Episode
The Avengers: The Joker
Overview
Invited for the weekend to the home of a fellow Bridge Expert, Emma finds herself trapped in a house designed to send her mad. Her tormentor is Max Prendergast, a man she befriended and then betrayed in Berlin some time before. Then Steed came to the rescue but now he's at home nursing a sprained ankle.
Details
- Series
- The Avengers
- Season
- Season 5
- Episode
- Episode 15
- Air date
- 1967-04-29
- Runtime
- 52 min
Episode context
The Joker is Episode 15 in Season 5 of The Avengers. It aired on 1967-04-29. The runtime is 52 min.
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Episode 14: Something Nasty in the Nursery
Secrets known only to a small group of trusted men have leaked, and the men are having strange dreams of their childhood, featuring their nannies and a bouncing ball. Emma checks out the toyshop, Steed explores a school for nannies.
Episode 16: Who's Who???
When one of the Floral Network of agents is found dead atop a pair of stilts, Steed and Emma's interest is piqued. That's the idea, because foreign agents Basil and Lola have a trap prepared for them: a machine that swaps their minds into the pair's bodies.
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Episode 18: Death's Door
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Episode 21: You Have Just Been Murdered
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