The Avengers - Season 3 Episode 1 Brief for Murder

Name: The Avengers
Genre: Action & Adventure, Crime, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Released: 21 May 1969
Rating: 7.72
Cast: Patrick Macnee, Linda Thorson, William Lucas

Mrs Peel, We're Needed! 1969-05-21 United Kingdom 50 minutes.

7.72 145 votes

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Season - Episode

6 Season 6 Sep 25, 1968

6 - 1

The Forget-Me-Knot Sep 25, 1968
6 - 2

Game Oct 02, 1968
6 - 3

Super Secret Cypher Snatch Oct 09, 1968
6 - 4

You'll Catch Your Death Oct 16, 1968
6 - 5

Split! Oct 23, 1968
6 - 6

Whoever Shot Poor George Oblique Stroke XR40 Oct 30, 1968
6 - 7

False Witness Nov 06, 1968
6 - 8

All Done With Mirrors Nov 13, 1968
6 - 9

Legacy of Death Nov 20, 1968
6 - 10

Noon Doomsday Nov 27, 1968
6 - 11

Look- (stop me if you've heard this one) But There Were These Two Fellers... Dec 04, 1968
6 - 12

Have Guns- Will Haggle Dec 11, 1968
6 - 13

They Keep Killing Steed Dec 18, 1968
6 - 14

The Interrogators Jan 01, 1969
6 - 15

The Rotters Jan 08, 1969
6 - 16

Invasion of the Earthmen Jan 15, 1969
6 - 17

Killer Jan 22, 1969
6 - 18

The Morning After Jan 29, 1969
6 - 19

The Curious Case of the Countless Clues Feb 05, 1969
6 - 20

Wish You Were Here Feb 12, 1969
6 - 21

Love All Feb 19, 1969
6 - 22

Stay Tuned Feb 26, 1969
6 - 23

Take Me To Your Leader Mar 05, 1969
6 - 24

Fog Mar 12, 1969
6 - 25

Who Was That Man I Saw You with? Mar 19, 1969
6 - 26

Homicide And Old Lace Mar 26, 1969
6 - 27

Thingumajig Apr 02, 1969
6 - 28

My Wildest Dream Apr 07, 1969
6 - 29

Requiem Apr 16, 1969
6 - 30

Take-Over Apr 23, 1969
6 - 31

Pandora Apr 30, 1969
6 - 32

Get-A-Way May 14, 1969
6 - 33

Bizarre May 21, 1969

5 Season 5 Jan 14, 1967

5 - 1

From Venus with Love Jan 14, 1967
5 - 2

The Fear Merchants Jan 21, 1967
5 - 3

Escape in Time Jan 28, 1967
5 - 4

The See-Through Man Feb 04, 1967
5 - 5

The Bird Who Knew Too Much Feb 11, 1967
5 - 6

The Winged Avenger Feb 18, 1967
5 - 7

The Living Dead Feb 25, 1967
5 - 8

The Hidden Tiger Mar 04, 1967
5 - 9

The Correct Way to Kill Mar 11, 1967
5 - 10

Never, Never Say Die Mar 18, 1967
5 - 11

Epic Apr 01, 1967
5 - 12

The Superlative Seven Apr 08, 1967
5 - 13

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Station Apr 15, 1967
5 - 14

Something Nasty in the Nursery Apr 22, 1967
5 - 15

The Joker Apr 29, 1967
5 - 16

Who's Who??? May 06, 1967
5 - 17

Return of the Cybernauts Sep 30, 1967
5 - 18

Death's Door Oct 07, 1967
5 - 19

The £50,000 Breakfast Oct 14, 1967
5 - 20

Dead Man's Treasure Oct 21, 1967
5 - 21

You Have Just Been Murdered Oct 28, 1967
5 - 22

The Positive Negative Man Nov 04, 1967
