Build a Better Mousetrap

For the phrase, see Build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door.

"Build a Better Mousetrap"
The Avengers episode
Screen title
Episode no.Season 3
Episode 21
Directed byPeter Hammond
Written byBrian Clemens
Featured musicJohn Dankworth (theme)
Production code3610[1]
Original air date15 February 1964 (1964-02-15)
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"Build a Better Mousetrap" is the twenty-first episode of the third series of the 1960s cult British spy-fi television series The Avengers, starring Patrick Macnee and Honor Blackman. It was first broadcast by ABC on 15 February 1964. The episode was directed by Peter Hammond and written by Brian Clemens.[2][3]

  1. ^ Johnson, Piers. "Build a Better Mousetrap". The Avengers. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
  2. ^ Rogers, Dave (25 April 1983). The Avengers. ITV Books in association with Michael Joseph. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
  3. ^ Carrazé, Alain; Putheaud, Jean-Luc; Geairns, Alex J. (1 May 1998). The Avengers Companion. Bay Books. ISBN 978-0-912333-61-8. Retrieved 10 April 2012.