School for Traitors

"**School for Traitors**"
"School for Traitors"
The Avengers episode
Episode no.	Season 2; Episode 20
Directed by	Jonathan Alwyn
Written by	James Mitchell
Featured music	John Dankworth (theme)
Production code	3519
Original air date	8 February 1963
Guest appearances
	Melissa Stribling; Anthony Nicholls; John Standing; Richard Thorp; Reginald Marsh;
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"School for Traitors" is the twentieth episode of the second series of the 1960s cult British spy-fi television series The Avengers, starring Patrick Macnee and Julie Stevens. It was first broadcast in the Teledu Cymru region of the ITV network on Friday 8 February 1963. ABC Weekend TV, who produced the show for ITV, broadcast it the next day in its own regions.^[1] The episode was directed by Jonathan Alwyn and written by James Mitchell.^[2]

Plot

During a spate of suicides at a university, a burglar seeks a note to Venus. Steed uncovers a sinister plot to blackmail students into espionage activities.^[3]

Music

Julie Stevens sings Put On a Happy Face with lyrics by Lee Adams and music by Charles Strouse from Bye Bye Birdie, and Yellow Bird by Alan and Marilyn Bergman

Cast

Patrick Macnee as John Steed
Julie Stevens as Venus Smith
Melissa Stribling as Claire Summers
Anthony Nicholls as Dr. Shanklin
John Standing as Ted East
Richard Thorp as Jack Roberts
Reginald Marsh as Higby
Frank Shelley as Professor Aubyn
Frederick Farley as One Seven
Terence Woodfield as Green
Ronald Mayer as Proctor
Jane Butlin as Barmaid

References

^ ^a ^b Johnson, Piers. "School for Traitors". The Avengers. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
^ Rogers, Dave (25 April 1983). The Avengers. ITV Books in association with Michael Joseph. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
^ "School for Traitors". The Avengers Forever!. Retrieved 20 April 2012.

External links

[dissolute-1] Johnson, Piers. "School for Traitors". The Avengers. Retrieved 10 June 2022.

[Rogers1983-2] Rogers, Dave (25 April 1983). The Avengers. ITV Books in association with Michael Joseph. Retrieved 10 April 2012.

[3] "School for Traitors". The Avengers Forever!. Retrieved 20 April 2012.

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