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Avengers Calendar of Events
were collected from various years of the Avengers Calendars and other
sources. © 2002 CANAL+IMAGE UK Ltd. (The New Avengers): © 1976 Avengers (Film & TV) Enterprises Ltd.
Slow Dazzle Worldwide at www.calendarmart.com. The new Avengers calendar are available! January 1 2 1968 - Patrick Newell films his first appearance as Mother, on the fifth day of filming on ‘The Forget-Me-Knot’. 3 1920 – Birth of Gordon L. T. Scott, Executive in charge of Production on Season Seven, in Edinburgh (d. 1991). 1923 - Birth of Charles Tingwell ('The Nutshell', 'Return Of The Cybernauts') 1942 - Birth of John Thaw (Captain Trench in 'Esprit De Corps') 4 5 6 7 1924 – Birth of Geoffrey Bayldon (‘The Deadly Air’, ‘Escape In Time’) in Leeds. 1961 – ‘The Avengers’ premiers on British television with the broadcast of ‘Hot Snow’, the first episode of Season One. 8 1934 – Birth of Roy Kinnear (‘Esprit De Corps’, ‘The Hour That Never Was’, ‘The See-Through Man’, ‘Bizzare’) in Wigan (d. September 20th, 1988). 9 1922 – Birth of Clive Dunn (‘Something Nasty In The Nursery’) in London. 1924 – Birth of Ron Moody (‘Honey For The Prince’, ‘The Bird That Knew Too Much’) in Tottenham, London. 10 1968 – After a seven month break, ‘The Avengers’ returns to American television for the last eight Diana Rigg episodes. 1969 - Filming is completed on the Season Seven episode ‘Who Was That Man I Saw You With?’ 11 12 1968 – The first version of the title sequence for Season Seven featuring Patrick Macnee and Linda Thorson on an orange set is shot by Harry Booth at Elstree Studios. 13 1931 - Birth of Ian Hendry (Dr. David Keel) (d. December 24th, 1984). 14 1926 - Birth of Warren Mitchell ('The Golden Fleece', 'The Charmers') (Brodney in 'Two's A Crowd', 'The See-Through Man') in London. 1967 – Season Five premiers in the UK with British television with the broadcast of ‘From Venus With Love’ – although made in colour, it is transmitted in black and white. 15 16 1964 – Honor Blackman knocks stuntman Jackie Pallo unconscious for seven minutes during recording of a fight scene for ‘Mandrake’. 17 1969 – Filming is completed on the Season Seven episode ‘Pandora’. 18 19 1968 – Filming is completed on the Season Seven episodes ‘The Curious Case Of The Countless Clues’ and ‘The Forget-Me-Knot’. 1968 – Diana Rigg films her final scene for ‘The Avengers’ – the staircase cross-over with Linda Thorson for ‘The Forget-Me-Knot’. 20 1967 – ‘The Avengers’ US Season Two premiers on American television with the UK Season Five episode ‘From Venus With Love’ – only six days behind the UK transmission. 21 1961 – ‘Square Root Of Evil’, the third episode of ‘The Avengers’ first season, is the first of seven episodes to be transmitted live. 1967 – Original transmission of ‘The Fear Merchants’, the first colour episode to be filmed. 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 February 1 1968 – Filming is completed on the Season Seven episode ‘Split!’. 2 3 4 5 1945 - Birth of Charlotte Rampling (Hanna Wild in 'The Superlative Seven') 6 1922 – Birth of Patrick Macnee (John Steed) in London. 7 1943 - Birth of Gareth Hunt (Mike Gambit) Battersea, London, England, UK 1927 - Birth of Laurie Johnson (Music composer) 8 9 10 11 12 13 1969 – Filming is completed on the Season Seven episode ‘Requiem’. 