The Tale of the Big Why

Episode aired Feb 2, 1979
50m

IMDb RATING

6.6/10

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Gareth Hunt and Joanna Lumley in The New Avengers (1976)

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Bert Brandon is released from jail and several parties, including the New Avengers, follow him to get their hands on the information he has been keeping secret, whatever it may be.Bert Brandon is released from jail and several parties, including the New Avengers, follow him to get their hands on the information he has been keeping secret, whatever it may be.Bert Brandon is released from jail and several parties, including the New Avengers, follow him to get their hands on the information he has been keeping secret, whatever it may be.

IMDb RATING

6.6/10

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George A. Cooper and Gareth Hunt in The New Avengers (1976)

Patrick Macnee, Gareth Hunt, and Joanna Lumley in The New Avengers (1976)

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Trivia
Steed makes a decoy device with the help of a 1960s toy called the "bag full of laughs," which contained a tape loop featuring the sound of a man laughing hysterically.

Goofs
Purdey is shot at and falls from her motorbike. As she rolls along the ground her heads comes to rest unconscious beside a tree stump. When she recovers, there is no tree stump next to where her head was laying.

Quotes
Mike Gambit: Purdey! Are you ok?
Purdey: Bit bruised, that's all.
Mike Gambit: I'm renowned for my healing hands.
Purdey: [referring to Brandon's dead body] It's a bit late for that, Gambit.

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5/10

Flat episode for the show

You have absolutely nothing of the AVENGERS DNA in this story, that could have fit for any other series. You find nothing of the true authentic AVENGERS here. But that remains an acceptable time waster, made in the British countryside and its beautiful settings. But I am surprised that the likes of Brian Clemens - as writer - and Robert Fuest - as director, made it. They have both of them done far far better in the past.

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