"The Hidden Tiger" is the eighth 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 Ronnie Barker, Lyndon Brook, Gabrielle Drake, and John Phillips.[1] It was first broadcast in the Southern and Tyne Tees regions of the ITV network on Wednesday 1 March 1967. ABC Weekend Television, who commissioned the show for ITV, broadcast it in its own regions three days later on Saturday 4 March.[2] The episode was directed by Sidney Hayers, and written by Philip Levene.[3]
| "The Hidden Tiger" | |
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| The Avengers episode | |
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| Episode no. | Season 5 Episode 8 |
| Directed by | Sidney Hayers |
| Written by | Philip Levene (teleplay) |
| Featured music | Laurie Johnson |
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| Guest appearances | |
Plot
editHousecats are suddenly turning into ravaging beasts and mauling their owners fatally. Steed and Emma set out to investigate P.U.R.R.R. where the cats come from.
Cast
edit- Patrick Macnee as John Steed
- Diana Rigg as Emma Peel
- Ronnie Barker as Cheshire
- Lyndon Brook as Dr. Manx
- Gabrielle Drake as Angora
- John Phillips as Nesbit
- Michael Forrest as Peters
- Stanley Meadows as Erskine
- Jack Gwillim as Sir David Harper
- Frederick Treves as Dawson
- Brian Haines as Samuel Jones
- John Moore as Williams
- Reg Pritchard as Bellamy
References
edit- ^ "The Hidden Tiger". BBC. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
- ^ Johnson, Piers. "Series 5 Episode Guide". The Avengers. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
- ^ "The Hidden Tiger (1967)". BFI. Archived from the original on 19 October 2016.