14 1967 – Filming is completed on the Season Five episode ‘Never, Never Say Die’. 15 1968 - Filming is completed on the Season Seven episode ‘Get-A-Way!’. 16 17 1912 - Birth of Clifford Evans ('Dial A Deadly Number', 'Death's Door', ‘Whoever Shot Poor George Oblique Stroke XR40?’) (d. 1985). 18 1899 - Birth of Mervyn Johns (Brandon Storey in 'Too Many Christmas Trees') in Pembroke, Wales (d. September 6th, 1992) 19 20 21 1968 - Filming is completed on the Season Seven episode ‘Take-Over’. 22 23 24 25 Merry Christmas! John Steed and Bill Bassett celebrate Christmas every year in February – the result of their losing track of time as prisoners in Nan King during the war in ‘Take-Over’. 26 27 1967 - Filming is completed on the Season Five episode ‘Epic’. 28 29 1968 – Filming is completed on the Season Seven episode ‘Have Guns – Will Haggle’. March 1 1918 - Birth of Roger Delgado ('Crescent Moon', 'Stay Tuned') in London (d. June 18th, 1973). Also played the Master on 'Dr. Who'. 2 3 1969 - Filming is completed on the very last episode of ‘The Avengers’ ‘Bizzare’. 4 5 6 7 8 9 1997 – Death of Terry Nation, script-writer and Season Seven script-editor, aged 66. 10 11 1916 - Birth of Ferdy Mayne (Ferdinand Mayer-Horckel) (Baron Von Orlak in 'Legacy Of Death') in Mayence, Germany (d. January 30th, 1998). 1923 – Birth of Terrence Alexander (‘The Town Of No Return’, ‘The Correct Way To Kill’, ‘Love All’) 12 1966 – ‘The Times’ announces that the Writer’s Guild has banned its members from writing for the British Film Production Association following a dispute over royalty payments for overseas sales of ‘The Avengers’. 13 1926 – Birth of Ray McAnally (‘The Positive-Negative Man’, ‘They Keep Killing Steed’) (d. July 15th, 1989). 1967 - Filming is completed on the Season Five episode ‘The Superlative Seven’. 14 15 16 17 18 19 1968 - Filming is completed on the Season Seven episode ‘Look – (stop me if you’ve heard this one) But There Were These Two Fellers’. 20 1964 – Honor Blackman records her final episode as Cathy Gale ‘Lobster Quadrille’. 1968 – American viewers are introduced to Tara King (Linda Thorson) as ’The Forget-Me-Knot’ is screened for the first time in the US. 21 1964 – The transmission of ‘Lobster Quadrille’ brings Season Three to a close and viewers say farewell to Honor Blackman. 22 1963 – Production of Season Two ends with recording of ‘Killer Whale’. 1967 - Filming is completed on the Season Five episode ‘A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Station’. 23 1963 – ‘Killer Whale’ premiers on British television (ABC), bringing Season Two to a close. 24 25 1967 – Birth of John Laurie (‘Death Of A Great Dane’, ‘Brief For Murder’, ‘A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Station’, ‘Pandora’) in Dumfries, Scotland (d. 1980). 26 27 1932 – Birth of Patrick Newell (Mother) in Hadleigh, Suffolk (d. 1988). 1935 – Birth of Julian Glover (‘Two’s A Crowd’, ‘The Living Dead’, ‘Split’, ‘Pandora’) in London. 28 1966 – ‘The Avengers’ makes its debut on American television with the Season Four episode ‘The Cybernauts’. 29 1920 – Birth of Albert Fennell, producer (Seasons Four to Seven and 'The New Avengers') in Chiswick (d. 1988). 30 31 April 1 1968 - Filming is completed on the Season Seven episode ‘My Wildest Dream’. 1968 – Steed and Tara expose a plot to murder the directors of the Capital Land and Development Company ‘Look – (stop me if you’ve heard this one) But There Were These Two Fellers’. 