The Little Wonders

16th episode of the 3rd season of The Avengers

"The Little Wonders"

The Avengers episode

Episode no.

Season 3
Episode 16

Directed by

Laurence Bourne

Written by

Eric Paice

Produced by

John Bryce

Featured music

John Dankworth (theme)

Production code

3619^[1]

Original air date

11 January 1964 (1964-01-11)

Guest appearances

Kenneth J. Warren
David Bauer
Lois Maxwell
Tony Steedman
Harry Landis

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"The Little Wonders" is the sixteenth episode of the third series of the 1960s cult British spy-fi television series The Avengers, starring Patrick Macnee and Honor Blackman. It was first broadcast by ABC on 11 January 1964. The episode was directed by Laurence Bourne and written by Eric Paice.^[2]

Plot

Steed and Cathy infiltrate a crime syndicate whose members masquerade as members of the clergy.^[3]

Cast

Patrick Macnee as John Steed
Honor Blackman as Cathy Gale
Kenneth J. Warren as Fingers, a.k.a. The Frog, Vicar of Toowoomba
David Bauer as Bishop of Winnipeg
Lois Maxwell as Sister Johnson
Tony Steedman as Dr. A.S. Beardmore
Harry Landis as Harry, a.k.a. Archdeacon of Bangkok
John Cowley as Big Sid, a.k.a. Dean of Rangoon
Rosemarie Dunham as Gerda
Frank Maher as Hasek
Alex MacDonald as Porter
Mark Heath as Coalman, a.k.a. Rev. Garfield Percival
Christopher Robbie as Thug
Rick Jones as Thug

References

^ Johnson, Piers. "The Little Wonders". The Avengers. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
^ Rogers, Dave (25 April 1983). The Avengers. ITV Books in association with Michael Joseph. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
^ "The Little Wonders". The Avengers Forever!. Retrieved 14 May 2012.

External links

"The Little Wonders" at IMDb
Episode overview on The Avengers Forever! website

The Avengers

Characters

John Steed
Cathy Gale
Emma Peel
Tara King
Mike Gambit
Purdey
Mother

Episodes

Series 1	"Hot Snow" "Crescent Moon" "Girl on the Trapeze" "Dance with Death" "The Frighteners" "Tunnel of Fear"
Series 2	"Mr. Teddy Bear" "Propellant 23" "The Decapod" "Bullseye" "Mission to Montreal" "The Removal Men" "The Mauritius Penny" "Death of a Great Dane" "The Sell Out" "Death on the Rocks" "Traitor in Zebra" "The Big Thinker" "Death Dispatch" "Dead on Course" "Intercrime" "Immortal Clay" "Box of Tricks" "Warlock" "The Golden Eggs" "School for Traitors" "The White Dwarf" "Man in the Mirror" "Conspiracy of Silence" "A Chorus of Frogs" "Six Hands Across a Table" "Killer Whale"
Series 3	"Brief for Murder" "The Undertakers" "Man with Two Shadows" "The Nutshell" "Death of a Batman" "November Five" "The Gilded Cage" "Second Sight" "The Medicine Men" "The Grandeur That Was Rome" "The Golden Fleece" "Don't Look Behind You" "Death a la Carte" "Dressed to Kill" "The White Elephant" "The Little Wonders" "The Wringer" "Mandrake" "The Secrets Broker" "Trojan Horse" "Build a Better Mousetrap" "The Outside-In Man" "The Charmers" "Concerto" "Esprit de Corps" "Lobster Quadrille"
Series 4	"The Town of No Return" "The Gravediggers" "The Cybernauts" "A Surfeit of H₂O" "The Hour That Never Was" "A Touch of Brimstone" "What the Butler Saw"
Series 5	"From Venus with Love" "The Fear Merchants" "Escape in Time" "The See-Through Man" "The Bird Who Knew Too Much" "The Winged Avenger" "The Living Dead" "The Hidden Tiger" "The Correct Way to Kill" "The Superlative Seven" "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Station" "Death's Door"
Series 6	"The Forget-Me-Knot" "Have Guns — Will Haggle" "The Morning After"