Box of Tricks (The Avengers)

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"Box of Tricks"
The Avengers episode
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Episode no.Season 2
Episode 17
Directed by Kim Mills
Written by
Featured music John Dankworth (theme)
Production code3517 [1]
Original air date18 January 1963 (1963-01-18)
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"Box of Tricks" is the seventeenth episode of the second series of the 1960s cult British spy-fi television series The Avengers , starring Patrick Macnee and Julie Stevens. It was first broadcast in the Teledu Cymru region of the ITV network on Friday 18 January 1963. ABC Weekend TV, who produced the show for ITV, broadcast it the next day in its own regions. [1] The episode was directed by Kim Mills and written by Peter Ling and Edward Rhodes. [2]

Contents

Plot

The death of a nightclub magician's assistant leads through a crippled general and his quack, to employment opportunities and secret documents. Steed enlists the help of Venus to root out the criminals by becoming the new assistant. [3]

Music

Julie Stevens sings It's A Pity To Say Goodnight by Ella Fitzgerald and It's De-Lovely by Cole Porter, during which - in a rarity for the entire series - she briefly breaks the fourth wall.

Cast

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References

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  2. Rogers, Dave (25 April 1983). The Avengers. ITV Books in association with Michael Joseph. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
  3. "Box of Tricks". The Avengers Forever!. Retrieved 20 April 2012.