2 1940 - Birth of Penelope Keith ('The Murder Market', 'Something Nasty In The Nursery', 'Take Me To Your Leader') in Sutton, Surrey. 1967 - Filming is completed on the Season Five episode ‘Something Nasty In The Nursery’. 1968 – Steed and Tara expose a plot by the employees of Classy Glass Cleaners to steal top secret cipher codes ‘Super Secret Cypher Snatch’. 3 1926 - Birth of Andrew Keir ('The Fear Merchants', 'Get-A-Way') (d. October 5th, 1997). 4 1965 – The miniature railway scenes for ‘The Gravediggers’ are filmed at Stapleford Park, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire. 5 1912 – Birth of John Le Mesurier (‘What The Butler Saw’) in Bedford (d. 1983). 6 7 1920 – Birth of Allan Cuthbertson (‘The Deadly Air’, ‘Death’s Door’, ‘Super Secret Cypher Snatch’) (d. 1988). 1969 – The episode ‘My Wildest Dream’ is transmitted in a late night slot for its premiere screening, due to its violent content. 8 1967 – The Season Five episode ‘The Superlative Seven’ premieres on British television. 9 10 11 1967 - Filming is completed on the Season Five episode ‘The Joker’. 12 13 1937 - Birth of Edward Fox (Lord Teddy Chilcott in 'My Wildest Dream) in London. 14 15 16 17 1967 - Filming is completed on the Season Five episode ‘Who’s Who???’. 1968 - Filming is completed on the Season Seven episode ‘Whoever Shot Poor George Oblique Stroke XR40?’. 18 1929 – Birth of Peter Jeffrey (‘Room With A View’, ‘The Joker’, ‘Game’) in Bristol. 1967 - Filming is completed on the Season Five episode ‘Who’s Who???’. There is a production break of just 16 days before filming begins on Season Six. 1968 - Filming is completed on the Season Seven episode ‘Whoever Shot Poor George Oblique Stroke XR40?’. 19 1922 – Birth of Don Sharp director (‘Invasion of the Earthmen’ ‘The Curious Case Of The Countless Clues’, ‘Get-A-Way’). 1931 – Birth of Garfield Morgan (‘The Fear Merchants’, ‘Game’, Take-Over’) in Birmingham. 20 21 1926 – Birth of Queen Elizabeth II 1969 – The original American transmission of ‘The Avengers’ comes to an end with ‘Bizzare’. 22 23 1907 - Birth of James Hayter (Ticket Collector in 'A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Station') in India (d. March 27th, 1983). 24 1963 – At Teddington Studios recording begins for Season Three with ‘Concerto’. 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 May 1 1946 - Joanna Lumley was born (7:30 PM IST) in Srinagar, Kashmir, India. 1967 – ‘The Avengers Collection’, a range of new fashions designed for Season Five by Pierre Cardin and Alun Hughes is launched at Teddington Studios. Twiggy Lawson, Graham Hill, Billy Walker, and other personalities pose for photographer Terry O’Neill. 2 3 1967 – After a break of 16 days, filming begins on Season Six with ‘Death’s Door’. 4 5 6 1967 – Season Five comes to an end on British television with the broadcast of ‘Who’s Who???’. 1967 – The last eight Diana Rigg episodes will not be transmitted for another five months. 7 8 1968 – The third American season of ‘The Avengers’ concludes with ‘Look – (stop me if you’ve heard this one) But There Were These Two Fellers’. 1968 – The remaining 26 Linda Thorson episodes will not be screened until the following September. 9 1962 – The first episode of Season Two, ‘Dead On Course’ is recorded at Teddington Studios. 