Kill the King

Kill the King is the twenty second episode of Season 1, which aired on the 2nd September 1961.

Previous Episode: The Far Distant Dead

Next Episode: Dead of Winter

Synopsis
Steed is assigned to protect King Tenuphon while in London to sign an oil deal. There was already one attempt on the king's life aboard the plane bound for London. Meanwhile, a paid assassin rents the flat across from the hotel where the king is staying and, as Steed double checks the area, the landlady tells Steed nothing - under the threat of her husband's death. When a low flying helicopter attracts royal attention, Steed averts the assassination attempt by hurling himself at the king, whose assistant is killed instead, and the king's bodyguard kills the would be assassin.

Cast

 * Dr David Keel - Ian Hendry
 * John Steed - Patrick Macnee
 * King Tenuphon - Bert Kwouk
 * Prince Serrakit - James Goei
 * General Tuke - Patrick Allen
 * Mei Li - Lisa Peake
 * Critchton Bull - Peter Barkworth
 * Carol Wilson - Ingrid Hafner
 * Zoe Carter - Moira Redmond
 * Major Harrington - Ian Collin
 * Ingrid Storm - Carole Shelley
 * U Meng - Andy Ho
 * Suchong - Eric Young

Crew

 * Writer - James Mitchell
 * Director - Roger Jenkins
 * Designer - Paul Bernard
 * Producer - Leonard White