Brief for Murder explained

Series:	The Avengers
Season:	3
Episode:	1
Production:	3600^[1]
Director:	Peter Hammond
Music:	John Dankworth (theme)
Guests:	John Laurie Harold Scott Helen Lindsay Alec Ross June Thody Anthony Baird
Episode List:	List of The Avengers episodes
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"Brief for Murder" is the first episode of the third series of the 1960s cult British spy-fi television series The Avengers, starring Patrick Macnee and Honor Blackman. It was first broadcast by ABC on 28 September 1963. The episode was directed by Peter Hammond and written by Brian Clemens.^[2]

Plot

Steed and Cathy set a trap to catch two corrupt lawyers.^[3]

Cast

• Patrick Macnee as John Steed
• Honor Blackman as Cathy Gale
• John Laurie as Jasper Lakin
• Harold Scott as Miles Lakin
• Helen Lindsay as Barbara Kingston
• Alec Ross as Ronald Henry Wescott
• June Thody as Dicey Hunt
• Anthony Baird as Wilson
• Alice Fraser as Miss Elizabeth Prinn
• Fred Ferris as Inspector Marsh
• Michael Goldie as Bart

External links

• • Episode overview on The Avengers Forever! website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Johnson . Piers . Brief for Murder . The Avengers . 11 June 2022.
2. Book: Rogers, Dave. The Avengers. 10 April 2012. 25 April 1983. ITV Books in association with Michael Joseph.
3. Web site: Brief for Murder. The Avengers Forever!. 10 May 2012.