1962 – Jon Rollason (Dr. Martin King) replaces Ian Hendry. 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 1967 – The second American season of ‘The Avengers’ concludes with the Season Five episode ‘Who’s Who???’. 1967 – The last eight Diana Rigg episodes will not be transmitted in the US for another seven months. 20 21 1969 - 'The Avengers' exit in style in Steed's home-made rocket as Season Seven comes to an end on Thames Television with 'Bizzare'. 22 1922 – Birth of Christopher Lee (‘Never, Never Say Die’, ‘The Interrogators’) in London. 23 1928 – Birth of Nigel Davenport (‘The Danger Makers’, ‘Split!’) in Shelford, Cambridge. 24 1968 – Filming is completed on the Season Seven episode ‘You’ll Catch Your Death’. 25 26 1913 – Birth of Peter Cushing (‘Return Of The Cybernauts’) in Dulwich. (d. August 11th, 1994). 27 28 29 30 31 June The Queen's Official Birthday. (Second Monday in June.) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1967 - Filming is completed on the Season Six episode ‘Death’s Door’. 8 9 10 11 12 1920 – Birth of Peter Jones (‘The 13th Hole’, ‘The Curious Case Of The Countless Clues’) in Wem, Stropshire. 13 1968 - Filming is completed on the Season Seven episode ‘All Done With Mirrors’. 14 1968 - Filming is completed on the Season Seven episode ‘Super Secret Cypher Snatch’. 15 1967 - Filming is completed on the Season Six episode ‘Return Of The Cybernauts’. 16 17 18 1935 - Birth of Ronald Lacey ('The Joker', 'Legacy Of Death') (d. May 15th, 1991). 1947 – Birth of Linda Thorson (Tara King) in Canada. 19 1961 – Noon – Steed sends Gerald Kafta, head of Murder International, to prison, ‘Noon Doomsday’. 1968 – Gerald Kafta attempts to assassinate Steed as he recuperates in a rest home for agents, but the plan is foiled by Tara in ’Noon Doomsday’. 1999 – The 13th Annual Dead Man’s Treasure Hunt begins. 20 1998 – The 12th Annual Dead Man’s Treasure Hunt begins. 21 22 23 1962 – Originally contracted to appear in only six episodes, Honor Blackman records her first episode as Cathy Gale in the Season Two story ‘Death Dispatch’. 24 25 1968 - Filming is completed on the Season Seven episode ‘Game’. 26 27 28 29 30 July 1 2 3 1968 – The second title sequence for Season Seven is shot in a field in Berkhamstead under the supervision of director Robert Fuest. 4 5 1934 – Birth of Philip Madoc (‘The Decapod’, ‘Six Hands Across A Table’, ‘Death Of A Batman’, ‘The Correct Way To Kill’, ‘My Wildest Dream’) in Mertyr Tydil, Wales. 1967 - Filming is completed on the Season Six episode ‘Dead Man’s Treasure’. 6 7 1919 - Birth of Jon Pertwee (Brigadier Whitehead in 'From Venus With Love') (d. May 20th, 1996). 8 9 10 11 1968 - Filming is completed on the Season Seven episode ‘False Witness’. 12 13 14 15 16 17 1934 - Birth of Donald Sutherland (Jessel in 'The Superlative Seven') in St. John's, New Brunswick, Canada. 18 19 20 1938 – Birth of Diana Rigg (Emma Peel) in Doncaster. 1967 - Filming is completed on the Season Six episode ‘The £50,000 Breakfast’. 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 1968 - Filming is completed on the Season Seven episode ‘Noon Doomsday’. August 1 2 1967 - Filming is completed on the Season Six episode ‘You Have Just Been Murdered’. 3 4 5 1917 – Birth of Don Chaffey, director (‘Legacy Of Death’, ‘Wish You Were Here’, ‘Stay Tuned’, ‘Requiem’, ’Who Was That Man I Saw You With?’ (d. 1990). 