Episode 16 - Who's Who???

Recognise the stilt shop? It's the same prefab. set as used for the station in A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Station.
This episode is a cross between homage and parody of the Michael Caine vehicle, The Ipcress File. Col. H.L. Ross had a single flower perched upright on its stem on his desk in the film, and Major 'B' has a dozen of them - see below. Also Major 'B' is similar in bearing and appearance to Nigel Green's Major Dalby in the film [dull - B, geddit?] and has the air of a "passed over major" about him too.

Basil could drive the Bentley to Hi-Limba, but Steed in Basil's body was tested with being able to start her by Mrs Peel in Lola's. ...of course, Basil might have been able to drive it.

Tulip (Peter Reynolds) is wearing an obvious wig

The major writer and teleplay writer/arranger for The Avengers, Philip Levene, appears on screen in this episode as Daffodil; definitely more a writer than an actor, he's a bit wooden in front of the camera!

Major 'B' has a row of vases across the front of his desk, representing the agents of FLORAL. They are, in order: Tulip - Carnation - Daffodil - [empty vase: Rose (Hooper)] -Cornflower - Buttercup - Marigold - Lily - Pansy - Poppy - Daisy - Bluebell. ©1961-9 CANAL+IMAGE UK Ltd All Rights Reserved

When Lola (Emma) picks up the silver pot with the flowers in it, the flowers change. In the close-up we clearly see (clockwise from top right): Bluebell - Daffodil - Cornflower - Marigold - Poppy - Pansy, with a white Carnation in the middle. But Bluebell hasn't been killed yet, and in every other shot, including when Lola (Emma) puts the pot down next to the 'phone, the flowers are in the order: Cornflower - Daffodil - Marigold - Poppy - Pansy, with a white Carnation in the middle.
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And when Tulip counts the bodies in the storeroom, he definitely counts six. (And if anyone can identify the two men playing corpses in Steed's storeroom, I'd be most grateful - they are obviously supposed to be Carnation and Cornflower. Similarly, if anyone can name the men playing Poppy and Pansy, that'd be great too.

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Marigold was played by the ever-present Peter J. Elliott.

It should be noted that Who's Who??? is the last episode to have the subtitles put onto the master tapes. All subtitles from hereon are technically unofficial, as they were never used.

The Australian broadcast master of Who's Who??? does not have a Mrs Peel... We're Needed scene, the first in the series to not have one. The original print, however, has a brief (almost after-thought) scene on them, Steed taking Mrs Peel's place at her mirror.

The story goes that the producers were told to drop these elements from the show by the American network, who didn't like them and wanted more time for advertisements. Idiots.

More about the Australian master...
It cuts right from the titles to Steed and Emma looking up at Hooper's body, and then the scene where Basil and Lola are watching film of the dashing duo is trimmed - We see the Escape in Time footage of Mrs Peel, then both shots of Steed, whereas the original had these five snippets:

Escape in Time	Something Nasty..	Woburn Sands	The See-Through Man	Promotional Footage