5 - 23

Murdersville Nov 11, 1967
5 - 24

Mission... Highly Improbable Nov 18, 1967

4 Season 4 Oct 02, 1965

4 - 1

The Town of No Return Oct 02, 1965
4 - 2

The Gravediggers Oct 09, 1965
4 - 3

The Cybernauts Oct 16, 1965
4 - 4

Death at Bargain Prices Oct 23, 1965
4 - 5

Castle De'ath Oct 30, 1965
4 - 6

The Master Minds Nov 06, 1965
4 - 7

The Murder Market Nov 13, 1965
4 - 8

A Surfeit of H2O Nov 20, 1965
4 - 9

The Hour that Never Was Nov 27, 1965
4 - 10

Dial a Deadly Number Dec 04, 1965
4 - 11

Man-Eater of Surrey Green Dec 11, 1965
4 - 12

Two's a Crowd Dec 18, 1965
4 - 13

Too Many Christmas Trees Dec 25, 1965
4 - 14

Silent Dust Jan 01, 1966
4 - 15

Room Without a View Jan 08, 1966
4 - 16

Small Game for Big Hunters Jan 15, 1966
4 - 17

The Girl From Auntie Jan 22, 1966
4 - 18

The Thirteenth Hole Jan 29, 1966
4 - 19

Quick-Quick Slow Death Feb 05, 1966
4 - 20

The Danger Makers Feb 12, 1966
4 - 21

A Touch of Brimstone Feb 19, 1966
4 - 22

What the Butler Saw Feb 26, 1966
4 - 23

The House That Jack Built Mar 05, 1966
4 - 24

A Sense of History Mar 12, 1966
4 - 25

How to Succeed... at Murder Mar 19, 1966
4 - 26

Honey for the Prince Mar 26, 1966

3 Season 3 Sep 28, 1963

3 - 1

Brief for Murder Sep 28, 1963
3 - 2

The Undertakers Oct 05, 1963
3 - 3

Man with Two Shadows Oct 12, 1963
3 - 4

The Nutshell Oct 19, 1963
3 - 5

Death of a Batman Oct 26, 1963
3 - 6

November Five Nov 02, 1963
3 - 7

The Gilded Cage Nov 09, 1963
3 - 8

Second Sight Nov 16, 1963
3 - 9

The Medicine Men Nov 23, 1963
3 - 10

The Grandeur That Was Rome Nov 30, 1963
3 - 11

The Golden Fleece Dec 07, 1963
3 - 12

Don't Look Behind You Dec 14, 1963
3 - 13

Death "à la carte" Dec 21, 1963
3 - 14

Dressed to Kill Dec 28, 1963
3 - 15

The White Elephant Jan 04, 1964
3 - 16

The Little Wonders Jan 11, 1964
3 - 17

The Wringer Jan 18, 1964
3 - 18

Mandrake Jan 25, 1964
3 - 19

The Secrets Broker Feb 01, 1964
3 - 20

Trojan Horse Feb 08, 1964
3 - 21

Build a Better Mousetrap Feb 15, 1964
3 - 22

The Outside-In Man Feb 22, 1964
3 - 23

The Charmers Feb 29, 1964
3 - 24

Concerto Mar 07, 1964
3 - 25

Esprit de corps Mar 14, 1964
3 - 26

Lobster Quadrille Mar 21, 1964

2 Season 2 Sep 29, 1962

2 - 1

Mr Teddy Bear Sep 29, 1962
2 - 2

Propellant 23 Oct 06, 1962
2 - 3

The Decapod Oct 13, 1962
2 - 4

Bullseye Oct 20, 1962
2 - 5

Mission to Montreal Oct 27, 1962
2 - 6

The Removal Men Nov 03, 1962
2 - 7

The Mauritius Penny Nov 10, 1962
2 - 8

Death of a Great Dane Nov 17, 1962
2 - 9

The Sell-Out Nov 24, 1962
2 - 10

Death on the Rocks Dec 01, 1962
2 - 11

Traitor in Zebra Dec 08, 1962
2 - 12

The Big Thinker Dec 15, 1962
2 - 13

Death Dispatch Dec 22, 1962
