The Avengers : Death at Bargain Prices

Episode Rating

Subject	0-5	Subject	Subject	Subject
Direction		Music	Humour	Intros/tags
Villains		Plot	Emma	Sets/Props
Overall (0-10)	Second week in a row we have a villain in a wheelchair, and this one pales in comparison. Excellent set-up but not the best execution.

The Cars

Marque/Model/Type	Number Plate
Penny Farthing bicycle	-
Oldsmobile curved-dash	AR 244
wheelchair	-
bicycles	-

Who's Killing Whom?

Victim	Killer	Method	click a name to see the face
Moran	Wentworth ^V*	shot
Jarvis	Wentworth? ^V*	sickle in back
Wentworth? ^V*	Mrs Peel	shot
Kane? ^V*	Wentworth ^V*	pushed down stairs

continuity and trivia

The lift in the Pinewood studio only went down one level, so when they filmed the shots from inside the lift, they had to stop over and over again to redress the shop set to look like a different department.

Mrs Peel remarks that the dresser for the china department can't distinguish between "Bates and Royal Crichton" - a reference to John Bates (Diana Rigg's costumier) and Charles Crichton, who directs this episode.

This and the previous episode sit strangely together, as they both have a wheelchair-bound diabolical masterminds, although their motives are diagonally opposed.

The Episode Guide to Season 4 (1965-6) of The Avengers

Episode 4 - Death at Bargain Prices