"The Bird Who Knew Too Much" is the fifth episode of the fifth series of the 1960s cult British spy-fi television series The Avengers, starring Patrick Macnee and Diana Rigg, and guest starring Ron Moody, Ilona Rodgers, Kenneth Cope, and Michael Coles.^[1] It was first broadcast in the Southern and Tyne Tees regions of the ITV network on Wednesday 8 February 1967. ABC Weekend Television, who commissioned the show for ITV, broadcast it in its own regions three days later on Saturday 11 February.^[2] The episode was directed by Roy Rossotti, and written by Brian Clemens.

Plot

When fellow counter-espionage agents are murdered checking out a plot to sell secrets of a missile base to foreign powers, Steed and Emma have to find if birds are being used in the scheme especially under the leadership of Captain Crusoe.

Cast

• Patrick Macnee as John Steed
• Diana Rigg as Emma Peel
• Ron Moody as Jordan
• Ilona Rodgers as Samantha Slade
• Kenneth Cope as Tom Savage
• Michael Coles as Verret
• John Wood as Twitter
• Anthony Valentine as Cunliffe
• Clive Colin Bowler as Robin
• John Lee as Mark Pearson

References

External links

• "The Bird Who Knew Too Much" at IMDb
• Episode overview on The Avengers Forever! website