2 - 14

Dead on Course Dec 29, 1962
2 - 15

Intercrime Jan 05, 1963
2 - 16

Immortal Clay Jan 12, 1963
2 - 17

Box of Tricks Jan 19, 1963
2 - 18

Warlock Jan 26, 1963
2 - 19

The Golden Eggs Feb 02, 1963
2 - 20

School for Traitors Feb 09, 1963
2 - 21

The White Dwarf Feb 16, 1963
2 - 22

The Man in the Mirror Feb 23, 1963
2 - 23

Conspiracy of Silence Mar 02, 1963
2 - 24

A Chorus of Frogs Mar 09, 1963
2 - 25

Six Hands Across a Table Mar 16, 1963
2 - 26

Killer Whale Mar 23, 1963

1 Season 1 Jan 07, 1961

1 - 1

Hot Snow Jan 07, 1961
1 - 2

Brought to Book Jan 14, 1961
1 - 3

Square Root of Evil Jan 21, 1961
1 - 4

Nightmare Jan 28, 1961
1 - 5

Crescent Moon Feb 04, 1961
1 - 6

Girl on the Trapeze Feb 11, 1961
1 - 7

Diamond Cut Diamond Feb 18, 1961
1 - 8

The Radioactive Man Feb 25, 1961
1 - 9

Ashes of Roses Mar 04, 1961
1 - 10

Hunt the Man Down Mar 18, 1961
1 - 11

Please Don't Feed the Animals Apr 01, 1961
1 - 12

Dance with Death Apr 15, 1961
1 - 13

One for the Mortuary Apr 29, 1961
1 - 14

The Springers May 13, 1961
1 - 15

The Frighteners May 27, 1961
1 - 16

The Yellow Needle Jun 10, 1961
1 - 17

Death on the Slipway Jun 24, 1961
1 - 18

Double Danger Jul 08, 1961
1 - 19

Toy Trap Jul 22, 1961
1 - 20

Tunnel of Fear Aug 05, 1961
1 - 21

The Far Distant Dead Aug 19, 1961
1 - 22

Kill the King Sep 02, 1961
1 - 23

Dead of Winter Dec 09, 1961
1 - 24

The Deadly Air Dec 16, 1961
1 - 25

A Change of Bait Dec 23, 1961
1 - 26

Dragonsfield Dec 30, 1961

0 Season 0 Jan 01, 1970

0 - 1

Avenging The Avengers Jan 01, 1970
0 - 2

The Hothouse (Diana Rigg, Armchair Theatre) Dec 12, 1964
0 - 3

The 'Chess Board' Introduction Oct 02, 1965
0 - 4

Interview with Diana Rigg Jan 01, 1965
0 - 5

Trailer Season 4: 'The Avengers are Back', by John Slamp Jan 01, 1965
0 - 6

The Cybernauts (s04e03): Behind the Scenes Oct 16, 1965
0 - 7

Death at Bargain Prices (s04e04): Alternative Ending Oct 23, 1965
0 - 8

A Touch of Brimstone (s04e21): Color Tests Feb 19, 1966
0 - 9

The Strange Case of Missing Corpse Mar 27, 1966
0 - 10

Trailer 1966 Jan 01, 1970
0 - 11

Television Awards: Diana Rigg honored Feb 17, 1966
0 - 12

Deleted scenes (1) From Venus with Love (s05e01) Nov 02, 1966
0 - 13

Deleted scenes (2) The Fear Merchants (s05e02) Nov 18, 1966
0 - 14

Deleted scenes (3) Escape in Time (s05e03) Sep 30, 1966
0 - 15

Deleted scenes (4) The See-Through Man (s05e04) Apr 13, 1966
0 - 16

1967 Color Trailer Jan 01, 1967
0 - 17

Season 05 Trailer Mar 26, 1966
0 - 18

German Movie Theater Trailer Jan 01, 1967
0 - 19

German Opening Credits Nov 18, 1967
0 - 20

Interview with Diana Rigg and Patrick McNee in Germany by Joachim Fuchsberger Jul 01, 1967
0 - 21

