Propellant 23 (The Avengers) Explained

Series:	The Avengers
Season:	2
Episode:	2
Production:	3505^[1]
Director:	Jonathan Alwyn
Music:	John Dankworth (theme)
Guests:	Justine Lord Katherine Woodville Geoffrey Palmer Ralph Nossek Barry Wilsher John Crocker
Episode List:	List of The Avengers episodes
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"Propellant 23" is the second episode of the second 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 6 October 1962. The episode was directed by Jonathan Alwyn and written by Jon Manchip White.^[2]

Plot

Steed and Cathy must retrieve a flask of top secret rocket fuel stolen from a murdered courier at a French airport.^[3]

Cast

• Patrick Macnee as John Steed
• Honor Blackman as Cathy Gale
• Justine Lord as Jeanette
• Katherine Woodville as Laure
• Geoffrey Palmer as Paul Manning
• Ralph Nossek as Roland
• Barry Wilsher as Pierre
• John Crocker as Lt. 'Curly' Leclerc
• Trader Faulkner as Jacques Tissot
• John Dearth as Siebel
• Frederick Schiller as Jules Meyer
• Nicholas Courtney as Captain Legros
• Michael Beint as Co-Pilot, Robert
• John Gill as Baker, Jean Martan
• Graham Ashley as Gendarme
• Deanne Shendey as Shop Assistant

External links

• • Episode overview on The Avengers Forever! website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Johnson . Piers . Propellant 23 . The Avengers . 10 June 2022.
2. Book: Rogers, Dave. The Avengers. 10 April 2012. 25 April 1983. ITV Books in association with Michael Joseph.
3. Web site: Propellant 23. The Avengers Forever!. 3 May 2012.