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Dead on Course

  • Episode aired Feb 13, 1991
  • TV-14TV-14
  • 52m
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7.1/10
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Patrick Macnee in The Avengers (1961)
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A Canadian plane crashes under mysterious circumstances in Ireland. Steed's leads take him to the Shamrock airport and a convent, while Dr. King performs autopsies on the dead passengers hop... Read allA Canadian plane crashes under mysterious circumstances in Ireland. Steed's leads take him to the Shamrock airport and a convent, while Dr. King performs autopsies on the dead passengers hoping to find a clue pointing to the wreck's cause.A Canadian plane crashes under mysterious circumstances in Ireland. Steed's leads take him to the Shamrock airport and a convent, while Dr. King performs autopsies on the dead passengers hoping to find a clue pointing to the wreck's cause.
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    • Richmond Harding
    • Eric Paice(teleplay)
  • Stars
    • Patrick Macnee
    • Jon Rollason
    • John McLaren
    • Richmond Harding
    • Eric Paice(teleplay)
  • Stars
    • Patrick Macnee
    • Jon Rollason
    • John McLaren
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    • 5User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
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    Patrick Macnee
    Patrick Macnee
    • John Steed
    Jon Rollason
    • Dr. Martin King
    John McLaren
    • Freedman
    Liam Gaffney
    • Michael Joyce
    Donal Donnelly
    Donal Donnelly
    • Vincent O'Brien
    Peggy Marshall
    • Mother Superior
    Elisabeth Murray
    • Deidre O'Connor
    Janet Hargreaves
    • Sister Isobel
    Nigel Arkwright
    • Hughes
    Bruce Boa
    Bruce Boa
    • Bob Slade
    Margo Jenkins
    • Margot
    Trevor Reid
    Trevor Reid
    • Pilot
    Edward Kelsey
    • Gerry
    Mollie Maureen
    • Kiosk Woman
    Denis Cleary
    • Ambulance Man
    Wilfred Grove
    • Male Nun
      • Richmond Harding
      • Eric Paice(teleplay)
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    • Trivia
      The crash at the beginning is a clip from the film "One of Our Aircraft is Missing" (1942)
    • Goofs
      The eyelids of the aeroplane pilot moved despite the fact that the pilot was dead.
    • Quotes

      Dr. Martin King: [on phone] Did you know that we've just found another victim?

      John Steed: [on other line] Hm?

      Dr. Martin King: The air hostess, and she's still alive.

      John Steed: Has she said anything?

      Dr. Martin King: No, she's still unconcious, she may not come round for several hours...

      John Steed: [interrupting] Well, I'm counting on you to keep her alive.

      Dr. Martin King: Oh, thanks for reminding me.

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    Dead on Course
    A plane bound for Canada crashes in a remote area of Ireland, near a convent.

    Steed rushes down as there was a similar crash few months earlier in the vicinity.

    Suspicions are aroused because despite the dead bodies, the co-pilot is missing and the pilot was strangled. The air hostess is barely arrive and is taken to the convent where she is later murdered.

    To make matters complicated the plane was carrying a lot of money that has disappeared.

    There is some dodgy goings on at the convent, all the nuns apart from the Mother Superior has taken a vow of silence. Steed spends time in a pub to get some local knowledge, he gets a lot of blarney from a pub worker.

    The whole episode was filmed in the studio. There was a lot of chatter and not much tension. I thought there would be more drama after the Mother Superior told Dr King to meet Steed outside the convent and then the air hostess dies. It was all rather nonchalant, even half baked and dull.
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    • Release date
      • February 13, 1991 (United States)
      • United Kingdom
      • English
    • Production companies
      • Associated British Corporation
      • ABC Weekend Television
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    • 52 minutes
      • Black and White
      • Mono

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