Did you know? (1) From Venus with Love (s05e1) Oct 07, 2002
0 - 22

Did you know? (2) The Fear Merchants (s05e2) Oct 07, 2002
0 - 23

Did you know? (3) Escape in Time (s05e3) Oct 07, 2002
0 - 24

Did you know? (4) The See-Through Man (s05e4) Oct 07, 2002
0 - 25

Did you know? (5) The Bird Who Knew Too Much (s05e5) Oct 07, 2002
0 - 26

Did you know? (6) The Winged Avenger (s05e6) Oct 07, 2002
0 - 27

Did you know? (7) The Living Dead (s05e7) Oct 07, 2002
0 - 28

Did you know? (8) The Hidden Tiger (s05e8) Oct 07, 2002
0 - 29

Did you know? (9) The Correct Way to Kill (s05e9) Oct 07, 2002
0 - 30

Did you know? (10) Never, Never Say Die (s05e10) Oct 07, 2002
0 - 31

Did you know? (11) Epic (s05e11) Oct 07, 2002
0 - 32

Did you know? (12) The Superlative Seven (s05e12) Oct 07, 2002
0 - 33

Did you know? (13) A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Station (s05e13) Oct 07, 2002
0 - 34

Did you know? (14) Something Nasty in the Nursery (s05e14) Oct 07, 2002
0 - 35

Did you know? (15) The Joker (s05e15) Oct 07, 2002
0 - 36

Did you know? (16) Who's Who??? (s05e16) Oct 07, 2002
0 - 37

Did you know? (17) Return of the Cybernauts (s05e17) Oct 07, 2002
0 - 38

Did you know? (18) Death's Door (s05e18) Oct 07, 2002
0 - 39

Did you know? (19) The £50,000 Breakfast (s05e19) Oct 07, 2002
0 - 40

Did you know? (20) Dead Man's Treasure (s05e20) Oct 07, 2002
0 - 41

Did you know? (21) You Have Just Been Murdered (s05e21) Oct 07, 2002
0 - 42

Did you know? (22) The Positive Negative Man (s05e22) Oct 07, 2002
0 - 43

Did you know? (23) Murdersville (s05e23) Oct 07, 2002
0 - 44

Did you know? (24) Mission... Highly Improbable (s05e24) Oct 07, 2002
0 - 45

Reconstruction of episode (1) One for the Mortuary (s01e13) Oct 20, 2015
0 - 46

Reconstruction of episode (2) The Springers (s01e14) Oct 20, 2015
0 - 47

Reconstruction of episode (3) The Yellow Needle (s01e16) Oct 20, 2015
0 - 48

Reconstruction of episode (4) Death on the Slipway (s01e17) Oct 20, 2015
0 - 49

Reconstruction of episode (5) Tunnel of Fear (s01e20) Oct 20, 2015
0 - 50

Reconstruction of episode (6) The Far-Distant Dead (s01e21) Oct 20, 2015
0 - 51

Reconstruction of episode (7) Kill the King (s01e22) Oct 20, 2015
0 - 52

Reconstruction of episode (8) Dead of Winter (s01e23) Oct 20, 2015
0 - 53

Reconstruction of episode (9) The Deadly Air (s01e24) Oct 20, 2015
0 - 54

Reconstruction of episode (10) Dragonsfield (s01e26) Oct 20, 2015
0 - 55

Introduction (1) The Bird Who Knew Too Much (s05e05) Oct 07, 2002
0 - 56

Introduction by Brian Clemens (2) The Living Dead (s05e7) Oct 07, 2002
0 - 57

Introduction by Brian Clemens (3) The Correct Way to Kill (s05e9) Oct 07, 2002
0 - 58

Introduction by Brian Clemens (4) Epic (s05e11) Oct 07, 2002
0 - 59

Introduction by Brian Clemens (5) The Superlative Seven (s05e12) Oct 07, 2002
0 - 60

Introduction by Brian Clemens (6) A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Station (s05e13) Oct 07, 2002
0 - 61

