The Golden Fleece (The Avengers)

"The Golden Fleece"
The Avengers episode
Episode no.	Season 3 Episode 11
Directed by	Peter Hammond
Written by	Roger Marshall Phyllis Norman
Produced by	John Bryce
Featured music	Laurie Johnson John Dankworth (theme)
Production code	3-11
Original air date	7 December 1963 (1963-12-07)
Guest actors
Warren Mitchell Tenniel Evans Barry Linehan Robert Lee

The Golden Fleece is the eleventh episode of the third series of the 1960s cult British spy-fi television series The Avengers, starring Patrick Macnee and Honor Blackman. It originally aired on ABC on 7 December 1963. The episode was directed by Peter Hammond and written by Roger Marshall and Phyllis Norman.^[1]

Plot

Steed accidentally picks up the wrong coat when leaving a Chinese restaurant and discovers a cheque for Â£5,000 in the pocket. Further investigation reveals that the restaurant is being used as a front for illegal gold smuggling. An unexpected twist to the plot is that part of the proceeds are being used to assist needy ex-servicemen.^[2]

Cast

Patrick Macnee as John Steed
Honor Blackman as Cathy Gale
Warren Mitchell as Captain George Jason
Tenniel Evans as Major Bob Ruse
Barry Linehan as Sergeant Major Wright
Robert Lee as Mr. Lo
Barbara Yu Ling as Mrs. Kwan
Lisa Peake as Esther Jones
Ronald Wilson as Private Holmes
Michael Hawkins as Corporal James Jones

References

â†‘ Rogers, Dave (25 April 1983). The Avengers. ITV Books in association with Michael Joseph. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
â†‘ "The Golden Fleece". The Avengers Forever!. Retrieved 14 May 2012.

External links

The Avengers

Characters

Episodes

Series 1	"Hot Snow" "Crescent Moon" "Girl on the Trapeze" "Dance with Death" "The Frighteners"

Series 2	"Mr. Teddy Bear" "Propellant 23" "The Decapod" "Bullseye" "Mission to Montreal" "The Removal Men" "The Mauritius Penny" "Death of a Great Dane" "The Sell Out" "Death on the Rocks" "Traitor in Zebra" "The Big Thinker" "Death Dispatch" "Dead on Course" "Intercrime" "Immortal Clay" "Box of Tricks" "Warlock" "The Golden Eggs" "School for Traitors" "The White Dwarf" "Man in the Mirror" "Conspiracy of Silence" "A Chorus of Frogs" "Six Hands Across a Table" "Killer Whale"

Series 3	"Brief for Murder" "The Undertakers" "Man with Two Shadows" "The Nutshell" "Death of a Batman" "November Five" "The Gilded Cage" "Second Sight" "The Medicine Men" "The Grandeur That Was Rome" "The Golden Fleece" "Don't Look Behind You" "Death a la Carte" "Dressed to Kill" "The White Elephant" "The Little Wonders" "The Wringer" "Mandrake" "The Secrets Broker" "Trojan Horse" "Build a Better Mousetrap" "The Outside-In Man" "The Charmers" "Concerto" "Esprit de Corps" "Lobster Quadrille"

Series 4	"The Town of No Return" "The Gravediggers" "The Cybernauts" "A Surfeit of H2O" "The Hour That Never Was" "A Touch of Brimstone" "What the Butler Saw"

Series 5	"Death's Door"

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