Girl on the Trapeze [SEP] series
Girl on the Trapeze
Girl on the Trapeze is the sixth episode of the first series of the 1960s cult British spy-fi television series "The Avengers", starring Ian Hendry and Ingrid Hafner, and guest starring Mia Karam, Howard Goorney, and Kenneth Warren. It was performed and aired live on ABC on 11 February 1961, and is one of only three Season 1 episodes which are currently known to exist, complete. The episode was directed by Don Leaver, and written by Dennis Spooner.
It is
completed on 25 May 1961. The episode is the first full episode which remains intact from the first series. For many years it was the only full episode which remained from the first series until "Girl on the Trapeze" was discovered in 2001 and "Tunnel of Fear" in 2016.
Reception.
The episode premiered on ABC on 27 May 1961. Anthony Aldgate described the episode as a "tantalising glimpse into the content and style of the first season and suggests that, at least to begin with, the