"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. The episode was directed by Jonathan Alwyn and written by James Mitchell.

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.

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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

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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

External links

Episode overview on The Avengers Forever! website

The Avengers (season 2) episodes

1963 British television episodes

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