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"**Mission to Montreal**"
"Mission to Montreal"
The Avengers episode
Episode no.	Season 2; Episode 5
Directed by	Don Leaver
Written by	Lester Powell
Featured music	John Dankworth (theme)
Production code	3500
Original air date	27 October 1962
Guest appearances
	Jon Rollason; Patricia English; Iris Russell; Mark Eden; Gillian Muir; Harold Berens; Alan Curtis; John Bennett; Gerald Sim;
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"Mission to Montreal" is the fifth episode of the second series of the 1960s cult British spy-fi television series The Avengers, starring Patrick Macnee. It was first broadcast by ABC on 27 October 1962. The episode was directed by Don Leaver and written by Lester Powell.^[2]

Plot

Steed and Dr. King are assigned a mission to recover a microfilm containing the stolen plans of a missile early warning system. Shipboard, they meet knives and a drunken film star.^[3]

Cast

Patrick Macnee as John Steed
Jon Rollason as Dr. Martin King
Patricia English as Carla Berotti
Iris Russell as Sheila Dowson
Mark Eden as Alec Nicholson
Gillian Muir as Judy
Harold Berens as Film Director
Alan Curtis as A.G. Brand
John Bennett as Guido Marson
Gerald Sim as Budge
Eric McCain as Pearson
Alan Casley as Barman
John Frawley as Passenger
Malcolm Taylor as Reporter
Terence Woodfield as Reporter
Leslie Pitt as Reporter
Pamela Ann Davy as Peggy
William Buck as Photographer
Angela Thorne as Receptionist
Peter Mackriel as Steward
William Swan as Steward

Story Notes

Mission to Montreal is introduces Dr. Martin King (Jon Rolloason), a thinly disguised reworked character of Dr. David Keel, marking the first of three appearances in the series. The other Keel episodes held over and rewritten for series 2 are The Sell-Out and Dead on Course.

References

^ Johnson, Piers. "Mission to Montreal". The Avengers. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
^ Rogers, Dave (25 April 1983). The Avengers. ITV Books in association with Michael Joseph. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
^ "Mission to Montreal". The Avengers Forever!. Retrieved 3 May 2012.

External links

[1] Johnson, Piers. "Mission to Montreal". The Avengers. Retrieved 10 June 2022.

[Rogers1983-2] Rogers, Dave (25 April 1983). The Avengers. ITV Books in association with Michael Joseph. Retrieved 10 April 2012.

[3] "Mission to Montreal". The Avengers Forever!. Retrieved 3 May 2012.

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