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Escape in Time

  • Episode aired Feb 10, 1967
  • TV-14
  • 1h
IMDb RATING
7.8/10
338
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Patrick Macnee and Diana Rigg in The Avengers (1961)
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When a mad miscreant whips up a time machine, it takes The Avengers no time at all to show him the "era" of his ways.When a mad miscreant whips up a time machine, it takes The Avengers no time at all to show him the "era" of his ways.When a mad miscreant whips up a time machine, it takes The Avengers no time at all to show him the "era" of his ways.

  • Director
    • John Krish
  • Writer
    • Philip Levene
  • Stars
    • Patrick Macnee
    • Diana Rigg
    • Peter Bowles
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.8/10
    338
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • John Krish
    • Writer
      • Philip Levene
    • Stars
      • Patrick Macnee
      • Diana Rigg
      • Peter Bowles
    • 10User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
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    Patrick Macnee
    Patrick Macnee
    • John Steed
    Diana Rigg
    Diana Rigg
    • Emma Peel
    Peter Bowles
    Peter Bowles
    • Thyssen
    Geoffrey Bayldon
    Geoffrey Bayldon
    • Clapham
    Judy Parfitt
    Judy Parfitt
    • Vesta
    Imogen Hassall
    Imogen Hassall
    • Anjali
    Edward Caddick
    • Sweeney
    Nicholas Smith
    Nicholas Smith
    • Parker
    Roger Booth
    Roger Booth
    • Tubby Vincent
    Ricardo Montez
    Ricardo Montez
    • Josino
    • (as Richard Montez)
    Clifford Earl
    • Paxton
    Rocky Taylor
    Rocky Taylor
    • Mitchell
    Pauline Chamberlain
    Pauline Chamberlain
    • Nun
    • (uncredited)
    Joe Dunne
    • Philanderer
    • (uncredited)
    • …
    Terence Plummer
    Terence Plummer
    • Executioner
    • (uncredited)
    Paul Weston
    Paul Weston
    • Josino's double
    • (uncredited)
    • …
    • Director
      • John Krish
    • Writer
      • Philip Levene(teleplay)
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    • Trivia
      Outside the barber shop a Daily Mail plackard read "Where is Blake?" In 1961 the British spy (but secretly a double agent for the KGB) George Blake was identified as a traitor and sentenced to 42 years in prison. In 1966 he escaped; when this episode was made Blake's location was a mystery.
    • Goofs
      When Steed begins to follow Josino down the ally, the shadow of the camera is briefly visible on Josino's jacket.
    • Quotes

      John Steed: Known you all this time, never knew that you could sew.

      Emma Peel: Well, our relationship hasn't been exactly domestic, has it?

    User reviews10

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    5/10
    Escape from reason
    Were they on drugs? Were they naive? Were they just playing around and being plain silly? This episode seems to be written by a group of 10-year old kids who have the opportunity to write for TV and try to squeeze everything they deem exciting into one single episode. I have hard time believing that this was actually written by adults. The story is so utterly pointless and stupid it either entertains you immensely or makes you close your eyes in embarrassment. And I have to say, dear sweet Diana Rigg is even more irritating than usually. Her total inability to act her way out of a latex suit is especially painful in the torture chamber scene, where she still throws her head back whimsically and shoots casual, near-funny one-liners even though she is to be poked in the ar--se with red hot gridiron. She occasionally leaps at a frantic attempt to register fear, but since these attempts are stillborn, the editor wisely only shows us short glimpses at what she imagines to be fear, but what are merely the shots of Miss Rigg NOT throwing her head back whimsically. Patric Macnee has also long since given up his acting abilities for what I believe used to be called something like 'suave elegance'. Makes the viewer desperately yearn for some indication of real and plausible fear in their eyes.

    By the way, they do have especially beautiful eye whites in this episode. I wonder if they flossed.
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    • Feb 24, 2009

    Details

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    • Release date
      • February 10, 1967 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Starveacres, Watford Road, Radlett, Hertfordshire, England, UK(Waldo Thyssen's residence)
    • Production companies
      • ABC Weekend Television
      • ABC Weekend Television
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    • Runtime
      1 hour
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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