| Series: | The Avengers |
| Season: | 4 |
| Episode: | 2 |
| Airdate: |
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| Director: | Quentin Lawrence |
| Producer: | |
| Music: | Laurie Johnson |
| Episode List: | List of The Avengers episodes |
| Prev: | The Town of No Return |
| Next: | The Cybernauts |
"The Gravediggers" is the second episode of the fourth series of the 1960s cult British spy-fi television series The Avengers, starring Patrick Macnee and Diana Rigg. It was first broadcast by Scottish Television on Tuesday 5 October 1965. ABC Weekend Television, who commissioned the show, broadcast it in its own regions four days later on Saturday 9 October.[1] The episode was directed by Quentin Lawrence, and written by Malcolm Hulke.[2]
Steed and Emma visit a railway buff to investigate a deathly plot to sabotage the country's early warning radar defence systems.[3]
The Stapleford Miniature Railway near Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire was where Emma Peel was filmed tied to the railway track.[4] [5]