The Avengers - Season 1 - Eps 7: Diamond Cut Diamond
Steed, attempting to break a gang of international diamond smugglers, is living in a bungalow near Heathrow Airport which was once owned by a suicide whom One-Ten suspects of involvement. Steed awakens one morning somewhat the worse for drink, when a phone call advises him to check the morning paper; the police are tracking a hit-and-run driver. Steed checks his car. It is damaged, and the front is covered with dried blood.
About The Avengers

Title: The Avengers
First Air Date: 1961-01-07
Last Air Date: 1969-05-21
Status: Ended
Rating: 7.7/10 (from 136 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 7
Total Episodes: 161
Network: ITV1
Genres: Action & Adventure, Crime, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Production Companies: Associated British Picture Corporation, Associated British Corporation, ABC Weekend Television
Synopsis
The Avengers is a British television series created in the 1960s. It initially focused on Dr. David Keel and his assistant John Steed. Hendry left after the first series and Steed became the main character, partnered with a succession of assistants. His most famous assistants were intelligent, stylish and assertive women: Cathy Gale, Emma Peel and Tara King. Later episodes increasingly incorporated elements of science fiction and fantasy, parody and British eccentricity.
Cast

Patrick Macnee
John Steed

Linda Thorson
Tara King