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Season 1, Episode 25

A Change of Bait

December 23, 1961

An unusual and sprawling tale of heart disease, industrial unrest, and a consignment of rotten bananas.

Directed by
Don Leaver
Written by
Lewis Davidson

Guest stars

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  1. S1 E1

    Hot Snow

    Jan 7, 1961

    Following the death of his fiancee Peggy at the hands of heroin smugglers, Dr David Keel vows to track down the killers and avenge his lost love. He is aided in his quest by a mysterious stranger, John Steed.

  2. S1 E2

    Brought to Book

    Jan 14, 1961

    Steed has infiltrated a gang, led by Mason, which is implicated in Peggy's murder. Steed asks Keel to establish contact with a rival gang, and the doctor discovers that Vance's hitman, Spicer, has been sent to kill Steed.

  3. S1 E3

    Square Root of Evil

    Jan 21, 1961

    Steed impersonates Riordan, a forger soon to be released from prison, and gains the trust of gang-leader Hooper. Things seem to be going well until Hooper's second-in-command, known as the Cardinal, announces that Riordan's girlfriend is o

  4. S1 E4

    Nightmare

    Jan 28, 1961

    Keel receives a 'phone call from one of his patients, and ends up assuming the identity of her missing husband, a scientist engaged in secret research. Shot in the chest, Keel needs a minor operation - but the anaesthetist has tampered wit

  5. S1 E5

    Crescent Moon

    Feb 4, 1961

    A young girl, Carmelite Mendoza, has been kidnapped from a Caribbean island, but Steed suspects a political motive. His suspicions are confirmed when Vasco, the Mendoza family retainer, is observed killing the original kidnapper and abduc

  6. S1 E6

    Girl on the Trapeze

    Feb 11, 196150 min

    Keel, reviving a young woman who has jumped into the Thames, is led to the Radeck State Circus, where the trapeze girl is guarded, her face covered by bandages because of an accident. The 'trapeze girl'proves to be the daughter of a defect