"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.
| "The Bird Who Knew Too Much" | |
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| The Avengers episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 5 Episode 5 |
| Directed by | Roy Rossotti |
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| Featured music | Laurie Johnson |
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Plot
editWhen 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
edit- 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
edit- ^ "The Bird Who Knew Too Much". BBC. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
- ^ Johnson, Piers. "Series 5 Episode Guide". The Avengers. Retrieved 20 May 2022.