Episode
The Avengers: What the Butler Saw
Overview
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.
Details
- Series
- The Avengers
- Season
- Season 4
- Episode
- Episode 22
- Air date
- 1966-02-26
Episode context
What the Butler Saw is Episode 22 in Season 4 of The Avengers. It aired on 1966-02-26.
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Episode 21: A Touch of Brimstone
When a group of hoaxsters called the Hellfire Club mix murder with their mischief, Steed and Emma demonstrate a few tricks of their own. The whalebone corset, high laced boots and spiked dog-collar Emma wears as the "Queen of Sin" were designed by Diana Rigg herself, and resulted in A Touch of Brimstone being banned from American TV.
Episode 23: The House That Jack Built
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.
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Episode 19: Quick-Quick Slow Death
An agent is run over disposing of the body of a man in a dinner suit, while he was pushing him along in a pram. This all has something to do with Terpsichorean Training Techniques, a dance school where Emma teaches and Steed enrols.
Episode 25: How to Succeed... at Murder
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Episode 18: The Thirteenth Hole
An agent is shot on the thirteenth hole of the Craigleigh golf club, so Steed and Emma join the club. Steed puts his limited skills to use in a murderous tournament, but Emma helps him get a hole in one.
Episode 26: Honey for the Prince
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Episode 17: The Girl From Auntie
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Episode 16: Small Game for Big Hunters
When a man is found under Shirenzai, the trance-like Kalayan voodoo, in the heart of Hertfordshire, Steed finds himself amidst the horror of the last days of empire. Are bandits loose in the English countryside?
Episode 15: Room Without a View
A brilliant scientist reappears at the house of his wife. Has he escaped from notorious Manchurian prison camp Ni-San? And why have so many missing people stayed at the Chessman Hotel? Steed and Emma book in.
Episode 14: Silent Dust
The lack of martens in a pleasant stretch of English countryside alerts Steed to the possible release of a fertiliser that has failed, reducing a landscape to a wasteland. But why is the local farming community so aggressive?