Series 6 — Episode 20
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Regional broadcasts

Broadcaster	Date	Time
Thames Television	26/02/1969	8.00pm
ATV Midlands	21/02/1969	7.30pm
Granada Television	8/06/1969	8.25pm
Anglia Television	23/07/1969	8.00pm
Border Television	5/03/1969	8.00pm
Channel Television	21/02/1969	7.30pm
Grampian Television	21/02/1969	7.30pm
Southern Television	21/05/1969	8.00pm
Scottish Television
Tyne Tees Television	26/02/1969	8.00pm
Ulster Television	21/02/1969	7.30pm
Westward Television	21/02/1969	7.30pm
Harlech Television	21/02/1969	7.30pm
Yorkshire Television	1/03/1969	8.00pm

TV Times listing

International broadcasts

Broadcaster	Date	Time
ABN2 Sydney, Australia	16/05/1969	8.00pm
ABQ2 Brisbane, Australia	20/06/1969	8.00pm
ABV2 Melbourne, Australia	9/02/1970	9.00pm
ABS2 Adelaide, Australia	22/05/1969	8.00pm
ABC New York, USA	24/02/1969	7.30pm
ORTF2 France	14/11/1970	8.35pm
Suisse Romande, Switzerland
French title	Le visage (TF2:5)
ZDF Germany
German title	Urlaub auf Raten
KRO Netherlands	7/05/1971	9.36pm
Dutch title	Steed op vakantie
TTI Italy	16/12/1980 C51
Italian title	Amnesia
Spain	2/03/1970	11.10pm
Spanish title	No pierdan la onda

This episode was one of five that were left out of the initial run of series 6 in Melbourne, Australia, and was eventually rescreened in 1970 after the “Steed’s Choice” series of repeats of seven selected episode from series 5.

This episode was not broadcast in Switzerland or Germany.

Continuity & Trivia

1. 1:17 (and again at 2:53 and 16:24 and 37:50) — Steed has a pile of sporting equipment packed, ready to go on holiday... just like in The Girl From Auntie and Basil in Wish You Were Here.
2. 1:44 (and 3:00 and 16:55) — Steed tells the operator his number is Whitehall 9819.
3. 2:04 — Clumsy camerawork as Steed hangs up, it pans from side to side then pans left to follow Macnee.
4. 4:09 — More shakey camera work as Steed puts his cases in the hall.
5. 5:00–5:23 — Steed thinks it’s October 14th but Tara shows him a pastcard dated October 21st, and he’s been on holiday for three weeks, so it’s now November, probably Guy Fawkes Day. However The Morning After was Tuesday the 21st, and it looks like the bank calendar says October.
6. 5:55 — Those are very ugly shirts in Steed’s luggage.
7. 7:59 and 17:45 — Are those holes in Dr. Meitner’s plastic spectacles, or small magnifying lenses?
8. 8:18–9:20, 18:34 and 21:27 — There’s colour shift in the back-projection with Tara and Steed in the Lotus.
9. 8:52 — Steed sent Mother a postcard with Bacchus on it, looking just like Mother. The word “bacchus” makes Steed try to crash the car.
10. 10:36–10:44 — There’s something stuck to the top left of the camera lens in the mid shot.
11. 11:30 — The painting reminds me of Emma’s in The Winged Avenger...
12. 12:45 — Father takes Steed’s name off the active list and reduces his security rating to Third Class.
13. 12:55 — Steed’s word association: Sea/breeze, Paris/spring, cafe/cognac, car/autostrada, colosseum/Rome, photograph/girl, name/place
14. 14:01 — That’s a different photo of Steed & Lisa from the one seen at 6:23.
15. 14:05 and throughout — The incidental music is from The Joker.
16. 14:20–14:28 — There’s colour shift in the back-projection with Steed in the cab.
17. 18:39 — That’s a lovely prescription prop. Dr. Meitner’s consulting rooms are at 2 Rambold Place London W1
18. 26:13 — Tara appears to break in with a butter knife.
19. 26:40 — Tara’s choice of shoes is odd for someone who’s sneaking into a house...
20. 27:50–29:15 — Delgado and Thorson do the whole fight sequence themselves.
21. 31:25 — Does Tara say “Kiss”?
22. 32:42 — Father orders that Steed be followed, a 24 hour watch.
23. 33:11 — Steed breaks into Kreer’s house using a Gray’s Bank credit card.
24. 34:00 — Same corridor as The Forget-Me-Knot and Split!.
25. 35:05 — Tara is bound and gagged and restrained by Wilks.
26. 38:05 — Steed dials 199 for the operator.
27. 39:50 and throughout — The close-ups of Lisa holding the gun aren’t quite in line with the midshots.
28. 40:47 — There’s colour shift in the back-projection with Steed (and Proctor) in the Rolls.
29. 43:10 etc. — Wht does the sofa in Kreer’s house have Steed’s cushions on it?
30. 45:20 — More colour shift in the back-projection scene with Tara racing the Lotus to Mother’s house.
31. Running time: 50′14″

The Transport

Marque	Colour	Number
Lotus Europa S2 Pre-production [Type 54] 1968	red	PPW 999F
Austin FX4 taxi 1965	black	SGH 777E?
Audi Super 90 F103 1967	blue	HCZ 5F
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
Kreer	Tara	impaled on his own sword-stick
Collins	Proctor	revolver shot (silenced)

The Fashions

Tara black rollneck and slacks with beige cotton jerkin, metal hoop belt lime green skirt suit, forest green scarf, tan boots white overalls and mask (over the above) lime coat over above buff short belted jacket, forest green rollneck and matching slacks, buff shoes dark teal stretch nylon boat neck top, short tartan skirt, matching tam o’shanter, knee-length white socks and black buckled shoes

Steed light grey three-piece suit (felt collar, one vent) with pale pink shirt and pink and orange patterned tie, grey suede Chelsea boots grey three-piece suit with fawn shirt and brown and orange patterned tie white overalls and mask over first outfit brown suit with felt collar, brown bowler, pale khaki shirt and brown paisley tie