6 1910 - Birth of Charles Crichton, director ('Death at Bargain Prices', 'The Danger Makers', 'The Correct Way To Kill', 'False Witness', 'The Interrogators') (d. 1999). 7 8 9 10 11 1968 - Filming is completed on the Season Seven episode ‘False Witness’. 12 1922 – Birth of Fulton MacKay (‘Return Of The Cybernauts’, ‘You’ll Catch Your Death’, ‘Bizzare’) in Paisley, Scotland (d. 1987). 1962 – Julie Stevens (Venus Smith) makes her ‘Avengers’ debut as her first episode ‘The Decapod’ is recorded at Teddington Studios. 13 14 15 16 17 1939 – Birth of Anthony Valentine (‘The Bird Who Knew Too Much’, ‘Killer’) in Blackburn, Lancashire. 18 19 20 1909 - Birth of Andre Morell ('Death Of A Batman', 'Death At Bargain Prices') in London (d. November 28th, 1978). 21 22 1927 – Birth of Honor Blackman (Cathy Gale) in London. 23 24 1921 – Birth of Sidney Hayers, director (‘The Cybernauts’, ‘A Surfeit Of H2O’, ‘Man-Eater Of Surrey Green’, ‘The Hidden Tiger’, ‘The Superlative Seven’, ‘The Joker’, ‘Death’s Door’, Dead Man’s Treasure’). 25 1967 - Filming is completed on the Season Six episode ‘Murdersville’. 26 1941 - Birth of Jane Merrow (Jane Meirowsky) (Susan in 'Mission… Highly Improbable') in London. 27 28 29 30 1967 – The last day of filming for Diana Rigg on her final complete episode ‘Mission… Highly Improbable’. She returns to the series to take part in four days of filming ‘The Forget-Me-Knot’ the following December. 31 September 1 2 1931 – Birth of Francis Matthews (‘The 13th Hole’, ‘Mission… Highly Improbable’) in York. 3 4 5 1966 – The first day of colour filming on ‘The Avengers’ takes place at Lord Montagu’s Museum of Vintage Cars at Palace House, Beaulieu, Hampshire. 1966 – Directed by Roy Rossotti, the resulting footage appeared in ‘Escape In Time’, ‘The See-Through Man’, and ‘The Bird Who Knew Too Much’. 6 1966 - The second day of colour filming on ‘The Avengers’ takes place at Lord Montagu’s Museum of Vintage Cars at Palace House, Beaulieu, Hampshire, under the supervision of Roy Rossotti. 1966 – Featuring Diana Rigg riding a white horse, the footage appeared in an American promo reel for the series. 7 8 9 10 11 1922 – Birth of Robert Day, director (‘From Venus, With Love’, ‘Never, Never Say Die’, ‘Return of the Cybernauts’, ‘The £50,000 Breakfast’, ‘The Positive-Negative Man’, ‘Mission… Highly Improbable’). 12 1927 – Birth of Freddie Jones (Basil/Steed in ‘Who’s Who???’) in Stoke-on-Trent. 1968 - Filming is completed on the Season Seven episode ‘Wish You Were Here’. 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 1963 – Honor Blackman tells ABC executives that she will not be appearing in ‘The Avengers’ beyond the end of Season Three, as she has signed a five-year film contract with Harry Saltzman and Cubby Broccoli and will be co-starring with Sean Connery in ‘Goldfinger’. 20 21 21 21 1919 - Birth of Nigel Stock ('Concerto', 'A Sence Of History') in Malta (d. June 23rd, 1986). 22 1915 – Birth of Arthue Lowe (‘Dead Man’s Treasure’) in Hayfield, Derbyshire (d. April 15th, 1982). 1967 - Filming is completed on the Season Six episode ‘Mission… Highly Improbable’. 23 1930 - Birth of Colin Blakely (Mickel in 'Murdersville') in Bangor, County Down (d. May 7th, 1987). 1968 – The fourth and final American season of ‘The Avengers’ commences with ‘Game’. 24 25 1929 – Birth of Ronnie Barker (Cheshire in ‘The Hidden Tiger’) in Bedford. Died October 3, 2005. 