Introduction by Brian Clemens (7) The Joker (s05e15) Oct 07, 2002
0 - 62

Introduction by Brian Clemens (8) Murdersville (s05e23) Oct 07, 2002
0 - 63

Actor auditions (1) Lyn Ashley Jul 01, 1968
0 - 64

Actor auditions (2) Diane Clare Jul 01, 1968
0 - 65

Actor auditions (3) Susan Engel Jul 01, 1968
0 - 66

Actor auditions (4) Jane Murdoch Jul 01, 1968
0 - 67

Actor auditions (5) Toby Robins Jan 01, 1970
0 - 68

Actor auditions (6) Susan Travers Jan 01, 1970
0 - 69

Actor auditions (7) Wanda Ventham Jul 01, 1968
0 - 70

Actor auditions (8) Valerie Van Ost Jul 01, 1968
0 - 71

Actor auditions (9) James Maxwell and Moray Watson Jul 01, 1969
0 - 72

Introducing Lisa Thorson as Tara King Jan 01, 1968
0 - 73

Trailer featuring Linda Thorson Jan 01, 1968
0 - 74

From Venus with Love (s05e01): Alternative End Credits Sep 25, 1968
0 - 75

End credits Sep 01, 1968
0 - 76

German Generics Sep 01, 1968
0 - 77

Commercial Breaks Nov 01, 1968
0 - 78

Minikillers (1) Operation Costa Brava Jan 03, 1969
0 - 79

Minikillers (2) Heroin Jan 04, 1969
0 - 80

Minikillers (3) Macabre Jan 05, 1969
0 - 81

Minikillers (4) (Final) Flamenco Jan 06, 1969
0 - 82

Invasion of the Earthmen (s06e16): American Closing Credits Jan 15, 1969
0 - 83

Excerpts from The Diadem (Das Diadem) with Diana Rigg (1969) Jan 01, 1969
0 - 84

The Diadem (Das Diadem) with Diana Rigg (1969) Jan 01, 1969
0 - 85

Did you know? (25) The Forget-Me-Knot (s06e01) Oct 07, 2002
0 - 86

Introduction by Cyril Frankel (9) Whoever Shot Poor George Oblique Stroke XR40 (s06e06) Oct 07, 2002
0 - 87

Introduction by Linda Thorson (10) The Interrogators (s06e14) Oct 07, 2002
0 - 88

Introduction by Linda Thorson (11) Love All (s06e21) Oct 07, 2002
0 - 89

Introduction by Linda Thorson (12) Stay Tuned (s06e23) Oct 07, 2002
0 - 90

Introduction by Linda Thorson (13) Thingumajig (s06e27) Oct 07, 2002
0 - 91

Introduction by Linda Thorson (14) Pandora (s06e31) Oct 07, 2002
0 - 92

Interview with Patrick Macee Jul 01, 1992
0 - 93

Interview with Laurence Bourne Jul 01, 1992
0 - 94

The Avengers: A Retrospective Mar 27, 1993
0 - 95

Interview with Brian Clemens Jan 01, 2008
0 - 96

Special Tara King Jan 01, 2010
0 - 97

On the Trail of Tara King Jan 02, 2012
0 - 98

Wish You Were Here? The Top Ten London Locations Jan 01, 2010
0 - 99

Interview with Elisabeth Shepherd Jan 01, 2010
0 - 100

Interview with Diana Rigg Jan 01, 2012
0 - 101

Gale Force: Patrick needs a new partner - Honor becomes Cathy Jan 01, 1970
0 - 102

Episode 102 Jan 01, 1970
0 - 103

Episode 103 Jan 01, 1970
0 - 104

Episode 104 Jan 01, 1970
0 - 105

Episode 105 Jan 01, 1970
0 - 106

Episode 106 Jan 01, 1970
0 - 107

Episode 107 Jan 01, 1970
0 - 108

Episode 108 Jan 01, 1970
0 - 109

Episode 109 Jan 01, 1970
0 - 110

Episode 110 Jan 01, 1970
0 - 111

Episode 111 Jan 01, 1970
0 - 112

Episode 112 Jan 01, 1970

Overview

Thanks to the clever briefing of the Lakin brothers a man charged with treason is found not guilty. Mrs Gale believes that Steed is implicated, and contacts the newspapers. Steed threatens her: either withdraw her allegations or pay the consequences. Soon Steed is on trial for Gale's murder.

Year 1969

Studio ITV1

Director Sydney Newman

Crew Laurie Johnson (Original Music Composer)

Popularity 19.3128

Language English