The Avengers: Series 5, Episode 20 – Dead Man’s Treasure
Dead Manâs Treasure takes that old staple of the country house weekend â the treasure hunt â and turns it into a reasonably thrilling car-chase adventure unsure quite how jokey it wants to be. My hunch is that the thrills come courtesy of writer Michel Winder, the jokes from showrunner Brian Clemens, since camping it up is pretty much Clemensâs shtick. But on to the plot, and things get going in a very familiar style as one of Steedâs agent colleagues dies in time-honoured âThe treasureâs in the ⌠aaaaghâ style, having been pursued in his nippy Sunbeam Alpine MG (see below) by stylish dastards in an E Type Jaguar. For car nuts, this … Read more