Series 6 — Episode 31
My Wildest Dream
Teleplay by Philip Levene
Directed by Robert Fuest
Production No E.67.9.6
Production completed: April 18 1968. First UK transmission: April 4 1969. First transmission (Australia): December 17 1968.
Regional broadcasts
Broadcaster | Date | Time |
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Thames Television | 7/04/1969 | 10.30pm |
ATV Midlands | 27/12/1969 | 11.40pm |
Granada Television | 7/09/1969 | 10.00pm |
Anglia Television | 16/11/1969 | 10.35pm |
Border Television | 4/04/1969 | 10.30pm |
Channel Television | 30/07/1969 | 9.00pm |
Grampian Television | 10/04/1969 | 11.00pm |
Southern Television | 30/07/1969 | 9.00pm |
Scottish Television | ||
Tyne Tees Television | 29/06/1969 | 10.30pm |
Ulster Television | 9/05/1969 | 11.05pm |
Westward Television | 30/07/1969 | 9.00pm |
Harlech Television | 4/05/1969 | 10.20pm |
Yorkshire Television | 31/05/1969 | 11.40pm |
TV Times listing



10.30 The Avengers
Patrick Macnee
Linda Thorson in
My Wildest Dream
By Philip Levene
Steed and Tara are involved in a bizarre case when members of a board of directors are murdered.
John Steed | Patrick Macnee |
Tara King | Linda Thorson |
Jaeger | Peter Vaughan |
Tobias | Derek Godfrey |
Chilcott | Edward Fox |
Nurse Owen | Susan Travers |
Slater | Philip Madoc |
Reece | Michael David |
Gibbons | Murray Hayne |
Dyson | Tom Kempinski |
Winthrop | John Savident |
Peregrine | Hugh Moxey |
Executive in charge of Production Gordon L. T. Scott; Designer Robert Jones; Director Robert Fuest; Producers Albert Fennell, Brian Clemens




International broadcasts
Broadcaster | Date | Time |
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ABN2 Sydney, Australia | 31/01/1969 | 8.00pm |
ABQ2 Brisbane, Australia | 3/01/1969 | 8.00pm |
ABV2 Melbourne, Australia | 17/12/1968 | 8.30pm |
ABS2 Adelaide, Australia | 29/05/1969 | 8.00pm |
ABC New York, USA | 6/01/1969 | 7.30pm |
ORTF2 France | 21/4/88 A2 | |
Suisse Romande, Switzerland | 19/08/1969 | 8.35pm |
French title | Mon reve le plus fou | |
ZDF Germany | ||
German title | Therapie des Todes | |
KRO Netherlands | 21/04/1970 | 9.10pm |
Dutch title | Dromen zijn geen bedrog | |
TTI Italy | 25/12/1980 C51 | |
Italian title | Ho sognato di uccidere | |
Spain | 27/10/1969 | 11.00pm |
Spanish title | Sueño de muertes |
Adelaide must have bawked at the violence of this episode as they moved it a long way down the order compared to other Australian regions.
This episode was not included in contemporary broadcasts in Germany, France, and Italy.







Continuity & Trivia
- 2:24, 3:25 and throughout — Dr. Jaeger’s office has the same wall decorations as Dr. Constantine had in his operating theatre in Split! and the Carmadoc Research Establishment had in All Done with Mirrors.
- 6:43 and 6:50 — The boom microphone leaps into shot a couple of times at the top of the screen as Steed stops ion the landing to say, “Teddy!”, then again when he stoops to say, “And always here” to the Hon. Teddy Chilcott.
- 7:35 — Nurse Owen tells Steed to be at Aloyisius Peregrine’s address, Apartment 9, Park View Towers.
- 9:45 — There’s not a single mark on Gibbons after falling from the fire escape.
- 14:40 — Nurse Owen calls Tara, starting the number by dialling 46.
- 14:45 — Nurse Owen tells Steed that Henry Winthrop’s address is The Lodge, Meadow’s Green.
- 18:05 — Probably Cyd Child or Diane West driving the car, it’s not Linda Thorson.
- 20:24 & 20:34 — There’s notable colour shift in the two short back-projection driving shots.
- 22:15 — There’s a hair at the bottom edge of then lens when Tara retrurn to her flat to find Teddy waiting for her. (The shot from below and the following long shot, but not the mid-shot two-up).
- 24:02 — Teddy’s leg is no longer hooked around the pole in the shot from above, but Tara still can’t throw him.
- 25:03 — Dr. Reece tries to call Steed with a number starting with 63.
- 26:30 — There’s a hair stuck to the top of the camera lens.
- 28:05 — The lead-out to commercial break is poorly coloured.
- 28:12–17 — The model train scoots across the model viaduct outside Tara’s window.
- 29:02 — Dr. A. Jaeger’s consulting rooms are at 18 Marlin St, W1.
Marlin St is actually Hallam St, at the corner of Duchess St — just across Portland Pl from Duchess Mews, the location for exteriors of Steed’s flat. - 32:02 — When Jaeger says, “Your ancestors were killers, hunters of men”, Steed quips he had a Great Aunt on his mother’s side who was ruthless with a knitting needle.
- 38:33 — It’s possibly a different sign for Dr. Jaeger’s practice, and it’s definitely on a different fence to that seen at 29:18.
- 40:43 — Teddy’s dream sequence doesn’t make any sense, Chilcott wouldn’t have been been to his flat so wouldn’t have known what it looked like.
- 41:18 — In the close up of Tara holding the keys, they’re actually Nurse Owen’s (Susan Travers’) long pink nails. You can see them in the close-up of her administering the syringe later on (41:43). When Tara picked up the keys before (37:39), her nails were short, manicured, clear varnished nails.
- Murray Hayne was almost going to be a regular guest on The Avengers — he had been cast as Harry Black in the Series 1 thriller, Tunnel of Fear and attended rehearsals, he even had articles about his appearance in TV Times. Unfortunately, he dislocated his back prior to filming and was replaced by Anthony Bate, who was a series regular.
- Running time: 49′18″
The Transport
Marque | Colour | Number |
---|---|---|
Volvo 122 S B18 ‘Amazon’ 1964 | grey | BLE 392B |
Rolls-Royce 40/50 h.p. ‘Silver Ghost’ 1923 H.J.Mulliner tourer (chassis number 46LK) | pale lemon | KK 4976 |
Austin LDO/Wandsworth ambulance | white | ? |
Jaguar S-Type [XJ3] 1966 | brown | KHV 786D |
AC 428 Frua Drophead Convertible Coupé 1965 Prototype (CF1) | maroon | LPH 800D |
Who’s Killing Whom?
Victim | Killer | Method |
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Aloyisius Peregrine | Paul Gibbons | stabbed (imaginary attack) |
Aloyisius Peregrine | Paul Gibbons | stabbed |
Paul Gibbons | (Paul Gibbons) | falls off fire escape in shock |
Henry Winthrop | Slater | stabbed |
Slater | Frank Tobias | revolver (during struggle, he claims self-defence) |
Dyson | Tara | impaled on sword during fight |
John Steed | Hon. Teddy Chilcott | revolver (imaginary attack) |
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