Avengers Logo 'Mission...Highly Improbable'
by Philip Levene
Avengers Cast

People and objects such as limousines and armoured tanks are disappearing into thin air at an army base. Steed and Mrs. Peel arrive to investigate, and discover that Professor Rushton has developed a shrinking ray. But, his assistant, Chivers, is determined to use it for his own personal gain, planing to steal a brand new British Army tank by shrinking it with the Professor's ray and selling it to a foreign power. Chivers has already reduced Sir Gerald Bancroft in size, and then proceeds to shrink the security man, Gifford, and flush him down a garage drain. This go from bad to worse when Steed, stowing away in the tank, suddenly finds himself cut down to size…

Patrick Macnee (John Steed), Diana Rigg (Emma Peel), Ronald Radd (Shaffer), Jane Merrow (Susan), Noel Howlett (Professor Rushton), Francis Matthews (Chivers), Richard Leech (Colonel Drew), Stephan Gryff (Josef), Nicholas Courtney (Gifford), Kevin Stoney (Sir Gerald Bancroft), Peter Clay (Sergeant), Nigel Rideout (Corporal Johnson), Cynthia Bizeray (Blonde), Nicole Shelby (Brunette), Nosher Powell (Kenrik), Denny Powell (Karl)

Directed by Robert Day
Produced by Albert Fennell and Brian Clemens

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UK: 18th November, 1967

Notes:
*Featuring John Steed and Mrs. Emma Peel

*The tag scene: After Mrs. Peel gets Steed to help move her furniture around in her flat, they see that a storm is brewing outside. When they leave, Steed offers Mrs. Peel his miniaturised umbrella...

*Working title: 'The Disappearance of Admiral Nelson'