Mission... Highly Improbable

November 18, 1967

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The Avengers - S5 - E24

When Sir Gerald Bancroft and his Rolls-Royce vanish whilst being escorted at a military base, Steed is called upon to solve the puzzle. But before he can he experiences that old shrinking feeling.

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The Avengers: Season 5 - 24 Episode s

5x1 - From Venus With Love
January 14, 1967
The strange deaths of several astronomers, left bleached white, pose a problem. Whilst Steed joins the stargazers, Emma chases a bright light, and finds herself in the hot seat.
5x2 - The Fear Merchants
January 21, 1967
Four men involved in the production of ceramics suffer nervous breakdowns in everyday situations. All have recently turned down the opportunity to merge with the British Porcelain Company. Steed and Emma investigate the world of fear, with terrifying consequences.
5x3 - Escape in Time
January 28, 1967
Several notorious criminals have vanished into thin air. A whisper has been received that the escape chain starts in London, but, when agent Paxton follows it, he winds up dead in the Thames with a 300-year-old bullet in him.
5x4 - The See-Through Man
February 4, 1967
The Ministry has been broken into by, it seems, an invisible man. A trail leads via inventor Quilby to the Eastern Drug Company, a front organisation run by Soviet intelligence. Meanwhile, the crack spies Elena and Alexandre Vazin are in town. But nobody has seen anything of Alexandre....
5x5 - The Bird Who Knew Too Much
February 11, 1967
Emma and Steed investigate the mystery of how top secret things are being photographed from the air. Could it have something to do with the groovy world of fashion photography and a parrot called Captain Crusoe?
5x6 - The Winged Avenger
February 18, 1967
Is a creature that can walk up walls clawing to death ruthless and powerful men? Does it have anything to do with Professor Poole's invention of boots that let you walk on the ceiling, or with cartoon superhero the Winged Avenger?
5x7 - The Living Dead
February 25, 1967
When representatives of the two organizations head to a country church to investigate the sudden reappearance of a man long thought dead, Steed and Emma are called in to help. It isn't long, of course, before murder rears its ugly head.
5x8 - The Hidden Tiger
March 4, 1967
The mauling to death of several members of the committee of PURRR (the Philanthropic Union for the Rescue, Relief and Recuperation of Cats) exposes Steed and Emma to a diabolical scheme to take over the entire country.
5x9 - The Correct Way to Kill
March 11, 1967
Foreign agents are being killed, but not by British agents. Steed thinks it terribly unfair, and so does his opposite number, Nutski. They make an arrangement, and Steed and Emma find themselves with Soviet partners in an investigation of a group of very British killers.
5x10 - Never, Never Say Die
March 18, 1967
An unfortunate motorist keeps knocking down and killing the same man: a man who's rampaging through the countryside, bulletproof and intent on destruction. A man who just happens to be identical to the urbane Professor Frank N. Stone.
5x11 - Epic
April 1, 1967
Three Hollywood veterans, led by an insane director, decide that Emma would be perfect for their latest movie, so they kidnap her and film some surreal and deadly footage.
5x12 - The Superlative Seven
April 8, 1967
Steed is invited to a party, and finds himself trapped in a remote-controlled aircraft, with six fancy-dressed specialists in various combat styles, en route to a distant island. There, they are pitted against each other in a deadly test.
5x13 - A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Station
April 15, 1967
When Lucas, an agent investigating something subversive, gets off his train at the wrong station he is murdered. Has the crime got anything to do with a mole at the admiralty, a train ticket and a fiendish plot to kill the Prime Minister?
5x14 - Something Nasty in the Nursery
April 22, 1967
Secrets known only to a small group of trusted men have leaked, and the men are having strange dreams of their childhood, featuring their nannies and a bouncing ball. Emma checks out the toyshop, Steed explores a school for nannies.
5x15 - The Joker
April 29, 1967
Invited for the weekend to the home of a fellow Bridge Expert, Emma finds herself trapped in a house designed to send her mad. Her tormentor is Max Prendergast, a man she befriended and then betrayed in Berlin some time before. Then Steed came to the rescue but now he's at home nursing a sprained ankle.
5x16 - Who's Who???
May 6, 1967
When one of the Floral Network of agents is found dead atop a pair of stilts, Steed and Emma's interest is piqued. That's the idea, because foreign agents Basil and Lola have a trap prepared for them: a machine that swaps their minds into the pair's bodies.
5x17 - Return of the Cybernauts
September 30, 1967
The brother of the late Clement Armstrong sets a deadly trap for Steed and Mrs. Peel, whom he blames for his brother's death at the hands of his murderous creations, the Cybernauts.
5x18 - Death's Door
October 7, 1967
A European peace conference comes under the threat of sabotage when the British delegates begin to suffer from premonitions and nightmares. After Sir Andrew Boyd, who has witnessd his death in a dream, is killed, Steed and Emma must keep his replacement, Lord Melford, sane and alive.
5x19 - The £50,000 Breakfast
October 14, 1967
The accidental death of a ventriloquist reveals that he had been carrying a fortune in gems inside his stomach. Steed stoops to blackmail and Emma goes shopping for ties in the search through the business community for a rich Borzoi.
5x20 - Dead Man's Treasure
October 21, 1967
A missing briefcase full of secrets propels Steed and Emma into a treasure hunt by car.
5x21 - You Have Just Been Murdered
October 28, 1967
Various millionaires are withdrawing large sums of money from the bank. Steed suspects blackmail but none of the men is willing to talk. Then he gets a call from Gilbert Jarvis, who tells Steed that he, Jarvis, has 'just been murdered'. Again.
5x22 - The Positive Negative Man
November 4, 1967
When a scientist is found embedded in a wall, Steed and Emma pursue a man in make-up and wellies, whose appearance is terribly shocking.
5x23 - Murdersville
November 11, 1967
Emma's old friend, Paul Croft, returns from abroad to retire to Little Storping-in-the Swurf. Unfortunately, the village seems to be run along very strange lines. Threatened by yokels, Emma finds herself outnumbered.
5x24 - Mission... Highly Improbable
November 18, 1967
When Sir Gerald Bancroft and his Rolls-Royce vanish whilst being escorted at a military base, Steed is called upon to solve the puzzle. But before he can he experiences that old shrinking feeling.

Mission... Highly Improbable

The Avengers - S5 - E24

The Avengers: Season 5 - 24 Episode s

5x1 - From Venus With Love

5x2 - The Fear Merchants

5x3 - Escape in Time

5x4 - The See-Through Man

5x5 - The Bird Who Knew Too Much

5x6 - The Winged Avenger

5x7 - The Living Dead

5x8 - The Hidden Tiger

5x9 - The Correct Way to Kill

5x10 - Never, Never Say Die

5x11 - Epic

5x12 - The Superlative Seven

5x13 - A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Station

5x14 - Something Nasty in the Nursery

5x15 - The Joker

5x16 - Who's Who???

5x17 - Return of the Cybernauts

5x18 - Death's Door

5x19 - The £50,000 Breakfast

5x20 - Dead Man's Treasure

5x21 - You Have Just Been Murdered

5x22 - The Positive Negative Man

5x23 - Murdersville

5x24 - Mission... Highly Improbable

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