Dance with Death (The Avengers)

"Dance with Death"
	The Avengers episode
Episode no.	Season 1; Episode 12
Directed by	Don Leaver
Written by	Peter Ling and Sheilah Ward
Produced by	Leonard White
Featured music	Laurie Johnson, John Dankworth (theme)
Production code	1-12
Original air date	15 April 1961
Guest appearance(s)
	Caroline Blakiston; Angela Douglas ; Geoffrey Palmer

Dance with Death is the twelfth episode of the first series of the 1960s cult British spy-fi television series The Avengers, starring Ian Hendry and Patrick Macnee and guest starring Caroline Blakiston, Angela Douglas and Geoffrey Palmer. It originally aired on ABC on 15 April 1961. The episode is considered to be lost. The episode was directed by Don Leaver, designed by James Goddard, and written by Peter Ling and Sheilah Ward.[1]

Plot

Dr. Keel saves a dancing instructor from dying from gas asphyxiation. The woman is later discovered strangled with Keel's scarf and he is framed for the murder. Steed suspects the pianist at the woman's dancing school who is accused of numerous murders to be responsible. The killer's trademark is to kill his victims by tossing a radio into the bathtub and electrocuting them. Keel is vindicated by Steed and arrive in the nick of time to stop the killer who has married a young woman and is about to murder her and steal her large cache of diamonds.

Cast

Ian Hendry as Dr. David H. Keel
Patrick Macnee as John Steed
Ingrid Hafner as Carol Wilson
Caroline Blakiston as Elaine Bateman
Norman Chappell as Porter
Angela Douglas as Beth Wilkinson
Diana King as Mrs. Marnell
Geoffrey Palmer as Philip Anthony/Clifford Gardner
Ewan Roberts as Major Caswell
Pauline Shepherd as Valerie Marnell
David Sutton as Trevor Price
Alan Barry as Barman
Ian Hobbs as Teenage Boy
Raymond Hodge as Plainclothes Man
Graham Spurway as Hotel Receptionist
Neil Wilson as Police Sergeant

Production

Production for the episode was completed on 13 April 1961.[2]

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References

White, Leonard (11 August 2003). Armchair theatre: the lost years. Kelly Publications. p. 59. ISBN 978-1-903053-18-8. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
"The Avengers Forever:Dance with Death". The Avengers Forever!. Retrieved 5 April 2012.

External links

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[White2003-1] White, Leonard (11 August 2003). Armchair theatre: the lost years. Kelly Publications. p. 59. ISBN 978-1-903053-18-8. Retrieved 5 April 2012.

[ATV-2] "The Avengers Forever:Dance with Death". The Avengers Forever!. Retrieved 5 April 2012.