The Avengers

Season 1 Episode 14: The Springers

6 Seasons May 13, 1961 TV-14 52m 7

In order to smash a gang who specialize in jail breaking, Steed plays a prisoner with plenty of money and a desperate need be sprung from prison.

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Season 1 Episodes:

Episode 1 Hot Snow

1. Hot Snow

Aired: Jan 6, 1961

When Dr. David Keel's fiancée is murdered by drug smugglers, the distraught p...

Episode 2 Brought to Book

2. Brought to Book

Aired: Jan 13, 1961

Steed infiltrates a heroin-selling gang to get the evidence needed to convict...

Episode 3 Square Root of Evil

3. Square Root of Evil

Aired: Jan 20, 1961

Steed impersonates a master forger to get evidence against a gang of vicious ...

Episode 4 Nightmare

4. Nightmare

Aired: Jan 27, 1961

Dr. Keel poses as the missing husband of one of his patients and is shot for ...

Episode 5 Crescent Moon

5. Crescent Moon

Aired: Feb 3, 1961

A General fakes his own death and arranges his daughter to be kidnapped in an...

Episode 6 Girl on the Trapeze

6. Girl on the Trapeze

Aired: Feb 10, 1961

Dr. Keel rescues a girl who tries to commit suicide by jumping into the Thame...

Episode 7 Diamond Cut Diamond

7. Diamond Cut Diamond

Aired: Feb 17, 1961

While investigating a gang of diamond smugglers, Steed is drugged and finds h...

Episode 8 The Radioactive Man

8. The Radioactive Man

Aired: Feb 24, 1961

An immigrant worker in England on a forged passport picks up a radioactive is...

Episode 9 Ashes of Roses

9. Ashes of Roses

Aired: Mar 3, 1961

Steed investigates a series of arson cases. He finds a clue that the next vic...

Episode 10 Hunt the Man Down

10. Hunt the Man Down

Aired: Mar 17, 1961

Frank Preston is released from prison with only one thing on his mind - the r...

Episode 12 Dance with Death

12. Dance with Death

Aired: Apr 14, 1961

Dr. Keel rescues a dancing instructor who nearly died from gas asphyxiation. ...

Episode 13 One for the Mortuary

13. One for the Mortuary

Aired: Apr 28, 1961

When Dr. Keel attends a conference in Switzerland he is arrested for murder. ...

Episode 14 The Springers

14. The Springers

Aired: May 13, 1961

In order to smash a gang who specialize in jail breaking, Steed plays a priso...

Episode 15 The Frighteners

15. The Frighteners

Aired: May 27, 1961

Sir Thomas Waller disapproves of his daughter's choice in boyfriends and hire...

Episode 16 The Yellow Needle

16. The Yellow Needle

Aired: Jun 10, 1961

After an assassination attempt on Dr. Keel's friend, a pro-Western African le...

Episode 17 Death on the Slipway

17. Death on the Slipway

Aired: Jun 24, 1961

When a government agent dies at a secret shipyard used to build submarines, S...

Episode 18 Double Danger

18. Double Danger

Aired: Jul 8, 1961

Dr. Keel discovers that a man's serious injury is a dangerous bullet wound an...

Episode 19 Toy Trap

19. Toy Trap

Aired: Jul 22, 1961

Dr. Keel agrees to help the daughter of an old friend find her missing roomma...

Episode 20 Tunnel of Fear

20. Tunnel of Fear

Aired: Aug 5, 1961

Top-secret documents are disappearing, and Steed trails them to a tawdry fair...

Episode 21 The Far Distant Dead

21. The Far Distant Dead

Aired: Aug 19, 1961

While assisting hurricane victims in a remote Mexican village Dr. Keel treats...

Episode 22 Kill the King

22. Kill the King

Aired: Sep 2, 1961

A foreign monarch visiting London to sign a oil deal is targeted for assassin...

Episode 23 Dead of Winter

23. Dead of Winter

Aired: Dec 8, 1961

Steed and Keel confront a group of British fascists after discovering a Nazi ...

Episode 24 The Deadly Air

24. The Deadly Air

Aired: Dec 15, 1961

When a revolutionary, but experimental, vaccine is stolen from a top-secret l...

Episode 25 A Change of Bait

25. A Change of Bait

Aired: Dec 22, 1961

A businessman struggles to sell a load of bananas before he dies from heart f...

Episode 26 Dragonsfield

26. Dragonsfield

Aired: Dec 29, 1961

Steed is sent to research facility when a scientist developing a radiation-pr...

Info about The Avengers

Current Status: Ended

Network: ITV1

Production Country: United Kingdom

Genres: Comedy, Crime, Thriller, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Romance, Action