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

Episode 18 - The Thirteenth Hole


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"The Thirteenth Hole"
by Tony Williamson

A Ministry agent is shot as he approaches the 13th hole, slain by a leading member of the club and his caddy.
The Avengers investigate his flat - Mrs Peel encountering the caddy ransacking the apartment as she arrives. they discover that he'd recently taken up golf, but none of his scorecards go past the 12th hole. they identify the club by their custom-made balls.

Arriving at the club, the club secretary tells them it's members only, as there's a tournament on, and seems disconcerted to discover they joined up yesterday.
Hoping to make a foursome with the two leading suspects, they are brusquely told to stand aside as they tee-off, but when they get to the 13th hole Reed and Dr Adams have vanished. Fearing that Dr Adams has been abducted, they're surprised to find him in the club house.

Reed tries to bribe the club pro into having him play with Adams in the tournament, but is dismayed to find he's playing Steed instead. Meanwhile, Mrs Peel encounters the pro, Collins, at the 13th hole and discovers he too is trying to discover what's going on on the links. He's killed by an errant golf ball, launched by the caddy, Jackson, from a special gun.

Steed and Mrs Peel conspire to make sure Steed wins his match with Reed, thus foiling Reed's plans to play alongside Dr Adams in the afternoon - a Russian satellite is at the heart of the matter, and it orbits over England at 12pm and 5pm every day. Dr Adams has been broadcasting his technical knowledge to the other side from a bunker under the 13th hole every day, but the Avengers have got in the way.
Steed escapes a nasty death and enters the bunkers, rescuing Mrs Peel and destroying the communications equipment.
The Avengers leave in a golf cart.


Production date: 6-22/9/65
Drinks
port
brandy
champagne (Bollinger)
Transmission dates:
UK 29/1/66 USA 18/8/66
Germany 7/3/67 (Das 13. Loch)
France 16/7/91 (Le jeu s'arrête au 13)
Italy 24/10/69 (la tredicesima buca)
Spain --- (El hoyo 13)
Holland 12/12/66 ('n Partijtje golf)

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