The Medicine Men (The Avengers) Explained

Series:	The Avengers
Season:	3
Episode:	9
Production:	3615^[1]
Director:	Kim Mills
Music:	John Dankworth (theme)
Guests:	Peter Barkworth Newton Blick Harold Innocent Joy Wood Monica Stevenson
Episode List:	List of The Avengers episodes
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"The Medicine Men" is the ninth 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 23 November 1963. The episode was directed by Kim Mills and written by Malcolm Hulke.^[2]

Plot

Steed and Cathy investigate a conspiracy to flood the market with counterfeit medicines.^[3]

Cast

• Patrick Macnee as John Steed
• Honor Blackman as Cathy Gale
• Peter Barkworth as Geoffrey Willis
• Newton Blick as John Willis
• Harold Innocent as Frank Leeson
• Joy Wood as Miss Dowell
• Monica Stevenson as Fay
• John Crocker as Taylor
• Peter Hughes as Edwards
• Brenda Cowling as Masseuse

External links

• • Episode overview on The Avengers Forever! website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Johnson . Piers . The Medicine Men . 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: The Medicine Men. The Avengers Forever!. 14 May 2012.