The Avengers: Death of a Batman (1963)

Date(s) of Broadcast: 26 October 1963
Episode Running Times: 50 mins (approx)
Format: black and white
Sound:

SCRIPT
Script: Roger Marshall

DIRECTION
Director: Kim Mills

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Designer: Paul Bernard

CAST
Patrick Macnee (John Steed)
Honor Blackman (Cathy Gale)
Andre Morell (Lord Teale)
Philip Madoc (Van Doren)
Katy Greenwood (Lady Cynthia)
David Burke (John Wrightson)
Geoffrey Alexander (Gibbs)
Kitty Attwood (Edith Wrightson)
Ray Browne (Cooper)

PLOT SUMMARY

Steed's former batman dies, leaving his wife £180,000. But where did he get that kind of money? Steed investigates and follows a trail of clues that lead to a banker trying to bolster the UK's high tech industries by buying stocks based on insider information.

UK
Television Distributor: ITV

USA
Television Distributor: A&E

1963
August
14: UK - production ends

October
26: UK - television broadcast (on ITV)

1991
March
Day Unknown: USA - television broadcast (on A&E)

KEYWORDS

secret agents; bankers