"The Gravediggers" | |
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The Avengers episode | |
Episode no. | Season 4 Episode 2 |
Directed by | Quentin Lawrence |
Written by | Malcolm Hulke |
Produced by | |
Featured music | Laurie Johnson |
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"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]