Series 6 — Episode 8
Legacy of Death
Teleplay by Terry Nation
Directed by Don Chaffey
Production No E.67.9.14
Production completed: August 9 1968. First UK transmission: November 20 1968. First transmission (USA): November 4 1968.
Regional broadcasts
Broadcaster | Date | Time |
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Thames Television | 20/11/1968 | 8.00pm |
ATV Midlands | 21/11/1968 | 7.00pm |
Granada Television | 9/03/1969 | 8.25pm |
Anglia Television | 21/11/1968 | 7.00pm |
Border Television | 1/12/1968 | 8.10pm |
Channel Television | 21/11/1968 | 7.00pm |
Grampian Television | 20/11/1968 | 8.00pm |
Southern Television | 29/01/1969 | 8.00pm |
Scottish Television | 27/02/1969 | 8.00pm |
Tyne Tees Television | 20/11/1968 | 8.00pm |
Ulster Television | 21/11/1968 | 7.00pm |
Westward Television | 21/11/1968 | 7.00pm |
Harlech Television | 21/11/1968 | 7.00pm |
Yorkshire Television | 22/11/1968 | 7.35pm |
TV Times listing



9.25
The Avengers
Patrick Macnee
Linda Thorson
Stratford Johns
Legacy of Death
By Terry Nation
Killers are on the way to deprive the elderly Henley Farrer of both an ornate dagger … and his life
Previously shown on ITV
John Steed | Patrick Macnee |
Tara King | Linda Thorson |
Sidney | Stratford Johns |
Humbert | Ronald Lacey |
Baron Von Orlak | Ferdy Mayne |
Dickens | Kynaston Reeves |
Farrer | Richard Hurndall |
Zoltan | John Hollis |
Ho Lung | Leon Thau |
Gorky | Tutte Lemkow |
Oppenheimer | Peter Swanwick |
Slattery | Vic Wise |
Winkler | Teddy Kiss |
Dr. Winter | Michael Bilton |
Designer Robert Jones Director Don Chaffey Producers Albert Fennell Brian Clemens Executive in Charge of Production Gordon L. T. Scott
ABC Television Network Production



International broadcasts
Broadcaster | Date | Time |
---|---|---|
ABN2 Sydney, Australia | 7/03/1969 | 8.00pm |
ABQ2 Brisbane, Australia | 14/03/1969 | 8.00pm |
ABV2 Melbourne, Australia | 4/02/1969 | 8.30pm |
ABS2 Adelaide, Australia | 13/02/1969 | 8.00pm |
ABC New York, USA | 4/11/1968 | 7.30pm |
ORTF2 France | 24/5/80 TF1 | |
Suisse Romande, Switzerland | 12/08/1969 | 8.20pm |
French title | Le legs | |
ZDF Germany | ||
German title | Der Dolch der tausend Tode | |
KRO Netherlands | 3/03/1970 | 9.10pm |
Dutch title | De zeltzame dolk | |
TTI Italy | 28/11/1980 C51 | |
Italian title | Testamento di morte | |
Spain | 30/03/1970 | 11.10pm |
Spanish title | Herencia de muerte |
This episode was not broadcast in Germany and would not screen there until 1999. Italy and France also didn’t see it until 1980.







Continuity & Trivia
- 1:53 — There’s a wire hanging down from the left corner of the top of the indoor pergola.
- 3:25–3:50 and throughout — You can see the wire supporting the top of the coffin.
- 5:30 — Steed knocks one of the wings off his toy aeroplane just before Zoltan arrives. He’s repaired it by the time Tara arrives (7:51) and he tells her (9:24) it’s for his nephew’s 10th birthday, which was three years ago; he complains that it takes a six year old three hours to build one.
- 10:16 — Macnee can’t help himself and glances at Tutte Lemkow, hiding in the alcove although he’s not supposed to know he’s there.
- 15:20 — Tutte Lemkow’s hands are moving, didn’t he die a moment ago?
- 26:00–26:50 — Linda Thorson does the entire fight.
- 28:52 — Steed’s bowler is steel-crowned and Tara uses it to knock out Kosher Klaus.
- 29:30 — The sound is a bit high-pitched in the back-projection driving scene.
- 30:33 (32:30) — Tara loses the convoy by driving into the driveway of George Benstead’s house from Dead Man’s Treasure.
- 31:25 (33:00) — a snippet of music from Something Nasty in the Nursery is played as they enter the summerhouse.
- 35:23 — Winkler uses chloroform to knock Tara out.
- 36:15 — The street set used in “The Saint”, “Danger Man” and, in a backstage view, in Killer.
- 36:38 — Tara is subjected to water torture, have US forces been watching this episode?
- 48:20 (50:23) — Steed must have had too much champagne earlier, as he gives most of the wine to Tara.
- Running time: 50′16″
The Transport
Marque | Colour | Number |
---|---|---|
Ford Tudor Sedan 1940 | grey | FLC 10 |
Lotus Europa S2 Pre-production [Type 54] 1968 | red | PPW 999F |
Land-Rover 109" Series II cherrypicker | yellow | HHM 903D |
Porsche 911 Carerra | Irish green | ETK 8D |
Humber Pullman Mk I 1945 | black | JLU 365 |
Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith Saloon Hooper | black | PLK 549 |
Mercedes-Benz 230 Lang Cabriolet B [W143] 1938 | black | FYF 8 |
Wolseley 6/110 Mk II 1965 | black | JUL 359D |
Peugeot 404 Grand Tourisme 1963 | black | ? |
Rolls-Royce 40/50 h.p. ‘Silver Ghost’ 1923 H.J.Mulliner tourer (chassis number 46LK) | pale lemon | KK 4976 |
Who’s Killing Whom?
Victim | Killer | Method |
---|---|---|
Gorky | Zoltan | assault rifle |
Oppenheimer | Slattery | shoot each other with pistols |
Slattery | Oppenheimer | shoot each other with pistols |
Gregor | Tara | falls on knife during fight |
Dickens | Zoltan | assault rifle |
Farrer | John Steed | revolver |
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The Fashions
Tara | Steed |