The Gravediggers (The Avengers)

"**The Gravediggers**"
"The Gravediggers"
The Avengers episode
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Episode no.	Season 4; Episode 2
Directed by	Quentin Lawrence
Written by	Malcolm Hulke
Featured music	Laurie Johnson
Original air dates	5 October 1965 (Scottish Television); 9 October 1965 (ABC Weekend TV);
Guest appearances
	Ronald Fraser; Paul Massie; Caroline Blakiston; Victor Platt; Charles Lamb; Wanda Ventham;
Episode chronology
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"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.^[1] The episode was directed by Quentin Lawrence, and written by Malcolm Hulke.^[2]

^ Johnson, Piers. "Series 4 Episode Guide". The Avengers. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
^ Rogers, Dave (25 April 1983). The Avengers. ITV Books in association with Michael Joseph. Retrieved 7 April 2013.