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Mrs Peel
John Steed, Esq.
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A butler give notice to his employer, who rings for his
replacement. The new man comes in bearing a silver salver with
a gun on it, and the man is dismissed in the most final
manner.
Steed visits a barber who deals in government secrets, and
learns that the current leak is coming form one of the men,
one RAF, one Navy and one Army. Seconds later, the barber is
dead, stabbed by another customer.
Steed investigates all three in turn, and sets Mrs Peel to
seduce the most obvious suspect, Group Captain Miles of the
RAF. She discovers him to be innocent, and Steed discovers a
coincidence of missing butlers for all three men. He enrols in
a butling school, run by Miles' butler, and is approached by
Benson, another teacher there, who has seen through his phoney
credentials, but takes him for criminal material rather than
security.
Going along with the plan, he discovers miniature tape
recorders sewn into the officers' jackets, by which the
secrets were being stolen. Sergeant Moran from Miles' squadron
is revealed to be the villain, embittered by his post-war
rôle of barman.
Steed and Mrs Peel leave the scene in a helicopter.
Production date: 26/12/65-7/1/66 |
Drinks port drip-filter coffee champagne port brandy champagne (Bollinger) cocktail champagne (Bollinger) whisky sherry Champagne (Bollinger) tea |
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| Transmission dates: | ||||
| UK | 26/2/66 | USA | 28/7/66 | |
| Germany | 18/4/67 | (Butler sind gefährlich) | ||
| France | 20/7/67 | (Les espions font le service) | ||
| Italy | {cancelled} | Cercate il maggiordomo | ||
| Spain | --- | (¿Qué vio el mayordomo?) | ||
| Holland | 25/1/69 | (Steed wordt butler) | ||