1968 – Viewers in the UK say farewell to Emma and hello to Tara as ‘The Forget-Me-Knot’ heralds the start of Season Seven on Thames Television. 26 27 1968 - Filming is completed on the Season Seven episode ‘Killer’. 28 1963 – Season Three premieres on ABC with ‘Brief For Murder’. 29 1962 – Viewers are introduced to Cathy Gale (Honor Blackman) as Season Two premieres on ABC with ‘Mr. Teddy Bear’. 30 1943 – Birth of Ian Ogilvy (Baron Von Curt in ‘They Keep Killing Steed’) in Woking, Surrey. 1967 - Season Six premieres on British television with ‘Return Of The Cybernauts’. October 1 2 1965 – Viewers in the UK are introduced to Emma Peel (Diana Rigg) as Season Four premieres on ABC with ‘The Town Of No Return’. 3 4 5 1930 – Midnight – Birth of Cathy Gale ‘Warlock’, 'White Dwarf' 6 1937 – Birth of Anna Quayle (Olga in ‘The Correct Way To Kill’) in Birmingham. 7 8 1939 - Birth of Kate O'Mara (Lisa in 'Stay Tuned). 1968 - Filming is completed on the Season Seven episode ‘The Rotters’. 9 1936 – Birth of Brian Blessed (‘The Superlative Seven’, ‘The Morning After’) in Mexborough, South Yorkshire. 10 1940 – Birth of Jonathan Alwyn, director (‘Propellant 23’, ‘Death On The Rocks’, ‘Death Dispatch’, ‘Intercrime’, ‘School For Traitors’, ‘The Secrets Brokers’, ‘The Outside-In Man’). 11 12 13 1962 – Viewers are introduced to Venus Smith (Julie Stevens) in her first episode ‘The Decapod’. 14 15 1924 - Birth of Nigel Green ('The Winged Avenger', 'Fog') in South Africa (d. May 15th, 1972). 16 1936 – Birth of Peter Bowles (‘Second Sight’, ‘Dial A Deadly Number’, ‘Escape In Time’, ‘Get-A-Way’) in London. 17 18 1961 - Ian Hendry records his final appearance as Dr. David Keel as the last episode of Season One, ‘Dragonsfield’ is taped at Teddington Studios. 19 1967 - Linda Thorson is introduced as the new ‘Avengers’ girl at a press reception at Thames Television. 20 21 22 1967 – Patrick Macnee and Linda Thorson take part in a press photo call at London’s Savoy Hotel to promote Season Seven. 1968 – Filming is completed on the Season Seven episode ‘The Interrogators’. 23 24 25 26 1993 – Patrick Macnee, Honor Blackman, Diana Rigg, and Linda Thorson are reunited for the launch of ‘The Avengers’ on home video. 27 1923 – Birth of Peter Graham Scott, director (‘The Master Minds’, ‘The Murder Market’, ‘A Sense Of History’) 1939 - Birth of John Cleese (Marcus Pugman in ‘Look – (stop me if you’ve heard this one) But There Were These Two Fellers’) in Weston-Super-Mare. 1962 – Viewers are introduced to Dr. Martin King (Jon Rollason) in ‘Mission to Montreal’, the first of his episodes to be broadcast. 28 29 1940 – Birth of Angela Douglas (‘Dance With Death’, ‘Requiem’) in Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire. 30 1925 – Birth of George Murcell (‘Square Root Of Evil’, ‘You Have Just Been Murdered’). 1967 – ‘The Times’ announces that Linda Thorson has replaced Diana Rigg in ‘The Avengers’. 31 November 1 2 3 1910 – Birth of Richard Hurndall (Henley Farrer in ‘Legacy Of Death’) (d. 1984). 4 5 1963 – John Steed saves London from nuclear holocaust by shooting Michael Dyter before he can activate a nuclear warhead hidden in the House of Commons in ‘November Five’. 1968 - Filming is completed on the Season Six episode ‘The Morning After’. 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 1967 – Transmission of Season Six comes to an end with ‘Mission… Highly Improbable’. No new episodes of ‘The Avengers’ are broadcast on British television for 10 months. 