The Gravediggers (The Avengers)
# The Gravediggers (The Avengers)

"The Gravediggers" is the second episode of the fourth series of the 1960s cult British spy-fi television series The Avengers, starring Patrick Macnee and Diana Rigg. It was first broadcast by Scottish Television on Tuesday 5 October 1965. ABC Weekend Television, who commissioned the show, broadcast it in its own regions four days later on Saturday 9 October. The episode was directed by Quentin Lawrence, and written by Malcolm Hulke.

## Plot

Steed and Emma visit a railway buff to investigate a deathly plot to sabotage the country's early warning radar defence systems.

## Cast

* Patrick Macnee as John Steed
* Diana Rigg as Emma Peel
* Ronald Fraser as Sir Horace Winslip
* Paul Massie as Johnson
* Caroline Blakiston as Miss Thirlwell
* Victor Platt as Sexton
* Charles Lamb as Fred
* Wanda Ventham as Nurse Spray
* Ray Austin as Baron
* Steven Berkoff as Sager
* Bryan Mosley as Miller
* Lloyd Lamble as Dr. Hubert Marlow
* Aubrey Richards as Dr. Palmer (uncredited)

## Location

The Stapleford Miniature Railway near Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire was where Emma Peel was filmed tied to the railway track.

