Six Hands Across a Table

"**Six Hands Across a Table**"
"Six Hands Across a Table"
The Avengers episode
	Screen title
Episode no.	Season 2; Episode 25
Directed by	Richmond Harding
Written by	Reed R. de Rouen
Produced by	John Bryce
Featured music	Laurie Johnson; John Dankworth (theme)
Production code	2-25
Original air date	16 March 1963
Guest appearances
	Guy Doleman; Campbell Singer; Philip Madoc; Edward de Souza; John Wentworth
Episode chronology
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"Six Hands Across a Table" is the twenty-fifth episode of the second series of the 1960s cult British spy-fi television series The Avengers, starring Patrick Macnee and Honor Blackman. It originally aired on ABC on 16 March 1963. The episode was directed by Richmond Harding and written by Reed R. de Rouen.^[1]

Plot[]

Cathy becomes romantically involved with shipyard owner Oliver Waldner, blissfully unaware that he is masterminding a dastardly plan to gain control of most of Britain’s shipbuilding industry. After she nearly dies in an apparent accident, Steed sets out to prove that Waldner has murdered a business rival.^[2]

Cast[]

Patrick Macnee as John Steed
Honor Blackman as Cathy Gale
Guy Doleman as Oliver Waldner
Campbell Singer as George Stanley
Philip Madoc as Julian Seabrook
Edward de Souza as Brian Collier
John Wentworth as Sir Charles Reniston
as Rosalind Waldner
as Bert Barnes
Stephen Hancock as Draughtsman
as Lady Reniston
as Miss Francis
Ilona Rodgers as Receptionist
as Butler, Thomas

References[]

^ Rogers, Dave (25 April 1983). The Avengers. ITV Books in association with Michael Joseph. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
^ "Six Hands Across a Table". The Avengers Forever!. Retrieved 11 April 2012.

External links[]

[Rogers1983-1] Rogers, Dave (25 April 1983). The Avengers. ITV Books in association with Michael Joseph. Retrieved 10 April 2012.

[2] "Six Hands Across a Table". The Avengers Forever!. Retrieved 11 April 2012.

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