Mission to Montreal

5th episode of the 2nd season of The Avengers

"Mission to Montreal"

The Avengers episode

Episode no.

Season 2
Episode 5

Directed by

Don Leaver

Written by

Lester Powell

Produced by

Leonard White

Featured music

John Dankworth (theme)

Production code

3500^[1]

Original air date

27 October 1962 (1962-10-27)

Guest appearances

Jon Rollason
Patricia English
Iris Russell
Mark Eden
Gillian Muir
Harold Berens
Alan Curtis
John Bennett
Gerald Sim

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"Mission to Montreal" is the fifth episode of the second series of the 1960s cult British spy-fi television series The Avengers, starring Patrick Macnee. It was first broadcast by ABC on 27 October 1962. The episode was directed by Don Leaver and written by Lester Powell.^[2]

Plot

Steed and Dr. King are assigned a mission to recover a microfilm containing the stolen plans of a missile early warning system. Shipboard, they meet knives and a drunken film star.^[3]

Cast

Patrick Macnee as John Steed
Jon Rollason as Dr. Martin King
Patricia English as Carla Berotti
Iris Russell as Sheila Dowson
Mark Eden as Alec Nicholson
Gillian Muir as Judy
Harold Berens as Film Director
Alan Curtis as A.G. Brand
John Bennett as Guido Marson
Gerald Sim as Budge
Eric McCain as Pearson
Alan Casley as Barman
John Frawley as Passenger
Malcolm Taylor as Reporter
Terence Woodfield as Reporter
Leslie Pitt as Reporter
Pamela Ann Davy as Peggy
William Buck as Photographer
Angela Thorne as Receptionist
Peter Mackriel as Steward
William Swan as Steward

Story Notes

Mission to Montreal is notable for introducing Dr. Martin King (Jon Rolloason), a thinly disguised reworked character of Dr. David Keel. This story marks the first of King's three appearances in the series. The other Keel episodes heldover and rewritten for series 2 are The Sell-Out and Dead on Course.

References

^ Johnson, Piers. "Mission to Montreal". The Avengers. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
^ Rogers, Dave (25 April 1983). The Avengers. ITV Books in association with Michael Joseph. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
^ "Mission to Montreal". The Avengers Forever!. Retrieved 3 May 2012.

External links

"Mission to Montreal" at IMDb
Episode overview on The Avengers Forever! website

The Avengers

Characters

Episodes

Series 1	"Hot Snow" "Crescent Moon" "Girl on the Trapeze" "Dance with Death" "The Frighteners" "Tunnel of Fear"
Series 2	"Mr. Teddy Bear" "Propellant 23" "The Decapod" "Bullseye" "Mission to Montreal" "The Removal Men" "The Mauritius Penny" "Death of a Great Dane" "The Sell Out" "Death on the Rocks" "Traitor in Zebra" "The Big Thinker" "Death Dispatch" "Dead on Course" "Intercrime" "Immortal Clay" "Box of Tricks" "Warlock" "The Golden Eggs" "School for Traitors" "The White Dwarf" "Man in the Mirror" "Conspiracy of Silence" "A Chorus of Frogs" "Six Hands Across a Table" "Killer Whale"
Series 3	"Brief for Murder" "The Undertakers" "Man with Two Shadows" "The Nutshell" "Death of a Batman" "November Five" "The Gilded Cage" "Second Sight" "The Medicine Men" "The Grandeur That Was Rome" "The Golden Fleece" "Don't Look Behind You" "Death a la Carte" "Dressed to Kill" "The White Elephant" "The Little Wonders" "The Wringer" "Mandrake" "The Secrets Broker" "Trojan Horse" "Build a Better Mousetrap" "The Outside-In Man" "The Charmers" "Concerto" "Esprit de Corps" "Lobster Quadrille"
Series 4	"The Town of No Return" "The Gravediggers" "The Cybernauts" "A Surfeit of H₂O" "The Hour That Never Was" "A Touch of Brimstone" "What the Butler Saw"
Series 5	"From Venus with Love" "The Fear Merchants" "Escape in Time" "The See-Through Man" "The Bird Who Knew Too Much" "The Winged Avenger" "The Living Dead" "The Hidden Tiger" "The Correct Way to Kill" "The Superlative Seven" "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Station" "Death's Door"
Series 6	"The Forget-Me-Knot" "Have Guns — Will Haggle" "The Morning After"