title: The Charmers (The Avengers)
text: # The Charmers (The Avengers)
  
  "The Charmers" is the twenty-third 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 29 February 1964. The episode was directed by Bill Bain and written by Brian Clemens.
  
  ## Plot
  
  After a number of Soviet agents are murdered by an unknown third party, Steed and Cathy co-operate with their Russian counterparts to find the assassins.
  
  ## Cast
  
  * Patrick Macnee as John Steed
  * Honor Blackman as Cathy Gale
  * Fenella Fielding as Kim Lawrence
  * Warren Mitchell as Keller
  * Brian Oulton as Mr. Edgar
  * Vivian Pickles as Betty Smythe
  * John Barcroft as Martin
  * Malcolm Russell as Horace J. Cleeves
  * Frank Mills as Harrap
  * John Greenwood as Sam
  * Peter Porteous as George Vinkel
  