1968 - Filming is completed on the Season Seven episode ‘Love All’. 19 20 21 1964 - Filming is completed on the first version of ‘The Town Of No Return’ with Elizabeth Sheppard in the role of Emma Peel. After Sheppard’s dismissal from the series, the episode is re-shot with Diana Rigg the following July. 22 1963 – A hornbill dies of a brain hemorrhage during recording of the Season Three episode ‘The White Elephant’ at Teddington Studios. 23 1917 – Birth of Michael Gough (‘The Cybernauts’, ‘The Correct Way To Kill’) in Malaya. 1963 – Season Three episode ‘The Medicine Man’ is broadcast late due to the extended news coverage of the assassination of President Kennedy the previous evening. 24 25 26 27 28 29 1968 – Filming is completed on the Season Seven episode ‘Take Me To Your Leader’. 30 1916 - Birth of Michael Gwynn (Bill Bassett in 'Take-Over') in Bath (d. January 29th, 1976). December 1 1932 – Birth of Dennis Spooner, script writer (‘Girl On The Trapeze’, ‘Please Don’t Feed The Animals’, ‘Look – (stop me if you’ve heard this one) But There Were These Two Fellers’) (d. September 1986). 2 3 1965 - Laurie Johnson’s Theme from ABC TV series ‘The Avengers’ is released on a single by Pye (7N 17015) performed by The Laurie Johnson Orchestra. 4 1912 – Birth of Jimmy Jewel (Maxie Martin in ‘Look – (stop me if you’ve heard this one) But There Were These Two Fellers’.) in Sheffield. 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 1968 – Filming is completed on the Season Seven episode ‘Stay Tuned’. 14 15 16 1964 – Filming begins on Diana Rigg’s first episode ‘The Murder Market’ on Stage 3 at Elstree Studios, after two days of shooting on the episode with Elizabeth Sheppard in the role of Emma Peel is abandoned. 17 18 1932 – Birth of Tony Williamson, script-writer (‘The Murder Market’, ‘Too Many Christmas Trees’, ‘The 13th Hole’, ‘The Positive-Negative Man’, ‘Super Secret Cypher Snatch’, ‘Whoever Shot Poor George Oblique Stroke XR40?’, ‘Killer’, ‘Wish You Were Here’, ‘Stay Tuned’) (d. June 19th 1991). 19 1923 – Birth of Gordon Jackson (Ian De’Ath in ‘Castle De’Ath’) in Glasgow (d. January 14th, 1990). 20 1936 – Birth of Julie Stevens (Venus Smith) in Prestwich. 1960 – The first ever filmed material for ‘The Avengers’ is shot on location in Chelsea for ‘Hot Snow’. It features Peggy (Catherine Woodville), Dr. King’s fiancé, being gunned down outside Vinson the Jewellers. 21 22 23 1900 - Birth of Noel Purcell (Jonah Barnard in 'A Surfeit Of H2O') in Dublin (d. 1985). 24 1984 – Aged 53, Ian Hendry (Dr. David Keel) dies of stomach hemorrhage. 25 26 27 1934 - Birth of Christopher Benjamin ('How to Succeed… At Murder', 'Never, Never Say Die', 'Split!') in Trowbridge, Wiltshire. 28 1921 – Birth of director Cyril Frankel (‘Whoever Shot Poor George Oblique Stroke XR40?’). 29 1928 – Birth of Bernard Cribbins (‘The Girl From Auntie’, ‘Look – (stop me if you’ve heard this one) But There Were These Two Fellers’) in Oldham. 30 1960 – ‘Hot Snow’ is the first episode of ‘The Avengers’ is recorded at Teddington Studios. 1961 – Viewers say farewell to Dr. David Keel (Ian Hendry) as his final episode ‘Dragonsfield’ is transmitted. 31 1968 – Filming is completed on the Season Seven episode ‘Fog’.
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