane" at IMDb
Episode overview on The Avengers Forever! website

The Avengers

Characters

John Steed
Cathy Gale
Emma Peel
Tara King
Mike Gambit
Purdey
Mother

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"