The Undertakers

Episode aired Mar 6, 1991
TV-14
1h

IMDb RATING

7.2/10

121

YOUR RATING

Action Comedy Crime

A man whom Steed was to escort to New York disappears, before re-surfacing at the Adelphi Park Retirement Home. Then his neighbour turns up there. All the residents at the home are extremely... Read allA man whom Steed was to escort to New York disappears, before re-surfacing at the Adelphi Park Retirement Home. Then his neighbour turns up there. All the residents at the home are extremely wealthy and have named their next of kin as beneficiaries to avoid death duties. Mrs. Gal... Read allA man whom Steed was to escort to New York disappears, before re-surfacing at the Adelphi Park Retirement Home. Then his neighbour turns up there. All the residents at the home are extremely wealthy and have named their next of kin as beneficiaries to avoid death duties. Mrs. Gale gets a job as assistant matron there to discover what is going on.

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7.2/10

121

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Goofs
Steed is holding his hat in his right hand as he is looking around Mrs Renter's apartment, but as soon as he leaves, he puts it on his head with his left hand.

Quotes
John Steed: This is a rare treat! Bumblebees jellied, made in Japan!
Catherine Gale: Splendid.
John Steed: If there's one place they know how to jelly a bumblebee, it's good ol' Nippon!

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Featured review

7/10

Lee Patterson and Howard Goorney

"The Undertakers" was more successful as the blueprint for a Mrs. Peel episode, since its poorly done filmed inserts bring down a storyline that held up beautifully until the end. The eccentric Howard Goorney, back from "Girl on the Trapeze," heads up The Undertakers, while Canadian actor Lee Patterson, star of the recently cancelled American TV series SURFSIDE 6, makes one of his last appearances on British television, playing Lomax, the main villain at a rest home where only millionaires are welcome. Patrick Holt, previously seen in "Intercrime," is shot dead by The Undertakers, and the grieving widow (Jan Holden, "Dial a Deadly Number") immediately dallies with the crooked Lomax, only to have their carefully laid plans upset by the untimely arrival of her stepdaughter (Mandy Miller), wondering about the sudden disappearance of her father. The villains are both efficient and amusing, another sign of things to come.

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