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John Steed, Esq.
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Britain's international standing, and trade relations, are
being damaged by a wave of practical jokes, aimed at visiting
dignitaries. when one joke results in the death of a VIP, the
avengers step up their hunt for the perpetrators.
Lord Darcy, an unwitting dupe of a group called the Hellfire
Club spills the beans to Steed and then rushes around to the
home of the Hon. John Cleverly Cartney, the prime suspect. Mrs
Peel is there, being entertained in the Hellfire Club's rooms
when Darcy bursts in, demanding a special meeting of senior
members. the next day, his corpse is dragged from the
river.
Mrs Peel nominates Steed for membership, and he passes the
induction tests with flying colours, then overhears them
planning an action that will have the whole country up in
arms.
That night they attend the Club's gala, a debauched orgy, but
notice a sedan chair filled with explosives heading for the
basement. Steed learns that the tunnels go to Clarendon House,
where Parliament is sitting that night. The plan is revealed -
the killing of the government, and the installation in their
place of the Hellfire conspirators.
Mrs Peel is mildly drugged and dressed up as a dominatrix:-
corset, boots, dog collar and snake, and offered to the club
members as a plaything. Meanwhile, Steed is recognised by
Darcy's butler, another club member, and is challenged to a
duel by their fencing champion, Willy Frant. Mrs Peel slips
away from the fight, followed by Cartney, and descends to the
basement to stop the villains. Having defeated the goons
downstairs, she is confronted by Cartney wielding a whip, who
lashes her, but dies when his whip entangles the mechanism for
a trapdoor. Steed has meanwhile subdued Frant and locked away
the other club members.
The Avengers depart, driving a four horse carriage.
Production date: 12-24/12/65 |
Drinks port water sherry cocoa brandy beer mead 'National Anthem' (hangover cure) beer punch |
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| Transmission dates: | ||||
| UK | 19/2/66 | USA | --- | |
| Germany | 5/11/98 | (Die Nacht der Sünder) | ||
| France | 1/7/91 | (Le club de l'Enfer) | ||
| Italy | 3/12/80 | (Un pizzico di zolfo) | ||
| Spain | --- | (Un toque Diabólico) | ||
| Holland | --- | ? | ||
