The Golden Eggs

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"The Golden Eggs"
The Avengers episode
Episode no.Season 2
Episode 19
Directed by Peter Hammond
Written by Martin Woodhouse
Produced by John Bryce
Featured music John Dankworth (theme)
Production code3518 [1]
Original air date1 February 1963 (1963-02-01)
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"The Golden Eggs" is the nineteenth episode of the second series of the 1960s cult British spy-fi television series The Avengers , starring Patrick Macnee and Honor Blackman, and made by ABC Weekend TV. It was first broadcast in the Teledu Cymru region of the ITV network on Friday 1 February 1963. ABC broadcast it the next day in its own regions. [1] The episode was directed by Peter Hammond and written by Martin Woodhouse. [2]

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Plot

A burglar steals two gold-plated eggs from a laboratory not knowing that they contain a deadly virus. [3]

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. "The Golden Eggs". The Avengers Forever!. Retrieved 20 April 2012.